I like the idea. But why VLB graphics card? The DX4 100 / 133 Mhz PC's often came with a PCI bus.

hilram wrote on 2024-04-28, 20:01:

I like the idea. But why VLB graphics card? The DX4 100 / 133 Mhz PC's often came with a PCI bus.

I guess it really depends on what chipset is available. If one that has pci is more available then by all means use a pci video chip.

I'd say that for the era you have in mind you'd also want a CD drive of some kind. Ideally emulated but with redbook audio... but afaik no such thing exists yet (does it?).

elszgensa wrote on 2024-04-28, 20:13:

I'd say that for the era you have in mind you'd also want a CD drive of some kind. Ideally emulated but with redbook audio... but afaik no such thing exists yet (does it?).

Good point. Added slim CDrom and floppy.

A floppy... meh. Not like we'd be playing a lot of PC booters on that kind of machine. But I guess the hardware for a Gotek clone wouldn't take up much room... I'd file it under nice-to-have.

I wonder if anyone thought to add Gotek circuits to these retro notebooks to use a USB stick instead of a floppy drive (or no floppy at all).

Somebody could probably build this running 86box around a Raspberry Pi-type thing... (ignoring the fact that I don't think 86box supports ARM on platforms other than Mac...)

Actually building this out of real hardware, though... the price tag would be insane... which is unfortunate because a retro DOS laptop at a reasonable price would be cool.

VivienM wrote on 2024-04-29, 00:18:

Somebody could probably build this running 86box around a Raspberry Pi-type thing... (ignoring the fact that I don't think 86box supports ARM on platforms other than Mac...)

Actually building this out of real hardware, though... the price tag would be insane... which is unfortunate because a retro DOS laptop at a reasonable price would be cool.

It doesnt have to be expensive. Someone could create the kit/PCB and the buyer would have to provide and attach the main chips like CPU, chipset, audio chip, and Ram.