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Quite boring, really. Have faffed about with computers since the mid-80s, have worked as a network engineer, unix sysadmin and (occasionally) developer.

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15 What was the design rationale behind multi-port and multiple connections (and back-connections) designs of the early protocols like NFS or FTP? May 14 '20
13 Connect Ethernet via Parallel or Serial in old laptop May 31 '20
8 History of non-American software/hardware/CS theory development, 1940s-1980s? May 26 '20
5 Are there any good resources on emulating/simulating early computing input/output? Dec 27 '20
4 How is it possible that they used to type “Mb” when they meant “MB” in printed computer magazines in the 1990s? May 1 '20
3 Why was the maximum byte size of 8 bits on IBM 7030? Jun 25 '20
3 How are the index registers on the Censor 932 accessed? Oct 20 '19
2 When connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up, were computers directly accessible via their allocated IP address? May 4 '20
2 How are the index registers on the Censor 932 accessed? Apr 30 '20
1 What “unusual” syntax assembly languages are/were there? Oct 31 '20

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