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2 votes

1 answer

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How old is retro?

Raffzahn

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modified Feb 25 at 17:10

4 votes

2 answers

214 views

What do we think about running an experimental election?

Raffzahn

252k

answered Feb 11 at 23:18

3 votes

0 answers

28 views

2025: a year in moderation

HoidStaffMod

101

asked Jan 13 at 0:03

5 votes

1 answer

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Why was my question “Is MS DOS a form of Windows?” so poorly received?

Sep Roland

1,385

modified Jan 9 at 23:26

3 votes

2 answers

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‌[old-hardware-adaptation] versus [new-hardware-adaptation]

user3840170

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modified Dec 22, 2025 at 10:57

5 votes

1 answer

212 views

A number of seemingly duplicate tags

user3840170

28.3k

modified Dec 20, 2025 at 9:13

3 votes

2 answers

115 views

How to react to "contact me" answers?

user3840170

28.3k

answered Dec 17, 2025 at 17:07

4 votes

0 answers

60 views

Why can't I refuse a 'reopen' with 'does not meet RC:SE guidelines'?

dave

42.1k

modified Dec 9, 2025 at 1:52

0 votes

2 answers

124 views

Why does the -X question need more focus, when the DOS question doesn't?

Raffzahn

252k

modified Oct 24, 2025 at 20:10

1 vote

1 answer

81 views

Would you be willing to take in the following question?: Is there a procedure to dissassemble ROMs with a header?

Raffzahn

252k

answered Sep 23, 2025 at 21:35

15 votes

9 answers

722 views

ChatGPT - Yes or no?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Aug 7, 2025 at 14:19

1 vote

2 answers

298 views

Can someone explain why this question about installing Windows XP from a USB drive is off topic?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Aug 7, 2025 at 14:04

3 votes

3 answers

232 views

Do we need both [floppy-disk] and [floppy-drive]?

user3840170

28.3k

answered Jul 8, 2025 at 15:02

0 votes

2 answers

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Review indicator lits up, but no reviews are available

user3840170

28.3k

modified Jun 19, 2025 at 17:44

11 votes

5 answers

365 views

What should our definition of “duplicate question” be?

dave

42.1k

answered May 28, 2025 at 9:23

1 vote

1 answer

69 views

How many “identify this” tags do we need?

CommunityBot

1

modified May 17, 2025 at 12:09

-4 votes

2 answers

216 views

Why was my answer to the “why are assemblers called that” question deleted?

Mark Williams

4,441

modified Apr 26, 2025 at 18:32

-4 votes

0 answers

173 views

The dozens of questions and answers that I posted over the last year disappeared. Why?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Feb 7, 2025 at 21:45

7 votes

1 answer

205 views

Do we need separate tags for Windows 95, 98 and Me?

user3840170

28.3k

answered Jan 30, 2025 at 6:04

4 votes

0 answers

74 views

2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

101

asked Jan 15, 2025 at 18:22

1 vote

1 answer

96 views

Is requesting the community to peer-review and provide feedback on source code appropriate?

wizzwizz4Mod

19k

answered Dec 30, 2024 at 23:36

1 vote

1 answer

101 views

Why close 5-year old questions?

Omar and Lorraine

41.4k

answered Dec 20, 2024 at 14:29

8 votes

2 answers

229 views

Did I do something wrong by writing and accepting a self-answer after reading answers from others?

manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact

15.6k

modified Dec 18, 2024 at 19:45

4 votes

5 answers

200 views

Are programming questions whose context is strictly related to retro computers on topic?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Dec 7, 2024 at 15:50

1 vote

1 answer

126 views

Question about a GoldenEye speedrunning trick mischaracterized as off-topic

user3840170

28.3k

modified Nov 29, 2024 at 19:40

7 votes

3 answers

248 views

How does the forum feel about being asked to debug program code?

user3840170

28.3k

answered Nov 29, 2024 at 19:36

11 votes

3 answers

340 views

What do you think of the proposed Computing History site?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 18:46

14 votes

1 answer

350 views

Since we accept at least some computing history questions, could we also accept questions about more recent, 21st-century history?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 18:43

4 votes

1 answer

161 views

Does this site get featured in Hot Network Questions disproportionately often? Why?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 18:07

4 votes

3 answers

178 views

What was unclear about the question about Unix and virtual memory?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 17:30

8 votes

2 answers

143 views

Transfer of Questions to Other Sites

user3840170

28.3k

modified Nov 24, 2024 at 17:20

2 votes

4 answers

144 views

What's with repeating the question in the title at the end of the post?

Toby Speight

2,068

modified Nov 10, 2024 at 16:44

1 vote

1 answer

56 views

What's the shortest way to link to an answer on Retrocomputing?

Toby Speight

2,068

answered Nov 8, 2024 at 11:17

2 votes

1 answer

86 views

Is there software to cause a desktop pop up when someone answers a question of yours?

Stephen Kitt

141k

answered Oct 31, 2024 at 12:52

7 votes

2 answers

286 views

Typing ALGOL code correctly – how to?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Oct 3, 2024 at 10:19

0 votes

3 answers

135 views

Would a "disk operating systems" tag be beneficial?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Sep 6, 2024 at 11:43

5 votes

1 answer

147 views

Why is rwallace's question about Acorn being closevoted?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Sep 3, 2024 at 8:27

5 votes

2 answers

276 views

Why has nobody ever been awarded the Generalist badge?

SlateStaffMod

101

modified Aug 28, 2024 at 20:17

5 votes

2 answers

145 views

Where to draw the line with IBM mainframe questions?

Raffzahn

252k

modified Aug 13, 2024 at 22:19

4 votes

1 answer

249 views

Tweet Bot/Twitter Account for Retrocomputing?

wizzwizz4Mod

19k

answered Aug 1, 2024 at 20:03

7 votes

1 answer

200 views

Based on my long search, I have a detailed answer to this question and would like to answer it for the benefit of the community if it can be opened

Omar and Lorraine

41.4k

answered May 30, 2024 at 9:03

10 votes

0 answers

87 views

Retag request for questions about Atari 8-bit computers

dan04

1,353

asked May 21, 2024 at 16:40

5 votes

1 answer

285 views

Let's rename [design-choices]

CommunityBot

1

modified May 2, 2024 at 17:04

4 votes

6 answers

211 views

What should we do about comment discussions?

dave

42.1k

answered Apr 28, 2024 at 22:59

6 votes

2 answers

147 views

Are retrospective / modern-perspective questions on-topic?

user3840170

28.3k

answered Apr 10, 2024 at 6:35

5 votes

1 answer

113 views

What does the community like to see with posts answering a tangential question, but not the one submitted by the asker?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Apr 10, 2024 at 6:20

6 votes

4 answers

200 views

Do we Draw a Line at Books?

cjs

29.6k

answered Apr 9, 2024 at 18:03

4 votes

1 answer

82 views

What does a greyed out eyeball symbol with a strike through it mean?

user3840170

28.3k

modified Mar 31, 2024 at 9:12

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