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Reason for the Amiga clock speed

Jan 24, 2017

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Did any compiler fully use Intel x87 80-bit floating point?

Apr 19, 2019

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Did Microsoft really reserve secret APIs in Windows?

Dec 24, 2022

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Why did trackballs disappear?

Jan 18, 2019

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Why did the IBM 650 use bi-quinary?

Apr 15, 2019

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Did Xerox really develop the first LAN?

Apr 15, 2019

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

Mar 26, 2019

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Was Hurd kernel created as a modification of Linux kernel?

Jun 2, 2019

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

Sep 6, 2020

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Grid Compass - why such a small display?

May 17, 2017

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How much memory did the PlayStation development kit have?

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Turning off the color burst

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C116 vs C64 cost

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In what ways was the Windows NT POSIX implementation unsuited to real use?

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