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Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B and Hantek DSO4084C digital oscilloscopes

March 12, 2023April 1, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment DS1054Z, DSO4084C, GDS1054B, hantek, instek, rigol

Over a period of five years I have bought myself three low-end modern digital oscilloscopes, the Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B

Hardware Radio/TV Vintage Computing

Grundig GV509M, Panasonic NV-FJ625 and Phillips VR 330 VCR/VHS Player/Recorder

February 28, 2023March 31, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment grundig, panasonic, phillips, vcr, vhs

In my store room I have a collection of three VCRs, Panasonic NV-FJ625, Phillips VR 330 and Grundig GV509M. The

General Programming Hardware Microcontroller Software Development

Emulating EEPROM using flash memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

January 17, 2023March 28, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dspic, eeprom, flash, mplab, pickit4, xc16

One thing I don’t like about the dsPICEE3P (and the PIC32MX) lines is that these devices do not have EEPROM

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General Programming Hardware Networking Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips

Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client

December 27, 2022March 31, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment fujitsu, Futro, ms dos, thin client, windows 3.11, windows 98

I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card

General Programming Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips

Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS

November 30, 2022March 31, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment a86, acpi, ms dos

By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the

General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

October 15, 2022March 27, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, dosbox, qemu, winqemu

Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the

General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips

Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022

September 27, 2022March 27, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio

One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense

General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips

Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022

August 20, 2022April 1, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio 2022

Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which

Hardware Networking Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips

HP Compaq NC6120 laptop, the king of ports, a must-have for retrocomputing enthusiasts

July 27, 2022March 28, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment nc6120, windows 7, windows 98

In an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,

General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips

Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)

June 15, 2022April 1, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment windows 98

With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of

General Programming Linux Software Development Windows Tips

Getting Linux to boot on DOSBox-X

May 30, 2022March 27, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, dosbox-x, ubuntu, virtualbox

I have always wanted to boot a simple Linux distro using DOSBox. What are the challenges you may ask? Well,

General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips

Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP

April 16, 2022March 26, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment microsoft office, open office, vbemp, windows 98

Recently when installing Go-oo Office v2.4.1 on my old laptop that is running Windows 98 with the VBEMP 9x driver

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Since 2008, ToughDev has been publishing technical sharing articles on a wide range of topics from software development to electronics design. Our interests include, but are not limited to, Android/iOS programming, VoIP products, embedded design using Arduino/PIC microcontrollers, reverse-engineering, retro-computing, and many others. We also perform product reviews, both on new and vintage products, and share our findings with the community. In addition, our team also develops customized software/hardware solutions highly adapted to suit your needs.

Read our latest review of the DS1054Z/GDS1054B/DSO4084C oscilloscopes as well as our text-to-speech solution for the PIC24 for some examples of what we can do.

Contact us if you have interesting ideas to explore and our friendly staff will get back to you!