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What is the first computer architecture that knew code from data?
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What acceleration features did 2D PC video cards have?
Awarded Aug 3 at 12:17
Were there 3D accelerators built on discrete logic?
Awarded Jun 23 at 14:27
Where can one find "the Puzzle benchmark" from Hennessy’s MIPS paper?
Awarded Jun 18 at 2:47
How did early video terminals convert ASCII into font graphics?
Awarded Jun 17 at 2:06
Why did 5.25″ floppies invert the meaning of the write-protection notch?
Awarded Jun 1 at 18:41
NTSC scan lines used by 8-bit computers
Awarded May 23 at 8:45
Were there any games/software that used memory beyond what was advertised available to BASIC on the machine?
Awarded Apr 9 at 12:56
What is this large device labelled 'Telefunken Datenspeicher' and how does it work?
Awarded Mar 15 at 7:05
How did 16-bit MS-DOS programs use a large (> 64KB) stack?
Awarded Feb 11 at 8:48
How can I reverse-engineer the game Wizardry (1981) for PC, based on UCSD Pascal?
Awarded Feb 11 at 8:26
What is the history of the PDP-11 MARK instruction?
Awarded Jan 26 at 19:35
What is the oldest UNIX available for modern systems?
Awarded Nov 25, 2023 at 23:33
Can Linux boot beyond 1023 cylinders on old BIOS?
Awarded Oct 31, 2023 at 1:52
Why did the Apple III have more heating problems than the Altair?
Awarded Jul 9, 2023 at 23:27
Why did they switch from phone numbers to IP addresses?
Awarded Jun 12, 2023 at 22:04
Why was desktop CPU frequency so low in the late 1990s?
Awarded Apr 23, 2023 at 8:34
How did FOCAL convert strings to a number?
Awarded Apr 6, 2023 at 21:51
How were rackmount workstations wired-up to mice, keyboards, monitors, etc?
Awarded Mar 13, 2023 at 10:22
Looking for help understanding a 'Reciproot' routine on the Manchester Mark I (1951)
Awarded Feb 27, 2023 at 19:25
Did RapidLok etc knock floppy drives out of alignment?
Awarded Jan 30, 2023 at 14:40
How did Ridge Racer the arcade game store its music?
Awarded Jan 2, 2023 at 18:50
When was the CHS (cylinder - head - sector) system invented and what was before it?
Awarded Dec 28, 2022 at 20:51
Did Forth's inventor Charles Moore really write a CAD program in only 5 lines of code?
Awarded Oct 27, 2022 at 16:31
How is example play stored in Super Mario Bros. ROM?
Awarded Oct 20, 2022 at 16:45
Does any computer resemble the model taught in UK secondary education?
Awarded Jul 5, 2022 at 23:37
What motivated the weird boolean instruction repertoire of the PDP-11?
Awarded May 27, 2022 at 1:04
Fastest 8-bit microprocessor for multiply-accumulate?
Awarded May 10, 2022 at 0:02
Was there a compression program based on the Mayne-James algorithm?
Awarded May 1, 2022 at 16:48
What was the first programming language with generics?
Awarded Apr 17, 2022 at 5:07
How can I tell if my old PC supports > 137 GB hard drives?
Awarded Apr 4, 2022 at 9:46
Disk copy protection schemes for Apple II
Awarded Mar 9, 2022 at 13:18
Origin of the NZVC condition codes scheme?
Awarded Nov 24, 2021 at 10:20
Apple II Assembly DSECT
Awarded Oct 3, 2021 at 2:47
Why were TECO variables called Q-registers?
Awarded Sep 30, 2021 at 5:25
Is this a bug or an allowed Pascal behavior?
Awarded May 3, 2021 at 0:22
Apple II Toggles between 40 and 80 columns in assembly language (Apple IIc)
Awarded Apr 28, 2021 at 9:38
Hardware assisted Graphical User Interface?
Awarded Mar 29, 2021 at 19:32
Can the 80-column display really be improved on a C128 and 1902A monitor?
Awarded Mar 21, 2021 at 22:55
Were any decimal-based computers capable of handling text?
Awarded Feb 23, 2021 at 1:16
Does an OS, in particular Unix, need special support for terminal colors?
Awarded Feb 15, 2021 at 21:51
How did the Nova 1200 divide so quickly?
Awarded Feb 5, 2021 at 23:06
Why is EEPROM called ROM if it can be written to?
Awarded Jan 31, 2021 at 20:36
Are there any good resources on emulating/simulating early computing input/output?
Awarded Dec 29, 2020 at 19:06
How do I use my adapted PS/2 keyboard & mouse on a Windows 10 computer?
Awarded Nov 27, 2020 at 20:57
Transfer files to DOS over serial cable from Linux?
Awarded Nov 27, 2020 at 7:40
Connecting a Vintage Monochrome Monitor to a Modern PC
Awarded Nov 17, 2020 at 16:21
Which system was the first which was capable of running graphics programs remotely?
Awarded Oct 13, 2020 at 5:26
Is there still no "digital version of PCBs and ICs" software that all future emulators can use?
Awarded Sep 14, 2020 at 15:09
Why did 1950s-60s computers have such wide words?
Awarded Sep 6, 2020 at 13:27
What was the first programming book
Awarded Aug 17, 2020 at 21:36
What did the "programs" that "human computers" executed look like?
Awarded Jul 26, 2020 at 1:04
What "unusual" syntax assembly languages are/were there?
Awarded Apr 19, 2020 at 2:18
How are blocks stacked on a floppy or older HD
Awarded Apr 16, 2020 at 1:00
Could you manually eject a floppy quick enough to prevent data loss?
Awarded Apr 8, 2020 at 16:50
Why were index register contents on IBM 7090 subtracted in forming the effective address?
Awarded Dec 14, 2019 at 21:30
Were there actually any games for the IMSAI 8080 computer, used in the movie WarGames?
Awarded Nov 24, 2019 at 4:35
Is there a place where I can find 6502 instruction lines by opcode?
Awarded Nov 21, 2019 at 21:35
Speed of early ROM versus RAM chips
Awarded Oct 21, 2019 at 3:40
Does low-level formatting improve floppy disk longevity?
Awarded Sep 23, 2019 at 12:05
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