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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?

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

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

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

Choosing a monochrome color at the monitor?

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
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How to build an ATA controller for the AT bus?

11 votes

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

10 votes

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

10 votes

What makes accurate emulation of old systems a difficult task?

10 votes

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

10 votes
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Why would a 720k (DSQD/96tpi) 5.25" floppy disk be read as 360k?

9 votes

Why is the Compaq FWS2ASPI.SYS driver not recognized as an ASPI driver?

8 votes

Can Linux boot beyond 1023 cylinders on old BIOS?

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

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

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

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

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