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Why do articles use the term "UART" instead of "serial port"?
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Square pixels and TV output
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Is it possible to use an Amstrad CPC464 with a modern monitor or TV
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Why did Commodore sell CPUs to its competitors?
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Why did the Bell 103 modem use a data rate of 300 bps?
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How can I upscale the video output of a Nintendo 64 for low-latency and high quality graphics on an HDTV?
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Windows 98 with 2GB of RAM
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Why were the /\ (min) and the \/ (max) operators abandoned in the C language?
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What modification is required from a PC floppy for use in Amiga?
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How does the Commodore 64 address more than 64 kilobytes of memory?
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How to convert Amiga DMS to ADF?
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How can I power a C64?
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Which pointing devices were used by early laptop computers?
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Does an ISA card have a fixed memory address?
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Over its lifetime, how many Apple II computers were sold?
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Do you need to allocate memory before you use it in MS-DOS?
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What's with the Atari 2600 colors on SECAM?
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How do I attach and use a CD-ROM drive to an Amiga?
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Z8410 DMA chip as GPU?
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Actual resolution of composite video monitors
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What was the purpose and history of the C64's special keys?
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Game cartridges on the S-100 bus?
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How can I copy files from a Compaq Deskpro?
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Is there a simple way to display ANSI art and animation files in a modern terminal window?
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How fast is memcpy on the Z80?
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Why did Pokémon Red have so many overflow bugs?
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Floating point performance of classic minicomputers
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Looking for a Z80 simulator/emulator for Linux
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Sound chips in 1977
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Commercially available computer with single-step feature?
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Why does the Z80 have a half-carry bit?
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Executable ASCII files before x86?
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Was Apple DOS 3.3 created because of the Apple III?
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Core Memory Stability
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Computer graphics before the modern GPU [closed]
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Graphics chips in 1980
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What was the point of Apple Pascal having its own file system?
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Did any 8-bit computer system / OS have concepts for concurrency and multitasking like we know from today?
Awarded Aug 23, 2017 at 4:03
MSX Assembly/Basic programming documentation
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Should 486s have a heatsink?
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When was internet access first available to public in USA?
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What is between the sectors of floppy disks?
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What computer was used in Weird Science?
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What is the relative code density of 8-bit microprocessors?
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What do the keys on this Symbolics Space Cadet keyboard do?
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What protocol do Teletypes use?
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How can I overclock my Commodore 64?
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Why did Commodore fill their power supplies with epoxy?
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How was the C language ported to architectures with non-power-of-2 word sizes?
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What "Write your own RPG/Adventure game" books were available for 8-bit computers? [closed]
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How did Commodore's anti-Microsoft Easter Egg work?
Awarded Aug 2, 2017 at 21:34
80s DRAM chips: one per bit of data bus width?
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What's the relationship between early 90s Pentium microprocessor and today's Intel designs?
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How was the first assembler for a new home computer platform written?
Awarded Jul 19, 2017 at 0:18
Early Forth for personal computers
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How were the first ZX Spectrum games written?
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Which tools were used to create the C language?
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How were bugs reported for compilers that were shipped on floppy disks?
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Why do older computer cases turn yellow?
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