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65 How was C ported to architectures that had no hardware stack? Aug 6 '18
64 Why do C to Z80 compilers produce poor code? Mar 28 '18
63 Why did some early CPUs use external math chips? Apr 4 '18
50 What early home computers have more than one CPU, where both could be used by the programmer? [closed] Jan 21 '17
48 How were Western computer chips reverse-engineered in USSR? Dec 5 '16
45 Why did line printers have 132 columns? Oct 3 '18
45 Why not use fractions instead of floating point? Oct 1 '18
45 What should we do with manuals from the 80s? Aug 14
44 Why did the PDP-11 include a JMP instruction? Apr 12 '17
39 The history of the NULL pointer Feb 6 '18
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