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Simon Kissane
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I'm from Sydney, Australia. Primarily working with Java, JavaScript, occasionally some C, Objective C, PL/SQL.

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Do any FAT8 filesystem images survive?
Jun 23, 2023
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Do any FAT8 filesystem images survive?
Jun 24, 2023
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What is the historical origin of lone CR as a line terminator?
Jul 27
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Where is Mike Lesk's (circa 1973) "portable I/O package" for C?
Oct 23, 2022
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Why did Acorn use LF+CR instead of CR+LF as a line ending?
Apr 27
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Was the term "master" in source code management systems first used with the sense of master/replica or master/slave?
May 3
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Did any software use "deleted data" floppy sectors?
Jul 8, 2023
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Which Old World ROM machines could officially run OS X?
Jul 19
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Does anyone have any information on GUTS (Gothenburg University Timesharing System)?
Oct 23, 2022
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Why did IBM develop 5250 block mode terminals when 3270 already existed?
Apr 10, 2020
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Where to draw the line with IBM mainframe questions?
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What is the difference between Character.isAlphabetic and Character.isLetter in Java?
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What is the difference between Character.isAlphabetic and Character.isLetter in Java?
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Why does NATO accession require a treaty protocol?
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VisualVM hanging on startup "computing description"
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How do I disable the maven-compiler-plugin?