#i8088

@fgirault : Et si jamais elle voit passer un #i8088, je suis preneur.

2024-07-26

The NEC V20 and the NEC V30, its bigger brother. The V20 is an (enhanced) 8088 clone with 8 bit external data bus, and 20 bit address bus, using 16 bit segments. The V30 is a 8086 drop in replacement giving a 16 bit data bus. Both implementations were a bit faster than their Intel counterparts.
#retrocomputing #i8088

Two DIP packaged CPUs. One is labeled NEC V20, 42nd week of 1989. the other is a NEC V30 from 6th week 1992.
maruyukimaruyuki
2024-03-15

So I found an interesting laptop named on .
According to the description and reviews, it's a 80s' (V20 to be exact) based -DOS laptop but brand-new and in production!
I would have bought one if I were in that generation.

aliexpress.com/item/1005005528

Non-branded "Book8088" laptop from China. It features many 80s-ish chips and is claimed to be able to run MS-DOS programs natively.

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