Stephen Kitt

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Did any software attempt to perform 8086 emulation on the 80286 using LOADALL, in the vein of the later virtual 8086 mode of the 80386?

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Why did the Atari 800 designers choose such a radical system design?

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What was the first Unix version to run on a microcomputer?

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Was Unix ever a single-user OS?

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