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Why wasn't ASCII designed with a contiguous alphanumeric character order?
Jun 26 '19 at 1:48
35
Are there vintage or historical bitmapped fonts available for non-commercial use?
Jan 1 '19 at 5:08
31
Why did trackballs disappear?
Jan 18 '19 at 5:12
30
Was it possible to send data over the phone-line without a modem?
Feb 15 '19 at 5:39
29
Why is the processor instruction called “move”, not “copy”?
Dec 6 '19 at 4:35
29
Why is the Intel 8086 CPU called a 16-bit CPU?
Jul 18 '19 at 2:50
25
Why weren't audio decoders used to create a makeshift internet in the 70 and 80s?
Jan 3 at 18:29
23
Were later MS-DOS versions still implemented in x86 assembly?
Oct 7 '18 at 14:56
22
History of Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q for flow control
Aug 13 '18 at 5:14
20
Why weren't bootable game disks ever common on the IBM PC?
Jul 8 '19 at 14:20
17
Single level file directory
Jun 25 '19 at 18:26
16
WordStar's “column mode”
Jan 30 '19 at 15:09
14
Why were teletype printers not used for DOS computers?
Feb 7 '18 at 2:59
13
What happens when a terminal (like a VT100) is connected to a computer?
Jan 22 '19 at 23:47
13
Last computer not to use octets / 8-bit bytes
Oct 11 '18 at 14:37
12
Why didn't PostScript eliminate the need for printer drivers?
Jan 21 '19 at 5:08
12
How to use USB flash drives with Windows 98 SE?
Oct 17 '18 at 13:45
12
How were files transferred between different systems in the late 1980s?
May 27 '18 at 14:20
10
Original Mac clock frequency
Dec 20 '19 at 3:27
10
Why was the shrinking from 8″ made only to 5.25″ and not smaller (4″ or less)?
Apr 2 '19 at 14:13
10
What were the real competitors to the early IBM PC?
Jul 11 '18 at 4:41
9
Can I build a working(ish) vacuum tube byte?
May 11 '18 at 13:56
8
Largest practical motherboard for early computers
Aug 24 '18 at 18:39
7
Why do PCs boot in 720x400 resolution?
May 18 at 2:45
6
What are the sizes of the hex nut drivers in the classic “nine piece” computer toolkit
Jun 11 at 5:24
6
What was the largest resolution supported by terminal escape codes?
Feb 4 '19 at 16:52
6
8086 pinout and address space limit
Jun 22 '18 at 20:24
6
When did smart terminals arrive?
Mar 5 '18 at 4:24
6
How to get Windows XP to detect joystick?
Dec 4 '17 at 17:50
5
Why were “data modems” so much more expensive compared to “fax modems” back in the day?
Jul 1 at 0:10
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