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Where does this esoteric Pascal operator come from? (2017) (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
1 point by peter_d_sherman 29 days ago | past | 1 comment
Are retrocomputers best left on or off? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
66 points by azeemba 35 days ago | past | 75 comments
How were 70s versions of games like Pong built without a programmable computer? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
240 points by SeenNotHeard 42 days ago | past | 122 comments
How similar were the MC6800 and MOS 6502? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
10 points by SeenNotHeard 49 days ago | past | 2 comments
Did Microsoft Release a "Critical Update Notification Tool"? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
1 point by SeenNotHeard 52 days ago | past | 2 comments
What was the intention with the Commodore 128? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
6 points by amichail 58 days ago | past
Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running CP/M? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
4 points by amichail 58 days ago | past
Why were there so many OSes that had the name "DOS" in them? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
3 points by SeenNotHeard 65 days ago | past | 1 comment
Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
135 points by SeenNotHeard 3 months ago | past | 164 comments
What purpose did the lower-right Enter key serve on original Mac 128k keyboard? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
69 points by SeenNotHeard 3 months ago | past | 60 comments
Why were early (personal) computer connectors so bulky? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
6 points by azeemba 4 months ago | past
Why didn't C++ specify filename extensions? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
1 point by susam 4 months ago | past
What actual purpose do accent characters in ISO-8859-1 and Windows 1252 serve? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
49 points by azeemba 4 months ago | past | 75 comments
Why are the Intel 8080's rotate instructions opposite to intuition? (2021) (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
3 points by userbinator 6 months ago | past
Why did Tim Berners-Lee bother to create HTTP? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
6 points by cl3misch 7 months ago | past | 1 comment
What were the major things that caused TCP/IP to become the standard protocol? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
2 points by rwallace 7 months ago | past
Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest? (2020) (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
316 points by xeeeeeeeeeeenu 7 months ago | past | 245 comments
Did any processor implement an integer square root instruction? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
251 points by rwallace 7 months ago | past | 72 comments
What Is an SS97 Interface? – Retrocomputing Stack Exchange (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
2 points by rbanffy 7 months ago | past
Telefunken Datenspeicher (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
151 points by cl3misch 8 months ago | past | 74 comments
Does this 8088 code in the Leisure Suit Larry 2 game do anything? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
310 points by Luc 8 months ago | past | 93 comments
Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
45 points by signa11 9 months ago | past | 68 comments
Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
3 points by azeemba 9 months ago | past
Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
3 points by daveoc64 9 months ago | past
Retro computer capable of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
3 points by azeemba 10 months ago | past
Why did moving the mouse cursor cause Windows 95 to run more quickly? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
1 point by behnamoh 10 months ago | past
When did computer manuals start using monospace fonts for code and why? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
2 points by azeemba 10 months ago | past
What Did Sulfnbk.exe Do? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
2 points by accrual 10 months ago | past
What was the first C compiler for the Mac? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
4 points by susam 10 months ago | past
Bit Computer with Most Colors? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
2 points by susam 10 months ago | past

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