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Hardware Vintage Computing

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

April 29, 2018September 27, 2018 ToughDev 0 Comment 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

Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing

Rebuilding the 1987 AdLib Music Synthesizer Card

April 17, 2018May 22, 2018 ToughDev 0 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

Hardware Mac OS Vintage Computing

Dove Fastnet Ethernet card for Macintosh SE

March 23, 2018May 23, 2018 ToughDev 0 Comment dove fastnet, macintosh se

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

Hardware Windows Tips

QDSP-2050 Pentium P6200 Mini x64 Desktop PC

February 23, 2018May 26, 2018 ToughDev 3 Comments embedded, intel pentium, mini pc, qdsp-2050

In my quest for a small form factor 64-bit machine to be used as a home server, I came across

Hardware Linux

Dell OptiPlex FX160 Intel Atom 230 Tiny Desktop PC

January 15, 2018May 21, 2018 ToughDev 0 Comment b43, embedded, fx160, intel atom, sis 671, ubuntu, vesa

After exploring the Habey BIS-6620 Intel Atom Z510 Fanless Embedded PC, I bought the Dell Optiplex FX160, another small form

.NET Framework Software Development Windows Tips

Fixing PlatformNotSupportedException when running Window Communication Foundation applications

December 20, 2017May 22, 2018 ToughDev 0 Comment platformnotsupportedexception, wcf

A few days ago when attempting to run a custom Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) application on a customer’s server, I encountered the

Android iOS Mobile Development

Exploring Foxit MobilePDF SDK on Android and iOS

November 30, 2017December 15, 2017 ToughDev 1 Comment foxit, mobilepdf, sdk

Last week when downloading Foxit PDF Reader, I browsed through the list of PDF products offered by Foxit and came across

Reverse-engineer VoIP Windows Tips

Fixing video recording issues in Linphone v4.1.1 for Windows

October 19, 2017December 3, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, linphone, qt, windows

In one of my projects, I noticed an interesting issue with Linphone v4.1.1 for Windows, a popular open-source cross-platform VoIP application. If I attempted

Software Development Web Development Windows Tips

Installing Microsoft Web Deploy on Windows 7

September 30, 2017May 16, 2018 ToughDev 0 Comment iis, web deploy, windows

I recently attempted to install Microsoft Web Deploy on Windows 7 for on my BIS-6620 fanless embedded PC. After following the

Hardware Software Development Windows Tips

Habey BIS-6620 Intel Atom Z510 Fanless Embedded PC

August 27, 2017May 21, 2018 ToughDev 0 Comment bis-6620, embedded, habey, intel atom, mini pc, windows

I purchased the Habey BIS-6620, a fanless embedded PC running on an Intel Atom Z510 processor, from eBay for a cheap

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