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What makes accurate emulation of old systems a difficult task?

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Is it true that control+alt+delete only became a thing because IBM would not build Bill Gates a computer with a task manager button?

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Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?

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Have programming languages driven hardware development?

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How did the 8086 interface with the 8087 FPU coprocessor?

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Do the holes in Jacquard loom punched cards represent input data or program code?

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How to get started writing C for the IBM PC in 1980-81

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What was the main purpose of bitshift instructions in CPU?

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How did the IEC decide to create kibibytes?

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Why did CP/M and MS-DOS use the BIOS instead of their own drivers to access hardware?

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Did Apple not originally allow anyone to develop software for the Macintosh?

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When did double-keying cease to be a common practice in verification?

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What accounted for the cost of ENIAC?

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Who invented garbage collection?

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How did LaFarr Stuart's "Forth without an input buffer" work?

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8086 stack segment and avoiding overflow in interrupts

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How did people use ed?

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What do the "byte-select signals" in the 68000 do?

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How could the Intel 4004 address 640 bytes if it was only 4-bit?

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Best way to locate data on ROM? (6502 Processor)

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Format of "Pound" domains in RFC 821

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Why would older video games include fragments of source code?

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Why does the default base64 encoding use forward slash /?

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When was the term ‘directory’ replaced by ‘folder’?

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PDP-11 instruction set inconsistencies

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Did type-in-programs or type-in-listings teach programming in the 70s and 80s or was it just tedious typing of the source code?

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Why does the Z80 have a half-carry bit?

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How does 6502 machine code process $ (address) VS #$ (value)?

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RS232 Tape Recorder Emulator?

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What is the origin of Mac OS X?

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What makes accurate emulation of old systems a difficult task?

Is it true that control+alt+delete only became a thing because IBM would not build Bill Gates a computer with a task manager button?

Why weren't 80s arcade games programmed in C?

Have programming languages driven hardware development?

How did the 8086 interface with the 8087 FPU coprocessor?

Do the holes in Jacquard loom punched cards represent input data or program code?

How to get started writing C for the IBM PC in 1980-81

What was the main purpose of bitshift instructions in CPU?

How did the IEC decide to create kibibytes?

Why did CP/M and MS-DOS use the BIOS instead of their own drivers to access hardware?

Did Apple not originally allow anyone to develop software for the Macintosh?

When did double-keying cease to be a common practice in verification?

What accounted for the cost of ENIAC?

Who invented garbage collection?

How did LaFarr Stuart's "Forth without an input buffer" work?

8086 stack segment and avoiding overflow in interrupts

How did people use ed?

What do the "byte-select signals" in the 68000 do?

How could the Intel 4004 address 640 bytes if it was only 4-bit?

Best way to locate data on ROM? (6502 Processor)

Format of "Pound" domains in RFC 821

Why would older video games include fragments of source code?

Why does the default base64 encoding use forward slash /?

When was the term ‘directory’ replaced by ‘folder’?

PDP-11 instruction set inconsistencies

Did type-in-programs or type-in-listings teach programming in the 70s and 80s or was it just tedious typing of the source code?

Why does the Z80 have a half-carry bit?

How does 6502 machine code process $ (address) VS #$ (value)?

RS232 Tape Recorder Emulator?

What is the origin of Mac OS X?