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Networking Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Using Microsoft Network Client 3.0 for MS-DOS with modern versions of Windows

June 8, 2018October 3, 2021 ToughDev LAN Manager, microsoft network client, Samba

In order to facilitate transferring files from my main PC to my VirtualBox machine running MS-DOS 6.22, I installed Microsoft

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

USB flash drives on 8-bit ISA bus using CH375 ISA to USB adapter

April 29, 2018May 30, 2022 ToughDev bios, ch375, ida pro, isa to usb, ms dos

I purchased the CH375 ISA to USB adapter from Taobao, hoping for an easier way to transfer files to my

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Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Rebuilding the 1987 AdLib Music Synthesizer Card

April 17, 2018May 22, 2018 ToughDev 1 Comment adlib, fusion pcb, gerber, kicad, ms dos, seeedstudio

In an attempt to bring sound to my PC XT clone without spending a lot of money on highly overpriced vintage sound

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Hardware Mac OS Vintage Computing 

Dove Fastnet Ethernet card for Macintosh SE

March 23, 2018August 30, 2019 ToughDev 3 Comments dove fastnet, macintosh se

In order to get my Macintosh SE connected to the network via Ethernet, I bough a cheap Dove Fastnet Ethernet

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects (CT4170) on a 80386

July 12, 2017November 5, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment 80386, creative, ms dos

I found a Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects (CT4170) ISA sound card and installed it in my 80386 in order to play old

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Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing 

Setting up 3COM Etherlink 16 ISA network card

June 15, 2017November 11, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment 3c503, 80386, ms dos, packet driver

With some free time during the weekend and being a bit nostalgic, I pulled out a bunch of old ISA

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Replacing the power supply in the Macintosh SE

May 4, 2017November 5, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment macintosh, power supply, repair

I was using my vintage Macintosh SE when it finally died – there was a loud bang followed by columns of

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Hardware Vintage Computing 

Changing the language on a Psion Series 5 PDA

April 4, 2017November 5, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment german, language, pda, psion, rom

I finally managed to locate my long-forgotten Psion Series 5 from my store room today. However, to my disappointment, the LCD

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Mac OS Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Exploring Retro68 GCC-based SDK for 68K Macintosh computers

March 11, 2017June 14, 2019 ToughDev 12 Comments 68k, gcc, mac os, macintosh, retro68

UPDATE: The 68k development environment with Retro68 together with CodeLite and pce/macplus emulator running on Ubuntu is now ready for

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Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Repairing a vintage Macintosh SE/30

January 12, 2017June 10, 2021 ToughDev 15 Comments 68k, macintosh se/30, recap, scsi2sd

The Macintosh SE/30 is probably the most wanted Compact Macintosh computer due to its various upgrade options, especially the ability to support

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Mac OS Vintage Computing 

System 6.0.8 on a vintage Macintosh SE with 4MB RAM

December 26, 2016September 8, 2019 ToughDev 8 Comments 68k, mac os, macintosh se, raspberry pi, scsi2sd

Last week I found a vintage Macintosh SE that had long been hidden inside the store room of my apartment. The machine could not

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