Aug 29, 2023 Post comments count10 Post likes count3 The popularity of DOS/4GW made Windows 95 game compatibility a little easier, but with higher stakes Raymond Chen A popular path to protected mode.
Aug 28, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count3 Just for fun: Which processors prefer sign-extended loads, and which prefer zero-extended loads? Raymond Chen Another pointless chart.
Mar 14, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count2 Did Vienna ever exist or was it just misinformation? Raymond Chen It could be neither.
Feb 27, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count1 The unintentionally-expanding scope of the SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX flag Raymond Chen Other suppressions caught in its net.
Feb 14, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count2 Why are the Windows chassis hardware button hotkeys so strange? Raymond Chen Operating within the constraints of the system.
Feb 7, 2023 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 The frustration of finding a suitable time to hold a meeting when the participants are evenly spaced around the globe Raymond Chen Somebody has to suffer, but we try to make sure it's not the same person each time.
Dec 26, 2022 Post comments count10 Post likes count5 The worst-selling Microsoft software product of all time: OS/2 for the Mach 20 Raymond Chen Count 'em on one hand.
Nov 8, 2022 Post comments count3 Post likes count4 Why is there a system sound called Asterisk? What sound does an Asterisk make anyway? Raymond Chen It's to accompany the asterisk, back when we had an asterisk.
Oct 25, 2022 Post comments count8 Post likes count5 Why are many Windows user interface elements positioned at multiples of 4 or 8 pixels? Raymond Chen It depends on whose pixels you're talking about.
Sep 20, 2022 Post comments count8 Post likes count2 Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers, follow-up Raymond Chen Deeper speculation by others.