Configuring a modern laser printer to work with DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51
I couldn’t believe it took me less than 15 minutes to get Windows NT 3.51 to print to my Brother MFC-L2750DW
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Vintage Computing
Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51 on Fujitsu Siemens S210 thin client
My Fujitsu S210 thin client, bought in 2022, is still working well on Windows 98, with drivers for the SIS315E
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Pocket 386 retro laptop experiments: AdLib, Covox, and VGA
The Pocket 386 comes with an OPL3 sound card, which is just barely enough for DOS gaming. For a $200
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Mario Final v2.0, the ultimate Super Mario clone for MS-DOS
Earlier this month, a reader got in touch and mentioned that old experiment I did with MARIO.EXE, the Super Mario clone
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Exploring MSX-DOS and CP/M on OneChipBook FPGA-powered laptop
The OneChipBook, available on AliExpress for around $200, is a very interesting FPGA-powered laptop with 32MB RAM, a 10-inch 1024×768
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Internet access from Pocket 386 retro laptop using Wemos D1 ESP8266 serial Wifi adapter
Although there is a USB port on the Pocket 386, I seldom use it for file transfer. The device driver,
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Booting straight to Windows 98 on a modern laptop using Kubuntu and 86Box
I had some free time during the weekend and decided to see whether I could configure my Intel Core i7
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MM-9M 10″ portable 800-line vintage B&W CRT monitor
I love B&W CRT displays, for they bring back old memories of the long-lost past, of the first time I
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My journey with the Book 8088: swapping CGA/VGA cards, broken CF slot, and USB booting
Out of curiosity, I purchased two Book 8088 units from AliExpress, one with CGA and the other with VGA, hoping
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Sharp Font Writer FW 600 Vintage 1984 Word Processor with Printer
In late 2022, I acquired the Sharp FW-600 Font Writer – a vintage word processor with a built-in printer, originally
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Running Windows apps on Xiaomi POCO Pad Android 14 tablet via 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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Dosbian-X 2.0: Turn your Raspberry Pi into a 486DX emulator
I came across Dosbian-X 2.0, an interesting customized version of Debian 12 that boots straight into DOSbox, one of my
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Toshiba 14AF43 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-video and component inputs
I came across the Toshiba 14AF43, a rare 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-Video, component inputs, and decided to
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Dial-up Internet access in 2024 using the Viking DLE-200B telephone line simulator
I got to know the Internet in secondary school, using a 33.6Kbps US Robotics dial-up modem on my Pentium I
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Tandy 2500RSX: a solid 386 workhorse from the DOS era
My first introduction to computers came in primary school with the Tandy 1000RSX, an 80386SX machine running at 25 MHz.
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