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Year: 2012

Hardware Vintage Computing 

IBM Thinkpad 600 Memory Upgrade

December 19, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

I got an IBM Thinkpad 600 from eBay that has 32MB RAM and a working CD drive with no hard

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CodeProject iOS Mobile Development PHP Software Development Web Development 

Using ApnsPHP library with CodeIgniter to send Push Notifications to iOS devices

November 24, 2012April 4, 2023 ToughDev 1 Comment

I recently needed to use PHP to send Push Notification to iOS and Android devices. While sending push notification to

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CodeProject iOS Mobile Development Networking Objective-C Software Development 

Using SOAP web service in an iOS application

October 18, 2012April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

I recently needed to connect to SOAP web services written in .NET/PHP from one of my iOS applications when I

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Android Hardware Software Development 

Marshmallow 7G Android 4.0 Wifi+3G Tablet

September 14, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 3 Comments

I recently purchased the Marshmallow 7G, an Android 4.0 tablet that has Wifi and 3G, supports USB hosts with HDMI

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Hardware 

Testing V9999 dual SIM card & dual camera quad-band phone from eBay

August 12, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 3 Comments

I got myself a cheap quad-band phone with dual SIM card, dual camera, USB port, and QWERTY keyboard, among other

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Mac OS Popular Articles Software Development VmWare 

Fixing “The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system” when running OS X Lion on VMWare

July 27, 2012May 9, 2023 ToughDev 92 Comments

My OS X Lion VMware image, which has always been working fine on my computer, a 2.53GHz Intel Core i5

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Hardware Networking Reverse-engineer 

Unlocking the Linksys SPA2102 Phone Adapter

June 8, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 6 Comments

I got myself a free Linksys SPA2102 SIP-to-PSTN adapter from a friend. However, to my disappointment, it is locked to

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Hardware USB to Serial Windows Tips 

Prolific USB-to-Serial driver on Windows 7

May 25, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

My Prolific USB-to-Serial converter has been working well on Windows XP but refuses to work on Windows 7 64-bit. Windows

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Hardware Radio/TV 

Experimenting with Casio Portable Analog TVs from eBay

April 11, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

Recently I won an eBay Auction for 2 portable TVs, the EV-570P and the TV-880D. Although both are analog TVs

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Hardware Software Development 

“Scanner Error” on Xerox WorkCentre 3119

March 24, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 4 Comments

Well, if you get this error, or some other hardware-related errors such as PAPER JAM, DOOR OPEN and TONER ERROR

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iOS Mac OS Mobile Development VmWare 

Mac OS X on VmWare – Upgrading from 10.6.4 to 10.6.8

February 17, 2012May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

In my previous articles (this and this) I have shown you how to setup a working Mac OS X 10.6.4

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Android Mobile Development SMS Migration 

Raw access to SMS/MMS database on Android phones

February 14, 2012May 7, 2023 ToughDev 13 Comments

My HTC HD2 running on Android from SD card has stopped working recently – the phone simply refused to power

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About ToughDev

Since 2008, ToughDev has explored embedded systems, software development, reverse engineering, and retro computing, bridging legacy hardware with modern software.

Recent projects include the Super 8086 Box PC XT emulator, the dsMP3 embedded radio, and detailed teardowns of vintage PCs such as the Tandy 2500RSX.

I also write about voice, AI, and communication products from a technical user’s perspective. My recent first-impressions review of Talk Machine looks at its voice-first interface, email-based voice notes, transcript refinement, and natural speech output.

Beyond publishing technical research, ToughDev also provides consulting and custom development services in embedded systems, mobile applications, VoIP, microcontroller firmware, and integration with vintage or undocumented hardware platforms.

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