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How can I play QBasic Nibbles on a modern machine?

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Why is the ‘auto’ storage class specifier included in C?

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29 Questions

How can I play QBasic Nibbles on a modern machine?

Why does Windows 1.01 crash at the splash screen?

Why is the ‘auto’ storage class specifier included in C?

Why does the FAT file system have separate ‘hidden’ and ‘system’ attributes?

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

What did SULFNBK.EXE actually do?

What was the first programming language with generics?

Why is MS-DOS not able to read partitions starting at logical sector 0?

What was the purpose of those special user accounts in Unix?

When and where was the ‘dotted sequence of integers’ version numbering scheme invented?

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

How much of the Program Segment Prefix area can be reused by programs with impunity?

Where did the # (hash, number sign) notation for hexadecimal RGB colour triples originate?

Is there a way to cut idle CPU usage under Multitasking MS-DOS 4.0?

Why does PC video memory base address change depending on video mode?

What are the blinking rates of the caret and of blinking text on PC graphics cards in text mode?

Why do PC DOS kernel files have the COM extension, even though they are not executable as COM files?

Why do sprites lag behind a scrolling map in first-generation Pokémon games?

What software used Turbo Vision back in its prime time?

What was the purpose of the ‘overlay number’ field in the MZ executable format?

What did the SELECT command do in DOS?

When does an IBM-compatible PC keyboard controller dequeue scancodes?

Is there a generic VBE driver available for Windows 3.x?

Why are there three different settings in the [Paths] section of MSDOS.SYS?

Why are symmetric bi-directional communication port cables not always crossover cables?

How did ‘logically-sectored FAT’ work?

Fast-paced, windowed multimedia board or puzzle game for Windows 3.x, featuring the “Toasty!” sound effect

Why does the ‘Get Next Selector Increment Value’ DPMI call exist?

A game about defending a castle, with trading-card-like gameplay and aesthetic, in English and Czech