In the past, this function was probably rarely used but since the basic physical structure of x86 processors has changed significantly in recent years, we can now be […]
Nice Thing: OpenRCT2 and OpenTTD
These are two really good games from legendary assembler programmer Chris Sawyer, which were huge hits when they came out and have only gotten better over time. I […]
Setup:
Gast-PC (Rev. 1.1)
Revision 1.1 (01/2026) | Revision 1 (11/2025) Compared to the original setup, the data storage devices have been replaced: now only SSDs from Samsung and hard drives from WD. The […]
Full RAM ahead – Windows XP PAE modification
One of the biggest disadvantages of Windows XP is that the most widely used and compatible version is based on 32-bit. This means that a maximum of 4 […]
Setup:
Retro-XP-PC (Rev. 1.1)
Revision 1.1 (01/2026) | Revision 1 (11/2025) Compared to the original setup, some storage devices have been replaced with significantly larger ones. The rest remains unchanged. This tower PC, which […]
Windows with that special touch
How could it be otherwise when you handle a lot of hardware? Particularly low-priced devices tend to end up sooner rather than later at their final destination—with me. […]
Spectre and Meltdown – A Blast from the Past
Spectre and Meltdown are two security vulnerabilities in processors that were discovered some time ago, in 2017-2018. There are two variants of Spectre: CVE-2017-5753 (bounds check bypass, Spectre-V1, […]
Setup:
Recovery-PC
This PC is mainly used for specific processes involving storage devices. Of course, at the end of the day, it is just another computer and is used from […]
Recovery PC – Restore and overwrite
If you work a lot with hardware, especially data storage devices, you will soon realize that there are processes that take a lot of time and for which […]