rackandboneman

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Was there ever any reason to wait 30 seconds to restart a c.1995 PC?

Feb 5, 2018

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Why were floppy drives not any faster?

Jan 16, 2018

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Why didn't early color TV sets accept RGB input?

Apr 3, 2021

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Was photographic film ever used for digital data storage?

Apr 25, 2018

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What PC "Clone" technology standards were introduced by clone manufacturers?

May 23, 2017

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Did any scanners marketed as general purpose implement SCSI device type 06h (SGC)?

Aug 3, 2017

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Did any pre-microprocessor CPUs have a clock near the toggle speed of the logic ICs used?

Apr 11, 2018

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Were there ever any thermal printers that simply "muscled" plain paper?

Feb 10, 2020

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Is UTF-8 responsible for a lot of the cpu-needed bloat in the last ten to fifteen years?

Jul 4, 2021

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Why did CPU designers in the 70s prioritize reducing pin count?

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Are old versions of Windows at risk of modern malware attacks?

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Why did Windows 95 crash the whole system but newer Windows only crashed programs?

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Does Intel Inboard 386/PC work on XT clone systems?

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