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Why did computer video outputs go from digital to analog, then back to digital?

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

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

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

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Did any laptop computers have a built-in 5 1/4 inch floppy drive?

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

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Why did Acorn's A3000 have red function keys?

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Troubleshooting a faulty filter circuit in a PAL CRT display

filter repair video crt asked Apr 1 at 16:48
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What was the first games console to support linking consoles together for local multiplayer?

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What role did the BBC have in the development and marketing of Acorn Archimedes computers?

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What does a Nintendo Game Boy do when turned on without a game cartridge inserted?
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Why were 5.25“ floppy drives cheaper than 8”?
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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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How did the SysRq key get onto modern keyboards if it's rarely used?
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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 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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Why are the symbols on the number keys of PC & Mac keyboards different to ASCII keyboards?
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Was there a Western computer with blatantly missing instructions in the instruction set?
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When did the 65C02 become available?
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USB ports for a 486 laptop (pccard 16bits)
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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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Do all Econet devices need the same clock speed?
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The IBM RAM with non-standard pin layout
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London underground zone 1-2 train ticket
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Was the character in the Game & Watch series supposed to be his own unique character?
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BBC Master 65C102 co-processor — test memory
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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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Did any early RISC OS precursor run on the BBC Micro?
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SNES PPU die photo
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