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Curt J. Sampson, <cjs@cynic.net>.

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I like agile development, functional programming (especially Haskell) and retrocomputing.

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103 Why did IBM make the PC BIOS source code public? Aug 13 '19
46 Where and when did the `0x` convention for hexadecimal literals originate? Aug 16 '20
45 How slow was the 6502 BASIC compared to Assembly Sep 29 '19
44 What's the relationship betweeen MS-DOS and XENIX? Aug 15 '19
39 Why did post-8008 CPUs not keep the on-chip stack idea? Jun 5 '20
29 Late 1970s and 6502 chip facilities for operating systems Sep 19 '19
27 Was there a clearly identifiable “first computer” to use or demonstrate the use of virtual memory? Nov 7 '19
26 When low-level formatting a floppy, how does one ensure any existing sector markers are overwritten? Mar 1 '20
26 What does a Nintendo Game Boy do when turned on without a game cartridge inserted? Jul 21 '19
25 What are uses of the byte after BRK instruction on 6502? Sep 11 '19
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