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How was text handled on the Amstrad CPC 464?

How do I clean/refurbish an Apple IIc Keyboard?

How do I examine and use the SWTBUG monitor ROM in the SIMH SWTP6800 simulator?

Why is the original Altair BASIC (for the 8080 CPU) source code not available on-line?

Did any devices use the Commodore 64 joystick ports as outputs or two-way communications ports?

How do you send code to a Commodore disk drive and run it?

Where and when did the `0x` convention for hexadecimal literals originate?

What's up with the ASxxx and the “CoCo Disk BASIC binary format”?

Why is the unchangable Nintendo Game Boy logo in the cartridge?

Are there standard DIN pinouts for cassette and video ports on early Japanese 8-bit computers?

What was the history of Nanodata Corporation?

How was the second bank of Apple IIc ROM accessed?

Why isn't the WDC 65816 available in “externally” 16-bit versions?

What is the floppy disk port pinout for the NEC PC-8001mkII?

Is the Game Boy Sharp LR35902 object-compatible with the 8080/Z-80?

What are the most common Apple II disk image formats and what hardware disk drive emulators can use them?

What's the timeline of Commodore diskette drives?

How can I connect a PIA or VIA chip to the Apple IIc?

For how long can you safely stop the clock on an NMOS 6502?

Why does _Beneath Apple DOS_ show FM encoding rather than GCR?

Why did the Commodore PET 2001 take so long to ship?

Where can I find original Apple DOS 3.3 System Master diskette images?

Where did the “LEVI” file selector/runner for the Apple II DOS 3.3 come from?

Were any Apple 1s sold with non-ROR 6502s?

Why did the C64 use a separate “CAN” +5 V power supply for some chips?

What does Shift-RETURN do on Commodore's 8-bit computers?

How exactly does the Apple II monitor set and use the “last opened” and “next changable” locations?

Why did some MOS 6502 packages have holes in them?

Why did the Apple IIe use a 2 MHz-rated 6502, even though it ran at only 1 MHz?

How does the Apple II read lines for video display from the text-mode frame buffer?