Jim Nelson

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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?

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

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First implementation of a visual cue for visited hyperlinks?

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

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