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Did any attendees write up accounts of pre-1980 Homebrew Computer Club meetings?
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Use of undocumented opcodes
Awarded Oct 12 at 19:46
Z8410 DMA chip as GPU?
Awarded Oct 12 at 16:21
What are some tracing disassemblers for the Z80
Awarded Sep 11 at 0:02
What are the differences between the versions of AppleSoft BASIC?
Awarded Sep 5 at 22:41
Was it possible programmatically to manipulate the volume as well as the pitch on computers with no sound chip?
Awarded Aug 31 at 8:23
Did DOS zero out the BSS area when it loaded a program?
Awarded Aug 26 at 19:02
Most modern C compilers targeting DOS 8086, running on DOS 8086 (16-bit)
Awarded Aug 17 at 15:01
What was the last commercial Z80-based computer sold?
Awarded Jul 15 at 8:41
Why does make only accept tab-indentation?
Awarded Jun 13 at 15:07
What are the software logos in MORICONS.DLL?
Awarded Jun 2 at 0:11
Where does the branch…of/back control flow construct in a Soviet dialect of Pascal come from?
Awarded May 20 at 14:27
Commodore BASIC: why was the PET's GOTO so slow?
Awarded May 20 at 12:33
Magnetic exposure to floppy disk damages file system and requires complete reformat?
Awarded May 20 at 12:33
Can x86 processors run 8-bit applications?
Awarded May 20 at 12:33
Quick way to tell how much RAM an Apple IIe has
Awarded May 3 at 22:15
How to get into Apple BASIC prompt on an Apple IIc?
Awarded Apr 10 at 13:34
Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?
Awarded Mar 14 at 6:20
Why is the processor instruction called "move", not "copy"?
Awarded Mar 3 at 16:06
Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?
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Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?
Awarded Feb 23 at 4:45
Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?
Awarded Feb 17 at 9:26
What DOS games used Mode X as described by Michael Abrash?
Awarded Jan 27 at 13:17
What was the difference between "Video Low" and "Video High" on the VIC-20?
Awarded Jan 7 at 13:11
What's with the Atari 2600 colors on SECAM?
Awarded Jan 1 at 16:33
Why did the original design of COM on Windows rely on the Registry?
Awarded Nov 19, 2024 at 12:54
Are PowerPC processors still manufactured and used in desktop computers?
Awarded Nov 4, 2024 at 20:06
Apple II: Applesoft BASIC memory management
Awarded Oct 18, 2024 at 21:57
How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporaneous x86?
Awarded Oct 17, 2024 at 6:07
Did any computer use a 7-bit byte?
Awarded Oct 8, 2024 at 15:39
Why did early ASCII have ← and ↑ but not ↓ or →?
Awarded Sep 13, 2024 at 19:25
Why did some early CPUs use external math chips?
Awarded Sep 13, 2024 at 13:42
How can I take an image of a 50-pin SCSI hard-drive
Awarded Jun 28, 2024 at 1:06
Why do C to Z80 compilers produce poor code?
Awarded Jun 27, 2024 at 1:17
Was it possible to win the "Lunar Lander" game with less fuel than the default?
Awarded Jun 17, 2024 at 14:02
Slash versus backslash as directory separator – what/who caused this rift?
Awarded May 9, 2024 at 17:50
Did the Apple II Integer BASIC use SWEET16?
Awarded Apr 30, 2024 at 17:17
Could the Z80 do interference-free video as the 6502 could?
Awarded Apr 19, 2024 at 19:11
How did Windows 3.1 implement multitasking?
Awarded Apr 13, 2024 at 15:57
Where did Fast InvSqrt() come from?
Awarded Apr 7, 2024 at 17:16
Does this 8088 code in the Leisure Suit Larry 2 game actually do anything?
Awarded Feb 28, 2024 at 0:57
Did computer games for Commodore 64 really take "25 minutes" to load "if everything went alright"?
Awarded Feb 17, 2024 at 3:31
Where can I get the errata sheet for Spectrum Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner?
Awarded Feb 11, 2024 at 23:08
References for the complexity of the COBOL language
Awarded Jan 25, 2024 at 10:15
Was there a retro computer susceptible of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it?
Awarded Jan 14, 2024 at 7:36
What was the first multiprocessor x86 motherboard?
Awarded Dec 17, 2023 at 5:36
Why was Brøderbund's RWTS18 incompatible with the Laser 128?
Awarded Nov 29, 2023 at 7:12
What is the history of data compression tools on personal computers?
Awarded Nov 27, 2023 at 19:33
What was the first laptop to support two external monitors?
Awarded Nov 8, 2023 at 17:57
Who invented file extensions in file names?
Awarded Nov 2, 2023 at 14:03
Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of use in personal computers in the 21st century?
Awarded Oct 6, 2023 at 21:35
Which wires need to be changed to use a Gotek floppy emulator on an Apple Mac?
Awarded Sep 15, 2023 at 18:08
What are the differences between the versions of AppleSoft BASIC?
Awarded Jul 6, 2023 at 15:35
How do I read the position of an Apple II joystick?
Awarded Jun 18, 2023 at 19:46
What do the keys on this Symbolics Space Cadet keyboard do?
Awarded Jun 3, 2023 at 11:32
How do I use shadowed memory to render Super Hi-Res quickly?
Awarded Feb 7, 2023 at 15:47
Reading 720 KiB floppy disks in a floppy drive identifying as ‘TEAC USB UF000x’ [closed]
Awarded Feb 6, 2023 at 11:32
Were any of the books mentioned in this scene from the movie Hackers real?
Awarded Jan 21, 2023 at 19:35
What kind of software was used to develop Nintendo 64 titles?
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What changes made some Atari ST software incompatible with the Atari TT?
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