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61	Why did DOS use dollar-terminated strings?
47	What is the context of the button “Is MS DOS a feminist?”
21	The start of x86: Intel 8080 vs Intel 8086?
17	Was there any automated unit testing prior to 1972?
17	Which undocumented 8085 instructions is Steven Morse referring to in “In The Beginning”?

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+10	Reason behind “ASCII Adjust” instructions being ASCII and not BCD?
+60	Why does -z and -n exist in most shells and /bin/test?
+10	Did any mechanical computers or calculators handle divide by zero with an exception, or did they all loop?
+10	Why did DOS use dollar-terminated strings?

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11	What do the stars mean on the Bell Labs Pins (company culture)?
11	How do you put a 286 in Protected Mode?
0	Reason behind “ASCII Adjust” instructions being ASCII and not BCD?

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