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