VirtualBox and Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Intended Audience This post will be of interest if you are considering revisiting MS-DOS 6.22, the last standalone version of Microsoft DOS, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (WfW), the first commercial version of Windows to gain any real traction. For this post, I’m working with VirtualBox 5.2.12 under Windows 10 Home (build 1803). A working …
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Windows Browser Compatibility Matrix

Intended Audience This post will be relevant to you if you’re looking for a browser for a legacy Windows operating system (OS). While there are many browsers, only the popular browsers, arguably the juggernauts in their time, are covered in this post. Background On reflection, after having built a whole bunch of legacy Windows systems in VMs, …
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DHCP/DNS Server on FreeNAS

Intended Audience This post will be of interest to you if you require more comprehensive and flexible DHCP and local DNS services than might be available through your DSL router, and you have a FreeNAS server on your network. On the network I am working with, there is a Fritz!Box providing a basic DHCP/DNS service to …
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