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

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

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

2 votes
1 answer
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How to react to "contact me" answers?

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

15 votes
9 answers
652 views

ChatGPT - Yes or no?

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

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

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Review indicator lits up, but no reviews are available

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5 answers
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What should our definition of “duplicate question” be?

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How many “identify this” tags do we need?

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

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

7 votes
1 answer
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Do we need separate tags for Windows 95, 98 and Me?

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

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2024: a year in moderation

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

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Why close 5-year old questions?

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2 answers
209 views

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

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172 views

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

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Question about a GoldenEye speedrunning trick mischaracterized as off-topic

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3 answers
225 views

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

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What do you think of the proposed Computing History site?

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

4 votes
1 answer
148 views

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

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3 answers
154 views

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

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108 views

Transfer of Questions to Other Sites

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

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

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

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256 views

Typing ALGOL code correctly – how to?

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Would a "disk operating systems" tag be beneficial?

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Why is rwallace's question about Acorn being closevoted?

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250 views

Why has nobody ever been awarded the Generalist badge?

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134 views

Where to draw the line with IBM mainframe questions?

4 votes
1 answer
216 views

Tweet Bot/Twitter Account for Retrocomputing?

7 votes
1 answer
174 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

10 votes
0 answers
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Retag request for questions about Atari 8-bit computers

5 votes
1 answer
263 views

Let's rename [design-choices]

4 votes
6 answers
157 views

What should we do about comment discussions?

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2 answers
118 views

Are retrospective / modern-perspective questions on-topic?

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

6 votes
4 answers
170 views

Do we Draw a Line at Books?

4 votes
1 answer
70 views

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

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3 answers
294 views

Would this vacuum-tube logic question be a good fit for the site?

9 votes
2 answers
237 views

Is asking for the existence of a device equal to a buying recommendation?

5 votes
2 answers
188 views

Do we really consider questions about early-2000s computers off-topic?

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Introducing a new retrocomputing meetup: The APL Campfire


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