https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/ Recent content in Nostalgic DOS Development on [BETA] NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:58 +0100 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/mode-x-madness/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:35:37 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/mode-x-madness/ After learning about Mode 13h last time, I’ve been digging about in the ancient tomes of wisdom and discovered Mode-X. Let’s make a PC’s VGA card do odd things it was never designed for. #MSDOS #VGA #RetroComputing #Graphics https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen-part2/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:48:31 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen-part2/ Thanks to @hobbified on YouTube, making the EPA logo look correct was quite straight forward… #MSDOS #VGA #RetroComputing #Graphics https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:48:31 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen/ Because why not, it looks simpler than it really is and we’ll get to fall down a rabbit hole trying to draw the Energy Star logo. #MSDOS #DJGPP #VGA #Interrupts https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/nostalgic-dos-development-part-2-writing-our-first-programs/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:00:34 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/nostalgic-dos-development-part-2-writing-our-first-programs/ This is part two, go read part 1 first. #MSDOS #DJGPP #Keyboards #RetroComputing https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/nostalgic-dos-development-setting-up-the-machine/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:35:13 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/nostalgic-dos-development-setting-up-the-machine/ The modern world is far too complex. Software has become piles of APIs stacked on top of each other, running on virtual machines inside browsers. Even the CPUs themselves are too complex for anyone to understand. #MSDOS #DJGPP #RetroComputing #Programming