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Jim Nelson

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What are the major technical difference between Multics and Unix?

Jul 20, 2020

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What made some 8-bit BASIC interpreters especially slow?

Sep 14, 2022

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How did Atari lose money on home computers?

Feb 12, 2020

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

Dec 31, 2021

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What are the differences between MS-DOS and DR DOS FASTOPEN?

Jun 9, 2021

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First implementation of a visual cue for visited hyperlinks?

Sep 9, 2020

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Why has Novell never written its own boot loader?

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

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

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