Retrocomputing

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Can the Nintendo 64 run code directly from ROM?
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Why did the VIC-20 and C64 have only 22 and 40 columns when the earlier PET had 80 column text?
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How long will floppy disks maintain data integrity?
Awarded Jan 19 at 1:36
How did the Spectrum clones with TR-DOS and paged memory load and run code files from disk?
Awarded Jan 16 at 16:51
How did old computers address far more than 64K of memory despite only having a 16 bit address bus?
Awarded Jan 15 at 13:52
Commodore Mouse not recognized by a Commodore PC30-III 286 machine
Awarded Jan 13 at 7:17
What is a Dumb Terminal?
Awarded Jan 12 at 3:31
Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?
Awarded Jan 11 at 21:30
Where can I find a 26-pin flex flat cable for the floppy drive in a Toshiba T19x0 laptop?
Awarded Jan 10 at 17:56
Is there any hard data about type-in programs in the 80s?
Awarded Jan 10 at 12:16
Were there ever any dumb terminals in a portable form factor?
Awarded Jan 10 at 11:17
Were there ever any dumb terminals in a portable form factor?
Awarded Jan 8 at 20:51
How to repair IIgs 3.5 floppy drive?
Awarded Jan 7 at 18:25
Is there any hard data about type-in programs in the 80s?
Awarded Jan 5 at 19:04
Which is the first non-assembly (and binary) language to write operating system(s)?
Awarded Jan 4 at 19:02
Why does the 6502 have the BIT instruction?
Awarded Jan 3 at 9:47
Amiga game about a detective or a spy in some kind of hotel building
Awarded Jan 2 at 17:57
What is the effect of direct exposure of the magnetic disk of a floppy to ultraviolet (UV) light?
Awarded Jan 2 at 14:55
Was there ever a microcomputer with a full-size keyboard and a hex numpad?
Awarded Jan 1 at 8:30
Commodore 1581 crashes during format
Awarded Dec 25 '21 at 20:40
Why did third-party PlayStation memory cards forget/delete saves?
Awarded Dec 25 '21 at 0:26
Which Linux or BSD distributions do still support i386, i486 or i586 CPUs?
Awarded Dec 22 '21 at 0:25
What is this game featured in the film ‘The Year of the Jellyfish’?
Awarded Dec 21 '21 at 21:35
Definitive list of music bands/groups that included computer programs on their analogue audio music physical media releases (LPs, singles)
Awarded Dec 20 '21 at 22:16
What tricks or techniques were used to speed up AmigaOS boot
Awarded Dec 16 '21 at 14:27
What is causing the problem with the RAM in this (claimed) Spectrum 48k?
Awarded Dec 15 '21 at 10:42
What software stack could I use to get X10 (the version of X before X11) up and running on a modern system?
Awarded Dec 15 '21 at 0:07
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Awarded Dec 13 '21 at 16:50
Z80 to x86 asm translator?
Awarded Dec 8 '21 at 11:42
Get himem.sys working on an AMI 1.06.09 bios (not on VM)
Awarded Dec 8 '21 at 3:42
Did many programs really store years as two characters (Y2K bug)?
Awarded Dec 7 '21 at 11:33
What causes that "organic fade to black" effect in classic video games?
Awarded Dec 5 '21 at 9:22
How to transfer file(s) between modern Linux host and HP48 handheld calculator?
Awarded Dec 3 '21 at 23:11
How did musicians acquire samples for tracker music (MOD, S3M, XM and the like)?
Awarded Nov 30 '21 at 5:16
Are there any public tools for the TMS34010?
Awarded Nov 28 '21 at 5:00
What was the history of Nanodata Corporation?
Awarded Nov 25 '21 at 0:26
How to run CP/M 2.2 on IBM PCjr (Not CP/M-86)
Awarded Nov 25 '21 at 0:21
Cost of PC vs. Amiga 500 in Europe
Awarded Nov 24 '21 at 18:20
Why would installing Windows 9x on a Sager NP8200 or Wedge 466/DX2 laptop brick the system?
Awarded Nov 21 '21 at 2:55
BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
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BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
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BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
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BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
Awarded Nov 18 '21 at 9:33
Putting code into two different memory areas with cc65/ca65
Awarded Nov 14 '21 at 15:40
What was the first Ethernet hub?
Awarded Nov 13 '21 at 20:15
What was the first Ethernet hub?
Awarded Nov 13 '21 at 14:02
Z80 x 6502 raw performance
Awarded Nov 12 '21 at 17:18
Have there been any instruction sets with an odd register width?
Awarded Nov 3 '21 at 8:10
Cheapest way to store and load small dataset in the 80s?
Awarded Nov 1 '21 at 11:42
Why was Carrier Command for the ZX Spectrum superior to the C64 version?
Awarded Oct 30 '21 at 9:18
Why couldn't early C compilers handle variable declarations between statements?
Awarded Oct 27 '21 at 9:15
Why couldn't early C compilers handle variable declarations between statements?
Awarded Oct 27 '21 at 7:01
Why was manual branch suggestion abandoned?
Awarded Oct 25 '21 at 21:03
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Awarded Oct 24 '21 at 8:18
Why does the infamous "ENGAGERIDLEYMOTHERFUCKER" Metroid password break NES emulators?
Awarded Oct 23 '21 at 17:20
How is the LCDC (LCD Control) register manipulated on the Gameboy?
Awarded Oct 22 '21 at 15:51
Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?
Awarded Oct 22 '21 at 9:46
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Awarded Oct 15 '21 at 16:19
Why did the monsters have "infinite invisible pillars" of hitboxes vertically in all versions of the DOOM engine?
Awarded Oct 15 '21 at 15:49
Was there a technical advantage to such tall PC tower cases?
Awarded Oct 15 '21 at 13:21
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