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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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