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Why did IBM make the PC BIOS source code public?

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How slow was the 6502 BASIC compared to Assembly

Sep 29, 2019

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What's the relationship betweeen MS-DOS and XENIX?

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Was 10BASE5 a mistake?

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Why did post-8008 CPUs not keep the on-chip stack idea?

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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"?

Jul 27, 2022

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

Sep 11, 2019

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

Jul 21, 2019

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

Jul 21, 2019

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Best learning path for Apple IIe assembly language

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

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What is DRAM refresh and why is the weird Apple II video memory layout affected by it?

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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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