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		Was Windows 1.0's lack of overlapping windows a legal or a technical matter? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		105 points by SeenNotHeard 47 days ago \| past \| 82 comments
		Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		66 points by SeenNotHeard 54 days ago \| past \| 76 comments
		How were large Unix installations managed in the 80s/90s? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		7 points by SeenNotHeard 5 months ago \| past \| 5 comments
		Who was "Paul's Method" named after (a.k.a. the MOS 6502 RTS trick)? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		2 points by SeenNotHeard 5 months ago \| past
		Storing configuration directly in executable, with no external config (2023) (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		1 point by gnyeki 6 months ago \| past
		What made the Amiga "Genlock-able"? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		2 points by doener 7 months ago \| past
		How did 8088/86 PCs implement flood-fill before SSE and GPUs? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		2 points by azeemba 8 months ago \| past
		Why do we use \C to end the output of the shell echo command? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		2 points by susam 9 months ago \| past
		How did the C64 lockup bug and its workarounds work? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		5 points by gnoll_of_gozag 9 months ago \| past
		What UI first distinguished radio buttons from checkboxes with circles/squares? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		72 points by azeemba 9 months ago \| past \| 56 comments
		What UI first distinguished radio and check buttons with circles and squares? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		3 points by SeenNotHeard 10 months ago \| past
		Assembly – Space Invaders ships remaining not initialized (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		1 point by rrauenza 10 months ago \| past
		The initial version of the /etc./magic file used by the file(1) command (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		35 points by SeenNotHeard 10 months ago \| past \| 15 comments
		Are there any MP/M multiplayer games? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		2 points by rbanffy on March 16, 2025 \| past \| 2 comments
		Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		277 points by SeenNotHeard on Feb 16, 2025 \| past \| 499 comments
		Why was hardware diversification an asset for the IBM PC ecosystem? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		1 point by rwallace on Dec 22, 2024 \| past
		Where can one read archived Microsoft Knowledge Base articles? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		3 points by SeenNotHeard on Dec 9, 2024 \| past
		Why is the term "card" used in "expansion card"? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		2 points by SeenNotHeard on Dec 2, 2024 \| past
		When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? (2019) (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		158 points by Boogie_Man on Dec 2, 2024 \| past \| 176 comments
		Where does this esoteric Pascal operator come from? (2017) (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		1 point by peter_d_sherman on Oct 17, 2024 \| past \| 1 comment
		Are retrocomputers best left on or off? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		66 points by azeemba on Oct 12, 2024 \| past \| 76 comments
		How were 70s versions of games like Pong built without a programmable computer? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		240 points by SeenNotHeard on Oct 4, 2024 \| past \| 122 comments
		How similar were the MC6800 and MOS 6502? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		10 points by SeenNotHeard on Sept 27, 2024 \| past \| 2 comments
		Did Microsoft Release a "Critical Update Notification Tool"? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		1 point by SeenNotHeard on Sept 24, 2024 \| past \| 2 comments
		What was the intention with the Commodore 128? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		6 points by amichail on Sept 18, 2024 \| past
		Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running CP/M? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		4 points by amichail on Sept 18, 2024 \| past
		Why were there so many OSes that had the name "DOS" in them? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		3 points by SeenNotHeard on Sept 11, 2024 \| past \| 1 comment
		Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		135 points by SeenNotHeard on Aug 13, 2024 \| past \| 164 comments
		What purpose did the lower-right Enter key serve on original Mac 128k keyboard? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		69 points by SeenNotHeard on Aug 6, 2024 \| past \| 60 comments
		Why were early (personal) computer connectors so bulky? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
		6 points by azeemba on July 13, 2024 \| past
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