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Why wasn't ASCII designed with a contiguous alphanumeric character order?

answered Jun 26, 2019 at 1:48

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Why was video, audio and picture compression the poorest when storage space was the costliest?

answered Nov 6, 2022 at 20:55

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Why doesn’t my VGA-to-HDMI converter work with my 286 PC?

answered Sep 6, 2021 at 1:58

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Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?

answered Jan 9, 2022 at 20:19

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Why have consumer-level graphing calculators seemingly not developed in 20+ years?

answered Nov 5 at 4:44

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Why is the processor instruction called "move", not "copy"?

answered Dec 6, 2019 at 4:35

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Are there vintage or historical bitmapped fonts available for non-commercial use?

answered Jan 1, 2019 at 5:08

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Why do Game Boy Colors not want nickel-cadmium batteries?

answered Jan 9, 2022 at 0:08

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Why did they create PC games relying on a fixed CPU frequency instead of a clock function?

answered May 4 at 20:37

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Document format for a DOS word processor where control commands begin with a dot

answered Apr 20 at 2:19

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Why is the Intel 8086 CPU called a 16-bit CPU?

answered Jul 18, 2019 at 2:50

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Why did trackballs disappear?

answered Jan 18, 2019 at 5:12

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Was it possible to send data over the phone-line without a modem?

answered Feb 15, 2019 at 5:39

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when did command line applications start using "-h" as a "standard" way to print "help"?

answered Mar 15 at 15:31

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How did early laser printers get by with so little memory?

answered Apr 12, 2021 at 21:17

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When was the term ‘directory’ replaced by ‘folder’?

answered Jan 17 at 4:33

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Why weren't audio decoders used to create a makeshift internet in the 70 and 80s?

answered Jan 3, 2020 at 18:29

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Were later MS-DOS versions still implemented in x86 assembly?

answered Oct 7, 2018 at 14:56

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History of Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q for flow control

answered Aug 13, 2018 at 5:14

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Why weren't bootable game disks ever common on the IBM PC?

answered Jul 8, 2019 at 14:20

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What were the most popular text editors for MS-DOS in the 1980s?

answered Apr 30 at 1:42

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What is a Dumb Terminal?

answered Jan 11, 2022 at 2:00

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Was there a technical advantage to such tall PC tower cases?

answered Oct 13, 2021 at 14:32

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How did the Commodore 64 show a picture while reading cassette?

answered Nov 14, 2021 at 18:59

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In this movie I see a strange cable for terminal connection, what kind of connection is this?

answered May 31 at 3:22

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Why user-assembled kits?

answered Nov 20, 2020 at 15:12

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Single level file directory

answered Jun 25, 2019 at 18:26

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Did Pascal programmers really move on to Java in the 90s?

answered Feb 10 at 3:58

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What's the origin of terminating strings by setting the high bit of the last character?

answered Jul 22, 2021 at 2:55

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Why were teletype printers not used for DOS computers?

answered Feb 7, 2018 at 2:59

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Why wasn't ASCII designed with a contiguous alphanumeric character order?

Why was video, audio and picture compression the poorest when storage space was the costliest?

Why doesn’t my VGA-to-HDMI converter work with my 286 PC?

Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?

Why have consumer-level graphing calculators seemingly not developed in 20+ years?

Why is the processor instruction called "move", not "copy"?

Are there vintage or historical bitmapped fonts available for non-commercial use?

Why do Game Boy Colors not want nickel-cadmium batteries?

Why did they create PC games relying on a fixed CPU frequency instead of a clock function?

Document format for a DOS word processor where control commands begin with a dot

Why is the Intel 8086 CPU called a 16-bit CPU?

Why did trackballs disappear?

Was it possible to send data over the phone-line without a modem?

when did command line applications start using "-h" as a "standard" way to print "help"?

How did early laser printers get by with so little memory?

When was the term ‘directory’ replaced by ‘folder’?

Why weren't audio decoders used to create a makeshift internet in the 70 and 80s?

Were later MS-DOS versions still implemented in x86 assembly?

History of Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q for flow control

Why weren't bootable game disks ever common on the IBM PC?

What were the most popular text editors for MS-DOS in the 1980s?

What is a Dumb Terminal?

Was there a technical advantage to such tall PC tower cases?

How did the Commodore 64 show a picture while reading cassette?

In this movie I see a strange cable for terminal connection, what kind of connection is this?

Why user-assembled kits?

Single level file directory

Did Pascal programmers really move on to Java in the 90s?

What's the origin of terminating strings by setting the high bit of the last character?

Why were teletype printers not used for DOS computers?