Tales from the Trailing Edge

Gregg Eshelman has been working with PCs since 1983, everything from the original IBM 5150 on up, including DOS 2.1 through 6.22 and Windows since 3.0. He's "never ever" bought an out of box IBM or clone, preferring to build his own. Gregg still prefers good old fashioned jumpers for setup over "Plug and Play," which still doesn't quite live up to its name.

Replacing a totally messed up Windows install when you need to keep your work files, 2002.09.25. Installing over the broken version of Windows doesn't work, but you can't afford to wipe the drive and lose all your files.
Hard drives and drivers on PCs and Macs, 2002.08.05. Hardware and software differences in the way Macs and PCs, past and present, have changed as operating systems evolved and hard drives grew larger.
Standard, Enhanced, and Real Mode, 2001.11.06. An introduction to Standard, Enhanced, and Real Modes, which CPUs use them, and how to kill a hard drive.
Will it run Windows?, 2001.10.23. Which versions of Windows will run on which older PCs - from the PC through the 486.
What is the Windows Shell?, 2001.10.16. What the Windows Shell is, how you can change it, and why you may want to.
Last ditch disaster recovery, 2001.10.04. Things to try when Windows won't load.
CPU Reminiscences, 2001.09.27. Remembrance of CPUs past, 8088 through 586.

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