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Michael Karcher
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Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?

37 votes
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Why does the GameBoy Pocket produce a blue line on power off?

37 votes

Why was the DOS kernel discarded?

34 votes
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How would old software using the SIGPIPE signal really work if it were to manage _many_ pipes?

31 votes
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How did we use to have these high quality 256 color images?

31 votes
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Can a Japanese (or US) PSU for Nintendo 64 be run with 230 V mains?

29 votes

Purpose of turbo switch on systems unable to slow to 4.77 MHz?

22 votes
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How does single-stepping on the 8086 interact with internal and external interrupts?

20 votes

How did X talk to the video card before DRI/DRM?

17 votes

Does 10BASE-T need more sophisticated electronics than 10BASE5/10BASE2?

16 votes
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Is solder-on memory upgrade an option here and how to check it

15 votes
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Why does MS-DOS 5.0 EDIT hang on my XT-class machine with a German 102-key keyboard?

14 votes

IDE SSD pulling down data bus

13 votes

Why did Linux standardise on RTS/CTS flow control for serial ports

13 votes
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What’s the last x86 CPU that didn’t place a limit on the size of a single instruction?

12 votes
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Is there a way to trick my 386SX laptop into thinking there's a floppy drive installed?

11 votes

Choosing a monochrome color at the monitor?

11 votes

How does a HD floppy drive react to an ED disk?

11 votes
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How to build an ATA controller for the AT bus?

10 votes

What makes accurate emulation of old systems a difficult task?

10 votes

What are these weird long ISA slots on this 386 board? (not VLB)

10 votes

Do AT motherboards (286, 386, 486) really need -5V (besides redirecting it to ISA connectors)?

8 votes

Can Linux boot beyond 1023 cylinders on old BIOS?

7 votes
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How do I configure a V6366 graphics controller for 640x400 B/W?

7 votes
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Why isn't this invocation of XMS function Move EMB 0Bh in Turbo C correct?

6 votes
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ES688 AudioDrive 4-bit proprietary codec: Any way to decode?

6 votes
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How can I fix this clacking sound made by the Game Boy speaker?

6 votes

Alternatives for TurboVision on DOS

6 votes
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Did the Vic-20 save money using static RAM?

5 votes

Why is the unchangable Nintendo Game Boy logo in the cartridge?

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