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title = "Book 8088"
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This is a modern clone of a IBM PC (XT), with a NEC V20 CPU, compact flash,
VGA graphics, serial and parallel connector and a USB connector (which mainly
serves as mass storage device). It has 640k of RAM (yes exactly 640k). It runs
in 4 or 8 MHz speed (turbo mode). You can also connect 8-bit ISA-cards over
an ISA-bus extender with 3 slots (though this renders the laptop much less
portable).

It runs the [8088 BIOS](https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios) not the Chinese
pirated one. This one also includes the [XT-IDE](https://www.xtideuniversalbios.org/)
disk BIOS for the compact flash or serial disk drive.

- [Status and Todos](/hardware/book8088-status-todos)