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First question with score of 1 or more.
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What was the first motherboard with UEFI?
Awarded 2 days ago
Sending an executable to an old Macintosh SE using serial port
Awarded 2 days ago
What is the most recent programming language that didn't support comments? [closed]
Awarded Jun 21 at 22:11
Is there some reason why "grounding your fingers" is not necessary for old video game consoles?
Awarded Jun 17 at 15:20
String manipulation in MS-DOS 6.22 batch files
Awarded Jun 15 at 18:27
Is there an equivalent of "#pragma once" in RGBASM (Gameboy DMG assembly language)?
Awarded Jun 14 at 15:56
Why audio of Prince of Persia (1989) produce in CPU rather than audio speaker? [closed]
Awarded Jun 10 at 22:17
Are the ACTUAL DISKETTES different for 360KB Single, or Double sided? 1.2M? [duplicate]
Awarded Jun 10 at 17:33
Why does my PlayStation RGB video cable cause the picture to be all orange-y unless pressure is applied?
Awarded Jun 9 at 22:50
What was the first game console to ship with an official C development SDK?
Awarded Jun 9 at 13:56
How were you supposed to recover a forgotten Microsoft "Protect It!" key, or uninstall it altogether?
Awarded Jun 8 at 6:51
Agetty Serial Modem [closed]
Awarded Jun 5 at 22:12
How can I make an 80 GB hard drive work with an Asus P2L97 motherboard?
Awarded Jun 2 at 17:32
What is a "sympathetic bit"?
Awarded Jun 1 at 13:08
Where can I find good photos of old chip making equipment?
Awarded May 29 at 20:02
Can you use 5.25 HD floppy disks in a DD drive?
Awarded May 28 at 6:16
How does the BIOS distinguish Interrupt(08h-12h) from INT instructions, vs. actual exceptions inside the CPU?
Awarded May 26 at 1:19
Does the Super Game Boy have any battery powered non-volatile memory?
Awarded May 25 at 20:06
How can I find the specifications and manual for a JVC AV-S280ENT CRT TV? [closed]
Awarded May 22 at 17:33
Why have MS-DOS device drivers if the ROM BIOS provides access to the same devices already?
Awarded May 14 at 14:56
What was Sinclair's intention with the Microdrive?
Awarded May 13 at 11:26
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Awarded May 13 at 7:41
How do I change the MAC address of a iMac G3?
Awarded May 12 at 10:51
What was the first games console to be as powerful as the Sega Model 2 board? [closed]
Awarded May 12 at 0:11
Which software was the first to use copy protection?
Awarded May 11 at 14:26
Did the Silicon Graphics/SGI flight simulator (dog aka dogfight aka flight) have craft like X-Wings and Klingon Birds of Prey in any version?
Awarded May 8 at 0:40
How to make a maximally compatible Integer BASIC (Apple II) game disk for the Internet Archive?
Awarded May 5 at 15:18
How can I have the user input a string and then do comparisons on it in a batch file in MS-DOS?
Awarded May 5 at 6:26
What causes the glitchy sound when a GBA cartridge is removed?
Awarded May 3 at 14:11
From an electrical and software engineering perspective, ignoring available software, should I go for the Z80 or 65C02? [closed]
Awarded May 3 at 11:18
Does the interface PBX phones plug into limit modem speed? [closed]
Awarded May 3 at 11:18
GBA reading 16-bit values (or instructions) from 32-bit bus
Awarded May 2 at 17:05
Novell and DOS instant messaging
Awarded May 2 at 13:22
What exactly is/was threaded p-code?
Awarded May 1 at 6:30
XMS function 0Ch "Lock Extended Memory Block"
Awarded Apr 26 at 11:25
Why does the default base64 encoding use forward slash /? [closed]
Awarded Apr 26 at 7:33
In the classic "Windows 98 crashes live on CNN" video, why does the BSOD appear so oddly?
Awarded Apr 22 at 14:26
What are these electronic components found inside a Schaffer BV 223-5-04008 PSU for the Commodore 128D?
Awarded Apr 22 at 2:42
Why were animated screensavers used instead of a black screen on CRT monitors?
Awarded Apr 20 at 21:27
Can HIMEM.SYS be disabled in Windows ME’s IO.SYS?
Awarded Apr 20 at 18:10
Is there any significant difference in Sinclair BASIC of ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum?
Awarded Apr 18 at 17:33
Looking to recover data from OC-800 WORM disks
Awarded Apr 18 at 14:48
How do programmers take advantage of programming languages to make graphics? [closed]
Awarded Apr 18 at 7:20
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Awarded Apr 17 at 5:36
What is a Hollerith file on a GE/Honeywell computer?
Awarded Apr 14 at 23:26
Cleaning a motherboard that has dry mold growing on it
Awarded Apr 10 at 21:37
Fooling a DOS in game timer
Awarded Apr 7 at 18:50
Why did Dennis Ritchie write that UNIX was a modern implementation of CTSS? [closed]
Awarded Apr 6 at 14:03
Correct pronunciation of `vi` (Unix editor)?
Awarded Apr 5 at 6:26
How to determine BIOS-provided (INT 13h) hard disk geometry, and how to fix the MBR partition table to agree with it?
Awarded Apr 3 at 5:49
2003 Exchange Server connection problems [closed]
Awarded Apr 1 at 14:40
How did early x86 BIOS programmers manage to program full blown TUIs given very few bytes of ROM/EPROM?
Awarded Mar 31 at 15:32
Where can I find the awesome programs from Apple II's Beagle Bros's Uncle Louie's two-line programs contest?
Awarded Mar 31 at 13:15
PDP 11/70: byte addressing of I/O space
Awarded Mar 30 at 8:21
Why are these DOS console drivers wasting precious bytes?
Awarded Mar 27 at 21:04
How does the VIC-II/CPU memory access work on the C64?
Awarded Mar 26 at 12:17
Spectrum 128K +2 Power Supply Buzzing and over voltage
Awarded Mar 24 at 19:11
How were sprites in DOS games programmed?
Awarded Mar 24 at 17:56
What was the small (cheap) atari-2600 compatible personal computer (not legal) called, that you could program 2600 games, in the 80's?
Awarded Mar 23 at 4:42
What were the incentives behind WinWord.Concept computer virus?
Awarded Mar 18 at 17:55
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