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103 votes

Why didn't Windows 98 need the "Starting Windows 98..." screen?

69 votes

Why does Windows 1.01 crash at the splash screen?

64 votes
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Why does DOS ask for the current date and time upon booting?

57 votes
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Did INI files work in a different way on Windows 3.x than today?

50 votes
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Why were single quotes ('…') chosen for characters, and double quotes ("…") for strings?

48 votes
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How did varargs in C develop?

48 votes
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Which font with slashed zero is being used in this screengrab?

47 votes

How fast were BASIC interpreters in the 80s? (Is this optimization for speed really necessary?)

45 votes

Why did fonts in Windows 1.01's Write application look so poor?

43 votes

How did anti-Y2K-bug boards work?

42 votes
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How does this 8080 code perform division with remainder?

41 votes
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Where did the term ‘blue screen of death’ come from?

41 votes

How can I play QBasic Nibbles on a modern machine?

40 votes
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What 8086 instructions accept REP?

37 votes

What algorithm did Microsoft use to dither colour in early versions of Windows?

35 votes

How can I extract the contents of a Windows 3.1 (16-bit) game EXE file?

34 votes
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What aspect of portable floating point did Java back down on?

34 votes

What is the source of the Apple logo?

31 votes

What does this line: `T=C/2=INT(C/2)` do? Why is it valid syntax?

31 votes
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What MIDI sound font does mGBA use?

30 votes
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Did MS-DOS itself ever use blinking text?

30 votes

Why can't I invoke the next interrupt service by incrementing the AX register after calling the same interrupt?

28 votes
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Why can MS-DOS not read partitions starting at logical sector 0?

26 votes
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How does Windows 9x determine which disk drivers correspond to which BIOS disks/DOS drive letters?

24 votes
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Who are the people associated with Simula, Assembler and Fortran in this video?

23 votes

In what language(s) is the return value set by assigning to the function’s name?

22 votes
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How can I access the VGA card's ROM fonts with interrupt 10h operation 1130h in protected mode C?

22 votes
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How did Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages know it was running on a Game Boy Advance?

22 votes
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What causes the glitchy sound when a GBA cartridge is removed?

21 votes
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How did the C64 lockup bug and its workarounds work?