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Was Windows 1.0's lack of overlapping windows a legal or a technical matter?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

81 points by SeenNotHeard 7 months ago | 55 comments

Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

43 points by SeenNotHeard 8 months ago | 40 comments

What UI first distinguished radio buttons from checkboxes with circles/squares?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

59 points by azeemba 1 year ago | 37 comments

The initial version of the /etc./magic file used by the file(1) command(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

28 points by SeenNotHeard 1 year ago | 8 comments

Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

251 points by SeenNotHeard 1 year ago | 429 comments

When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? (2019)(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

145 points by Boogie_Man 1 year ago | 151 comments

Are retrocomputers best left on or off?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

59 points by azeemba 2 years ago | 55 comments

How were 70s versions of games like Pong built without a programmable computer?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

214 points by SeenNotHeard 2 years ago | 108 comments

Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

115 points by SeenNotHeard 2 years ago | 145 comments

What purpose did the lower-right Enter key serve on original Mac 128k keyboard?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

58 points by SeenNotHeard 2 years ago | 43 comments

What actual purpose do accent characters in ISO-8859-1 and Windows 1252 serve?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

40 points by azeemba 2 years ago | 58 comments

Did any processor implement an integer square root instruction?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

233 points by rwallace 2 years ago | 65 comments

Telefunken Datenspeicher(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

137 points by cl3misch 2 years ago | 66 comments

Does this 8088 code in the Leisure Suit Larry 2 game do anything?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

275 points by Luc 2 years ago | 69 comments

Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

34 points by signa11 2 years ago | 40 comments

Why did older computers and OSes use UPPER case instead of lower case?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

133 points by SeenNotHeard 2 years ago | 128 comments

Why did base64 win against uuencode?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

200 points by egorpv 2 years ago | 91 comments

Who invented file extensions in file names?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

222 points by azeemba 3 years ago | 186 comments

Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of use in PCs?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

175 points by SeenNotHeard 3 years ago | 220 comments

How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

129 points by edent 3 years ago | 33 comments

Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

402 points by segfaultbuserr 3 years ago | 96 comments

Retrocomputing Stack Exchange question about why breaking into the Windows NT 3.1 kernel debugger reboots a 486DX4 Compaq ProSignia machine.

How could the early Unix OS comprise so few lines of code?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

200 points by peter_d_sherman 3 years ago | 130 comments

How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporaneous x86? (2020)(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

78 points by stevefan1999 3 years ago | 54 comments

How does Sonic and Knuckles' “Lock-On Technology” work? (2016)(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

177 points by cglong 3 years ago | 37 comments