Retrocomputing

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First question with score of 1 or more.
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How did the PSP firmware 5.03 HEN-C exploit work?
Awarded 2 days ago
What was an Amiga "X-Drive"?
Awarded Jan 24 at 2:32
Why are the Nintendo 64 memory cards' batteries *soldered* on?
Awarded Jan 18 at 21:10
What is the TPG file format used in the PlayStation release of Zork I?
Awarded Jan 18 at 2:40
Z80 CPU and nested/reentrant NMI
Awarded Jan 17 at 0:40
"MOS" - Mini Operating System for PDP-11?
Awarded Jan 16 at 17:08
l-------l.com, a weird web page from 2000
Awarded Jan 15 at 21:02
How did old computers address far more than 64K of memory despite only having a 16 bit address bus?
Awarded Jan 14 at 20:05
What disk packs are compatible with the DEC RM05?
Awarded Jan 14 at 8:03
What was the first two-panel file manager for DOS?
Awarded Jan 10 at 13:01
Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?
Awarded Jan 9 at 18:41
Why do Game Boy Colors not want nickel-cadmium batteries?
Awarded Jan 8 at 23:03
How did early Minix represent processes
Awarded Jan 7 at 21:51
Apple II c repair keyboard and check disk driver error [closed]
Awarded Jan 7 at 14:37
Strange version of Windows 3.1 marked with a "W" logo
Awarded Jan 4 at 6:31
What kind of RAM stick is this?
Awarded Jan 3 at 2:55
Which is the first non-assembly (and binary) language to write operating system(s)?
Awarded Jan 2 at 13:47
Amiga game about a detective or a spy in some kind of hotel building
Awarded Jan 2 at 2:01
Why didn't Japanese N64 cartridges fit in American consoles?
Awarded Jan 1 at 6:15
How did anti-Y2K-bug boards work?
Awarded Jan 1 at 3:04
How were 18-bit instructions encoded in paper tape?
Awarded Dec 31 '21 at 14:20
Can DES be implemented with the technology of the 20th century? [closed]
Awarded Dec 29 '21 at 18:51
How to connect remote Windows XP PCs to one VPN using linux VPS in 2021 [closed]
Awarded Dec 24 '21 at 22:17
Does Game Boy Color have *perfect* simulation of original Game Boy games?
Awarded Dec 23 '21 at 21:36
How do I connect a command prompt to a serial line in MS-DOS 6.22?
Awarded Dec 22 '21 at 17:25
Why did Nintendo 64 (1996) memory cards require a battery inside them to retain data whereas the PlayStation (1994) ones did not?
Awarded Dec 21 '21 at 14:21
Did the Motorola 6847 have any memory onboard accessible to the user?
Awarded Dec 21 '21 at 3:30
How to adjust RGB in an old CRT monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 753s) where the on-screen controls do no have the provision?
Awarded Dec 18 '21 at 23:31
Why might Quake run slowly on a modern PC?
Awarded Dec 11 '21 at 12:50
How is a bus request initiated on the VME bus?
Awarded Dec 11 '21 at 10:02
Z80 refresh pin, is it tri-state or not
Awarded Dec 10 '21 at 12:18
Where within the Internet Explorer 4 installation files can I find the browser error pages?
Awarded Dec 10 '21 at 11:03
Why did third-party PlayStation memory cards forget/delete saves?
Awarded Dec 9 '21 at 19:31
How do retro supply stores prevent the controller rubber replacement parts from "expiring"?
Awarded Dec 7 '21 at 19:41
Why did the description of the Windows shutdown command imply power-off was manual even with ACPI available?
Awarded Dec 2 '21 at 16:57
Why we YIQ is composite signal where RGB three different signal? [closed]
Awarded Nov 30 '21 at 9:03
Was the RPL language for the Commodore PET ever used other than by its author?
Awarded Nov 27 '21 at 13:41
Is the source for the original Elite public?
Awarded Nov 26 '21 at 23:12
1990s BBS game featuring mining elements from a planet
Awarded Nov 24 '21 at 21:12
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Awarded Nov 24 '21 at 14:46
Identifying motherboard and CPU
Awarded Nov 23 '21 at 20:10
80's Atari-800 game where pieces on a board move automatically according to preset rules
Awarded Nov 23 '21 at 1:05
Why would a laptop freeze randomly after running fine for a while?
Awarded Nov 21 '21 at 10:22
Installing 98SE without USB/CDROM to IDE drive - Invalid System Disk
Awarded Nov 19 '21 at 17:42
Why did the Z80 break 8080 compatibility?
Awarded Nov 18 '21 at 16:41
What does this 1970s punched-card format mean?
Awarded Nov 17 '21 at 6:48
Looking for a medieval store-management game on the TRS-80 Color Computer, might have been code from Rainbow magazine
Awarded Nov 12 '21 at 5:33
"GAZE" GUI Organizer program?
Awarded Nov 11 '21 at 12:15
Why was the original Legend of Zelda initially released on floppies?
Awarded Nov 9 '21 at 17:26
Why did the NES not allow rotated sprites?
Awarded Nov 9 '21 at 9:35
Spin HDD up/down in DOS App?
Awarded Nov 6 '21 at 22:11
CC65 ignores request to correctly offset memory areas in output files
Awarded Nov 2 '21 at 14:41
What was the reason that the original Western NES console had a "cartridge bed" that had to be pushed down to play?
Awarded Oct 31 '21 at 17:21
Have there been any instruction sets with an odd register width?
Awarded Oct 30 '21 at 23:46
What old LCD monitor am I thinking about?
Awarded Oct 28 '21 at 16:51
Identify QuickBASIC Game involving launch, navigation, and landing of rocket on the moon
Awarded Oct 27 '21 at 5:48
How could/can there exist NTSC->PAL converters for SNES and other classic game consoles?
Awarded Oct 26 '21 at 9:15
Looking for a multiline text gadget for Intuition on a 1.3 Amiga
Awarded Oct 21 '21 at 22:17
Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?
Awarded Oct 21 '21 at 1:34
What is purpose of the “CH” button and “CH” switch position on this calculator?
Awarded Oct 20 '21 at 16:37
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