MS-DOS
Despite Tandy’s DeskMate application which tried to handle a number of disk and application related functions, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) was the actual operating system on which Deskmate...
View ArticleAmiga OS
At around the same time I discovered DeskMate, the Amiga OS made its entry into the market as the aptly named operating system for the Amiga computer. Until recently, I had never owned an Amiga...
View ArticleGW-BASIC
I first discovered this little gem while poking around on my Tandy 1000 RL computer back in 1991. Because I was familiar with various versions of BASIC already, I was able to fire it up and immediately...
View ArticleTheDraw for DOS
There are two ways to display graphics in DOS. The first involves getting out of text mode and setting the desired graphics mode and then drawing pixels on the screen via the BIOS or writing directly...
View ArticlePGP: Source Code and Internals
My copy finally arrived the other day and I am elated. Now, before you make another hasty buying decision based solely on my opinion, and on a single line of text, there are a couple of things worth...
View ArticleTheDRAW!
There are two ways to render graphics in DOS. The first involves setting the desired graphics mode and then drawing pixels on the screen via the BIOS or writing directly to video memory (an interesting...
View ArticleDissecting DOSBox
If you’re a gamer and have been for years, then you’ve probably heard of and quite possibly used DOSBox. If you haven’t, then let me introduce it to you. DOSBox is great little program for running all...
View ArticleMicrosoft Quick C Compiler
When I first came in contact with this compiler, I was just starting high school and eager for the challenges ahead (except for the material which didn’t interest me — basically non-science courses)....
View ArticleVectrex Emulator: ParaJVE
This is a really sweet emulator from an author who seems to love the Vectrex experience. He even went through the trouble to add in the typical electrical noise you hear coming from the speaker — that...
View ArticleWindows 98 Game Machine
I have been wanting to build a Windows 98 retrobox machine for a long time, since running Windows 98 games in a virtual machine with hardware acceleration that works is next to impossible, and although...
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