Retrocomputing Meta Stack Exchange

15

votes

2

answers

1k

views

What's up with the emulation questions lately?

modified Oct 15 at 16:47 user3840170 12.8k

13

votes

1

answer

183

views

Why restrict history questions? (Or: Can we not restrict history questions?)

modified Oct 3 at 12:59 StayOnTarget 3,686

9

votes

1

answer

83

views

Should [m68k] and [motorola-680x0] tags be merged?

discussion retag-request

answered Sep 14 at 4:32 manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact 8,402

8

votes

1

answer

112

views

CRT repair and restoration safety resources

discussion

modified Sep 4 at 3:06 Someone_who_likes_SE 1,043

8

votes

3

answers

194

views

Why is the question about running Windows 95 in DOSBox supposedly off-topic?

discussion scope specific-question

modified Aug 10 at 15:15 user3840170 12.8k

2

votes

3

answers

134

views

DIY retrocomputing

discussion scope specific-tag

answered Aug 7 at 23:29 Raffzahn 146k

3

votes

1

answer

121

views

Let's rename [design-choices]

discussion specific-tag retag-request

modified Aug 5 at 16:08 CommunityBot 1

26

votes

5

answers

363

views

Is emulation on topic?

discussion scope

answered Aug 4 at 21:21 scruss 16.2k

5

votes

0

answers

95

views

A number of seemingly duplicate tags

discussion specific-tag retag-request

modified Aug 4 at 10:38 user3840170 12.8k

4

votes

1

answer

48

views

Do we really need both [game] and [gaming] tags?

discussion status-completed specific-tag

modified Aug 4 at 9:44 ChenmunkaMod 7,363

1

vote

1

answer

87

views

Why do my Not An Answer flags keep getting declined or disputed?

support flagging

modified Jul 25 at 21:04 CommunityBot 1

15

votes

5

answers

265

views

Does Retrocomputing want to be featured as a place to go for identifying retro games on Arqade?

discussion site-promotion

modified Jul 1 at 7:27 user3840170 12.8k

17

votes

2

answers

409

views

Can we do something to discourage ‘armchair history’ answers?

discussion answer-quality

modified Jun 27 at 22:43 DrSheldon 12.8k

0

votes

2

answers

104

views

Could this site change its title to retro and micro computing?

discussion scope

modified Jun 22 at 19:51 user3840170 12.8k

3

votes

6

answers

329

views

Commercially-available modern computers with retro characteristics?

discussion

modified Jun 19 at 19:40 bobeff 535

3

votes

1

answer

82

views

Yikes! How did I earn 300 reputation yesterday if a user can only earn 200 reputation a day?

support reputation

modified Jun 2 at 11:41 user3840170 12.8k

6

votes

3

answers

177

views

Is it RCSE policy that you must register and maintain a single name to participate?

discussion user-accounts etiquette

modified May 29 at 13:01 user3840170 12.8k

6

votes

0

answers

205

views

Introducing a new retrocomputing meetup: The APL Campfire

discussion

asked May 28 at 13:15 Adám 321

5

votes

4

answers

108

views

Are "Identify This Console" questions on-topic?

discussion scope

modified May 27 at 14:28 user3840170 12.8k

1

vote

1

answer

39

views

Promoting an event

discussion support scope etiquette

answered May 26 at 10:42 ChenmunkaMod 7,363

3

votes

1

answer

92

views

Are legacy OS's on modern systems on-topic?

discussion scope

modified May 2 at 19:54 user3840170 12.8k

6

votes

1

answer

102

views

Should "Which original retrocomputer OS's are still maintained and updated today, for original hardware?" be a community wiki Q&A pair?

discussion specific-question community-wiki

modified May 2 at 19:52 user3840170 12.8k

33

votes

6

answers

861

views

What constitutes "retro"?

discussion scope

modified Apr 30 at 9:48 OmarL 31.2k

7

votes

2

answers

124

views

Does Java (J2ME) emulation information belong to Retrocomputing?

discussion scope

modified Apr 20 at 17:59 CommunityBot 1

5

votes

0

answers

28

views

Should the tags for the closely related PDPs be synonymised or something?

