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Microsoft Office Networking Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Setting up a modern laser printer to work with Windows 98 using D-Link LPR client

March 26, 2022March 27, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment hp laserjet, lpr client, printer, windows 98

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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Microsoft Office Software Development Windows Tips 

Jarte, a lightweight minimalist word processor

February 2, 2022March 26, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment jarte, 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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Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

PolyEdit, an editor for DOC/DOCX/RTF on Windows 95/98/XP

January 26, 2022March 26, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment polyedit

During my previous quest for an application that can open DOCX files on Windows 98, I came across PolyEdit, a

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General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Windows Tips 

Opening Windows Write (.WRI) files on modern versions of Windows with CWordpad

December 15, 2021March 26, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment cwordpad, microsoft word, rich text format, windows write, wordpad

I have an old software that frequently generates reports in Windows Write (.WRI) format. No modern software running on Windows

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Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Office Reader 2.0, the best Word/Excel/Powerpoint/RTF/PDF viewer with superb backwards compatibility

November 26, 2021March 31, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment excel, google docs, microsoft office, office reader, powerpoint, word

Microsoft used to give free viewers for Office files (.DOC/,DOCX/.XLS/.XLSX/.PPT/.PPTX) as well as for Visio files (.VSD), These viewers work

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Software Development Vintage Computing 

Fun with orthodox file managers: Norton Commander, DOS Controller and Volkov Commander

October 6, 2021March 26, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dos controller, norton commander, volkov commander

Most of us are familiar with the Norton Commander, one of the most popular orthodox file managers for DOS. The

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General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Win32 API Windows Tips 

Open 16-bit Windows applications natively on 64-bit Windows using OTVDM/winevdm

September 30, 2021March 31, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment borland C, otvdm, turbo c, widevdm

In my previous post I described how to run 16-bit DOS applications on 64-bit Windows using NTVDMx64. This post will

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Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Open 16-bit DOS applications natively on 64-bit Windows using NTVDMx64

August 19, 2021March 31, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, ntvdm, ntvdmx64, windows 11

Running 16-bit DOS applications natively on 64-bit versions of Windows without the use of an emulator such as DOSBox is

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General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing 

Emulating dual Hercules+CGA monitors setup with DOSBox

July 30, 2021March 26, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, turbo c, turbo pascal

There is an interesting option called “Dual monitor support” located in the Options > Environment > Startup dialog of Turbo

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General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Vintage Computing 

Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, a great IDE back in the 90s

June 25, 2021March 25, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment adlib, borland C, commander keen, compiler, disney, freepascal, keendreams, sound blaster, turbo c

I have to admit, I was never a heavy user of Turbo C back in the day. My journey as

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Hardware Oscilloscope 

Vintage oscilloscopes to the test: Hitachi VC-6025, GW-INSTEK GOS-6103 and Kenwood CS-5275

May 20, 2021March 29, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment hitachi, instek, kenwood

After having fun with the VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator on my Rigol and Hantek oscilloscopes, I decided to do

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Hardware Oscilloscope 

VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator based on ATMEGA 8A and ADF4351

April 24, 2021March 29, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment DS1054Z, DSO4084C, VFO4351A

To replace my aging and bulky National Panasonic VP-8177A function generator, I bought the VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator module from

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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.

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