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Why are the symbols on the number keys of PC & Mac keyboards different to ASCII keyboards?

history keyboards ascii asked Feb 8 '19 at 15:20
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Why did computer video outputs go from digital to analog, then back to digital?

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What was the effect of the Video Game Crash of 1983 outside of North America?

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Did any laptop computers have a built-in 5¼-inch floppy drive?

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Why did some CPUs use two Read/Write lines, and others just one?

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How much data could a home computer store on an audio cassette?

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Why did Acorn's A3000 have red function keys?

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Why did 1-bit DRAM chips have separate data input and output?

ram design-choices asked Feb 5 '20 at 13:17
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How did Sony, Panasonic and Mitsumi CD-ROM drives differ from the later ATAPI standard?

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Troubleshooting a faulty filter circuit in a PAL CRT display

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Top Answers
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Why were 5.25″ floppy drives cheaper than 8″?
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What does a Nintendo Game Boy do when turned on without a game cartridge inserted?
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Which microcomputer manufacturers developed their own Local Area Network systems?
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How did the Game Boy Advance stretch Game Boy games to widescreen?
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Why did Acorn's A3000 have red function keys?
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What was the last x86 CPU that did not have the x87 floating-point unit built in?
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Why is the BBC Micro's Mode 7 so different to the other display Modes?
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How did the SysRq key get onto modern keyboards if it's rarely used?
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What are the electrical characteristics of a PC gameport?
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Why did Axial Capacitors Fall Out of Use in the Industry?
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Why are the symbols on the number keys of PC & Mac keyboards different to ASCII keyboards?
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How did the Sinclair compare on price with the C64 in the UK?
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May I use a railway velocipede on actively-used British railways?
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Gotek drives for MS-DOS (plus few more constraints)
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DOS networking (Ethernet)
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What makes accurate emulation of old systems a difficult task?
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Do all Econet devices need the same clock speed?
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Was there a Western computer with blatantly missing instructions in the instruction set?
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What technological limitations required the “box” system in gen 1 Pokémon games?
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Why do NPC party members often “get stuck” when following the player?
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Is the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (the real guide) in English?
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What is so demonic about Welsh-language television that Gaiman&Pratchett decided Crowley invented it himself?
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USB ports for a 486 laptop (pccard 16bits)
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When did the 65C02 become available?
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SNES PPU die photo
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London underground zone 1-2 train ticket
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The IBM RAM with non-standard pin layout
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Why are different emulators needed to run platforms that use 6502 assembly code?
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First flat-panel display technology capable of 640x480
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How do N64 controller deadzones work?
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