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What other computers used this floating-point format?

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Did any 8-bit machine select palette by character name instead of color memory?

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Did any attendees write up accounts of pre-1980 Homebrew Computer Club meetings?

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Why does the boot-up screen for Cruis'n USA (arcade version) display this strange text?

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Looking for early examples of extended precision by interpretation

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What capabilities did the Mark I Perceptron demonstrate?

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The works of Frontier Manufacturing

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Why did Acorn use the 6502?

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When were the late 70s FCC regulations introduced?

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Did Atari lobby against FCC regulation change?

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Did Commodore have an alternative chip company acquisition target?

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