https://ncot.uk/tags/retro-computing/ Recent content in Retro Computing on NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:06:11 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/nostalgic-dos-development-part-1-freedos-djgpp-rhide-and-other-madness/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:06:11 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/nostalgic-dos-development-part-1-freedos-djgpp-rhide-and-other-madness/ <p>Come back to a time when 640k was enough, and when a 486 DX2/66 was considered a fast computer. None of this modern multi-core rubbish or branch predicting exploitable nonsense here. Just you, me, DOS and a C compiler.</p> https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/forcing-dos-onto-an-unwilling-thinkpad-r60e/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:54:04 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/forcing-dos-onto-an-unwilling-thinkpad-r60e/ <p>I decide that doing DOS development means I need a real computer, rather than an emulator. I have an old laptop, surely making it run DOS can’t be that hard, right?</p>