Hacker News with Generative AI: Legacy Software

Programming NetBIOS on OS/2 (os2museum.com)
Recently I spent some time trying to understand a piece of networking code, and it turned out to be far more difficult than it should have been. The code in question is the NetBIOS interface of C-Kermit and was originally written in the early 1990s.

Programming, Networking, OS/2, C-Kermit, Legacy Software

52 points by userbinator 22 days ago | 0 comments

Running WolfSSL and Curl on Windows 2000 (datagirl.xyz)
As part of my current series of projects, I've been working on a screenshot tool intended for older Windows versions.

Windows, Software, Programming, Legacy Software

37 points by todsacerdoti 43 days ago | 12 comments

2.11BSD_X44: A 2.11 BSD that's still receiving patches, including x86 support (github.com/TheSledgeHammer)

Operating Systems, Software, Legacy Software, GitHub

30 points by jmmv 61 days ago | 14 comments

Haiku OS R1 Beta 5 Is Keeping the BeOS Dream Alive (howtogeek.com)

Operating Systems, Beta Releases, Legacy Software

39 points by rezaprima 66 days ago | 6 comments

Microsoft to Deprecate Legacy DRM for Media Player on Windows 7, 8 (cyberinsider.com)
Microsoft has officially announced the deprecation of several legacy Digital Rights Management (DRM) services, which will affect users of Windows Media Player, Silverlight, and older Windows versions like Windows 7 and 8.

Microsoft, Windows, Media Player, Legacy Software

10 points by thunderbong 69 days ago | 2 comments

NetWare NFS Gateway 1.1 (archive.org)
In the days of NetWare 3.x, Novell had two products designed for UNIX connectivity: NetWare NFS and NetWare NFS Gateway.

Networking, Legacy Software, Operating Systems, Novell, File Sharing

21 points by kencausey 71 days ago | 7 comments

A new Windows CE x86 compiler in 2024 (enlyze.com)
At ENLYZE we need to deal with operating systems from the last century on customer machines everyday.

Windows CE, Compilers, Legacy Software

35 points by ladyanita22 71 days ago | 2 comments

Microsoft kills legacy DRM support on Windows Media Player, Windows 7/ 8 (neowin.net)
Recently, Microsoft gave the first official on-record confirmation about the apparent impending doom of the Windows Control Panel. After widespread media coverage of it though, the company soon removed the portion and replaced it with something much more non-specific.

Microsoft, Windows, Legacy Software, DRM, Operating Systems

6 points by croes 72 days ago | 0 comments

Microsoft is killing the Windows Paint 3D app after 8 years (bleepingcomputer.com)

Microsoft, Windows, Software, Discontinued Products, Legacy Software

20 points by ajdude 103 days ago | 16 comments

Tvision – A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0 (github.com/magiblot)

Software, Programming, Legacy Software, Open Source

41 points by shakna 109 days ago | 8 comments

Managing Classic Mac OS Resources in ResEdit (eclecticlight.co)

Mac OS, Software, Operating Systems, Programming, Legacy Software

94 points by zdw 126 days ago | 52 comments

"GitHub" Is Starting to Feel Like Legacy Software (mistys-internet.website)