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1.

Why did moving the mouse cursor cause Windows 95 to run more quickly?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

7 years ago

1188 points

2.

Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

435 points

3.

Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest? (2020)

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

316 points

4.

Does this 8088 code in the Leisure Suit Larry 2 game do anything?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

310 points

5.

Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

a year ago

277 points

6.

Did any processor implement an integer square root instruction?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

251 points

7.

Who invented file extensions in file names?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

243 points

8.

How were 70s versions of games like Pong built without a programmable computer?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

240 points

9.

How could the early Unix OS comprise so few lines of code?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

peter_d_sherman

231 points

10.

Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

5 years ago

230 points

11.

Why did base64 win against uuencode?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

225 points

12.

Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of use in PCs?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

204 points

13.

How does Sonic and Knuckles' “Lock-On Technology” work? (2016)

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

204 points

14.

Is there any code in Firefox (as of 2020) that comes from Netscape Navigator?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

6 years ago

197 points

15.

Why did Turbo Pascal apps fail with a division-by-zero on faster systems?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

7 years ago

193 points

16.

When was the famous "sudo warning" introduced? (2019)

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

158 points

17.

Why did older computers and OSes use UPPER case instead of lower case?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

153 points

18.

Telefunken Datenspeicher

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

151 points

19.

What is the “two-drive trick” that can read Amiga disks on a PC?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

7 years ago

151 points

20.

How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

144 points

21.

Why did Borland ignore the Macintosh market?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

2 years ago

135 points

22.

How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporary x86?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

6 years ago

119 points

23.

Why do C to Z80 compilers produce poor code? (2018)

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

6 years ago

115 points

24.

Why was the Amiga Kickstart 1.x “Insert floppy” graphic so bad?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

5 years ago

115 points

25.

Was Windows 1.0's lack of overlapping windows a legal or a technical matter?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

4 months ago

105 points

26.

Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running CP/M?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

4 years ago

100 points

27.

How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporaneous x86? (2020)

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

3 years ago

96 points

28.

How to make an IBM 1311 disk drive move around the floor

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

4 years ago

94 points

29.

Can a USR command damage a ZX Spectrum?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

7 years ago

83 points

30.

Why did Mac OS 7 perform poorly with virtual memory enabled?

retrocomputing.stackexchange.com

9 years ago

83 points