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What key factor led to the sudden commercial success of MS Windows with v3.0?
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Were there 8086 coprocessors other than the 8087?
Mar 6 '17 at 14:12
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What did the 'turbo' button actually do?
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What conventions and language extensions did people use to program the 8086 and 80286?
Feb 27 '17 at 21:41
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Last computer not to use octets / 8-bit bytes
Oct 11 '18 at 15:40
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Does “Disk Operating System” imply that there was a “non-disk” Operating System?
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Any ways to have an architecture with a different base than base16?
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Were there VLB cards other than video cards and SuperIO controllers?
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Was there a clearly identifiable “first computer” to use or demonstrate the use of virtual memory?
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When did hardware antialiasing start being available?
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Compaq Portable vs IBM 5155 Portable PC
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Was there a retro computer susceptible of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it?
Mar 11 '17 at 14:38
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Which computers had redefinable character sets?
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What is most appropriate choice for DOS for a 1990 80386 PC?
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Did the PC/AT-bus use its expanded address space?
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Early programmable calculators with RS-232
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How were files transferred between different systems in the late 1980s?
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