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Top Questions
58 votes

When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? Under what background? By whom?

history unix asked Oct 9 '19 at 19:39
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41 votes

Why did Axial Capacitors Fall Out of Use in the Industry?

capacitor pcb-design pcb-assembly mechanical-assembly asked Jan 7 '20 at 19:20
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41 votes

How do you make a systemd service as the last service on boot?

systemd asked Jan 31 '13 at 9:22
superuser.com

36 votes

How do I Interface a PS/2 Keyboard without Modern Techniques?

z80 input-devices asked Mar 20 '19 at 22:25
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32 votes

Why would a Intel 8080 chip be destroyed if +12 V is connected before −5 V?

power-supply integrated-circuit semiconductors nmos 8080 asked Sep 2 '19 at 0:54
electronics.stackexchange.com

27 votes

In the original Z80 layout, where are the "traps" located? And what are their effects?

history z80 reverse-engineering asked May 29 '19 at 2:45
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26 votes

How do I unit testing my GUI program with Python and PyQt?

python qt unit-testing pyqt asked Feb 23 '13 at 19:09
stackoverflow.com

23 votes

Why does printf() in the parent almost always win the race condition after fork()?

c unix fork race-condition asked Jan 14 at 7:04
stackoverflow.com

23 votes

Was memory corruption a common problem in large programs written in assembly language?

history assembly bugs asked Jan 21 at 9:46
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

20 votes

Does Impedance Matching Imply any Practical RF Transmitter Must Waste >=50% of Energy?

amplifier rf impedance-matching asked Jul 23 '19 at 8:07
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Top Answers
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Resistance of wire
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33
Why wasn't ASCII designed with a contiguous alphanumeric character order?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

23
Can we not simply connect a battery to a RAM to prevent data loss during power cuts?
electronics.stackexchange.com

21
kernel martian source to and from same IP
unix.stackexchange.com

21
How did the Altair 8800 front panel load the program counter?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

17
Does the word voltage exist in academic engineering?
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16
_delay_ms() is much slower than expected (by a factor of 6) on TinyAVR 0/1 (ATTiny1604)
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15
Does ATtiny RESET pin need a resistor?
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14
Why am I Seeing A Weird "Notch" on the Data Line For Some Logical 1s?
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11
What proprietary AT&T code/features were removed in BSD Net1 (/2), and BSD 4.4 Lite (/2) from the original 4.3BSD codebase?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

10
How do I disable hard disk spin down or head parking in FreeBSD?
serverfault.com

10
How can a marginal connection become "good" by just applying a little more voltage?
electronics.stackexchange.com

9
Impedance/Termination of Marvell PHY
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7
Some questions about a series pass transistor & op amp voltage regulator
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7
Why could you hear an Amstrad CPC working?
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6
How do I Monitor Mouse Movement Events in All Windows (Not Just One) on X11
stackoverflow.com

6
How to teach the Z80 to count milliseconds and microseconds like Arduino?
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