RetroTester

RetroTester

I'm the tester of some new made retro devices.
Show you clips of your dream machine.

Pocket386 Creator's Shop: www.aliexpress.com/store/1102842856/pages/all-items.html

Little Covox4Pocket386

Little Covox4Pocket386

Rampage On Pocket386

Rampage On Pocket386

DieHard2 on Pocket386

DieHard2 on Pocket386

PlanetX3 on Pocket386

PlanetX3 on Pocket386

Dune2 on Pocket386

Dune2 on Pocket386

MKII on Pocket386

MKII on Pocket386

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  • @monotematico
    @monotematico10 сағат бұрын

    My dude how it didn't occur to you, that it wasn't a good idea to post upside-down video

  • @urielalbertodiazreynoso6309
    @urielalbertodiazreynoso63094 күн бұрын

    Why does it have so much tape?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue4 күн бұрын

    I use one tape to fast fetch CF card, another one just try to adjust the base sound.

  • @josephaltman460
    @josephaltman4607 күн бұрын

    I installed an old windows 3.1 OPL3 wav driver, which worked for me.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue7 күн бұрын

    yes, that is more "portable"

  • @Gans-ld6qr
    @Gans-ld6qr14 күн бұрын

    Pocket 8086

  • @JH21932
    @JH2193216 күн бұрын

    Hi, I installed Windows for Workgroup 3.11 but unfortunately the audio does not work. What audio drivers have you installed? Thank you

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue16 күн бұрын

    The adlib one

  • @JH21932
    @JH2193216 күн бұрын

    @@zhblue grazie

  • @JH21932
    @JH2193216 күн бұрын

    @@zhblue link for download ? Grazie

  • @SB-qm5wg
    @SB-qm5wg19 күн бұрын

    That's really cool

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera121 күн бұрын

    I'm hoping to do this for the pocket 386

  • @christopherchang4167
    @christopherchang416721 күн бұрын

    This looks awesome!

  • @One-qe2tl
    @One-qe2tl23 күн бұрын

    Your pocket386 has great sound. I am also trying JAZZ JACKRABBIT, but there is no sound from Adlib. What settings do you have?

  • @tomlake2732
    @tomlake2732Ай бұрын

    Please either move the camera or rotate the video 180° before posting!

  • @eli128
    @eli128Ай бұрын

    Is there any way to boot from a floppy image?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    Theoretically, it is possible to connect a floppy drive controller from an external ISA interface, thus connecting an external floppy drive. I'm not sure if the BIOS will correctly identify it, but as far as I know, the machine's developer is working on an external dock that includes a 16-bit ISA slot, serial and parallel ports, and a standard notebook floppy drive interface.

  • @soviet9922
    @soviet9922Ай бұрын

    very cool

  • @DExUS5
    @DExUS5Ай бұрын

    Does it have SB compatible sound card or did you use some external card to play the sound?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    An external ISA sound card is used.

  • @andrejradulovic5666
    @andrejradulovic5666Ай бұрын

    Great little laptop. Ask your friend could he make one with cga lcd, 640x200 resolution, it would be very cool... and more portable....at least bar type lcd with wide format

  • @andrejradulovic5666
    @andrejradulovic5666Ай бұрын

    it will sell like butter

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    the screen can display CGA 640x200 already. I can shot some clips of that for you.

  • @andrejradulovic5666
    @andrejradulovic5666Ай бұрын

    @@zhblue point is on wide display, bar type display, check on google "bar type display". Could he put wide display on this laptop?

  • @riccardorubini3078
    @riccardorubini3078Ай бұрын

    Just a question: does your Pocket386 hold the time/date? Because mine doesn't... It always goes back to 00:00, 01-01-1980...

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    nop, the hardware clock seems fail to run, clock reset everytime i reboot.

  • @televiciousgoober
    @televiciousgooberАй бұрын

    Where can I find a covoxpocket386? Can't find it on google.

  • @Palmtop_User
    @Palmtop_UserАй бұрын

    Hey i just picked this thing up, do you have any resources/tutorials you can link me to on how i can install OSs. Kinda lost my original install and am kinda lost

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    which kind of image would you prefer to ? winimage/dd(.img) or ghost32.exe(.gho). and how big your CF card is ?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    github.com/zhblue/RetroFuns/blob/main/pocket386/README.md

  • @Palmtop_User
    @Palmtop_UserАй бұрын

    @@zhblue 2GB CF. Either image type is fine but .img seems more standard. Even just the names you gave are more than i had. Thank you

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    @@Palmtop_User I am happy to help

  • @JH21932
    @JH2193216 күн бұрын

    @@zhblue Hi, unfortunately the System Image MSDOS based file cannot be downloaded, the file does not exist.

