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Why did MS-DOS applications built using Turbo Pascal fail to start with a division by zero error on faster systems?
Aug 21, 2019
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Why did Windows 95 crash the whole system but newer Windows only crashed programs?
Jul 29, 2019
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Why were CLIs typically light text on dark background, whereas GUIs typically use(d) dark text on light background?
Sep 14, 2018
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Why did so many early microcomputers use the MOS 6502 and variants?
May 14, 2017
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How did MS-DOS assign drive letters in the case of more than two floppy disk drives?
May 16, 2017
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Why did connecting the IBM PC 3.5" FDD backwards cause the problems it did?
Jun 20, 2016
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How to switch an 80286 from protected to real mode?
Aug 6, 2019
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How did the IBM PC handle multiple physical devices serving memory at the same physical address?
May 24, 2017
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Why is the "jmp" instruction not working if I put data before it?
Sep 4, 2017
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Did the Intel 8086/8088 not guarantee the value of SS:SP immediately after RESET?
May 16, 2017

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