Retrocomputing

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How does the Gameboy's memory bank switching work?
Awarded Mar 17 at 11:20
Cannot boot from a Compact Flash card
Awarded Mar 15 at 15:10
Were there 8086 coprocessors other than the 8087?
Awarded Mar 14 at 19:50
Intel CPU bug in the 90s
Awarded Mar 14 at 15:55
Was there a technical advantage to such tall PC tower cases?
Awarded Feb 6 at 21:40
When was the term ‘directory’ replaced by ‘folder’?
Awarded Jan 19 at 23:30
What were other colors beside green and amber for monochrome monitors?
Awarded Jan 1 at 2:41
What caused older computer fans to be so much louder than they are today?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 19:50
Why was USB 1.0 incredibly slow even for its time?
Awarded Dec 14, 2022 at 4:56
Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running CP/M?
Awarded Dec 9, 2022 at 23:33
Wanted: 5.25" floppy to USB adapter
Awarded Nov 29, 2022 at 22:40
Could we have avoided the whole UTF-16 fiasco? [closed]
Awarded Nov 26, 2022 at 6:50
How did people get apps on their computer before the Internet?
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 19:57
Why does the 6502 have the BIT instruction?
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 10:34
Accessing a USB drive from DOS
Awarded Sep 27, 2022 at 18:27
Did any computer use a 7-bit byte?
Awarded Sep 10, 2022 at 19:30
Why was preemptive multitasking so slow in coming to consumer OS's?
Awarded Aug 24, 2022 at 15:26
What is the maximum 64 bit integer (number) value? [closed]
Awarded Aug 7, 2022 at 18:16
How to renew and re-ink old printer ribbons?
Awarded Jul 6, 2022 at 18:41
What was the first operating system to be called an "operating system"?
Awarded Jun 30, 2022 at 18:15
Is it true that Netscape Navigator eventually became Mozilla Firefox?
Awarded Jun 21, 2022 at 0:16
What's the story behind the name "X11"?
Awarded May 23, 2022 at 11:36
What was the first Object Oriented programming language?
Awarded Apr 7, 2022 at 8:09
How did early x86 BIOS programmers manage to program full blown TUIs given very few bytes of ROM/EPROM?
Awarded Mar 31, 2022 at 15:46
Was there a retro computer susceptible of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it?
Awarded Mar 17, 2022 at 15:47
What is the oldest digital processor still performing non-educational duties in its original environment?
Awarded Mar 17, 2022 at 0:57
Why does the original Donkey Kong update the screen in a curtain closing pattern?
Awarded Mar 13, 2022 at 23:45
Why is the clock frequency of the PS/2 keyboard protocol so high?
Awarded Mar 9, 2022 at 19:31
What is the oldest computer capable of running a modern version of GNU/Linux?
Awarded Mar 8, 2022 at 12:09
Why didn't the 8086 use linear addressing?
Awarded Feb 27, 2022 at 3:36
Is there a simple way to display ANSI art and animation files in a modern terminal window?
Awarded Feb 16, 2022 at 22:04
Why do Game Boy Colors not want nickel-cadmium batteries?
Awarded Jan 11, 2022 at 15:11
History of Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q for flow control
Awarded Dec 27, 2021 at 16:27
Why did the MS-DOS API choose software interrupts for its interface?
Awarded Nov 30, 2021 at 17:41
Why did the NES not allow rotated sprites?
Awarded Nov 19, 2021 at 11:57
How should we interpret Dave Cutler's criticism of Unix?
Awarded Nov 16, 2021 at 14:03
What is the origin of this bizarre advert of people wearing swimsuits in a room with computer hardware?
Awarded Nov 11, 2021 at 18:55
Did anyone ever use the extra set of registers on the Z80?
Awarded Nov 5, 2021 at 14:41
When did compilers start generating optimized code that runs faster than an average programmer's assembly code?
Awarded Nov 1, 2021 at 21:31
Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?
Awarded Oct 26, 2021 at 11:51
Why does the infamous "ENGAGERIDLEYMOTHERFUCKER" Metroid password break NES emulators?
Awarded Oct 26, 2021 at 10:01
Why did 80x25 become the text monitor standard?
Awarded Sep 8, 2021 at 18:08
Why did early arcade games use vertical displays?
Awarded Sep 5, 2021 at 19:15
What did code on punch cards do with the other six bits per column?
Awarded Sep 3, 2021 at 16:57
Install Commodore 64 on VirtualBox
Awarded Aug 29, 2021 at 22:19
What modification is required from a PC floppy for use in Amiga?
Awarded Aug 27, 2021 at 4:48
Were the dungeons in Legend of Zelda designed to fit together?
Awarded Aug 15, 2021 at 2:10
Did any compiler fully use Intel x87 80-bit floating point?
Awarded Aug 6, 2021 at 13:40
Is it true that Pentium III was faster than its successor Pentium 4?
Awarded Aug 5, 2021 at 21:51
Why were single quotes ('…') chosen for characters, and double quotes ("…") for strings?
Awarded Jul 21, 2021 at 23:25
Why do Game Boy games have explicit save functions, instead of using battery-backed non-volatile cartridge SRAM to store the game state?
Awarded Jul 14, 2021 at 16:51
Why do some people say PHP was "Pretty Home Page"? Was it once PHP's real name?
Awarded Jul 8, 2021 at 2:27
Why is the Intel 8086 CPU called a 16-bit CPU?
Awarded Jul 6, 2021 at 17:10
How can I connect a modern USB keyboard to a system requiring PS/2?
Awarded Jul 3, 2021 at 0:26
Why was `!` chosen for negation?
Awarded Jun 17, 2021 at 3:35
Why didn't Windows 98 need the "Starting Windows 98..." screen?
Awarded Jun 9, 2021 at 11:35
Are PowerPC processors still manufactured and used in desktop computers?
Awarded May 15, 2021 at 20:47
NES cartridge ROM emulation with Arduino or Pi?
Awarded May 11, 2021 at 15:51
Last computer not to use octets / 8-bit bytes
Awarded Apr 29, 2021 at 13:34
Why is EEPROM called ROM if it can be written to?
Awarded Apr 22, 2021 at 22:55
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