Retrocomputing Beta

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Why didn't early single-chip CPUs support multiplication instructions
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Were the VAX eXtended Function Control (XFC) instructions ever used commercially?
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What is the purpose of the [Paths] section in MSDOS.SYS?
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Using Integer Basic on Apple II Plus without a Language Card?
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Where is/was the standard V.35 connector defined?
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Help identifying a very old computer: 1974, maybe an NCR
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What year was my old, long-lost IBM PC born? And which form factor/model was it?
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How can I connect this 3-pin Slot 1 CPU fan to my system that uses a 2-pin connector?
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Cleaning 5¼" floppy drives
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Could you see what you are typing in a Teletype?
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Why didn't the 8086 use linear addressing?
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Shape of Cray-1
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When did compilers start generating optimized code that runs faster than average assembly programmer's code?
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Any informations on IBM's “Generalized Information System” still available?
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Is there still no “digital version of PCBs and ICs” software that all future emulators can use?
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Why the change in layout of single and double precision in floating-point registers?
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Were there any bitmap-based 8080 computers?
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Were there any bitmap-based 8080 computers?
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Why was Windows 3.1 so dreadfully slow on an Amiga A2286 bridgeboard?
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When did compilers start generating optimized code that runs faster than average assembly programmer's code?
Awarded Sep 13 at 20:19
How to get Windows Installer 2.0 installed if it claims “service already present”?
Awarded Sep 12 at 23:36
How and why did Intel make the PCI bus “CPU Agnostic”?
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Were round punchcard holes mechanically stiffer?
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Were round punchcard holes mechanically stiffer?
Awarded Sep 9 at 23:17
Why did 1950s-60s computers have such wide words?
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How can I connect a modern USB keyboard to a system requiring PS/2?
Awarded Sep 5 at 22:32
Memac Obj files for running and making Tape Format
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How can I construct a dial-up network in my home, purely for the kicks?
Awarded Sep 3 at 17:43
Performance of the Rekursiv
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Glitch in the display of a Mac SE/30
Awarded Aug 31 at 18:55
Where are the blueprints of MOS chips?
Awarded Aug 31 at 14:42
How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporary x86?
Awarded Aug 31 at 12:06
Size of the PDP-8
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Glitch in the display of a Mac SE/30
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8-bit home computers without BASIC
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When did FORTRAN decide on signed integers?
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8-bit home computers without BASIC
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8-bit home computers without BASIC
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What did the 8086 (and 8088) do upon encountering an illegal instruction?
Awarded Aug 23 at 16:50
Why does the GUI for the built-in PlayStation CD player look so weird in the latest AVGN episode?
Awarded Aug 23 at 11:32
How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporary x86?
Awarded Aug 22 at 18:33
What kind of television set would work with the Commodore 64?
Awarded Aug 21 at 19:25
What kind of television set would work with the Commodore 64?
Awarded Aug 20 at 15:56
Did any computers use the Z80B?
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Back in 1984 I wrote some games for Spectrum - Will they still be playable?
Awarded Aug 18 at 13:26
How do I Interface a PS/2 Keyboard without Modern Techniques?
Awarded Aug 16 at 17:40
Small RAM 4 KB on the early Apple II?
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Which Commodore CDTV models came with keyboard with grey caps
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What prevents faster versions of old architectures from being created?
Awarded Aug 14 at 8:22
What is the oldest reference to PEEK, POKE, and USR?
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Which was this game with collectibles, that came with a washing machine detergent?
Awarded Aug 13 at 23:07
What is the oldest reference to PEEK, POKE, and USR?
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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?
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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?
Awarded Aug 12 at 16:16
Why do keyboards with a NumPad repeat the numbers?
Awarded Aug 11 at 15:03
Why do keyboards with a NumPad repeat the numbers?
Awarded Aug 11 at 11:00
Why do keyboards with a NumPad repeat the numbers?
Awarded Aug 10 at 23:57
Is the Coleco computer from The Simpsons based on a real computer?
Awarded Aug 8 at 1:25
Why is the keyboard and cellphone / telephone numbers in a different order?
Awarded Aug 6 at 6:04
What are these 3COM connectors for?
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