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What key factor led to the sudden commercial success of MS Windows with v3.0?
Awarded Nov 19 '20 at 5:50
Test emulated 8080 CPU without an OS?
Awarded Nov 4 '20 at 5:11
Where was this Grace Hopper/Univac photo taken?
Awarded Oct 31 '20 at 4:02
What's the pitfalls when trying to connect a new SCSI hard drive to an old SCSI bus?
Awarded Oct 28 '20 at 7:31
Symbian emulator to run Ngage games
Awarded Oct 26 '20 at 4:42
How to alpha-sort MS-DOS 7.x directories
Awarded Aug 28 '20 at 4:02
Oxford C compiler for Commodore 64
Awarded Aug 24 '20 at 5:11
Metrowerks Modula-2 Dev Environment on Mac/SE30 (68030)
Awarded Aug 21 '20 at 5:57
Where can I read the article from Personal Computer World, Nov 1978, which introduced the 8th Rugg/Feldman test program?
Awarded Aug 16 '20 at 5:57
How does one convert Atari assembly to A=USR(ADR(“[garble]”)) style BASIC wrapper?
Awarded Jul 16 '20 at 4:27
What is known about the internal workings of the Z80?
Awarded Jun 20 '20 at 4:07
FCC RF limits and wire transmission speeds
Awarded Jun 19 '20 at 4:21
Were there any games/software that used memory beyond what was advertised available to BASIC on the machine?
Awarded Jun 14 '20 at 5:42
Are there standard DIN pinouts for cassette and video ports on early Japanese 8-bit computers?
Awarded Jun 11 '20 at 5:12
Modern Alternative to Malvino's Digital Computer Electronics
Awarded Jun 1 '20 at 5:08
Was photographic film ever used for digital data storage?
Awarded May 7 '20 at 4:10
C64 BASIC: How to suppress the '?' sign when using the INPUT command?
Awarded May 3 '20 at 6:50
Why weren't bootable game disks ever common on the IBM PC?
Awarded Apr 29 '20 at 4:09
Colorful print ad in ca. 1990 magazine
Awarded Apr 14 '20 at 4:30
What was the purpose and history of the C64's special keys?
Awarded Apr 2 '20 at 5:40
Is there any reason to chose ES, FS, or GS over the others in real mode?
Awarded Mar 3 '20 at 4:10
What limited the use of the 6809 CPU in personal computers?
Awarded Feb 18 '20 at 4:15
Who set the 640K limit?
Awarded Feb 18 '20 at 4:15
Why does the Minus World exist?
Awarded Feb 14 '20 at 4:35
What is the proper way to test the PSU output for a Commodore 128D?
Awarded Feb 8 '20 at 4:35
Why did computer video outputs go from digital to analog, then back to digital?
Awarded Feb 7 '20 at 4:00
Commodore 8-bit character sets
Awarded Feb 2 '20 at 4:20
Compile the 6502 assembler source code for running on modern computers [closed]
Awarded Jan 18 '20 at 11:00
6510 clock rate of C64: Why was it considerably slower than the 6502 of the Atari 800?
Awarded Jan 13 '20 at 4:20
How did Elite (BBC Micro) compress resources?
Awarded Jan 9 '20 at 4:40
Where can I donate my old Computer Shopper Magazines to make sure they get scanned and shared?
Awarded Jan 7 '20 at 4:35
Can I install DOS version 6.22 straight from IBM BASIC?
Awarded Dec 23 '19 at 4:15
Fastest non-emulated CP/M Z80-based computer ever built?
Awarded Dec 18 '19 at 4:45
Can a USR command damage a ZX Spectrum?
Awarded Dec 17 '19 at 5:15
Using the swap space of Windows 3.1 as a MS-DOS 6.22 temporary directory
Awarded Dec 6 '19 at 4:35
What are these tiny TSRs doing?
Awarded Nov 30 '19 at 4:40
What Video Chips/Video generation techniques are usable for the Z80?
Awarded Nov 24 '19 at 4:30
What was the first programming language to have 'printf'?
Awarded Nov 17 '19 at 4:05
Why was 2^127 − 1 an interesting problem for “Baby”?
Awarded Nov 17 '19 at 4:05
A different way to share the memory bus between the CPU and the Video
Awarded Oct 29 '19 at 4:02
What techniques were used to reduce the required re-rendering in 3D programs?
Awarded Oct 28 '19 at 4:10
What exactly was the Amiga Ranger?
Awarded Oct 11 '19 at 4:30
How do you put a 286 in Protected Mode?
Awarded Sep 6 '19 at 5:35
Link N64 object file while preserving relocation data
Awarded Jul 30 '19 at 4:50
Why did the Bell 103 modem use a data rate of 300 bps?
Awarded Jul 25 '19 at 6:05
How to build a workstation to handle bulk quantities of floppy disks?
Awarded Jul 16 '19 at 4:05
What is the oldest computer capable of running a modern version of GNU/Linux?
Awarded Jun 3 '19 at 6:10
The earliest a home-computer or home-robot could be interfaced with a commercially available camera?
Awarded May 30 '19 at 5:50
Troubleshooting and reparing an Atari 800XL with a single key not working
Awarded May 13 '19 at 4:25
Number of transistors in the C64
Awarded Apr 27 '19 at 4:05
NES cartridge ROM emulation with Arduino or Pi?
Awarded Apr 20 '19 at 4:20
What were the selling points of the Atari 800 over the 400?
Awarded Apr 11 '19 at 4:50
Creating a new locale.library language support for AmigaOS
Awarded Mar 16 '19 at 6:20
What were the applications of 5/6-bit serial port formats?
Awarded Feb 20 '19 at 4:20
Z80 and video chip contending for random access
Awarded Feb 17 '19 at 5:25
Why does the Motorola 68000 series require a kernel to be specified during Linux installation?
Awarded Feb 11 '19 at 4:20
What are the differences between the versions of AppleSoft BASIC?
Awarded Feb 10 '19 at 4:10
Make a BASIC TAP file readable on Linux
Awarded Jan 16 '19 at 4:30
How were Western computer chips reverse-engineered in USSR?
Awarded Jan 13 '19 at 4:45
How do CGA emulators for Hercules graphics work?
Awarded Jan 5 '19 at 4:30
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