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Examples of operating systems using hardware task switching of x86 CPUs
Awarded May 5 at 18:11
Is there a database of the box contents for different versions of NES games?
Awarded Apr 29 at 23:11
BIOS interrupts vs Hardware interrupts
Awarded Apr 28 at 17:16
How did PC games reproduce PCM sounds on PC speakers using PWM when speakers had poor frequency response?
Awarded Apr 25 at 14:35
Did the PAL version of the Apple II use a different clock frequency?
Awarded Apr 24 at 2:53
What exactly were those large orange chips on the Hayes Micromodem II interface card?
Awarded Apr 19 at 15:36
MS DOS 6.22 hangs on modern hardware after loading HIMEM.SYS
Awarded Apr 16 at 21:47
Where can I find schematics for a simple first-generation MSX computer?
Awarded Apr 13 at 9:11
Is sound generation on the Nintendo DS always clipped to 10 bits?
Awarded Apr 11 at 2:15
What is the purpose of the M1 pin on a Z80
Awarded Apr 10 at 5:38
What are the "other crontabs" that /etc/crontab refer to? [closed]
Awarded Apr 7 at 14:34
RGBI to VGA converter [duplicate]
Awarded Apr 6 at 13:56
What aspect of resetting a NES explains bits of game state being preserved?
Awarded Apr 6 at 1:23
How did the IBM PC handle multiple physical devices serving memory at the same physical address?
Awarded Apr 3 at 12:01
Were there any games running at high refresh rates such as 90 and 120 Hz on computers and consoles of the 80s and 90s?
Awarded Apr 2 at 13:07
How plausible is this anecdote about "toggling in" an operating system?
Awarded Apr 1 at 13:13
Was there ever a C compiler written in Pascal?
Awarded Mar 30 at 14:15
The "hidden" flag on partitions and Microsoft
Awarded Mar 28 at 8:06
Where did the standard arcade font originate?
Awarded Mar 28 at 0:02
On the LR35902, what does the assembly 'LD (HL-),A' do?
Awarded Mar 26 at 23:06
What was the first multi-font computer-printer?
Awarded Mar 26 at 18:33
When and where did the $ convention for hexadecimal literals originate?
Awarded Mar 25 at 17:42
What is the origin of hexadecimal and binary notation in computer? [closed]
Awarded Mar 25 at 9:22
What's the point of the CPS-2 suicide battery?
Awarded Mar 20 at 22:26
What was the screen refresh rate of the Lisa and original Macintosh?
Awarded Mar 17 at 19:02
Are there standalone emulators of Applesoft Basic?
Awarded Mar 17 at 18:15
How exactly did [arcade] Space Invaders get faster with fewer aliens?
Awarded Mar 17 at 17:20
Building an 8080 based computer
Awarded Mar 15 at 14:05
Does AppleSoft BASIC really parse "LE THEN" as "LET HEN"?
Awarded Mar 15 at 11:34
Why did ancient Unix perform BSS segment initialization?
Awarded Mar 13 at 8:38
How did the Altair 8800 front panel load the program counter?
Awarded Mar 13 at 5:11
SheepShaver - cdenable.sys on 64-bit
Awarded Mar 8 at 23:56
How should I clean the plastic exterior of my computers and parts?
Awarded Mar 6 at 11:02
How did MS-DOS utilities like 386MAX relocate drivers from lower 640 KB to high memory?
Awarded Mar 5 at 20:42
Origin of "foo", "bar", and "baz"
Awarded Mar 3 at 11:43
Is the SimH emulator available on macOS?
Awarded Mar 1 at 7:47
Has command.com ever been compressed?
Awarded Feb 25 at 6:26
What was the most complete encoding for English before Unicode?
Awarded Feb 24 at 16:58
How would I reliably detect the amount of RAM, including Fast RAM?
Awarded Feb 24 at 2:03
Was it Microsoft that started the war between Application and OS vendors?
Awarded Feb 22 at 10:45
Can someone identify the hardware in the movie "Hard Car"?
Awarded Feb 20 at 11:55
Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?
Awarded Feb 16 at 13:49
Why did programmers keep using EMS when XMS became commonly available?
Awarded Feb 13 at 15:52
IBM thought the PC would only sell 25,000 units. How much free software did they write for those 25,000 users?
Awarded Feb 10 at 14:33
How are Amiga libraries structured?
Awarded Feb 9 at 21:40
What is the history of DE-9 joystick ports?
Awarded Feb 7 at 14:55
How to configure NETWORK and TCP on a DOS VM
Awarded Feb 4 at 14:00
When were videos first commonly downloaded on the Internet?
Awarded Feb 3 at 16:03
What was the reason that the original Western NES console had a "cartridge bed" that had to be pushed down to play?
Awarded Feb 2 at 18:08
Apple // screen editing
Awarded Feb 1 at 22:57
Identification of old text-to-speech voice/engine
Awarded Jan 30 at 21:10
How did the Motorola MC68030 and MC68040 come to have the powerful and expensive CAS2 instruction?
Awarded Jan 27 at 19:03
Identify MS-DOS 2D space adventure game c. 1992
Awarded Jan 27 at 16:25
Using a 360k (DD 5.25") floppy with Windows XP?
Awarded Jan 26 at 10:38
How do I configure a V6366 graphics controller for 640x400 B/W?
Awarded Jan 18 at 22:40
What happened to 1T-SRAM?
Awarded Jan 7 at 23:37
Why does MS-DOS 6.22 boot so slowly?
Awarded Jan 7 at 8:10
How are 6502 and 65C02 JMP(abs) processed internally
Awarded Dec 31, 2024 at 4:42
A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:FF02847B Installing Windows 98 SE
Awarded Dec 28, 2024 at 7:25
How long should I expect the Apple IIc self test to run?
Awarded Dec 27, 2024 at 0:06
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