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Mark Williams
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I have used various 'retro' computers from the ZX81, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC464 and CPC6128 on to the Playstation and Gamecube. I have also worked as a computer programmer, working on everything from S/390 mainframes, HP-UX and AIX, OS/2 v1, MS-DOS, Windows 3.0-98 and Linux, in Basic, Pascal, C, C++, Delphi, Logo, JCL and various others. I still own an Amstrad CPC6128.

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How did installers locate the Program Files directory on Windows 95?
Mar 16
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Was Locomotive BASIC significantly better than Sinclair BASIC?
Nov 24, 2019
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How did integer multiplication work in 8-bit BASIC without CPU support
Mar 14, 2020
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Why did the IBM PC have an internal power supply?
Oct 3, 2020
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Why did the Rumble Pak for the Nintendo 64 require batteries when it actually apparently doesn't?
May 9, 2021
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How can I connect a Psion Series 5 PDA to a 64-bit Windows PC?
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VIC20, VIC-20, or VIC 20?
Mar 21, 2021
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Did early versions of DR-DOS preserve more registers than MS-DOS?
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When and why did tape recorders acquire a "remote" input?
Jan 19, 2019
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Why was the Amstrad CPC slow at scrolling
Nov 4, 2018
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How is it "opinion-based" to ask about the fact that all current emulators "suck" when it actually is true?
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Should questions about connecting older hardware to modern networks be in scope?
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Something like 'KDE Present Windows' / 'Compiz Scale' / 'Mac OS X exposé' in Openbox / LXDE / Xfce?
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"The books arrived TO you" or "The books arrived AT you"?
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How can I ditch Google, on Android?
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Change the window manager unity-2d launches on login
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If ants are better than spiders, why are there more?

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