Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1492 followers · 108748 posts · Server mstdn.social

@nazokiyoubinbou @Javmaster I'm shure the and are commercial offerings of something someone propably cobbled together out of the need to maintain some old industrial stuff or so...

Unlike the and that built.

Also there are a feckton of 8086 clones and donor machines still in circulation....

#rasteri #weeCee #wee86 #hand386 #book80806

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1754 followers · 2204 posts · Server bitbang.social

The miracle : it lasted all day at my table at yesterday playing demos with a attached to it. I've always heard it draws more power than the power port can provide so it's always using the battery but it did fine for 14 hours! I kinda wonder if the IPS screen swap I did means it uses less power?

#PicoGUS #vcfmw #hand386

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Foone🏳️‍⚧️ · @foone
29571 followers · 5384 posts · Server digipres.club

has anyone done a project for reverse engineering the PCBs of the Hand386?

I've been thinking of making a replacement keyboard for it, and I don't want to have to duplicate work if it's already been done

#reverseengineering #hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1684 followers · 1982 posts · Server bitbang.social

Anybody have a and have never run ct.com or my handfix program to enable CRT mode? If yes, do you have an EEPROM programmer like a TL866 and an SOIC-8 clip? I'd love to get a dump of the LCD controller's flash chip in its factory state. 🙏 Mine is *definitely* not in its factory state any more.

#hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1627 followers · 1868 posts · Server bitbang.social

My video on the edition is now complete! I dive in a bit more on the hardware side than in my previous videos.
youtube.com/watch?v=wWUtMPxmKD

#hand386 #PicoGUS

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1626 followers · 1866 posts · Server bitbang.social

Recording demos running on the for the video that I hope to release tonight...

#hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1621 followers · 1848 posts · Server bitbang.social

dumping the firmware on the LCD controller on the for Reasons

#hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1609 followers · 1838 posts · Server bitbang.social

I have what might be the only IPS modded in the world right now… this screen is so much better than the stock one! (2nd photo is the stock screen)

#hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1592 followers · 1786 posts · Server bitbang.social

I’m going to make a video about the mini that I made for the but the fact that its LCD went all blue is really messing up my plans. I hope I just need to re-seat the connector that brings the VGA signal towards the front half of it, but the fact that it also changes with viewing angle makes me wonder if it’s a problem with the LCD panel itself…

#hand386 #PicoGUS

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1592 followers · 1785 posts · Server bitbang.social

I was trying to think of a way to display a rainbow on my to show how the LCD really goes towards blue when viewed directly on, and of course I thought of @foone’s VGAPride!

#hand386

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Sos Sosowski · @sos
1774 followers · 489 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

Per request from @mdf200, here’s a video of GTA running on a with 40MHz 386SX and 8MB of RAM. Arrow keys don’t seem to work so I can’t move. It’s a miracle it even launched, tho!

#hand386

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Sos Sosowski · @sos
1774 followers · 489 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

LOL, you can play GTA on the

#hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1575 followers · 1769 posts · Server bitbang.social

I made a thing… video coming soon!

#hand386 #PicoGUS

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Sos Sosowski · @sos
1752 followers · 479 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

Thanks to I can do this instead of doomscrolling.

#hand386

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Henry :apple_inc: · @nuneshr
24 followers · 67 posts · Server bitbang.social
Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1527 followers · 1701 posts · Server bitbang.social

Testing out on the … it’s a mixed bag. The ISA reset line is noisy so it constantly resets the Pico unless I put Kapton tape over the pad on the connector, and several productions have DMA issues (surprise!!). Here it is playing the song that epitomized the trend of sine leads in mid-90s tracker music, Infinity by Khyron and Necros:

#hand386 #PicoGUS

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Brad Linder · @bradlinder
779 followers · 841 posts · Server fosstodon.org

A video review of the Book 8088 and Hand 386 portable retro computers that showed up at AliExpress recenly for under $200. Unfortunately they're no longer available. Or maybe fortunately because they're not great for much more than nostalgia. youtube.com/watch?v=6bODiZ5bP8

#retrocomputing #book8088 #hand386 #minipc

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Jamie · @suprjami
149 followers · 638 posts · Server fosstodon.org

It's come out that those little DOS computers use a rebranded GPL BIOS. The screens are also not great, which is why I passed. Oh well.
youtu.be/6bODiZ5bP84

#book8088 #hand386

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Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 · @polpo
1490 followers · 1603 posts · Server bitbang.social

This is totally a waste of my time and resources but I'm designing a mini that can plug into the ISA pin header on the and . The Pico plugs into the headers above the chips so it's pretty compact... assuming I can actually route everything. Aaahhh I can't help myself!

#book8088 #hand386 #PicoGUS

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Jamie · @suprjami
124 followers · 614 posts · Server fosstodon.org