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera1Ай бұрын

    How did you get the GPIo pins to act like a serial port? Are the some of the pins already configured that way? Do you mind sharing which pins you're using? Thanks

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    my pocket386 is not the retail version, but come from the creator with an internal serial board: www.8086cpu.com/lm6/101.html . The pinout is also available in the PDF files on this site.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    the serial board might available on the creator's aliexpress shop www.aliexpress.com/store/1102842856/pages/all-items.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_home.pcShopHead_2005620716398.1&shop_sortType=bestmatch_sort

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera1Ай бұрын

    @@zhblue thanks I ordered it. Maybe you can talk your friend into creating a spot for the esp8266 on the board.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    @@chimpera1 I shared the infomation with him last night.

  • @SiD3WiNDR
    @SiD3WiNDRАй бұрын

    Which sound card is this using? PicoGUS with SB firmware? Actual SB?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    I used a SB compatible card ALS007 .

  • @soviet9922
    @soviet9922Ай бұрын

    very cool

  • @sebatasemaro942
    @sebatasemaro942Ай бұрын

    What a fake FAX!!!

  • @KeyReel-fiddler
    @KeyReel-fiddlerАй бұрын

    Link for buying? :) Sorry to duplicate comment

  • @KeyReel-fiddler
    @KeyReel-fiddlerАй бұрын

    I would buy it too. Could you please provide the link? KIT is fine too if there is no other option. I would definitely buy PICO GUS hand386 edition. I'm still waiting on the computer though LOL

  • @superjch
    @superjchАй бұрын

    Where can I buy this with case?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    the case has not been designed, but you can build one for yourself. github.com/zhblue/RetroFuns/tree/main/stm

  • @selektivdevelopment
    @selektivdevelopmentАй бұрын

    I remember there was an artist using the first music theme from this demo as an intro to the album, but I cannot recall the band name.

  • @selektivdevelopment
    @selektivdevelopmentАй бұрын

    I found it... Children of Bodom, IneartheD back then. Probably they had some connections with the authors of this demo. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGp7lsqwXZPHhLg.html

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera1Ай бұрын

    What does it do

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    it works as a covox the speech thing

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera1Ай бұрын

    Does anyone know who designs and builds these?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    He is my friend.

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera1Ай бұрын

    @@zhblue Im wondering if he would make it with 16mb for purchase, If not I would like advice on what chips to use to do it myself?

  • @chimpera1
    @chimpera1Ай бұрын

    ​@@zhbluedo you know if there's a Discord or discussion group for these machines somewhere?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    try search book8088 group in Facebook

  • @DavidKinzler-xh6cv
    @DavidKinzler-xh6cvАй бұрын

    16MB would only really be useful to run Windows 95 native software multitasked. And this machine is basically too slow to run most 32 bit Windows programs, maybe the simplest card games + text mode win32 apps ​@chimpera1

  • @maxmuster7003
    @maxmuster7003Ай бұрын

    Hello, good work. I like to make tiny executable com files for DOS with a little help from the external debug command, but i use a special version of debug that provide 16 bit and additional 32 bit instructions for 80386+ CPU. The version from MS DOS provide 16 bit instructions only. To create a new executable com file i use batch files as an open source container to put all instructions of a routine inside the batch file. Most of these special container batch files have to start with one or more parameter attached separated with a space between. Example with row color "text" attached: CENTER.BAT 8 1b "output center align" I made some videos(no speech) to show how it works and to share the batch file. Have fun.❤

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    Never thought that could work, thank you for sharing!

  • @maxmuster7003
    @maxmuster7003Ай бұрын

    @@zhblue You are wellcome. If you have any specific question i try to answer.

  • @maxmuster7003
    @maxmuster7003Ай бұрын

    This menu of the config.sys file create a %config% enviroment variable that we can use in the autoexec.bat file with the "goto %config%" command to jump to a specific location in the batch file with a jump label like ":ems" for example. Inside the menu of the config.sys file we can make additional some submenu that allows to go back to a previos menu as long we are in the config.sys file.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    Yes! That's what I found too complex to say about in one video.Thank you for comment.

  • @maxmuster7003
    @maxmuster7003Ай бұрын

    This is the first video for this DOS boot menu that i found and i used this commands too.

