if OS/2 got a version called OS/2 Warp, why didn't the PS/2 get a version called PS/2 Weft?

We’ve been struggling financially for a while now, and things have gotten to a point where we’re having a very hard time keeping up. The debt keeps piling up instead of getting smaller, and it’s been a constant source of anxiety for me.

Absolutely no pressure, but if you happen to have a little more than you need and wouldn’t mind sending some help our way, we would be incredibly grateful.

https://ko-fi.com/saybwee

I’d also really like to give something back where I can. If you donate and would like some art in return, I’d be happy to work something out as a commission. No pressure or expectation at all, I just want to be able to offer something in return for the kindness.

In the extremely unlikely event that someone out there is blessed with the ability to simply erase the entire debt ($50k)... I will gladly become your butler for a week!! I make no guarantees regarding my butlering skills, but I will commit to the bit, call you "My Liege" and even wear the uniform! 🤭

Thank you for reading, and thank you to anyone who helps, shares this, or even just sends some kind words. 🩵🤗🧡

hhhh so also the person who usually helps us with paying this place hasn't given anything yet, and we only have TWO days to raise enough to stay here.

so as usual, please help us in any way you can.

goal: $0/$800

https://www.paypal.me/hazelnutflavorcoffee

#MutualAid #UrgentMutualAid #mutualaid

Bingo

anyway office 97 is installing now

ugh. I'm having to go through THREE versions of Microsoft Office just to find the proper WordArt I want.

Office 4.x doesn't have it, and neither does Office 95, although Office95 seems to know what WordArt is? (It's in the help, even if I can't seem to create it)

I'm finally back at work after 16 months bedridden, but I'm having to do a lot of medical crap to deal with constant migraines, and it's expensive. If you can spare a few dollars, I've got a Ko-Fi:

https://ko-fi.com/fooneturing

and a patreon for recurring donations, thanks!

https://www.patreon.com/foone

addendum to the original post:

make sure your program is using the datafiles you think it is.
if your image editor is saving out free.png but your program is loading desperate-survivors.png, you will not go to space today.

oof. I'm trying to hack a DOS game and I find someone who wrote a tool for it in 2007

the game is from 1994, meaning that it's been longer since the tool came out (19 years) than how old the game was at the time (13 years)

so i reverse-engineered the code that draws InstallShield's famous background gradient and text and reimplemented it in C https://gist.github.com/whitequark/203f60a101db4bd9f876654eb0c6e837

okay apparently firefox will do this, it just doesn't do it for me because I turned off the built in password manager because I use another manager, and that other manager doesn't do basic auth. annoying

firefox has a built in password manager now, you'd think they'd plug it into the HTTP Basic Auth dialog box, but NOPE

or is it just "who the fuck uses HTTP Basic Auth these days?"

is there some technical reason why every single password manager I've ever used doesn't do shit for HTTP Basic Auth?

You'd think this is the place they'd shine, since it's standardized and built into the browser, rather than having to regex for username and password fields

ive been looking for this movie for over a decade now, maybe im famous enough for one of my followers to recognize it 🥺

Time for a new thread.

I've made a short blog post outlining the basic techniques of executable emoji, which I have dubbed emojissembly.

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2026/08/executable-emoji.html

I started working on a general COM2EMOJI utility that I might post at some point, but let's face it the chances of me being distracted by some shiny thing in the next 48 hours is quite high.

i have a new emoji program for you.

Save as MANDEL.COM. Should be 1092 bytes.

EDIT: Updated. Should run in any version of DosBox now with no special options.

md5 should be
9ed65cc927b257b113a298dee37215cc

🐸☺️😖🐰😗😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😹😯🕳️😯🐮🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐⭐🍽️🍽️🍽️🍽️🐮🐰😔😬😬🗓️🍽️👁️📗🐪🗓️🧮🧯📗🐪🐮🗓️😿🧯🧯🧯🧯📗🐪🗓️🐮📗🐪🗓️🧮🧮🧯🧯👁️📗🐪🐮🗓️🧮🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯🧯📗🐪🗓️😿🧯🧯🧯🧯📗🐪🗓️😿🍽️🍽️🍽️🍽️🐮📗🐪🐮🗓️😯🍽️🍽️👁️📗🐪🐮🐮🐮🗓️😿🧮🧮🧮📗🐪🗓️🧮👁️👁️🍽️👁️📗🐪🐰😔🐐🐐♿🇹🇭⏪✋💕🐀🍥🐐📣🈚🌌🌋🏐🌕👻🌺🌻🍵🆙🌮🍝🌐🌋🍠🌋🐅🍜💒🌳👹🎇👹🉑🎎🉑💞🆖🌳🆎🎇👹🉑🎎🉑💞🐖👯🆖🌻🕕🌿🐐🍙👺👽🌳👹🎇💗🉑🎎🉑💞🖕🎎🌙👻🌺🌻🐻🎂🌻🌳👮🐖🐸🍤🕕🌻🐠🐻🍝🌻🌳🌷🐎🌷🍭🌌💗👻🐖🐖🌜🌛📛🍕🍓🍪🍷🌙🍘🍾🍪👻🌺🌻🌙🌘🌙🐗🌊🏐💗🎐🧯🔥🌉

okay everyone can we PLEASE get donations? because i still don't know how long it's going to take to get my food stamps back. i called their office about it this morning and nobody picked up. i have to keep trying but realistically the DTA NEVER answers their phone.

fuck uh. goal is $280. the same amount i would have gotten.

https://www.paypal.me/hazelnutflavorcoffee

#mutualaid #UrgentMutualAid #MutualAid #foodinsecurity

The following is a valid DOS COM executable that prints "HELLO" in the lower right corner of the screen.

You can copy these emoji into a text editor, and save it as EMOJI.COM. it should be 141 bytes.

It will run in DosBox-X, with the following options:

cpu cputype=8086
machine cga

🐸☺️🐰🐎♐🗃️🧯🧯🧯🐮💗🦮🪏♐🐰🐹🗃️🧯🧯🧯🧯💗🪗🧯😗🧮🫪😗🧮😗🐮😪😔⭐

may god have mercy on my soul.