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reirab

111

answered Jun 19 at 14:45

19 votes

6 answers

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scm

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14 votes

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15 votes

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eesz34

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modified Jun 25 at 20:25

9 votes

3 answers

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1,676

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hawk

301

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11 votes

1 answer

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Jess Fuckett

906

modified Jun 15 at 17:55

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9 votes

1 answer

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12 votes

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830 views

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camelccc

693

modified Jul 3 at 13:42

6 votes

1 answer

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BIOS support for 286 Protected Mode

Stephen Kitt

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modified Jun 19 at 12:42

5 votes

1 answer

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Mac Mini G4 not reinitialized

tofro

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modified Jul 6 at 14:38

11 votes

1 answer

1k views

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Adam Hyland

1,027

answered Jul 3 at 14:32

3 votes

3 answers

371 views

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John Doty

2,947

answered Jun 13 at 14:12

5 votes

1 answer

904 views

Why did the UNIVAC 1100-series Exec-8 O/S call the @ character "master space?"

Raffzahn

227k

modified Jun 19 at 22:30

9 votes

1 answer

703 views

Is the FOCAL syntax for Alphanumeric Numbers ("0XYZ") documented anywhere?

Raffzahn

227k

modified Jun 29 at 23:55

5 votes

1 answer

524 views

Where can one find "the Puzzle benchmark" from Hennessy’s MIPS paper?

user3840170

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modified Jun 16 at 10:48

7 votes

1 answer

684 views

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227k

modified Jun 19 at 9:21

7 votes

1 answer

510 views

How to best use IX as a return stack

TonyM

4,266

modified Jun 29 at 21:27

7 votes

1 answer

619 views

Identify this bouncing ball screensaver in DOS

Stephen Kitt

125k

modified 11 hours ago

7 votes

1 answer

571 views

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hippietrail

6,694

modified Jun 20 at 5:39

8 votes

1 answer

516 views

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Kelly Thomas

186

modified Jun 26 at 12:08

4 votes

1 answer

299 views

Why didn't Commodore run the 6502 at 2 MHz? [closed]

lvd

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modified Jun 20 at 8:45

7 votes

1 answer

234 views

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Justme

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answered Jun 26 at 22:41

1 vote

2 answers

372 views

DEC's "decimal ASCII"?

Raffzahn

227k

modified Jun 29 at 21:34

4 votes

1 answer

402 views

How did the C64 bitmap layout save transistors?

Omar and Lorraine

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modified Jul 1 at 11:39

4 votes

1 answer

164 views

Commodore 128 bottom row of keys work with different shift keys

supercat

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answered Jun 24 at 14:54

4 votes

1 answer

269 views

My Amiga 500 "Enter" and "Return" keys wont work... possible causes?

scm

1,129

modified Jun 18 at 19:40

2 votes

1 answer

148 views

Connecting the PHI2 pins on W65C22 [closed]

MathijssY Klaver

21

modified Jun 22 at 12:34

5 votes

0 answers

238 views

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Jess Fuckett

906

modified Jul 4 at 5:29

7 votes

0 answers

227 views

The works of Frontier Manufacturing

rwallace

63.1k

asked Jun 12 at 8:52

3 votes

0 answers

263 views

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rwallace

63.1k

asked Jun 12 at 6:27

3 votes

0 answers

256 views

Physical server with LED display on case, possibly programmable

user3840170

23.2k

modified Jun 26 at 10:12

-2 votes

0 answers

253 views

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Jess Fuckett

906

asked Jul 4 at 4:31

4 votes

0 answers

245 views

Looking for early examples of extended precision by interpretation

Leo B.

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modified Jun 22 at 9:33

4 votes

0 answers

235 views

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René Nyffenegger

141

asked Jun 21 at 12:42

1 vote

0 answers

133 views

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Paul Marra

21

modified Jun 30 at 11:56

-1 votes

0 answers

106 views

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