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-4 votes

2 answers

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Why was my answer to the “why are assemblers called that” question deleted?

Mark Williams

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modified Apr 26 at 18:32

1 vote

1 answer

25 views

How many “identify this” tags do we need?

Raffzahn

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answered Apr 17 at 11:25

-3 votes

0 answers

108 views

The dozens of questions and answers that I posted over the last year disappeared. Why?

user3840170

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modified Feb 7 at 21:45

-1 votes

2 answers

46 views

Why does the -X question need more focus, when the DOS question doesn't?

Raffzahn

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answered Feb 5 at 18:06

7 votes

1 answer

111 views

Do we need separate tags for Windows 95, 98 and Me?

user3840170

26.4k

answered Jan 30 at 6:04

3 votes

2 answers

49 views

‌[old-hardware-adaptation] versus [new-hardware-adaptation]

user3840170

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answered Jan 26 at 9:22

3 votes

0 answers

34 views

2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

101

asked Jan 15 at 18:22

1 vote

1 answer

43 views

Is requesting the community to peer-review and provide feedback on source code appropriate?

wizzwizz4Mod

18.8k

answered Dec 30, 2024 at 23:36

2 votes

1 answer

53 views

Why close 5-year old questions?

Omar and Lorraine

40.3k

answered Dec 20, 2024 at 14:29

8 votes

2 answers

169 views

Did I do something wrong by writing and accepting a self-answer after reading answers from others?

manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact

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modified Dec 18, 2024 at 19:45

2 votes

2 answers

75 views

Do we need both [floppy-disk] and [floppy-drive]?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Dec 13, 2024 at 11:17

4 votes

5 answers

130 views

Are programming questions whose context is strictly related to retro computers on topic?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Dec 7, 2024 at 15:50

4 votes

1 answer

181 views

Why was my question “Is MS DOS a form of Windows?” so poorly received?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Dec 6, 2024 at 19:56

1 vote

1 answer

85 views

Question about a GoldenEye speedrunning trick mischaracterized as off-topic

user3840170

26.4k

modified Nov 29, 2024 at 19:40

7 votes

3 answers

167 views

How does the forum feel about being asked to debug program code?

user3840170

26.4k

answered Nov 29, 2024 at 19:36

11 votes

3 answers

275 views

What do you think of the proposed Computing History site?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 18:46

14 votes

1 answer

261 views

Since we accept at least some computing history questions, could we also accept questions about more recent, 21st-century history?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 18:43

4 votes

1 answer

124 views

Does this site get featured in Hot Network Questions disproportionately often? Why?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 18:07

4 votes

3 answers

115 views

What was unclear about the question about Unix and virtual memory?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 17:30

8 votes

2 answers

77 views

Transfer of Questions to Other Sites

user3840170

26.4k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 17:20

2 votes

4 answers

100 views

What's with repeating the question in the title at the end of the post?

Toby Speight

1,957

modified Nov 10, 2024 at 16:44

1 vote

1 answer

29 views

What's the shortest way to link to an answer on Retrocomputing?

Toby Speight

1,957

answered Nov 8, 2024 at 11:17

2 votes

1 answer

50 views

Is there software to cause a desktop pop up when someone answers a question of yours?

Stephen Kitt

135k

answered Oct 31, 2024 at 12:52

7 votes

2 answers

218 views

Typing ALGOL code correctly – how to?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Oct 3, 2024 at 10:19

0 votes

3 answers

77 views

Would a "disk operating systems" tag be beneficial?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Sep 6, 2024 at 11:43

5 votes

1 answer

124 views

Why is rwallace's question about Acorn being closevoted?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Sep 3, 2024 at 8:27

5 votes

2 answers

235 views

Why has nobody ever been awarded the Generalist badge?

SlateStaffMod

101

modified Aug 28, 2024 at 20:17

5 votes

2 answers

101 views

Where to draw the line with IBM mainframe questions?

Raffzahn

242k

modified Aug 13, 2024 at 22:19

4 votes

1 answer

190 views

Tweet Bot/Twitter Account for Retrocomputing?

wizzwizz4Mod

18.8k

answered Aug 1, 2024 at 20:03

7 votes

1 answer

146 views

Based on my long search, I have a detailed answer to this question and would like to answer it for the benefit of the community if it can be opened

Omar and Lorraine

40.3k

answered May 30, 2024 at 9:03

10 votes

0 answers

60 views

Retag request for questions about Atari 8-bit computers

dan04

1,164

asked May 21, 2024 at 16:40

5 votes

1 answer

227 views

Let's rename [design-choices]

CommunityBot

1

modified May 2, 2024 at 17:04

4 votes

6 answers

126 views

What should we do about comment discussions?

dave

39.6k

answered Apr 28, 2024 at 22:59

6 votes

2 answers

89 views

Are retrospective / modern-perspective questions on-topic?

user3840170

26.4k

answered Apr 10, 2024 at 6:35

5 votes

1 answer

72 views

What does the community like to see with posts answering a tangential question, but not the one submitted by the asker?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Apr 10, 2024 at 6:20

6 votes

4 answers

138 views

Do we Draw a Line at Books?

cjs

28.5k

answered Apr 9, 2024 at 18:03

4 votes

1 answer

55 views

What does a greyed out eyeball symbol with a strike through it mean?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Mar 31, 2024 at 9:12

14 votes

9 answers

527 views

ChatGPT - Yes or no?

JNatStaffMod

101

modified Mar 27, 2024 at 11:24

2 votes

3 answers

264 views

Would this vacuum-tube logic question be a good fit for the site?

Raffzahn

242k

modified Mar 19, 2024 at 16:43

8 votes

2 answers

211 views

Is asking for the existence of a device equal to a buying recommendation?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Mar 19, 2024 at 14:06

5 votes

2 answers

142 views

Do we really consider questions about early-2000s computers off-topic?

user3840170

26.4k

modified Mar 19, 2024 at 8:43

8 votes

0 answers

324 views

Introducing a new retrocomputing meetup: The APL Campfire

wizzwizz4Mod

18.8k

modified Mar 10, 2024 at 16:26

3 votes

0 answers

63 views

Introducing a stochastic superoptimizer for retro CPUs

wizzwizz4Mod

18.8k

modified Mar 10, 2024 at 16:25

9 votes

0 answers

120 views

Introducing a new retrocomputing YouTube channel: Electronica Sovietica

wizzwizz4Mod

18.8k

modified Mar 10, 2024 at 16:24

1 vote

1 answer

75 views

Vanishing Comments

Mark Williams

3,965

modified Feb 28, 2024 at 16:04

14 votes

5 answers

416 views

What does the site gain from 'identify this game I vaguely remember' questions?

Laurel

1,890

answered Feb 2, 2024 at 21:23

2 votes

0 answers

23 views

2023: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

101

asked Jan 24, 2024 at 20:59

5 votes

1 answer

150 views

A number of seemingly duplicate tags

user3840170

26.4k

modified Dec 31, 2023 at 22:49

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