Retrocomputing

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What was the first language with regexes?
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What are the electrical characteristics of a PC gameport?
Awarded Dec 3 at 0:50
Was bootloading from punch cards possible on System/370 machines?
Awarded Nov 29 at 16:25
Did Microsoft BASIC ever use Z80 only instructions?
Awarded Nov 28 at 18:25
Was there any computer since about 1960 without interrupt support?
Awarded Nov 28 at 14:57
How did the Apple IIe convert to upper case?
Awarded Nov 28 at 14:35
Commodore 64 - any way to safely plug in a cartridge when the power is on?
Awarded Nov 24 at 14:49
Is there any hardware that lets me use floppy drives with low level formatting capability on a modern pc? [duplicate]
Awarded Nov 23 at 1:18
Why didn't Microsoft use a well-known encryption algorithm like RSA for telephone activation?
Awarded Nov 18 at 19:10
Why does the "Mesen-S" SNES emulator require a separate DSP ROM for Super Mario Kart, but *not* for Stunt Race FX?
Awarded Nov 16 at 2:36
How do you put a 286 in Protected Mode?
Awarded Nov 15 at 20:11
Finding byte boundaries in floppy disk MFM bitstreams
Awarded Nov 14 at 13:56
What was the first laptop to support two external monitors?
Awarded Nov 11 at 21:58
Why were those colors chosen to be the default palette for 256-color VGA?
Awarded Nov 8 at 23:05
Why did Linux standardise on RTS/CTS flow control for serial ports
Awarded Nov 8 at 20:42
Use a USB mouse for DOS games
Awarded Nov 8 at 15:16
Compile the 6502 assembler source code for running on modern computers [closed]
Awarded Nov 7 at 13:08
Did the PAL version of Super Mario Bros. on the NES really have faster music, and if so, why?
Awarded Nov 7 at 11:58
What was the legal arrangement between author, publisher and end user for 'type-in programs' in old computer magazines?
Awarded Nov 6 at 17:51
How is it possible that this "Polymega™" console will "not support" Everdrives?
Awarded Nov 6 at 15:15
Why have consumer-level graphing calculators seemingly not developed in 20+ years?
Awarded Nov 6 at 8:07
What was the dithering algorithm used in Sierra and LucasArts games?
Awarded Nov 4 at 14:17
Is there a common name for this 'switch' like 6800 assembly routine?
Awarded Nov 4 at 2:51
Does this 1978 code for a 6800 really clear ALL of memory?
Awarded Nov 3 at 15:11
How much benefit should be expected on a more advanced compiler for z80/r800 based computers?
Awarded Nov 3 at 3:25
C64/PETSCII block graphic symbol: was there ever a logical reason for their "ASCII" codes?
Awarded Nov 2 at 14:09
Who invented file extensions in file names?
Awarded Nov 2 at 8:55
Name of MS-DOS program that shows realtime update of light/dark map of whole planet
Awarded Oct 31 at 23:42
Can Linux boot beyond 1023 cylinders on old BIOS?
Awarded Oct 31 at 13:56
Is it possible to just construct a simple cable serial↔︎serial and send data from PC to C64?
Awarded Oct 28 at 19:36
Terminology of what is termed "CPU" and what is "computer"
Awarded Oct 26 at 14:08
Why does NT4 fail on boot if you give it an x64 CPU?
Awarded Oct 25 at 16:15
Connecting SCM Swapbox PCMCIA reader (ISA) to modern PC
Awarded Oct 25 at 2:32
What was the first desktop computer with fully-functional input and output?
Awarded Oct 23 at 19:55
Why are the out-of-bounds areas of Doom distorted on MS-DOS?
Awarded Oct 23 at 16:27
What actions, besides a hard power-off, did a blank screen with a blinking cursor allow?
Awarded Oct 17 at 19:58
Which BASIC-like language has "ENDIF", "DIM ... OF" to declare arrays, and a double slash for comments?
Awarded Oct 16 at 20:50
Which computer language was the first with two forward slashes ("//") for comments?
Awarded Oct 16 at 5:25
What programming languages were most commonly used on the AS/400 in the 90s?
Awarded Oct 15 at 23:26
First language with C-like memory management
Awarded Oct 15 at 8:34
Why was BASIC's INT() a floor, and not a truncate?
Awarded Oct 8 at 14:34
When did wear leveling in flash storage come up?
Awarded Oct 6 at 16:05
On what Apple II and II+ keyboards can the ']' character be generated?
Awarded Oct 5 at 21:21
How did early computers deal with calculations involving pounds, shillings, and pence?
Awarded Oct 5 at 6:56
How does the Commodore 64 address more than 64 kilobytes of memory?
Awarded Oct 5 at 1:17
Is "component video" synonymous with "RGB"?
Awarded Oct 4 at 21:25
What does it mean to "publish machine code"?
Awarded Oct 4 at 4:20
Advantage of RS-232 over 20mA current loop
Awarded Oct 3 at 20:49
Did scanlines appear on the ZX Spectrum screen?
Awarded Oct 2 at 16:40
C64 cartridge emulation with ATmega
Awarded Sep 30 at 17:56
How late were 80-column punched cards relevant?
Awarded Sep 29 at 17:49
How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?
Awarded Sep 28 at 19:55
How did most fifth-generation consoles avoid wobbly graphics?
Awarded Sep 27 at 16:46
What's the most recent version of AmigaOS?
Awarded Sep 27 at 12:50
What made the ENIAC "programmable"?
Awarded Sep 26 at 12:12
Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of use in personal computers in the 21st century?
Awarded Sep 26 at 4:19
Disassembling Windows IO.SYS
Awarded Sep 25 at 10:08
8086 duration of program
Awarded Sep 23 at 23:57
How to add Final Cartridge III to VICE C64/128 Emulator
Awarded Sep 22 at 15:05
Were there any PCs using the i376?
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