Year: 2016

CodeProject Mac 68k Mac OS Vintage Computing

System 6.0.8 on a vintage Macintosh SE with 4MB RAM

December 26, 2016April 4, 2023 ToughDev 8 Comments 68k, mac os, macintosh se, raspberry pi, scsi2sd

Last week I found a vintage Macintosh SE that had long been hidden inside the store room of my apartment. The machine could not

CodeProject Mac 68k Mac OS Vintage Computing

PCE/macplus, the ultimate 68K Macintosh emulator

November 25, 2016April 4, 2023 ToughDev 4 Comments 68k, emulator, mac os, pce/macplus

UPDATE: Retro68 together with CodeLite and pce/macplus emulator can form a very good 68k development environment. See my latest post for more

CodeProject General Programming Software Development

Exploring Paralex paraphrase-driven open question answering engine

October 12, 2016April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment natural language processing, nlp, python

Out of curiosity, I did a quick research to find out whether there are any existing solutions that provide answers for open (but simple)

Web Development Web Hosting

My Bluehost VPS upgrade experience

September 26, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment bluehost, customer service, linode, mojo marketplace, sentora, upgrade, vps, webmin, WordPress

I have been a Bluehost customer since December 2014 when I decided to purchase their shared hosting package to host toughdev.com

Windows Tips

Prevent Windows from auto-disconnecting Wi-fi when a VPN session is established

August 27, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 2 Comments disconnect, vpn, wifi, windows

Perhaps this is the most irritating issue for VPN users on Windows. You connect to a Wi-fi network, establish a

Hardware Vintage Computing

HD9800 GBS8200 CGA EGA YUV to VGA Converter Module

July 16, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 5 Comments 15kHz, amiga, atari, cga, commodore, converter, VGA

In an attempt to display the Amiga 500 15kHz VGA output signal nicely on a my LCD monitor, I bought

Hardware Vintage Computing

Brother Super PowerNote PN-8500MDSe vintage word processor

June 12, 2016May 11, 2025 ToughDev brother, ms dos, word processor, z80

In my recent eBay adventure I purchased a Brother Super PowerNote PN-8500MDSe vintage word processor from a local seller. The machine is

Hardware Vintage Computing

Multi Evolution 500 and Amiga A501 expansion cards on an Amiga 500

May 9, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 6 Comments amiga, commodore, memory expansion, real time clock

I came across a Multi Evolution 500 SCSI controller expansion card on eBay, which was described by the seller as faulty

Hardware Vintage Computing

Commodore 386SX-LT Laptop

April 8, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 6 Comments 80386, commodore, laptop, ms dos, windows

I recently purchased a Commodore 386SX-LT laptop, an old 80386 laptop with 1.6MB of RAM (640KB base memory + 1MB

Tips & Tricks Web Development

Fixing 500 Internal Server Error when importing blog posts to WordPress

March 18, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment blog, internal server error, WordPress

If you are attempting to import posts from other blog platforms, for example Google’s Blogger, to WordPress and encounter a 500

xCode Organizer No Suitable Applications Found

CodeProject iOS Mobile Development Software Development

Error “No suitable application records” were found when submitting apps via xCode

February 8, 2016April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment iOS, iTunes, xCode

When attempting to submit my application to the iOS app store recently using xCode Organizer, I encountered the following weird error

Windows Tips

Fixing ‘Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms’ error during Windows 10 Installation

January 12, 2016May 4, 2023 ToughDev 23 Comments

Well, I got this error during my Windows 10 installation on an Acer laptop using a bootable USB created using

CodeProject Linux Software Development

Change default Crontab editor in bash shell for Raspberry Pi

January 10, 2016April 4, 2023 ToughDev 3 Comments

By default, the editor for the crontab on the Raspberry Pi is the editor specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR

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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