Super 8086 Box, my home-built PC XT emulator with Adlib, MPU-401, joystick and NE2000 support
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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Vintage Computing
Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client
I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card
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Powering off a computer using ACPI from 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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HP Compaq NC6120 laptop, the king of ports, a must-have for retrocomputing enthusiasts
In an attempt to find a laptop which has a parallel port but is modern enough to run Windows 7,
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Useful software for Windows 98SE (PDF, FTP, text editor, media players, etc.)
With the right software, Windows 98SE can still be a very useful operating system. This post will list some of
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Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP
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
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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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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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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Twinhead A5020 566MHz Intel Celeron laptop
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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