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Networking Popular Articles Software Development Vintage Computing Win32 API Windows Tips 

Super 8086 Box, my home-built PC XT emulator with Adlib, MPU-401, joystick and NE2000 support

August 15, 2023September 16, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment 8086tiny, c++, dosbox, msdos

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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General Programming Hardware Networking Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client

December 27, 2022September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment fujitsu, Futro, ms dos, thin client, windows 3.11, windows 98

I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card

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CodeProject General Programming Hardware Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS

November 30, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment a86, acpi, ms 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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Hardware Networking Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

HP Compaq NC6120 laptop, the king of ports, a must-have for retrocomputing enthusiasts

July 27, 2022May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment nc6120, windows 7, windows 98

In an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,

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General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)

June 15, 2022September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment windows 98

With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of

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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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CodeProject Microsoft Office Networking Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

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 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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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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Software Development Vintage Computing 

Fun with orthodox file managers: Norton Commander, DOS Controller and Volkov Commander

October 6, 2021May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dos controller, norton commander, 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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CodeProject General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing Win32 API Windows Tips 

Open 16-bit Windows applications natively on 64-bit Windows using OTVDM/winevdm

September 30, 2021April 5, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment borland C, otvdm, turbo c, widevdm

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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CodeProject Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Open 16-bit DOS applications natively on 64-bit Windows using NTVDMx64

August 19, 2021April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, ntvdm, ntvdmx64, windows 11

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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General Programming Software Development Vintage Computing 

Emulating dual Hercules+CGA monitors setup with DOSBox

July 30, 2021May 8, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment dosbox, turbo c, turbo pascal

There is an interesting option called “Dual monitor support” located in the Options > Environment > Startup dialog of Turbo

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Popular Articles Software Development Vintage Computing 

Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, a great IDE back in the 90s

June 25, 2021May 9, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment adlib, borland C, commander keen, compiler, disney, freepascal, keendreams, sound blaster, turbo c

I have to admit, I was never a heavy user of Turbo C back in the day. My journey as

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Hardware Reverse-engineer Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Twinhead A5020 566MHz Intel Celeron laptop

October 12, 2020May 4, 2023 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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