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Original Mac clock frequency
Awarded Apr 27 at 5:10
Why weren't audio decoders used to create a makeshift internet in the 70 and 80s?
Awarded Jan 4 at 19:15
Why is the processor instruction called “move”, not “copy”?
Awarded Dec 6 '19 at 17:15
Why is the Intel 8086 CPU called a 16-bit CPU?
Awarded Jul 18 '19 at 13:10
Why weren't bootable game disks ever common on the IBM PC?
Awarded Jul 9 '19 at 11:45
What happens when a terminal (like a VT100) is connected to a computer?
Awarded Jul 4 '19 at 15:55
Single level file directory
Awarded Jun 26 '19 at 16:20
Why wasn't ASCII designed with a contiguous alphanumeric character order?
Awarded Jun 26 '19 at 9:35
Why was the shrinking from 8″ made only to 5.25″ and not smaller (4″ or less)?
Awarded Apr 3 '19 at 17:15
Was it possible to send data over the phone-line without a modem?
Awarded Feb 27 '19 at 20:35
WordStar's “column mode”
Awarded Jan 30 '19 at 21:00
Why didn't PostScript eliminate the need for printer drivers?
Awarded Jan 21 '19 at 21:35
Why did trackballs disappear?
Awarded Jan 18 '19 at 16:00
Are there vintage or historical bitmapped fonts available for non-commercial use?
Awarded Jan 1 '19 at 10:20
How to use USB flash drives with Windows 98 SE?
Awarded Oct 18 '18 at 1:50
Last computer not to use octets / 8-bit bytes
Awarded Oct 12 '18 at 17:25
Were later MS-DOS versions still implemented in x86 assembly?
Awarded Oct 8 '18 at 0:55
History of Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q for flow control
Awarded Aug 13 '18 at 9:40
What were the real competitors to the early IBM PC?
Awarded Jul 12 '18 at 20:53
How were files transferred between different systems in the late 1980s?
Awarded May 29 '18 at 15:26
Why were teletype printers not used for DOS computers?
Awarded Feb 8 '18 at 21:14

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