> I have been interested in retro hardware for a long time.

Retro.

1997.

Cries in 8088.

In 1997 I was using a Pentium 75, what were you doing with an 8088?!?

I successfully run ELKS on a Flytech Carry 1 industrial computer.

https://github.com/jbruchon/elks

http://elks.sourceforge.net/ (old Sourceforge page)

https://vinc.prv.pl/text/299e3ed5-320.html