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Tag: "apple" or "apple2"? "apple2gs" or "appleiigs"?

The tag "apple" should be reserved for the (very rare) questions about the original Apple I. Computers in the Apple II series are largely interchangeable, so a single "appleii" tag (with "apple2" as …
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Is emulation on topic?

Usage of emulation software should only be on-topic to the extent that it's related to retrocomputing. For example, "I can't get SimCity to play sound in DosBox" is on-topic because it has a correspo …
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Is XP considered retrocomputing yet?

It's still got 5+% of the desktop market share. Regardless of how old it is, I think that pretty well disqualifies it.
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Is asking for the title of a retro game on-topic?

I think "identify-this" should be permitted, subject to the same restriction as on Gaming.SE: you need to have some artifact from the software. This could be A screenshot A clip of the soundtrack o …
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How can I get tag badge progress to show up on my profile?

The criteria is that the tag needs to be eligible for badges. According to this post, a tag needs to be used on at least 100 questions in order for tag badges to be granted. Our most popular tag, ha …
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