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At least one of the clones is a 386, the NuXT is just an 8088. Nobody wanted an 8088 once the 386 was available, and that was back then. Convincing "enthusias
by pengaru 3y ago
At least one of the clones is a 386, the NuXT is just an 8088.
Nobody wanted an 8088 once the 386 was available, and that was back then.
Convincing "enthusiasts" to buy 8088s in a new box today is little more than shilling e-waste
- hakfoo 3y agoThere's some appeal in constraints-- look at the people who do new homebrew NES/SNES games. I've built a kit-based 8088 product, and I have a 386 clone. The 386 is more capable, but I've gotten more hobby mileage out of the 8088 because there's interesting projects built around coping with its limitations. (I designed a custom memory board because it was designed with 512k, and I wanted 640 and upper memory blocks, and did some firmware work that made the kit much more usable).