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For questions about copy protection techniques used on retro software.
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The products of Acorn Computers Ltd., a British computer manufacturer founded in 1978.
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The process of determining how a device was made. Usually for the purposes of replication.
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For questions about processors in the Motorola 68k (68000 series) range. Commonly used in Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Sinclair QL and Sharp X68000 computers.
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Questions about character-sets, either from a standardization point of view, or in terms of the repertoire implemented by particular equipment.
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for questions about the Apple DOS operating system used on the Apple II series of microcomputers
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For questions about Kickstart, the bootstrap firmware of the Amiga
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For questions specifically regarding the Intel 8088 microprocessor.
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Historical conditions of the computing market: price levels, offerings, sales and demand. (Questions about current market conditions are off-topic.)
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for questions about retrofitting modern hardware for use with retrocomputing devices
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For questions regarding compatibility of retrocomputers and peripherals.
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for questions on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld video game console
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for questions about retrocomputing hardware cases and enclosures
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Graphical user interfaces generally; use with the particular environment’s tag as appropriate.
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Lossless and lossy data compression: algorithms and utilities.
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For questions on Universal Serial Bus cables, connections, and communication protocols related to retrocomputing hardware and software
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The PAL (Phase Alternate Line) analogue video standard, commonly used in Europe.
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Questions about versions of the FORTRAN language relevant to retrocomputing: FORTRAN, FORTRAN II, FORTRAN IV, FORTRAN 66, FORTRAN 77, ...
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Questions regarding the IBM System/360 computers and their descendants.
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Requests to identify a peripheral device (printer, monitor, input device, etc.) based on a photograph or some specific criteria.
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Retro input devices generally; also, less common devices (like paddles, gamepads, steering wheels, drawing tablets) and entirely unconventional input devices. Use [mouse], [keyboards], [joystick] inst…
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For questions specifically regarding the Millennium Edition of the Microsoft Windows OS.
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For questions about the MSX standard or about computers, hardware or software conforming to the MSX standard.
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The S-100 (later the IEEE696) bus is a backplane standard introduced in 1975 supporting configurable card types.
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The 7-bit ASCII character set, including control codes. DO NOT USE for binary-coded decimal; consider using [character-sets] instead for extensions of ASCII. See tag wiki.
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