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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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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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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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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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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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
Read moreDeveloping a PC-speaker MIDI player for the IBM PC XT
In my experiment with a PC XT running on an NEC V20 at 12MHz, I attempted to play a MIDI
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Using NFS to transfer files between Windows and MS-DOS 6.22
Although I successfully configured Microsoft Network Client 3.0 to access my shared folder on my Windows 7 machine, the setup eats up almost 100KB of
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USB flash drives on 8-bit ISA bus using CH375 ISA to USB adapter
I purchased the CH375 ISA to USB adapter from Taobao, hoping for an easier way to transfer files to my
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Rebuilding the 1987 AdLib Music Synthesizer Card
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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Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects (CT4170) on a 80386
I found a Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects (CT4170) ISA sound card and installed it in my 80386 in order to play old
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Setting up 3COM Etherlink 16 ISA network card
With some free time during the weekend and being a bit nostalgic, I pulled out a bunch of old ISA
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