ianken51
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I wrote to the maker (in China) and he mentioed that he was looking into making a 486 version, but that it was more complicated to build. Not sure what he meant exacly. I'm assuming that the Pocket386 is made from industrial 386 single board computer components. The interface slots look a lot like those I've seen on ISA 386 SBCs.They should have used a 486 DX2 or better with 32MB RAM. Would have made that a vastly better retro system.
Also, I've tried cloning the 2GB CF card onto a 16GB micro SD card and using a micro SD to CF card adapter to run the machine. No luck so far. All I get is a light-blue screen and a lockup. As soon as I remove the adapter and insert a correct 2GB CF card, it all starts as intended. Maybe its me, maybe its the adapter or the micro SD card being incompatible. I'll keep plugging away and see how I go.
You guys in the States are fortunate. Here in Australia our dollar is onlyt worth 61 cents US or so. That means mine cost $355 AUD landed. OUCH!. I even bought a Windows 11 Celeron tiny NUC like PC for that money. But it's not as much fun.