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Pocket 386 (w/ Recycled 386SX40 CPU) Works with DOS/Win 3.1/Win95 US$183.93 (~AU$285.79) Shipped @ iklestar AliExpress

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Pocket 386 (w/ Recycled 386SX40 CPU) Works with DOS/Win 3.1/Win95 US$183.93 (~AU$285.79) Shipped @ iklestar AliExpress
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guidedlight on 22/06/2024 - 19:08 aliexpress.com (4119 clicks)
Last edited 23/06/2024 - 09:29
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Edit: Price appears to have increased. I’ll expire this deal

On sale is the Pocket 386 pocket computer.

Uses a reclaimed/recycled 386SX40 CPU + 8Mb DRAM + Yamaha OPL3 Sound + VGA graphics + IPS screen (800x480px either 16:9 or 4:3) + USB + Compact Flash Storage (IDE mode). Includes adapters for PS/2, VGA, and Parallel Ports.

Also has pinouts for ISA 16-bit & ISA 8-bit.

It can run DOS, Windows 3.11, and Windows 95. Although note that this computer is below the Windows 95 minimum specifications, so it will be very slow and barely usable.

Note: The sound card is based on the Yamaha OLP3 chip, which is compatible with Adlib sound output but not Sound Blaster.

It has built-in mouse support. But reviews suggest this is not very usable, so a PS2 mouse is recommended.

AU price is inclusive of GST + Coupon + 3% bank fee + Mastercard Exchange Rate

Video review of this computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVgITS8aLzc

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Comments

    • Drakster on 22/06/2024 - 22:55

      QBasic used .BAS files. Spent hours of my childhood within that program, making my own stuff.

  • DEvok on 22/06/2024 - 20:24
    -1

    Can you YouTube on this thing?

  • KLF23 on 22/06/2024 - 20:26
    +2

    Looks like it uses an ali m6117 which is a 386 compatible integrated SOC. So is it a real i386 chip? I know that's what it says, but it could be lost in translation.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 22/06/2024 - 20:27
    +12

    And remember when we used to say "brb" all the time when we were online? We don't say it anymore. We no longer leave. We live here now.

  • x d on 22/06/2024 - 20:31

    Does it come with a floppy disk drive?

  • Fatfat on 22/06/2024 - 20:34

    No 5.25 or 3.5 floppy driver..

  • Dealr on 22/06/2024 - 20:43
    -1

    50 votes, 8 sold

  • ContinuousCustomer on 22/06/2024 - 20:47

    My first pc was a 386dx-40 with 2mb of ram. Thought my hard disk was gigantic 40mb.

  • Wil747 on 22/06/2024 - 20:54
    +2

    Install mIRC by khaled something something

    • cannedhams on 23/06/2024 - 08:22

      Lol. How many xoomers got Palestine-pilled by that guy…

  • gamemaster on 22/06/2024 - 21:00
    +5

    C:/DOS
    C:/DOS/RUN
    RUN/DOS/RUN

    • AngryAlfred on 22/06/2024 - 21:34
      +1

      Would a nerd wear such an irreverent sweatshirt?

  • vash12 on 22/06/2024 - 21:14

    Can this emulate GB or NES?

    • Lucille Bluth on 22/06/2024 - 21:43

      Yes. E.g. NES you can load NESticle emulator on it. GB should be fine too, I actually used to play Pokemon through a floppy disk in primary school on Win95

      • cannedhams on 23/06/2024 - 08:23

        I think Nesticle would chug. I remember even Zsnes used to chug on my Pentium 90.

  • Sun One on 22/06/2024 - 22:05

    Sooner skype also going down

  • Ghost47 on 22/06/2024 - 22:18

    An elegant computer for a more civilised age.

  • GeneralSkunk on 22/06/2024 - 22:30
    +1

    I like how people think running Windows 95 or 3.11 on this would be of any use. When I had my 486SX-33, Windows was just a memory hole. Running everything in MS-DOS was the only way to go. But I mostly played games. Though Sound Blaster Wave Editor was pretty good in Win 3.11.

    This would be good for Impulse Tracker or Fasttracker II nostalgia. And demos. Oh, the demoscene…. (Time for an hour wasted on YouTube)

    I have an old Gravis Ultrasound in a box somewhere, I wonder if it’d still work.

  • Jinster on 22/06/2024 - 22:41

    If they made something of the 586 or 686 calibre, it'd be much more useful… 386SX…. not so much…

  • Cluster on 22/06/2024 - 22:52

    386SX40 was pretty outdated when Windows 95 hit. Don't expect this to play Doom, or even Wolfenstein 3D well.

