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I have installed MS-DOS 6.22 on Virtual Box, do I have an ISA bus or a PCI bus?

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Why does MP3 audio decoding overwhelm retro CPU's?

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Was there a retro computer susceptible of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it?

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What register size did early computers use?

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Modern USB devices on Windows 98 SE

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Install Commodore 64 on VirtualBox

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39 Answers

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

How can I connect this 3-pin Slot 1 CPU fan to my system that uses a 2-pin connector?

How do I allocate more memory to an app on Sheepshaver running Mac OS 9?

How are File Timestamps recorded in classic Mac OS?

Are MS-DOS and Windows 9x vulnerable to Meltdown?

Are old versions of Windows at risk of modern malware attacks?

Retrieving text documents from a 2.0 MB/2.0 HD floppy disk?

Mind-Controller User Input from the late 90s

I have installed MS-DOS 6.22 on Virtual Box, do I have an ISA bus or a PCI bus?

Why does MP3 audio decoding overwhelm retro CPU's?

Boot Macintosh Quadra 800 from System 7.6.1 CD

Was there a retro computer susceptible of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it?

Limiting factor on early color palettes

Which Linux or BSD distributions do still support i386, i486 or i586 CPUs?

What computer first facilitated multi-precision arithmetic

Did any computers use automatically-operated mechanical storage as electronically-read-addressable memory

Atari 2600 high voltage output

Creating an System Extension (INIT) for classic Mac OS

How can tilting a N64 cartridge cause such subtle glitches?

Power cycling old hardware

What register size did early computers use?

A good method for formatting a modern device in HFS (Not HFS+)

Checking if RAM is functional

External power supply for 16.5V portable computer (Zenith SupersPort 286e)

What is a use case for the JAM instruction on the MOS Technology 650x family of processors?

Why are the PPU registers on the NES mirrored?

Powering up old desktop games

Modern USB devices on Windows 98 SE

Install Commodore 64 on VirtualBox

How can MS-DOS be installed on VirtualBox?