Skip to content

On real hardware

Machines that have booted os8088, photographed and filmed by the people who own them.

Get the images Or boot it in your browser

IBM 5150

An IBM 5150 Personal Computer with its Model F keyboard in front and an IBM 5151 monochrome monitor on top, the green screen showing the os8088 desktop.

Desktop, 1981

IBM 5150: Hercules and CGA as one desktop, and video with sound from the PC speaker

Processor: 8088 4.77MHz
Display: Hercules and CGA

Toshiba T1100 Plus

An open Toshiba T1100 Plus laptop on a white bench with a beige Microsoft mouse beside it, its wide blue LCD showing the os8088 desktop.

Laptop, 1986

Toshiba T1100 Plus: The desktop at 640x200 on a blue LCD, booted from 720K floppies

Processor: 8086 7.16MHz
Display: CGA 640 x 200

Epson Equity I+

An Epson Equity I+ desktop computer with an Epson printer on top and a keyboard in front, beside a monitor showing the os8088 desktop.

Desktop, 1987

Epson Equity I+: An XT clone with a VGA card: the whole desktop in 16 colors

Processor: 8088 4.77/10MHz
Display: VGA 640 x 480

Book8088

A small black Book8088 laptop open on a workbench, its wide LCD showing the os8088 desktop in CGA with a Mandelbrot set in a Fractal window.

Laptop, 2023

Book8088: An 8088 laptop still on sale, with a USB mouse

Processor: 8088 4.77/8MHz
Display: CGA 640 x 200

Compaq Portable III

A beige Compaq Portable III on a white bench, its orange plasma screen raised above the case and showing the os8088 desktop, with its keyboard in front on a coiled cord.

Portable, 1987

Compaq Portable III: CGA on orange plasma, and two of them playing over a serial cable

Processor: 286 12MHz
Display: CGA 640 x 200

Packard Bell PB286LP-VGA

An open beige Packard Bell VGA laptop on a white bench with a yellow mouse beside it, its LCD showing os8088 running REDLINE.

Laptop, 1990

Packard Bell PB286LP-VGA: The whole 640x480 desktop on a 16lb laptop

Processor: 286 12MHz
Display: VGA 640 x 480

Packard Bell Victory

A Dell LCD on top of a beige Packard Bell desktop case, showing the os8088 desktop in VGA with a Video Player window playing a music video.

Desktop

Packard Bell Victory: Full-screen video at 30fps, from a card that is also the hard disk

Processor: 286 16MHz
Display: VGA 640 x 480

286 desktop

A beige desktop PC with a full-size beige keyboard in front of it and a Panasonic PanaSync monitor on top showing the os8088 desktop in VGA.

Desktop

286 desktop: An AT clone in VGA, on a Panasonic CRT

Processor: 286 AT clone
Display: VGA 640 x 480

Advantech PCA-6740

A green single-board computer photographed from above: a large ST chip, a row of memory chips, a DiskOnChip 2000 module, a coin cell, and VGA, network and serial connectors on its bracket.

Single-board computer, 2001

Advantech PCA-6740: A 486 on one board: 1024x768, Ethernet, and a desktop 3.2s after power-on

Processor: 486 133MHz
Display: VESA 1024 x 768

Toshiba Satellite 4025CDT

An open grey Toshiba Satellite 4025CDT laptop on a cluttered desk, its LCD showing the os8088 desktop on a blue gradient with five windows open.

Laptop

Toshiba Satellite 4025CDT: A Pentium II that still boots like an 8086, at 1024x768

Processor: Pentium II 300MHz
Display: VESA 1024 x 768