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Twinhead A5020 laptop
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Twinhead A5020 566MHz Intel Celeron laptop

October 12, 2020October 17, 2022 ToughDev 0 Comment Twinhead

In order to play DOS and early Windows games, I searched eBay for a cheap laptop that can run Windows 98, preferably

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GoOO Office About
Microsoft Office Reverse-engineer Software Development Windows Tips 

Opening Office 2007 documents on Windows 98

September 15, 2020October 17, 2022 ToughDev 1 Comment microsoft office, open office, win98

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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PXL_20210506_033204878
General Programming Hardware Reverse-engineer Software Development Vintage Computing 

Tweaking the AlphaSmart Neo, a great portable word processor with 700-hour battery life

August 19, 2020May 15, 2021 ToughDev 2 Comments alphasmart, basic, neo

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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ipc365_cr2032
Hardware Linux Reverse-engineer Software Development 

Reverse engineer the 360Eyes Pro (IPC365) wireless CCTV camera

September 9, 2019July 31, 2020 ToughDev 15 Comments 360eyes, cctv, ffmpeg, ipc365, rtsp, u-boot

Available on AliExpress, the 360Eyes Pro (also known as IPC365, from the default network host name of this camera) is

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alleycat_browser
Reverse-engineer Software Development Vintage Computing 

Playing Alley Cat, a classic MS-DOS game, from your web browser

March 1, 2019July 30, 2020 ToughDev 0 Comment alleycat, pcjs, pcx86

Last week I explored gabonator’s Visual C++ and Javascript port of Alley Cat, one of my favourite DOS games. The project, despite being apparently

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super_mario_dosbox_svn
Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Experimenting with DOSBox SVN-Daum, a custom DOSBox build by ykhwong

July 9, 2018June 11, 2019 ToughDev 2 Comments dosbox, SVN-Daum, ykhwong

While watching a Youtube video that demonstrates how to use the Roland MT-32 MIDI synthesizer with DOSBox, I came across DOSBox

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adlib_clone_completed
Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Rebuilding the 1987 AdLib Music Synthesizer Card

April 17, 2018May 22, 2018 ToughDev 1 Comment adlib, fusion pcb, gerber, kicad, ms dos, seeedstudio

In an attempt to bring sound to my PC XT clone without spending a lot of money on highly overpriced vintage sound

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linphone_name_invalid
Reverse-engineer VoIP Windows Tips 

Fixing video recording issues in Linphone v4.1.1 for Windows

October 19, 2017December 3, 2017 ToughDev 3 Comments c++, linphone, qt, windows

In one of my projects, I noticed an interesting issue with Linphone v4.1.1 for Windows, a popular open-source cross-platform VoIP application. If I attempted

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Screenshot from 2017-04-11 15-35-37
Mac OS Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Exploring Retro68 GCC-based SDK for 68K Macintosh computers

March 11, 2017June 14, 2019 ToughDev 12 Comments 68k, gcc, mac os, macintosh, retro68

UPDATE: The 68k development environment with Retro68 together with CodeLite and pce/macplus emulator running on Ubuntu is now ready for

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IMG_20170319_002441_HDR_3
Reverse-engineer Windows Tips 

Data recovery after using ‘dd’ on the wrong partition

February 18, 2017March 27, 2017 ToughDev 0 Comment data recovery, photorec, recuva, testdisk

During my recent experiment with the Raspberry Pi, I accidentally used dd on the wrong partition and wrote the Pi system image onto

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IMG_20170313_152110_HDR
Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing 

Repairing a vintage Macintosh SE/30

January 12, 2017June 10, 2021 ToughDev 15 Comments 68k, macintosh se/30, recap, scsi2sd

The Macintosh SE/30 is probably the most wanted Compact Macintosh computer due to its various upgrade options, especially the ability to support

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