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66 votes
14 answers
25k views

Why did some early CPUs use external math chips?

51 votes
9 answers
14k views

Why did the IBM PC need a sound card?

39 votes
4 answers
23k views

Who is credited for the creation of Assembly Language?

30 votes
7 answers
13k views

Why did computers use a power supply with a socket?

22 votes
6 answers
6k views

What caused the downfall of Pascal? [closed]

21 votes
5 answers
9k views

Will PC-DOS run faster on 4 or 8 core modern machines?

20 votes
6 answers
13k views

Wanted: 5.25" floppy to USB adapter

20 votes
2 answers
7k views

First commercial DOS game?

19 votes
10 answers
5k views

What caused the demise of BASIC/BASICA in the late 1980's?

16 votes
4 answers
6k views

What was computer "Fuzzy" logic?

15 votes
8 answers
6k views

Why did common floppies never advance past 1.4 MB in size?

12 votes
3 answers
2k views

Did CP/M support custom hardware using device drivers?

9 votes
1 answer
1k views

Who established the original F1 desktop BIOS key and why did laptops use a different key?

9 votes
1 answer
758 views

Is S-100 alive?

7 votes
3 answers
2k views

Has any major corporation ever successfully sued Microsoft for intellectual property theft?

7 votes
5 answers
4k views

Why were teletype printers not used for DOS computers?

6 votes
2 answers
2k views

Can DOS boot to a hard drive other than HDA1?

5 votes
1 answer
19k views

Accessing a USB drive from DOS

4 votes
2 answers
853 views

Did any retro computers ship with the SP0256-AL2 speech chip or its equivalent?

4 votes
4 answers
1k views

What home computer was the first to use a external ROM cartridge?

2 votes
1 answer
342 views

Spying on old computer monitor RF signals [closed]

2 votes
1 answer
546 views

When and where was the first home computer game convention held?

2 votes
3 answers
392 views

How were early computer monitor signals used to breach security? [duplicate]

0 votes
2 answers
1k views

Why can't BIOS be accessed in 64bit mode on Intel/AMD chips? [closed]