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user7681202

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12 Questions

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35 votes

6 answers

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Could you see what you are typing in a Teletype?

asked Apr 19, 2017 at 8:49

26 votes

4 answers

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When you type on a computer terminal, how are the characters displayed on the screen?

asked May 15, 2017 at 12:37

26 votes

12 answers

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Why did CP/M and MS-DOS use the BIOS instead of their own drivers to access hardware?

asked Jun 6, 2017 at 8:27

24 votes

1 answer

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What is the difference between the "Return" and "Enter" keys in the VT100 terminal?

asked May 23, 2017 at 23:38

12 votes

2 answers

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What is the version of Unix and the name of the computer it run on in this 1982 video?

asked Apr 18, 2017 at 8:32

8 votes

2 answers

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Is there anything special about /dev/console?

asked Apr 25, 2017 at 21:06

8 votes

4 answers

2k views

Is the SimH emulator available on macOS?

asked Apr 25, 2017 at 13:07

7 votes

2 answers

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Does ancient UNIX create a new shell process for each terminal?

asked Apr 25, 2017 at 18:46

7 votes

3 answers

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How were terminals connected to a PDP-11 computer?

asked May 26, 2017 at 2:47

6 votes

2 answers

281 views

Is the terminal number fixed?

asked Apr 20, 2017 at 11:43

6 votes

1 answer

270 views

Was job control supported in UNIX V7 or earlier?

asked May 17, 2017 at 23:57

6 votes

1 answer

493 views

Can you get the file descriptors of a process in UNIX V7?

asked May 19, 2017 at 12:24