Retrocomputing

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Why are these DOS console drivers wasting precious bytes?
Awarded Apr 3, 2022 at 15:08
How does Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 display all the aliens?
Awarded Feb 20, 2022 at 17:47
Why not constant linear velocity floppies?
Awarded Sep 27, 2021 at 23:19
What did the DoD think Fortran lacked?
Awarded Aug 28, 2020 at 22:08
Why does the 80486 take longer to execute simple instructions than complex ones?
Awarded Jun 17, 2020 at 11:28
Why did 8-bit computers choose BASIC dialects as "de facto" command-line interface, instead of contemporary Shell/Lisp dialects?
Awarded Apr 14, 2020 at 22:30
What was the rationale behind 36 bit computer architectures?
Awarded Sep 10, 2019 at 22:00
Have programming languages driven hardware development?
Awarded Jan 23, 2019 at 15:10
How do arcade ROMs work
Awarded Nov 5, 2018 at 15:10
Why did some early CPUs use external math chips?
Awarded Apr 6, 2018 at 9:34
Why did the IBM PC need a sound card?
Awarded Mar 3, 2018 at 18:48

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