Davislor

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Why didn't the 8086 use linear addressing?

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Why did IBM make the PC BIOS source code public?

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Did Microsoft really reserve secret APIs in Windows?

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Did any compiler fully use Intel x87 80-bit floating point?

Apr 19, 2019

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Why did 8-bit Basic use 40-bit floating point?

Nov 13, 2020

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How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?

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What did the DoD think Fortran lacked?

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Why did Western designs suddenly overtake native Russian ones in the USSR?

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Did any hardware-supported floating-point format ever fast-track integers?

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