Retrocomputing

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Were the dungeons in Legend of Zelda designed to fit together?
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What is the TPG file format used in the PlayStation release of Zork I?
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How did old computers address far more than 64K of memory despite only having a 16 bit address bus?
Awarded Jan 16 at 22:56
How did the Spectrum clones with TR-DOS and paged memory load and run code files from disk?
Awarded Jan 16 at 17:40
How did old computers address far more than 64K of memory despite only having a 16 bit address bus?
Awarded Jan 15 at 13:05
Where can I find a 26-pin flex flat cable for the floppy drive in a Toshiba T19x0 laptop?
Awarded Jan 14 at 3:28
What is the difference between the "Return" and "Enter" keys in the VT100 terminal?
Awarded Jan 13 at 11:03
Motorola 6809 two stacks design
Awarded Jan 12 at 11:05
Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?
Awarded Jan 9 at 18:25
Were there ever any dumb terminals in a portable form factor?
Awarded Jan 9 at 16:46
Is there any hard data about type-in programs in the 80s?
Awarded Jan 6 at 17:22
Strange version of Windows 3.1 marked with a "W" logo
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Which is the first non-assembly (and binary) language to write operating system(s)?
Awarded Jan 5 at 2:16
Can DES be implemented with the technology of the 20th century? [closed]
Awarded Jan 3 at 17:20
What is the (standardized) weight of a 3.5 inch floppy disk?
Awarded Jan 2 at 13:26
What is the simplest UNIX system with a MMU?
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How to connect remote Windows XP PCs to one VPN using linux VPS in 2021
Awarded Dec 25 '21 at 22:42
Commodore 1581 crashes during format
Awarded Dec 25 '21 at 19:48
Why did third-party PlayStation memory cards forget/delete saves?
Awarded Dec 22 '21 at 8:48
What is generally accepted as being the first machine implementation of a search tree?
Awarded Dec 21 '21 at 22:30
What is this game featured in the film ‘The Year of the Jellyfish’?
Awarded Dec 21 '21 at 21:40
Did any compiler fully use Intel x87 80-bit floating point?
Awarded Dec 15 '21 at 19:34
Why might Quake run slowly on a modern PC?
Awarded Dec 14 '21 at 22:36
Why might Quake run slowly on a modern PC?
Awarded Dec 13 '21 at 14:33
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Why did the Z80 with 4-bit ALU out-perform the fully 8-bit Intel 8080?
Awarded Dec 3 '21 at 18:42
Why did the description of the Windows shutdown command imply power-off was manual even with ACPI available?
Awarded Dec 1 '21 at 11:56
Why we YIQ is composite signal where RGB three different signal? [closed]
Awarded Nov 30 '21 at 9:03
Are there any public tools for the TMS34010?
Awarded Nov 28 '21 at 4:55
When was an image of an apple first used to promote the APL language
Awarded Nov 25 '21 at 9:51
How did early computers handle mice?
Awarded Nov 24 '21 at 16:56
How would toggling a bit in the POWCNT1 register cause hardware damage on the Nintendo DS?
Awarded Nov 22 '21 at 12:34
Installing 98SE without USB/CDROM to IDE drive - Invalid System Disk
Awarded Nov 19 '21 at 17:42
BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
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BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
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BYTE Magazine outside the U.S
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"GAZE" GUI Organizer program?
Awarded Nov 11 '21 at 2:08
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Did John Carmack really invent "Adaptive Tile Refresh"?
Awarded Nov 9 '21 at 6:52
Spin HDD up/down in DOS App?
Awarded Nov 6 '21 at 21:41
Why has the Intel Itanium failed to take on the world?
Awarded Nov 3 '21 at 13:04
Cheapest way to store and load small dataset in the 80s?
Awarded Nov 1 '21 at 12:07
Why was Carrier Command for the ZX Spectrum superior to the C64 version?
Awarded Oct 30 '21 at 10:26
What old LCD monitor am I thinking about?
Awarded Oct 28 '21 at 18:08
Can input lag be modeled as a function of controller cable length for SNES?
Awarded Oct 28 '21 at 2:56
Why couldn't early C compilers handle variable declarations between statements?
Awarded Oct 27 '21 at 8:57
Why was manual branch suggestion abandoned?
Awarded Oct 26 '21 at 18:08
Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?
Awarded Oct 26 '21 at 9:26
Python2.4 Amiga OS M68K restarting system and where to get libs
Awarded Oct 24 '21 at 20:51
What is purpose of the “CH” button and “CH” switch position on this calculator?
Awarded Oct 23 '21 at 15:25
Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?
Awarded Oct 22 '21 at 9:32
How can I detect signed integer overflow on the Game Boy?
Awarded Oct 17 '21 at 11:34
Why did the monsters have "infinite invisible pillars" of hitboxes vertically in all versions of the DOOM engine?
Awarded Oct 17 '21 at 6:50
Was there a technical advantage to such tall PC tower cases?
Awarded Oct 15 '21 at 10:46
How were the special effects achieved for the Kraftwerk Die Roboter 1978 music video?
Awarded Oct 14 '21 at 6:10
What do the "byte-select signals" in the 68000 do?
Awarded Oct 11 '21 at 20:36
Why did the BIOS load the MBR at 0x7c00?
Awarded Oct 11 '21 at 14:40
What's this computer in the 1988 movie "Vampire's Kiss"?
Awarded Oct 10 '21 at 12:27
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