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

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Why does Windows 1.01 crash at the splash screen?

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

answered Oct 1, 2020 at 12:54

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

answered Dec 16, 2021 at 10:18

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

answered Jun 25, 2021 at 15:56

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How did varargs in C develop?

answered Jul 28, 2021 at 16:20

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

answered Jun 20, 2021 at 13:22

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

answered Jan 25 at 23:53

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

answered Jul 31, 2021 at 13:58

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How did anti-Y2K-bug boards work?

answered Jan 1, 2022 at 5:18

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

answered Mar 9, 2021 at 14:59

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How can I play QBasic Nibbles on a modern machine?

answered Mar 11, 2021 at 9:59

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How does this 8080 code perform division with remainder?

answered Oct 4, 2021 at 6:02

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

answered Mar 6, 2022 at 14:56

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What 8086 instructions accept REP?

answered Jan 31, 2021 at 20:34

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

answered Mar 14, 2021 at 18:41

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

answered Feb 27, 2021 at 8:46

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What is the source of the Apple logo?

answered Sep 11, 2021 at 9:08

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

answered May 29, 2021 at 7:56

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What MIDI sound font does mGBA use?

answered Sep 6, 2022 at 17:11

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Did MS-DOS itself ever use blinking text?

answered Aug 22, 2020 at 18:12

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

answered Aug 21, 2021 at 17:33

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

answered Jul 2, 2021 at 16:14

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

answered Apr 6, 2020 at 16:10

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

answered Mar 28, 2021 at 17:08

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How can a protected-mode Watcom C program access memory that a real-mode interrupt service returned in a segment:offset register pair?

answered Aug 3, 2021 at 17:46

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

answered May 3, 2022 at 18:35

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

answered Jan 18, 2021 at 16:54

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

answered Oct 20, 2021 at 9:28

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How did the C64 lockup bug and its workarounds work?

answered Jul 22, 2021 at 7:16

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

Why does Windows 1.01 crash at the splash screen?

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

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

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

How did varargs in C develop?

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

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

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

How did anti-Y2K-bug boards work?

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

How can I play QBasic Nibbles on a modern machine?

How does this 8080 code perform division with remainder?

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

What 8086 instructions accept REP?

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

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

What is the source of the Apple logo?

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

What MIDI sound font does mGBA use?

Did MS-DOS itself ever use blinking text?

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

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

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

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

How can a protected-mode Watcom C program access memory that a real-mode interrupt service returned in a segment:offset register pair?

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

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

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

How did the C64 lockup bug and its workarounds work?