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Did Xerox really develop the first LAN?

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Was the picture area of a CRT a parallelogram (instead of a true rectangle)?

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Was Hurd kernel created as a modification of Linux kernel?

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Why did 1950s-60s computers have such wide words?

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Grid Compass - why such a small display?

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Were any of the books mentioned in this scene from the movie Hackers real?

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Memory-limited workloads

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Did Atari lobby against FCC regulation change?

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Why was the SWTPC 6800 Computer System cheaper than the Altair?

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What size was the Microsoft Internet Explorer team?

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Labor input for manufacture of early personal computers

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Why did the Apple IIc perform badly in the market?

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What was the value of the HP/1000 repeated indirection capability?

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Profit margin for 1980s’ computers

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Why did IBM System 360 have byte addressable RAM

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Did Xerox really develop the first LAN?

Was the picture area of a CRT a parallelogram (instead of a true rectangle)?

Was Hurd kernel created as a modification of Linux kernel?

Why did 1950s-60s computers have such wide words?

Grid Compass - why such a small display?

Were any of the books mentioned in this scene from the movie Hackers real?

Memory-limited workloads

Did Atari lobby against FCC regulation change?

Why was the SWTPC 6800 Computer System cheaper than the Altair?

What size was the Microsoft Internet Explorer team?

Labor input for manufacture of early personal computers

Why did the Apple IIc perform badly in the market?

What was the value of the HP/1000 repeated indirection capability?

Profit margin for 1980s’ computers

Why did IBM System 360 have byte addressable RAM