Monthly Archives: January 2026

Cracking DXP and SXD

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Michal Necasek

There are situations where software is available only in the form of a floppy image. This goes especially for historic hardware drivers and patches, which were often distributed only in the form of floppy images. This method was quite popular … Continue reading →

Posted in Archiving, Development, Floppy Images | 4 Comments

A 100 Year Old Consul Typewriter?

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Michal Necasek

Spurred by a discussion about Polish keyboard layouts, I tried to find more about the history of Czech keyboard layouts. Unfortunately, finding actual documents turned out to be very difficult. What I did find is that prior to the current … Continue reading →

Posted in Computing History, Keyboard, Typewriter | 31 Comments