{"id":1141401,"date":"2023-05-19T14:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1141401"},"modified":"2023-05-19T14:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T18:28:22","slug":"weird-aliexpress-laptop-with-intel-8088-cpu-will-take-you-back-to-the-ms-dos-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1141401","title":{"rendered":"Weird AliExpress laptop with Intel 8088 CPU will take you back to the MS-DOS era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<ul class=\"gallery shortcode-gallery gallery-wide\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"gallery-item-content\">\n<div class=\"gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/book-8088-01-980x855-1.jpe\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n            The &#8220;Book 8088&#8221; laptop is a modern clamshell system that attempts to recreate the magic of the original IBM PC from 1981.                          [credit:<br \/>\n                              Xinrui Technology                            ]\n                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All modern Intel and AMD PCs can trace their roots to a single system: the IBM Personal Computer. Originally released in August 1981, this computer became so popular and long-lived that competitors reverse-engineered its BIOS so that their computers could use the same software and peripherals, a practice that eventually resulted in a de facto standard whose descendants we still use today.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to experience what using an old IBM PC was like, you could drop a few hundred dollars on a used one on eBay. Or you could roll the dice on this new oddball laptop on AliExpress. The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.us\/item\/3256805342629426.html\">Book 8088<\/a>&#8221; laptop PC combines modern components with an Intel 8088 processor and 640KB (yes, that&#8217;s kilobytes) of memory, plus more modern amenities, a 640\u00d7200 16-color LCD screen, and built-in interfaces that allow USB accessories and CompactFlash cards to interface with the ancient components (a 512MB CompactFlash card serves as the system&#8217;s hard drive).<\/p>\n<p>Intel&#8217;s 8088 was a cut-down version of the original 8086 with an 8-bit data bus; in the Book 8088 and the IBM PC, it runs at a clock speed of 4.77 MHz. That slow speed and low memory limit means it&#8217;s best suited to MS-DOS, with its text-based interface and general lack of multitasking support. You <em>can<\/em> run very early Windows versions on it, up to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_3.0\">version 3.0<\/a> but, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ytbyMSyg09U\">according to retro-tech YouTube<\/a>, it seems like a bad time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1940475#p3\">Read 5 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1940475&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1940475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weird AliExpress laptop with Intel 8088 CPU will take you back to the MS-DOS era<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Book 8088&#8221; laptop is a modern clamshell system that attempts to recreate the magic of the original IBM PC from 1981. 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