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Did any computers use automatically-operated mechanical storage as electronically-read-addressable memory
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How did "Super Wonder Boy (in Monsterland)" defeat the Multiface One?
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Why did the 8087's constant ROM contain the value ln(2)/3?
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Why did the 8087's constant ROM contain the value ln(2)/3?
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How to execute machine code in QuickBasic under DosBox?
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What form factor did the first-gen "compact Mac" HDDs use?
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When did Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS start supporting the 8087 math coprocessor?
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What was the Servus 100 system?
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What size belt to buy for the Atari 1010 program recorder?
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Was the second copy of the FAT ever used for anything?
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How were large UNIX installs managed in the 80s/90s?
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What form factor did the first-gen "compact Mac" HDDs use?
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What was the purpose of the System/360 unnormalized floating point add/subtract instructions?
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How were large UNIX installs managed in the 80s/90s?
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Why isn't the WDC 65816 available in "externally" 16-bit versions?
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Did DOS on the early, slow machines ever fail to handle interrupts timely, and what happened if it did?
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What's the correct Unicode code point for the Apple IIe's "delete" symbol?
Awarded Nov 17 at 21:00
How does the Kickstart ROM load and start workbench?
Awarded Nov 17 at 17:58
New to Amiga, my machine wants some floppy, no workbench but kickstart in ROM
Awarded Nov 17 at 17:30
Did DOS on the early, slow machines ever fail to handle interrupts timely, and what happened if it did?
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Why isn't the WDC 65816 available in "externally" 16-bit versions?
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What's the name of this "Burroughs" computer?
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How did old programs handle signal safety when there weren't the POSIX realtime signal extension?
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How did old programs handle signal safety when there weren't the POSIX realtime signal extension?
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Implementation details about Lotus 1-2-3/M
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In the 8088, what was the time/cycles penalty for switching segments?
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How did the Tandy 1000 select its drives?
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Help identifying a very old computer: 1974, maybe an NCR
Awarded Oct 31 at 18:40
Why does a 80C88 require a decoupling capacitor between its two ground pins?
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Did any processor ISA have a "reversed accumulator" architecture?
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What languages are better fit for generating efficient code for popular 8-bit CPU's than C?
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What did the 32K RAM Memory Expansion Cartridge do for V-Tech PreComputers?
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How does using a two-phase clock allow the processor to use latches instead of flip flops?
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How does using a two-phase clock allow the processor to use latches instead of flip flops?
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Why aren't each pixel's bits stored sequentially on the SNES?
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What's this weird floating-point format in SPARC
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Addressing on the Intel 1103
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Were cassette tapes designed to be adjusted by pencils?
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Why are RAM chips 1 or 4 bits wide?
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How is the parity bit in tape storage computed?
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What was the minimum amount of addressable memory? When and why did computers become byte-addressable?
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Was the ZX Spectrum used for serious number crunching?
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How is the parity bit in tape storage computed?
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Operating systems running programs in 286 16-bit protected mode
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Operating systems running programs in 286 16-bit protected mode
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Transistor count for the General Instrument AY-3-8910?
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How does the LOADALL instruction on the 80286 work?
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Were warning messages at the beginning of 90's - 00's Capcom and Konami games mandated by anybody?
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Why does a 80C88 require a decoupling capacitor between its two ground pins?
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DOS program for 3D graphics
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Get early versions of gzip
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MS-DOS vector fractal generator?
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MS-DOS vector fractal generator?
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"VRAM" on the Adam?
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How does the capacitive sensing works on the PC / PC/XT keyboard type 2?
Awarded Oct 6 at 6:47
Get early versions of gzip
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Where does the Unix pack compressor come from?
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Is this a Siemens T100S?
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Why does the 6502 read from the stack before writing it?
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Bypassing C64's PETSCII to screen code mapping
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