Probably because those would make the hardware more complicated for a not-terribly-great benefit. The first one is just plain weird, while the second...
A "bitplane" (outside of weird exceptions like mode X which have to do with coercing the hardware into doing things it wasn't designed to) is one bit...
*.LBR isn't a linker library, it's an old archive format; presumably the file might've contained a binary built from the source. I couldn't find the...
I've been on Pale Moon ever since I discovered it. Not sure if it's all that lighter-weight than equivalent versions of Firefox, but just getting rid...
RetroFloppy sells a null-modem cable that's compatible with the IIgs/IIc+ mini-DIN serial port here. I'm not sure if it's the same RS-422 standard as...
Well, it's not so much a myth as just not the whole story, but yeah. Even so, silent film framerates usually varied between 18-22ish and rarely went...
There's zero point in trying to download lossless-codec transcoded versions of videos off of websites where the video is all stored in lossy form to...
I believe the DECMate III, like the earlier models in the line, runs OS/278, which is basically OS/8 modified to deal with hardware incompatibilities...
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original Cosmac Elf builder, now with Elf2K,
Altair 8800 clone, Kaypro 4'84
apple ][ computers, macs, atari, and commodore, and Amiga. :)
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