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What was the point of separating stdout and stderr?

answered Jun 27, 2019 at 20:49

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Did any computers use the Z80B?

answered Jan 10, 2018 at 5:34

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Why was BASIC built into so many operating systems?

answered May 11, 2016 at 21:59

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Was there ever any real use for a 6800-based Apple 1?

answered May 10, 2019 at 18:06

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Why was the shrinking from 8″ made only to 5.25″ and not smaller (4″ or less)?

answered Apr 2, 2019 at 22:14

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How can you connect an Amiga 500/600/1000/2000 to a modern monitor?

answered Mar 18, 2018 at 3:04

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Why was NEC able to wrestle PC graphics standards away from IBM?

answered Mar 5, 2020 at 23:16

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How did old MS-DOS games utilize various graphic cards?

answered Jun 3, 2019 at 23:46

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Why did the IBM PC need a sound card?

answered Mar 1, 2018 at 4:26

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The almost-was Atari IBM PC

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 0:04

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Why were CLIs typically light text on dark background, whereas GUIs typically use(d) dark text on light background?

answered Sep 15, 2018 at 5:24

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Computers with integrated monitor (all-in-one form factor)

answered Apr 6, 2017 at 18:48

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How much did the 6502 and Z80 cost?

answered Apr 24, 2017 at 20:33

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Why plastic cases?

answered Jun 4, 2018 at 4:34

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Is the circuit board in this video a memory board?

answered Aug 26, 2018 at 7:42

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What specific technical advance(s) allowed PCs to play "Full-screen full-motion" video?

answered May 15, 2018 at 18:01

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When were the various frequency Z80 CPUs introduced?

answered Apr 24, 2017 at 20:15

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What was the first mass-market, 16-bit microcomputer system?

answered Mar 27, 2017 at 23:15

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Atari 800 CPU - 6502 vs. Sally

answered Apr 23, 2016 at 0:21

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Identify an early 90s optical mouse

answered Jan 27, 2017 at 8:07

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What key factor led to the sudden commercial success of MS Windows with v3.0?

answered Mar 2, 2017 at 22:31

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1980s Commodore 64 game about flying toward tower

answered Oct 24, 2020 at 8:06

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What systems used hard sectored floppy disks?

answered Mar 14, 2017 at 18:43

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What information is encoded in the 22-digit barcodes on the Amiga's case?

answered Apr 23, 2016 at 17:13

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Sources for some old BASIC games

answered Oct 28, 2019 at 22:04

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Unknown Apple to VGA adapter

answered Jun 15, 2016 at 17:26

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Which computers had redefinable character sets?

answered Jan 3, 2017 at 5:38

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Operation Flashpoint Laptop

answered Feb 11, 2018 at 19:46

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What is the "Data Language" paper referenced in RFC 309?

answered Nov 15, 2019 at 19:35

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Who were the first engineers to "cleanroom" the IBM PC BIOS?

answered Mar 3, 2018 at 18:43

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What was the point of separating stdout and stderr?

Did any computers use the Z80B?

Why was BASIC built into so many operating systems?

Was there ever any real use for a 6800-based Apple 1?

Why was the shrinking from 8″ made only to 5.25″ and not smaller (4″ or less)?

How can you connect an Amiga 500/600/1000/2000 to a modern monitor?

Why was NEC able to wrestle PC graphics standards away from IBM?

How did old MS-DOS games utilize various graphic cards?

Why did the IBM PC need a sound card?

The almost-was Atari IBM PC

Why were CLIs typically light text on dark background, whereas GUIs typically use(d) dark text on light background?

Computers with integrated monitor (all-in-one form factor)

How much did the 6502 and Z80 cost?

Why plastic cases?

Is the circuit board in this video a memory board?

What specific technical advance(s) allowed PCs to play "Full-screen full-motion" video?

When were the various frequency Z80 CPUs introduced?

What was the first mass-market, 16-bit microcomputer system?

Atari 800 CPU - 6502 vs. Sally

Identify an early 90s optical mouse

What key factor led to the sudden commercial success of MS Windows with v3.0?

1980s Commodore 64 game about flying toward tower

What systems used hard sectored floppy disks?

What information is encoded in the 22-digit barcodes on the Amiga's case?

Sources for some old BASIC games

Unknown Apple to VGA adapter

Which computers had redefinable character sets?

Operation Flashpoint Laptop

What is the "Data Language" paper referenced in RFC 309?

Who were the first engineers to "cleanroom" the IBM PC BIOS?