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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?

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What made some 8-bit BASIC interpreters especially slow?

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How did Atari lose money on home computers?

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Is there any hard data about type-in programs in the 80s?

answered Dec 31, 2021 at 2:47

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How was the first release of Java (JDK 1.0) used?

answered Oct 4, 2022 at 17:35

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Why was Wireplay "faster and more reliable" than dial-up Internet, since they both used the same hardware?

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When connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up, why did ISPs require a username/password to authenticate the session?

answered Apr 10, 2020 at 23:53

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What languages are better fit for generating efficient code for 8-bit CPU's than C?

answered May 29, 2020 at 18:38

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Why did the MS-DOS API choose software interrupts for its interface?

answered Feb 25, 2020 at 21:07

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How can I access/use memory outside of the standard 1 MB address range of MS-DOS?

answered Mar 21, 2020 at 20:15

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Where can I find software that was designed for Windows 1.0?

answered Jul 2, 2020 at 20:58

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Are there statements from IBM insiders revealing why OS/2 was dropped?

answered Dec 24, 2019 at 19:46

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Early implementations of the `system()` call in a consumer OS

answered Apr 28, 2022 at 21:21

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Why has Novell never written its own boot loader?

answered Jul 3, 2019 at 18:34

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Why didn’t the 1980s micros use MC68010?

answered Jun 24, 2022 at 17:31

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When were Player/Missile graphics in Atari computers first documented?

answered Aug 18, 2022 at 16:56

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What happened to the S1 operating system?

answered Aug 22, 2020 at 1:25

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How did early x86 BIOS programmers manage to program full blown TUIs given very few bytes of ROM/EPROM?

answered Jun 5, 2019 at 20:09

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How can I tell which compiler I have on my UCSD P-system IV disks?

answered May 18, 2021 at 18:06

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What is the general term for keyboard overlays that show special commands or hotkeys?

answered May 20, 2021 at 17:29

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Cost of unrestricted sprites

answered Jan 18, 2020 at 0:36

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Where to find a ROM dump for the Atari ST cartridge 'ACTION'

answered Jun 12, 2019 at 20:54

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When was internet access first available to public in USA?

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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?

What made some 8-bit BASIC interpreters especially slow?

How did Atari lose money on home computers?

Is there any hard data about type-in programs in the 80s?

How was the first release of Java (JDK 1.0) used?

Why was Wireplay "faster and more reliable" than dial-up Internet, since they both used the same hardware?

When connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up, why did ISPs require a username/password to authenticate the session?

What languages are better fit for generating efficient code for 8-bit CPU's than C?

Why did the MS-DOS API choose software interrupts for its interface?

How can I access/use memory outside of the standard 1 MB address range of MS-DOS?

Where can I find software that was designed for Windows 1.0?

Are there statements from IBM insiders revealing why OS/2 was dropped?

Early implementations of the `system()` call in a consumer OS

Why has Novell never written its own boot loader?

Why didn’t the 1980s micros use MC68010?

When were Player/Missile graphics in Atari computers first documented?

What happened to the S1 operating system?

How did early x86 BIOS programmers manage to program full blown TUIs given very few bytes of ROM/EPROM?

How can I tell which compiler I have on my UCSD P-system IV disks?

What is the general term for keyboard overlays that show special commands or hotkeys?

Cost of unrestricted sprites

Where to find a ROM dump for the Atari ST cartridge 'ACTION'

When was internet access first available to public in USA?