A note on the USB-to-PS/2 mouse adapter that came with Microsoft mouse devices(devblogs.microsoft.com)

349 points by luu 1 year ago | 122 comments

Raymond Chen's The Old New Thing post explaining how the passive USB-to-PS/2 adapter bundled with Microsoft mice worked, with the mouse handling both protocols.

Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)(devblogs.microsoft.com)

185 points by mellonaut 2 years ago | 66 comments

Subroutine calls in the ancient world, before computers had stacks or heaps(devblogs.microsoft.com)

429 points by signa11 2 years ago | 195 comments

Raymond Chen's The Old New Thing blog post explaining how early computers performed subroutine calls before they had stacks or heaps.

Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)(devblogs.microsoft.com)

331 points by luu 2 months ago | 123 comments

A 2003 Old New Thing post by Raymond Chen recounting how the Windows 95 box's anti-piracy hologram of a baby drew offended reactions despite seeming harmless.

Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)(devblogs.microsoft.com)

281 points by montalbano 10 months ago | 107 comments

Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?(devblogs.microsoft.com)

255 points by mooreds 1 year ago | 136 comments