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When and why did high-level language compilers start targeting assembly language rather than machine code?

assembly compilers asked May 25, 2020 at 18:08

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Was leaving all xxxxxx11 opcodes unused on the 6502 a deliberate design choice?

6502 instruction-set design-choices asked Sep 23, 2021 at 15:15

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22 votes

Was the design of MS-BASIC for 6502 based on MS-BASIC for 8080?

basic 6502 microsoft-basic asked Oct 28, 2017 at 17:47

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19 votes

Did any microcomputers back in the day accelerate standard-cassette performance

cassette-tape 8-bit-microcomputers asked May 14, 2016 at 16:04

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Is this use of unions strictly conforming?

c gcc clang strict-aliasing asked Sep 13, 2017 at 19:49

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Best pattern for WFI (wait-for-interrupt) on Cortex (ARM) microcontrolers

arm cortex-m3 sleep asked Apr 5, 2011 at 16:35

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18 votes

Did any computers use automatically-operated mechanical storage as electronically-read-addressable memory

memory eniac relay-computer edsac asked Oct 28, 2016 at 19:47

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18 votes

Was the value of thorn pawns fully appreciated in decades past?

pawns terminology asked Dec 13, 2018 at 8:35

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Cycle counting with modern CPUs (e.g. ARM)

microcontroller arm programming cortex-m3 asked Jul 6, 2011 at 16:05

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16 votes

Touching matchsticks with compass and straightedge

math geometry matches asked Jan 30, 2015 at 3:00

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Why did the Apple IIe make a hideous noise if you inserted the disk upside down?

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Typical dpi of dot matrix printers available in the 1980s

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What was the first mainstream advanced debugger?

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