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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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101 Why did IBM make the PC BIOS source code public? Aug 13 '19
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
44 Where and when did the `0x` convention for hexadecimal literals originate? Aug 16 '20
32 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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