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Why not use fractions instead of floating point?
Oct 1, 2018
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Why is EEPROM called ROM if it can be written to?
Jan 31, 2021
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Why did 1950s-60s computers have such wide words?
Sep 6, 2020
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Why did the PDP-11 include a JMP instruction?
Apr 12, 2017
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Fastest 8-bit microprocessor for multiply-accumulate?
May 9, 2022
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Why was desktop CPU frequency so low in the late 1990s?
Apr 22, 2023
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What motivated the weird boolean instruction repertoire of the PDP-11?
May 26, 2022
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Fastest non-emulated CP/M Z80-based computer ever built?
Nov 24, 2017
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What did the "programs" that "human computers" executed look like?
Jul 25, 2020
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Is there still no "digital version of PCBs and ICs" software that all future emulators can use?
Sep 14, 2020
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Can a USB hub be used to access a drive from two devices?
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What can cause a USB 3.0 port to revert back to USB 2.0?
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What causes this? pcieport 0000:00:03.0: PCIe Bus Error: AER / Bad TLP
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Suppress banner for `ssh` or `scp`
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Naming convention standard for Ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces on Linux machines