discussion tag-synonyms

modified Apr 2 at 11:45 user3840170 12.8k

15

votes

5

answers

375

views

Is XP considered retrocomputing yet?

discussion scope

answered Mar 29 at 6:25 Incnis Mrsi 217

6

votes

4

answers

212

views

Are questions about Windows 2000 on-topic for this site?

discussion scope

answered Mar 21 at 9:08 Rohan 376

2

votes

1

answer

28

views

"Delete" versus "vote to delete"?

support deleted-questions

modified Mar 16 at 9:22 user3840170 12.8k

3

votes

3

answers

104

views

Should [glitches] exist? There's 8 questions right now, but more would fit

discussion specific-tag

modified Mar 11 at 10:21 user3840170 12.8k

5

votes

2

answers

97

views

The "cleanup" badge seems to be awarded for bad behaviour

discussion etiquette badges

modified Mar 8 at 23:52 Raffzahn 146k

5

votes

3

answers

96

views

Restoration and maintenance?

discussion tag-synonyms

modified Mar 8 at 18:42 Raffzahn 146k

6

votes

5

answers

168

views

Venting about an opinion-based question

discussion specific-question close-reasons vote-to-close

modified Mar 8 at 17:24 Raffzahn 146k

10

votes

3

answers

126

views

Don't answer a question you want to close

discussion answers etiquette vote-to-close

answered Mar 8 at 15:33 Raffzahn 146k

7

votes

4

answers

95

views

Are questions about legacy telephony (POTS/PSTN/ISDN) considered on topic?

discussion scope

modified Mar 2 at 6:15 DrSheldon 12.8k

7

votes

1

answer

107

views

How can the VHS steganography question be made on-topic?

discussion scope specific-question

answered Feb 28 at 22:27 pipe 1,695

0

votes

1

answer

22

views

User references broken?

bug

modified Feb 26 at 13:09 wizzwizz4Mod 16.5k

0

votes

3

answers

51

views

Would a "disk operating systems" tag be beneficial?

discussion specific-tag

modified Feb 19 at 22:07 user3840170 12.8k

3

votes

2

answers

144

views

Are the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP systems finally considered retro?

discussion scope

answered Feb 19 at 22:00 Mark Williams 2,421

2

votes

2

answers

30

views

The mention of batch languages in the [ms-dos] tag wiki

discussion specific-tag tag-wiki

answered Feb 18 at 12:06 wizzwizz4Mod 16.5k

10

votes

1

answer

116

views

Are pinball machines and coin-boxes on topic?

discussion scope

modified Jan 31 at 2:26 another-dave 22.2k

-1

votes

1

answer

58

views

Please delete 17394

support specific-question

modified Jan 25 at 11:26 ChenmunkaMod 7,363

5

votes

0

answers

43

views

2020: a year in moderation

discussion moderation statistics

modified Jan 21 at 13:34 JNatStaffMod 101

5

votes

2

answers

82

views

What is the etiquette around wiki answers?

discussion community-wiki

answered Jan 9 at 17:59 ChenmunkaMod 7,363

6

votes

2

answers

124

views

Is it time to update the rules for questions about game consoles?

discussion scope

answered Jan 5 at 15:09 Michael Shopsin 2,162

4

votes

1

answer

67

views

Unifying tag spellings

discussion retag-request

modified Dec 27 '20 at 13:56 wizzwizz4Mod 16.5k

3

votes

3

answers

141

views

Answerer reverting good-faith edits

discussion etiquette editing specific-answer specific-edit

modified Nov 12 '20 at 16:02 LаngLаngС 1,202

4

votes

2

answers

73

views

Unusable ti-99 tag

bug specific-tag

modified Nov 10 '20 at 20:18 user3840170 12.8k

8

votes

3

answers

253

views

Never a user suspended. What can we learn from you?

discussion moderation statistics

modified Nov 10 '20 at 20:11 user3840170 12.8k

Top Questions

Looking for more? Browse the complete list of questions, or popular tags. Help us answer unanswered questions.