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

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How did the IBM 5153 color display detect and modify the signal to make low-intensity yellow into "brown"?

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What are uses of the byte after BRK instruction on 6502?

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What does a Nintendo Game Boy do when turned on without a game cartridge inserted?

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

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How does the C64 get an accurate TOD clock on both 60 Hz and 50 Hz power?

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How did LaFarr Stuart's "Forth without an input buffer" work?

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How did "Super Wonder Boy (in Monsterland)" defeat the Multiface One?

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What is the serial protocol commonly used over RS-232 (among other links) and where did it come from?

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When low-level formatting a floppy, how does one ensure any existing sector markers are overwritten?

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What LISP compilers and interpreters were available for 8-bit machines?

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How did the Altair 8800 front panel load the program counter?

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What's the timeline of Motorola 6800-family CPUs from 1974 to 1979?

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How did the Apple 1 video circuit work?

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

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Why was the 6502 version of Microsoft BASIC coded like the 8080 and 6800 versions even though this was rather inefficient?

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Why did some MOS 6502 packages have holes in them?

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

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

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

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Under what circumstances would RAM locations 0 and 1 be written and/or read on the C64?

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

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What is the exact bus protocol used by the C64/C128 REU?

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On what Apple II and II+ keyboards can the ']' character be generated?

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How do I clean/refurbish an Apple IIc Keyboard?

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What are my modern options for loading programs and data files on the Apple IIc?

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

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What was the first Lisp implementation that could generate machine code?

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What are examples of providing non-RST instructions for 8080 interrupts?

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Did all integrated Commodore PET monitors always use 60 Hz refresh?