PCem is an IBM PC emulator for Windows and Linux released under a GPL license. Unlike other solutions, such as DOSBox or SCUMM, it doesn’t simulate an operating system or game environment. It is a classic emulator designed to emulate 8/16/32-bit x86 hardware used by IBM and other clone manufactures. Therefore, it requires the originals of the machine BIOS and compatible operating system to work.

Since the Anniversary Update, Windows 10 includes the ability for desktop users to install and run a copy of Ubuntu terminal within Windows! Known as the Windows subsystem for Linux or WSL for short it is available for any Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise system with the right updates.

As of release July 2016, Windows 10 includes the ability for desktop users to install and run a copy of Ubuntu terminal from within Windows! Officially called the Windows subsystem for Linux it usually goes by a slightly more memorable name of Bash on Ubuntu on Windows.

Using JavaScript to apply CSS to Internet Explorer/Edge returns ‘Assignment to read-only properties is not allowed in strict mode’

I encountered a silly mistake on my behalf the other day when programming some JavaScript DOM. This simple JS code to apply a style to an HTML element works fine in Chrome and Firefox. But breaks in Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer with the following error.

In this guide, I will walk you through on how to easily turn your Raspberry Pi into a dedicated, always on BitTorrent client.

In this entry I will explain my method of improving the Windows Command Prompt and its command-line. To turn it from a crude shell prompt into an ANSI coloured interface with a useful set of tools that can commonly be found on Linux and Mac terminals. We will also integrate a number of optional popular programming languages, a software package manager and other features. This will require some existing knowledge of Windows and its command-line.