Upgrading jQuery version from 1.8 to 3.7 in a Web application
Recently I was tasked with upgrading jQuery in a web portal which was last maintained in 2013 to the latest
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Software Development
Mass download photos/videos from Viber on your iPhone
I couldn’t believe it took me more than half a day to find a free and reliable way to download
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Running macOS Sonoma 14 on VMware
This guide shows you how to configure a usable instance of macOS Sonoma on the latest version of VMware, either
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Enable syntax highlighting in Nano for Java Server Pages (JSP)
Recently when editing source files on an SSH remote session using nano, I discovered that JSP syntax highlighting is not
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Super 8086 Box, my home-built PC XT emulator with Adlib, MPU-401, joystick and NE2000 support
In 2019 I played with 8086 Tiny Plus v1.34, developed by Jaybert Software and improved from the original 8086 Tiny
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dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 2 – Firmware Design]
In my previous post I described how I designed my home-built LW/MW/FM/SW radio which supports MP3 recording/playback using the dsPIC33EP512MC502
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Getting xCode to run on unsupported versions of macOS
My MacBook Air 2017 has been running macOS Monterey (12.6.5), the last version to support my MacBook model, which in
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Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS
By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the
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Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012
Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the
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Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022
One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense
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Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022
Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which
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HP Compaq NC6120 laptop, the king of ports, a must-have for retrocomputing enthusiasts
In an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,
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Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)
With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of
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Getting Linux to boot on DOSBox-X
I have always wanted to boot a simple Linux distro using DOSBox. What are the challenges you may ask? Well,
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Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP
Recently when installing Go-oo Office v2.4.1 on my old laptop that is running Windows 98 with the VBEMP 9x driver
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