  • @henrynunes1062
    @henrynunes1062Ай бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @manolitoayala9436
    @manolitoayala9436Ай бұрын

    A ESE ABOGADO OJO ECHENLE PICHI

  • @alexeykhilaev4870
    @alexeykhilaev4870Ай бұрын

    why they create fastdoom so late? it was so slow on my 386 in my childhood!

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    Maybe they have to grow up as we are, to learn how to do it.

  • @alexeykhilaev4870
    @alexeykhilaev4870Ай бұрын

    @@zhblue perhaps

  • @MotownBatman
    @MotownBatmanАй бұрын

    I would Love to get one. but Imma hold out just a bit longer to see if a 486 makes it to the scene

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    Or ,would you like to have a raspberry pi 4 in the shell ?

  • @BastetFurry
    @BastetFurryАй бұрын

    Waiting for mine, had to buy it from the makers Tindie shop as AliExpress didn't want to sell it to Germany and the makers eBay shop got suspended for no apparent reason. Wish me luck that the German customs won't make a fuss about it. 😅 By the way, running 95 on an SX i find a bit, lets say, daring. I will definitely reinstall the machine with MSDOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 which is more fitting for the platform.

  • @betamax80
    @betamax80Ай бұрын

    I highly suggest a Pacific chip USB to RS232 cable and a copy of FastLynx - I use it on the Book8088 very effectively. You had to turn the baudrate down to 57600.

  • @jimnzhasme
    @jimnzhasmeАй бұрын

    i want one but price is too high and they should have used a 4:3 screen with it

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    the screen is able to be adjust between 4:3 and 16:9 and auto.

  • @CallousCoder
    @CallousCoderАй бұрын

    I made a video about explaining how these work. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dpqC1aOEZ5SWm7Q.html

  • @Kagamma
    @KagammaАй бұрын

    What's the name of the second module played at 0:27?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    2.stm I can not remember where did I find it years ago.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    github.com/zhblue/RetroFuns/blob/main/stm/2.STM

  • @Kagamma
    @KagammaАй бұрын

    @@zhblue Thank you.

  • @Kagamma
    @KagammaАй бұрын

    Why does it feel laggy? Could it be because the sound was being played via the LPT port?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    Yes, the covox involved CPU to playback.

  • @KTDFox
    @KTDFoxАй бұрын

    I wonder if the Digispeech Portable Sound Plus has the same lag? It claims to emulate an entire sound blaster over parallel.

  • @kingpazn
    @kingpazn26 күн бұрын

    Did the pocket 386 come with the games?

  • @Kagamma
    @Kagamma26 күн бұрын

    @@kingpazn It has a few games (I remember seeing keen4, doom, wolf3d, tyrian and raptor), although I quickly nuked the cf card and reinstall everything, because I don't like the bloat that comes with it.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue26 күн бұрын

    @@kingpazn not the wolf3d, but it was a shareware and i'm sure you can google it out somewhere, if not ,i can find you one.

  • @samirquintana8460
    @samirquintana8460Ай бұрын

    now run doom on... Idk, there is another place to run doom?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/lK6Gr8eakq3XlJc.html

  • @zhblue
    @zhblueАй бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKx_pdavp7e7ZKw.html

  • @elinscheid
    @elinscheidАй бұрын

    I bought the Pocket386 yesterday and I can't wait for it to arrive. Thank you for showing how to get a joystick to work. I was worried when I saw there was no joystick port on the laptop.

  • @Spacegamejunkie
    @SpacegamejunkieАй бұрын

    So jealous.

  • @cayendoenlaoscuridad
    @cayendoenlaoscuridad2 ай бұрын

    k berja

  • @copland6268
    @copland62682 ай бұрын

    화면이 위아래 거꾸로 되어 있어서 보기 많이 불편하네요.

  • @bellaambiens
    @bellaambiens2 ай бұрын

    I enjoy my Book8088, now I also want a Pocket386.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue2 ай бұрын

    facebook.com/groups/1047214699726289 join this facebook group to see the new version of book8088.

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue2 ай бұрын

    facebook.com/groups/1047214699726289 join this facebook group to see the new version of book8088.

  • @alextrezvy6889
    @alextrezvy68898 ай бұрын

    What kind of controller in the display?

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue8 ай бұрын

    spi LCD, it works with fbcp

  • @alextrezvy6889
    @alextrezvy68898 ай бұрын

    @@zhblue cool!

  • @zhblue
    @zhblue8 ай бұрын

    USB gamepad with SFC outlet

  • @tecspa
    @tecspa3 жыл бұрын

    U need a micro case!