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What was Nintendo's Software Development Environment for NES Games?
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What is the CoCo "Head Banger bug" and what is the "fix"?
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Can I hook up an Atari 8-bit computer to a flat-screen tv
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What size screws were used in the Amiga desktop cases?
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I've taken my Amiga computer out of storage after several years and it doesn't work. What's the likely cause?
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Why was segment register value scaled by such a small factor of 16 on i8086?
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What was the first arcade game to use a microprocessor instead of discrete logic?
Awarded Jun 27, 2016 at 22:43
Is there a Linux client for Amiga Explorer?
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What prevents faster versions of old architectures from being created?
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Why did connecting the IBM PC 3.5" FDD backwards cause the problems it did?
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How does the LOADALL instruction on the 80286 work?
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80286 can switch from real mode to protected mode - but why not back?
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What is this code on the zero page that was put there by the BASIC ROM?
Awarded Jun 15, 2016 at 11:51
How was digital sound playback achieved on the Commodore 64?
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Why is the Apple II hi-res HGR command so slow?
Awarded Jun 14, 2016 at 17:01
How did "full memory" Spectrum tape copiers work?
Awarded Jun 14, 2016 at 11:32
GameBoy Color games do not save any more
Awarded Jun 13, 2016 at 11:54
Can x86 processors run 8-bit applications?
Awarded Jun 12, 2016 at 20:41
Loading ZX Spectrum tape audio in a post-cassette world
Awarded Jun 10, 2016 at 18:55
Why are Windows 95 installation disks not uniquely bound to a single product key?
Awarded Jun 9, 2016 at 7:01
How did Windows 3.1 implement multitasking?
Awarded Jun 8, 2016 at 11:24
Toolchain and workflow to build CP/M
Awarded Jun 8, 2016 at 4:47
What kind of software was used to develop Nintendo 64 titles?
Awarded Jun 3, 2016 at 18:21
How do Amiga 600 CPU accelerators work?
Awarded Jun 3, 2016 at 8:55
What was the first programming book
Awarded Jun 2, 2016 at 18:52
How did debugging software run without memory protection?
Awarded Jun 2, 2016 at 13:05
Why are a lot of monochrome computer monitors green?
Awarded Jun 2, 2016 at 9:02
How much benefit should be expected on a more advanced compiler for z80/r800 based computers?
Awarded Jun 2, 2016 at 8:03
How can I power a C64?
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Comprehensive test suites for MOS 6520 PIA / 6522 VIA / 6526 CIA
Awarded May 31, 2016 at 12:37
How did Atari cassette "turbo without hardware mods" work?
Awarded May 29, 2016 at 10:44
What should I do when some of the keys of my Amiga 600 have stopped working?
Awarded May 29, 2016 at 10:44
Absolute maximum number of nibbles on an Apple II floppy disk track?
Awarded May 29, 2016 at 1:16
Apple // screen editing
Awarded May 28, 2016 at 21:09
How long will floppy disks maintain data integrity?
Awarded May 28, 2016 at 16:54
Did the LET statement actually do anything in 8-bit Microsoft BASICs?
Awarded May 28, 2016 at 16:28
How did programs on coding forms get run?
Awarded May 27, 2016 at 12:14
Writing 800k Mac floppy images for 1.44M-equipped Macs using Linux
Awarded May 26, 2016 at 19:38
How many versions of DOS were there for the Apple II and what were the differences?
Awarded May 26, 2016 at 15:09
How can I take an image of a 50-pin SCSI hard-drive
Awarded May 25, 2016 at 21:35
With a 15 kHz video signal (240p or 480i), does VGA have any real-world advantage over S-Video?
Awarded May 25, 2016 at 19:18
How to convert Amiga DMS to ADF?
Awarded May 25, 2016 at 19:18
Adapting a "modern" keyboard to a ZX Spectrum
Awarded May 25, 2016 at 19:18
Cleaning 5¼" floppy drives
Awarded May 25, 2016 at 19:18
What are the Amiga 1200 timing fixes?
Awarded May 24, 2016 at 15:38
How were binary subroutines embedded in Integer BASIC programs?
Awarded May 23, 2016 at 15:11
Are there any modern compilers that can generate Amiga/m68k executables?
Awarded May 22, 2016 at 3:10
What happens on a VT102 when you use delete character on a reverse video line?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 18:02
How was polyphony achieved on systems with only one audio channel?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 15:51
What was the first intentional malware that got spread over multiple machines?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 7:48
How can I access an old pre-IDE disk?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 1:46
Why are there two, different, Kickstart 1.3 ROMs with the same 34.5 version number?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 1:46
Why were early versions of BASIC different?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 1:46
How did the Amiga 500 left-side expansion port work?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 1:46
What soviet computer used trinary bits?
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 1:46
Unable to install Colonization in DOSBox
Awarded May 20, 2016 at 1:46
How to move sprites to the border on c64?
Awarded May 19, 2016 at 21:53
Why use static RAM addresses instead of the stack?
Awarded May 18, 2016 at 10:16
What do the keys on this Symbolics Space Cadet keyboard do?
Awarded May 15, 2016 at 6:47
Linux 68k Macintosh emulator
Awarded May 12, 2016 at 13:19
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