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Fan speed switch: why OFF :: HIGH :: MED :: LOW?
motor
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asked Nov 3, 2018 at 12:23
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What limited the use of the 6809 CPU in personal computers?
6809
asked Feb 18, 2018 at 22:19
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How can a one million megohm resistor be useful?
resistors
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Which computers had redefinable character sets?
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graphics
display
exidy-sorcerer
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What does "plus ultra" mean in My Hero Academia
my-hero-academia
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Are there statements from IBM insiders revealing why OS/2 was dropped?
history
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asked Dec 21, 2019 at 22:22
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Who generally owns the rights for a manga or anime?
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asked Jan 16, 2017 at 23:14
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Why all the "Re" in titles?
japanese-language
culture
asked May 28, 2017 at 5:12
anime.stackexchange.com
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Story similar to a Canticle for Leibowitz, maybe by Heinlein
story-identification
robert-a-heinlein
asked Jun 12, 2019 at 2:21
scifi.stackexchange.com
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Why would a Japanese adult be embarrassed to use the word "friends"?
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anime
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Why did Commodore fill their power supplies with epoxy?
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What does "Rabbit hole" mean?
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Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running CP/M?
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Why did Commodore 64 cartridge games disappear?
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What was the intention with the Commodore 128?
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Why is "aircrafts" bad English, while "crafts" is okay?
ell.stackexchange.com
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Did any 8-bit computer system / OS have concepts for concurrency and multitasking like we know from today?
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Early Forth for personal computers
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What were the early PC applications requiring a hard disk?
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Is there a reason to prefer earlier versions of MS-DOS over later?
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Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running CP/M?
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Why were the /\ (min) and the \/ (max) operators abandoned in the C language?
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Were there any LSI-11 like home computers outside of Russia?
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When was internet access first available to public in USA?
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Can we use the phrase "so-called" in its positive sense (or neutral) when refereeing to a widely adopted thing?
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Did the ZX Spectrum have more original titles than C64?
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Have programming languages driven hardware development?
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Why were computer customers called "Users"?
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640x480 color display in 1980
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Was the TRS-80 Model 1 ever actually sold new with that name?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Does an OS, in particular Unix, need special support for terminal colors?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Preventing manga books from having yellow pages
anime.stackexchange.com
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Why do so many books indent all paragraphs except the first one in each chapter?
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What does the line "So long and thanks for all the fish!" mean?
ell.stackexchange.com
10
How did the Amiga uses compare to uses for other personal computers in 1985?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Who generally owns the rights for a manga or anime?
anime.stackexchange.com
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Dropping "about" in " I'm asking about whether"
ell.stackexchange.com
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How was parity used with modems?
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9
Does "Disk Operating System" imply that there was a "non-disk" Operating System?
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How are Amiga libraries structured?
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