    It's also too slow to emulate anything more complex than a C64.

    • Bretttick on 22/06/2024 - 23:25
      +1

      Wolfenstein will play well, not doom. You'd want a 486 minimum

      • Eeples on 23/06/2024 - 03:00

        Maybe. 8mb of dram might run doom on a 386SX40.

  • KernelPanic on 22/06/2024 - 23:12

    Will this run Linux?
    I use arch, btw.

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 22/06/2024 - 23:19
    +2

    So many upvotes.
    Zero purchases.

    • Cluster on 22/06/2024 - 23:24
      +2

      It's basically a toy. Will be fine for running all 1980s and some early 1990s DOS games. Windows 3.11 will be okay. But it's a novelty item, and quite expensive.

  • Bretttick on 22/06/2024 - 23:24

    Any 286 monochrome screen?

  • timhn on 23/06/2024 - 00:17

    Why?

  • Kiro on 23/06/2024 - 02:30

    I assumed these were simulated, not actual old school chips.
    Was looking at a micro laptop but yeah.

    • Lucille Bluth on 23/06/2024 - 03:58

      Get a GPD Pocket if you want a decent mini Laptop

      • Kiro on 23/06/2024 - 13:29

        Really the only way to go. They have the market but wow y they are hella expensive. Even 2nd hand resell for not much less

  • Eeples on 23/06/2024 - 02:57

    Gimme some QBasic fun.

  • Omarko on 23/06/2024 - 03:22

    Love it! Got mine few months ago.

    With an 8bit board extension i got a soundblaster with wavetable and picogus running for that sweet midi and digital sounds.

  • Windows7forever on 23/06/2024 - 03:25

    Tempted to buy this to take me back to my childhood playing Wolfenstein 3D on a 386 but I know I'd only ever use it a handful of times.
    This would be a godsend for people who require legacy applications to run natively or want to plug in antiquated peripherals/hardware.

  • DMFD on 23/06/2024 - 05:54

    Ahhh 4am, reading these comments. Takes me back.

  • bchliu on 23/06/2024 - 09:15

    They could have at LEAST used a DX version with a proper 32bit address bus instead. Makes a big difference!

  • DiscoJango on 23/06/2024 - 10:07
    +7

    Love the comments on this thread.

    Tech is all around us and people are so used to it, theres no more wonder or amazement. It was so cool when it all started emerging in the late 90's. Theres just no way to describe the feeling.

    It was just good. Good and fun. Whereas now its all just clickbait and likes and subscribes. No feels.

    • Lucille Bluth on 23/06/2024 - 12:09

      Couldn't agree more 💯

    • IPYF on 23/06/2024 - 14:40

      You think you're reflecting on a time where things were more wonderous and special, but actually you just miss feeling young. That doesn't come back. Sorry.

      • DiscoJango on 23/06/2024 - 17:49

        No it was actually pretty genuine back then. Now its just for monetisation.

        Big difference.

  • simmos on 23/06/2024 - 10:50

    Oh the screaming chirping of the 28kb/s modem “training”to get a connection. .. never to be heard again .. wish I had a recording. Doesn’t seem that long since, but it was over 30 years ago. How short life is!

  • freddofrog42 on 23/06/2024 - 17:02

    I still have a Toshiba Libretto 100CT and it still works, even the battery has some life in it.

    Running 98SE from memory with a period WiFi card. Just fire it up every year or two just for a laugh.

  • mathew42 on 23/06/2024 - 21:01

    $200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era is an interesting article discussing the Pocket 386.

    I think this quote in the post about the CPU is incorrect:

    Uses a reclaimed/recycled 386SX40 CPU + 8Mb DRAM

    The description is 386SX (40MHz) Embedded in an ALI M6117 which suggests a brand new ULI M6117C which is manufactured by Acer Laboratories Incorporated (ALI who make a range of embedded x86 CPUs.

    • guidedlight on 24/06/2024 - 10:29

      The item description on Aliexpress says the CPU is a dissembled chip.

      Also from your link, ALI was defunct in 2006.

      • mathew42 on 24/06/2024 - 11:41

        If you expand the description (View More button), the first image is Product and lists '386SX (40MHz) Embedded in an ALI M6117' which aligns with the ArsTechnica article.

        CPUShack ULi M6117C page has some more details including that it includes many features that would have been on separate chips on the original 80386.

        • guidedlight on 24/06/2024 - 12:11

          Makes sense. But it is still not a brand new chip… the ALI M6117 is from ~2004. These were likely used in some industrial equipment from that era.

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