Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client
I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card
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Windows Tips
Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS
By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the
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Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012
Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the
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Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022
One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense
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Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022
Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which
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HP Compaq NC6120 laptop, the king of ports, a must-have for retrocomputing enthusiasts
In an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,
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Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)
With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of
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Getting Linux to boot on DOSBox-X
I have always wanted to boot a simple Linux distro using DOSBox. What are the challenges you may ask? Well,
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Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP
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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Setting up a modern laser printer to work with Windows 98 using D-Link LPR client
I bought a Brother MFC-L2750DW laser printer which supports connection via USB, Ethernet as well as Wifi and wanted to
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Jarte, a lightweight minimalist word processor
I am a fan of lightweight word processors and personally enjoy using them on my old laptops. Why would one
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PolyEdit, an editor for DOC/DOCX/RTF on Windows 95/98/XP
During my previous quest for an application that can open DOCX files on Windows 98, I came across PolyEdit, a
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