Not a survivor but a new build: a 2024 handheld that puts an ALi M6117 — a 386SX core still made for embedded use — into a seven-inch clamshell with OPL3 sound and a real ISA slot. It exists because DOS gaming did not stop having an audience, and it answers a question the period never did: what a 386 laptop would have been if the parts had been this small. A modern curiosity that belongs beside the originals.

Details

Manufacturer	Pocket DOS
Model	386sx-40
Year	2023
Form factor	proprietary
Chassis	laptop
CPU	Intel 386SX-40
Installed RAM	8 MiB
OS	MS-DOS 6.22 + Windows 3.11
Condition	Working
Source	eBay order no. 08-14770-42519
Acquired	2026-06-14
Notes	Added from MSD SCAN01. AMIBIOS 0626 07/15/95; ISA/AT bus. Make/model TBD (AMI BIOS clone). D: is a CH375 USB adapter (added). C: ~2GB may be a CF card.
Reference	https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007440593277.html

Machine

Catalogue model	Pocket 386 — DZT, 2024

Motherboard

RH-0241 · Motherboard

386 laptop planar

CPU family

386-class

Form factor

proprietary

BIOS

AMI 0626 (1995)

Onboard video

Cirrus Logic CL-GD5420 VGA

Ports

IDE, Floppy

Parts

1

RH-0242 · Storage

Fixed disk (~2GB, C:)

Kind

Hard disk

Interface

IDE

Capacity

2047 MiB

CHS

974/255/63

Files

No files for this one yet.

History

2026-08-19	variant: (empty) → Pocket 386
2026-07-30	cpu: Intel 386 SX 40 → Intel 386SX-40