Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 27 days agoLet's talk about the birth of multimedia with Windows 95 and its weird and excentric media players!plus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down16
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkLet's talk about the birth of multimedia with Windows 95 and its weird and excentric media players!plus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square14fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months agoJoin me on another nostalgia trip in MS-DOS land, this time with Norton Utilities 8!plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkJoin me on another nostalgia trip in MS-DOS land, this time with Norton Utilities 8!plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 5 months agoLet's talk about early MS-DOS disk management! And Partition Magic!plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkLet's talk about early MS-DOS disk management! And Partition Magic!plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 8 months agoLet's talk about viruses and anti-viruses in MS-DOS!plus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkLet's talk about viruses and anti-viruses in MS-DOS!plus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square0fedilink
minus-squareRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoretrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org•Remembering multi-tasking in MS-DOS: DESQViewlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago86Box can emulate the 8088 and WinWorld has the first version of DESQView so I might just try it. As for how they did it…I wouldn’t know. linkfedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 9 months agoRemembering multi-tasking in MS-DOS: DESQViewplus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down12
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkRemembering multi-tasking in MS-DOS: DESQViewplus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square13fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 9 months agoRe-enacting the dial-up connection using MS-DOSplus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkRe-enacting the dial-up connection using MS-DOSplus-squareblog.raduzaharia.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square1fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 9 months agoLet's revisit CheckIt, the complete system information utility for MS-DOSplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkLet's revisit CheckIt, the complete system information utility for MS-DOSplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 10 months agoRemembering database development in MS-DOS with FoxPro 2.6plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkRemembering database development in MS-DOS with FoxPro 2.6plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 11 months agoRevisiting one of the oldest MS-DOS world atlas applications ever written: PC Globeplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkRevisiting one of the oldest MS-DOS world atlas applications ever written: PC Globeplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square2fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoLet's have some fun browsing the web with MS-DOSplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down12
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkLet's have some fun browsing the web with MS-DOSplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoA quick trip to the year 2002: BeOS 5plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkA quick trip to the year 2002: BeOS 5plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoLet's take a quick look at how software was built in the MS-DOS era: Borland Pascal 7.plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkLet's take a quick look at how software was built in the MS-DOS era: Borland Pascal 7.plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMS-DOS applications: AutoCADplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkMS-DOS applications: AutoCADplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoLet's peek at the arcane ways of MS-DOS memory management.plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkLet's peek at the arcane ways of MS-DOS memory management.plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoLet's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space.plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down17
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkLet's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space.plus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square42fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoLet's get TCP working with MS-DOSplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkLet's get TCP working with MS-DOSplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
Radu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agoRe-enacting the direct cable connectionplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkRe-enacting the direct cable connectionplus-squareraduzaharia.medium.comRadu Zaharia@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilink
86Box can emulate the 8088 and WinWorld has the first version of DESQView so I might just try it. As for how they did it…I wouldn’t know.