Running Windows NT 4 MIPS on Qemu in 3 easy steps

Today we will be looking at how to run Windows NT 4 for MIPS on the Qemu emulator. I didn’t really have a reason to try this but it seemed like a fun weekend project. In the process I’ve learned a lot about how some systems booted, got even more angry about how awful BIOS

HP ZBook Fury 17.8 G8 as a Linux workstation

Update 10/09/2022 – The Hybrid graphics issue is fixed As of firmware 1.9.11.0 the hybrid graphics option Just Works ™. Use LVFS to update your firmware to make the discrete GPU work. Update 19/08/2022 – The Zbook is supported by the LVFS I recently purchased a HP Zbook Fury 17.8 G8 to replace my Dell

The very weird Hewlett Packard FreeDOS option

In this installment: some strange things I discovered when purchasing a FreeDOS laptop from Hewlett Packard. I suspect that the audience for this will be somewhat limited but I had fun exploring this. Perhaps you, dear reader, will find a chuckle in here too. Some background: I recently purchased a HP ZBook 17.8 G8 as