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Which Linux or BSD distributions do still support i386, i486 or i586 CPUs?

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Did any DOS compatibility layers exist for any UNIX-like systems before DOS started to become outmoded?

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What is the Amiga parallel port hardware protocol for bidirectional transfers?

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Bad blocks... or SCSI termination issue on Amiga 2000?

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Why must the Amiga 1020 disk drive be powered-on before and powered-off after the Amiga computer?

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Has any copy of 386/ix survived from before 1988?

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Why is there an ELF machine ID for PDP-10?

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Statement after semicolon in B grammar

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Did CRT TVs adjust raster height in response to the non-standard signal?

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Use of emitter-coupled logic (ECL) in home and personal computers

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Which CPUs have implemented trap on signed integer overflow?

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What was the reason for the weird hexadecimal letters used on the LGP-30?

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How did installers locate the Program Files directory on Windows 95?

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How does the floating point conversion in Zuse's machines work?

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