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Android General Programming Microsoft Office Software Development Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

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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Software Development Windows Tips 

Back up copyright-protected DVDs as MKV using DVD Shrink, MakeMKV and ffmpeg

November 19, 2024February 19, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment dvd shrink, ffmpeg, makemkv, mpeg2, mpeg4

Many DVDs in my movie collection have degraded with age, so it’s time to back them up to a more

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Software Development Windows Tips 

Locate recently connected USB devices on Windows

October 7, 2024October 27, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment powershell, usbdeview

I had a USB to Ethernet adapter which worked fine on Ubuntu 24 but did not work out of the

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CodeProject General Programming Software Development Windows Tips 

Integrating DigiCert Click-to-Sign with InstallShield to sign both setup.exe and bundled MSI file

July 10, 2024October 21, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment click-to-sign, code signing, digicert, installshield, MSI, signtool, smartscreen, visual studio, windows store

All apps submitted to the Windows Store must be signed with Authenticode digital signatures, and consequentially must not generate any

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Hardware Radio/TV Vintage Computing Windows Tips 

Toshiba 14AF43 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-video and component inputs

June 29, 2024February 20, 2025 ToughDev 0 Comment component input, composite, CRT TV, s-video

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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Hardware Networking Vintage Computing VoIP Windows Tips 

Dial-up Internet access in 2024 using the Viking DLE-200B telephone line simulator

May 28, 2024October 21, 2024 ToughDev 2 Comments dial-up, DLE-200B, Internet access, mypal, phone line simulator, retrozilla

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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CodeProject General Programming Uncategorized Windows Tips 

Connect a Dell Bluetooth keyboard with both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22

December 23, 2023January 23, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment bluetooth, regedit, ubuntu, windows 11

A few months ago, I purchased a Dell Bluetooth keyboard for use with my desktop PC, which has both Windows

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CodeProject Reverse-engineer Windows Tips 

Troubleshooting hard-to-find Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) crash due to issues with NTVDMx64

November 16, 2023August 19, 2024 ToughDev 2 Comments ntvdmx64, virtualbox, vmware, windows subsystem for linux, wsl

Recently all of a sudden, my WSL instance running Ubuntu 22 could not start. Even after making sure that hardware

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General Programming Reverse-engineer Windows Tips 

Fixing corrupted Code Integrity Policies (CIP) causing Windows 11 slowness on recently downloaded EXE files

October 3, 2023January 16, 2024 ToughDev 0 Comment code integrity policy, windows 11, windows defender

Windows Defender is the first thing that I disable on a new Windows 10 or Windows 11 installations. Despite its

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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, 2023May 26, 2025 ToughDev 2 Comments 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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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

October 15, 2022December 23, 2023 ToughDev 10 Comments c++, dosbox, qemu, winqemu

Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the

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CodeProject General Programming Microsoft Visual Studio Software Development Windows Tips 

Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022

September 27, 2022April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment c++, visual studio

One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense

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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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