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Running Windows apps on Xiaomi POCO Pad Android 14 tablet via Winlator

March 22, 2025May 16, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment bosh, dosbox, limbo x86, windows 95, windows 98, wine, winlator

I decided to spend the weekend making full use of my Xiaomi POCO Pad 12″ tablet, which features 8GB of

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General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Windows Tips 

Open Windows Write (WRI) files on Windows 11 using legacy versions of WordPad

December 9, 2024February 22, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment pbrush, rich text format, windows nt, windows write, winword, wordpad

In my previous post a few years ago, I found that CWordPad, a WordPad clone for Windows 98, can open

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General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP

April 16, 2022May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment microsoft office, open office, vbemp, windows 98

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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Setting up a modern laser printer to work with Windows 98 using D-Link LPR client

March 26, 2022May 4, 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

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Microsoft Office Software Development Windows Tips 

Jarte, a lightweight minimalist word processor

February 2, 2022May 4, 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

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Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

PolyEdit, an editor for DOC/DOCX/RTF on Windows 95/98/XP

January 26, 2022May 4, 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

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Open Windows Write (.WRI) files on modern versions of Windows with CWordPad

December 15, 2021February 20, 2025 ToughDev 1 Comment cwordpad, microsoft word, rich text format, windows write, wordpad

I have an old software that frequently generates reports in Windows Write (.WRI) format, which cannot be opened using modern

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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, 2021September 10, 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

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Open Office 2007 documents on Windows 98

September 15, 2020February 22, 2025 ToughDev 1 Comment microsoft office, office 2007, office 97, open office, win98, 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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Converting an Outlook Form Template (OFT) to a .NET Windows form in Visual Studio

July 18, 2013February 25, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment

In one of my work projects, I was assigned with the task of developing a standalone Windows form application to

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.NET Framework Microsoft Office 

Read/Write Office Outlook contacts from .NET

August 10, 2008 ToughDev 0 Comment

1. Install Office XP/2003/2007 2. Add COM reference to Microsoft Outlook 10/11/12 Object Library Imports msoutlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook ‘read Dim

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About ToughDev

Since 2008, ToughDev has been extensively exploring a variety of technical topics—from software development to electronics design. Key areas of focus include Android and iOS programming, VoIP technologies, embedded systems using Arduino and PIC microcontrollers, reverse engineering, and retro-computing.

Recent highlights include running macOS Sequoia on a Dell Latitude, teardown of the vintage Tandy 2500RSX—a powerful 386 system by Tandy Corporation, the Super 8086 Box—a home-built PC XT emulator with full legacy hardware support— and the dsMP3, a custom-designed multi-band radio with MP3 recording and playback.

Got something cool or curious to share? Get in touch—whether it's a retro challenge, embedded puzzle, or deep tech curiosity, I’m always open to fresh ideas and unique projects. You can also learn more about what I do on the About ToughDev page

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