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First question with score of 1 or more.
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Did the original MS-DOS Quake not have a menu item for “freemouse”, and if so, why?
Awarded 15 hours ago
Is this SpeedDOS chip mounted right in my C64?
Awarded yesterday
Windows 95 crashing DOSBox [closed]
Awarded 2 days ago
68060 CLKEN and CLK pins
Awarded 2 days ago
Would it be technically possible to make a “Satiator” for the PlayStation?
Awarded 2 days ago
What's the origin of terminating strings by setting the high bit of the last character?
Awarded Jul 22 at 3:25
What was the first programming language to use `+` for string concatenation?
Awarded Jul 21 at 18:17
Windows 3.1 Hardware acceleration API
Awarded Jul 21 at 7:50
What are the “other crontabs” that /etc/crontab refer to? [closed]
Awarded Jul 19 at 23:33
What happened to the Speakeasy computational environment?
Awarded Jul 19 at 18:31
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Awarded Jul 19 at 16:05
How would old software using the SIGPIPE signal really work if it were to manage _many_ pipes?
Awarded Jul 18 at 19:42
ZX Spectrum coordinates to bitmap conversion subroutine acting strange
Awarded Jul 18 at 10:16
Is a S-VIDEO-to-RCA cable worse video signal quality than an S-VIDEO-to-SCART cable?
Awarded Jul 17 at 21:19
Why did some video games apparently use “interlaced” video modes?
Awarded Jul 16 at 7:16
Can a Japanese (or US) PSU for Nintendo 64 be run with 230 V mains?
Awarded Jul 13 at 23:36
Monitor can't display boot/DOS video mode making dual boot impossible
Awarded Jul 13 at 17:26
How to output a blank line from a batch file - Atari Portfolio
Awarded Jul 13 at 3:07
Why do Game Boy games have explicit save functions, instead of using battery-backed non-volatile cartridge SRAM to store the game state?
Awarded Jul 11 at 20:41
DOSBox problem reading floppy boot sector using INT 0x13 on a drive mounted using MOUNT
Awarded Jul 9 at 10:25
Problem with hackrom on real GBA cartridge
Awarded Jul 9 at 4:35
What would be the value on the data bus for a Jupiter ACE with the Z80 Interrupt Mode 2?
Awarded Jul 8 at 13:01
The Slowest Microprocessor [closed]
Awarded Jul 3 at 2:03
Where can I find more information on the internal architecture of the Intel 4004?
Awarded Jul 2 at 23:06
Which MS DOS program implemented the “Methinks it is like a weasel” evolutionary algorithm?
Awarded Jun 30 at 9:33
Is there a way to work around the maximum clock rate of Z80 PIO chips?
Awarded Jun 26 at 0:27
Why were single quotes ('…') chosen for characters, and double quotes (“…”) for strings?
Awarded Jun 25 at 13:57
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Awarded Jun 25 at 5:42
How were “catalog” picture files created? [closed]
Awarded Jun 24 at 13:34
Did COBOL have an English-like “or” operator?
Awarded Jun 24 at 10:50
Commodore 1581 crashes during format
Awarded Jun 23 at 13:42
Is it true that “do … done” blocks in Bash do not end with “od” because od existed before Bash/Bourne?
Awarded Jun 23 at 6:04
Is this keyboard a clone of IBM Model M?
Awarded Jun 21 at 17:45
What determines the amount of space occupied by an Applesoft BASIC program?
Awarded Jun 21 at 5:02
Is there a way to use .ident or * (PC) in numeric macro variables (using .set)?
Awarded Jun 21 at 2:30
How can I create floppy disks for use with Atari 400/800? [closed]
Awarded Jun 20 at 19:48
How fast were BASIC interpreters in the 80s? (Is this optimization for speed really necessary?)
Awarded Jun 20 at 11:40
PS/2 Keyboard not working on Windows 95 and MS-DOS
Awarded Jun 19 at 15:25
Were the classic game consoles *technically* able to play both NTSC and PAL games, if ignoring artificial region lock-in?
Awarded Jun 18 at 15:11
Did the IBM 7030 “Stretch” influence the design of PL/I?
Awarded Jun 18 at 13:16
Source code for Logo in z80
Awarded Jun 17 at 8:18
What is the (standardized) weight of a 3.5 inch floppy disk?
Awarded Jun 15 at 16:11
Why was `!` chosen for negation?
Awarded Jun 14 at 18:42
How was end-of-file stored on a Commodore 1541 disk? [duplicate]
Awarded Jun 11 at 17:56
Why were the audio peak meters removed in Windows 98 but re-added in Windows Vista? [closed]
Awarded Jun 11 at 0:35
What's the easiest way to change from MS-DOS 6.22 to DR-DOS?
Awarded Jun 10 at 9:12
PC AT power supply not providing correct voltage
Awarded Jun 9 at 4:21
Can I power a Windows 95-era AT PC with an ATX PSU, like this?
Awarded Jun 8 at 23:07
How does an 8086 CPU remember the memory address where it should write back the operation’s result? [closed]
Awarded Jun 7 at 11:42
Did the PAL version of Super Mario Bros. on the NES really have faster music, and if so, why?
Awarded Jun 7 at 5:05
Undocumented instructions in x86 CPU prior to 80386?
Awarded Jun 4 at 20:46
Atari800XL Composite video black and white problem
Awarded Jun 3 at 16:18
Where can I find the software for “DESIGN: a program to create data entry programs” by J. Michael Wuerth?
Awarded Jun 3 at 1:28
What was this early 2000s software subscription that had a billboard theme and was about music and bands? [closed]
Awarded Jun 1 at 22:18
8 pin Mini-DIN to USB converter; where can I buy one?
Awarded May 31 at 14:50
Why does the ZX81 not have user definable characters without extra hardware i.e. why could the character ROM not be in RAM?
Awarded May 31 at 14:50
Did the original Japanese Tamagotchi device really die *completely* (forever) if the digital pet died? [closed]
Awarded May 30 at 19:55
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Awarded May 30 at 17:08
Why did SMARTDRV have to be started with /x when DOS started?
Awarded May 29 at 22:36
What does this line: `T=C/2=INT(C/2)` do? Why is it valid syntax?
Awarded May 29 at 7:11
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