Setting up a modern laser printer to work with Windows 98 using D-Link LPR client
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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Software Development
Jarte, a lightweight minimalist 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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PolyEdit, an editor for DOC/DOCX/RTF on Windows 95/98/XP
During my previous quest for an application that can open DOCX files on Windows 98, I came across PolyEdit, a
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Opening Windows Write (.WRI) files on modern versions of Windows with CWordpad
I have an old software that frequently generates reports in Windows Write (.WRI) format. No modern software running on Windows
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Office Reader 2.0, the best Word/Excel/Powerpoint/RTF/PDF viewer with superb backwards compatibility
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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Fun with orthodox file managers: Norton Commander, DOS Controller and 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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Open 16-bit Windows applications natively on 64-bit Windows using OTVDM/winevdm
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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Open 16-bit DOS applications natively on 64-bit Windows using NTVDMx64
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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Emulating dual Hercules+CGA monitors setup with DOSBox
There is an interesting option called “Dual monitor support” located in the Options > Environment > Startup dialog of Turbo
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Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, a great IDE back in the 90s
I have to admit, I was never a heavy user of Turbo C back in the day. My journey as
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Software Real Time Clock (RTC) for the dsPIC33EP512MC502
Although the dsPIC33EP512MC502 does not have an integrated Real Time Clock (RTC) for time keeping, this can easily be overcome by configuring
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Opening Office 2007 documents on Windows 98
On my old but trusted Windows 98 laptop, which is used mostly for DOS and early Windows games, there is an occasional
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Tweaking the AlphaSmart Neo, a great portable word processor with 700-hour battery life
Although I really love my AlphaSmart Dana, its limited battery life which requires recharging every couple of days as well as the
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Flueron, V380 Pro and Raspberry Pi Zero as wireless CCTV cameras
A while ago I wrote a few articles describing how to use the Flueron, V380 Pro as well as the Raspberry Pi
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HP Stream 14-bs153od 64GB eMMC 14″ laptop
I received the HP Stream 14-bs153od 14″ laptop with 64GB eMMC and 4GB RAM from a friend and spent a
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