Questions tagged [application-program]
Use this tag for questions about application programs designed for retro computers.
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How to get code of a program that decrypts itself?
How does one decompile to source code a program that decrypts itself? This particular program runs on an Apple IIgs.
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How to mass-reset the protected flag in classic MacOS
I have a library of 123k Mac (mostly System 7 and older) related files in 32k folders on a 40GiB volume on a file server running Novell Netware 3.12 from 1993 on VMware ESXi. Netware has excellent AFP ...
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What was the first commercial route planning software for home computers?
Nowadays route planning applications are ubiquitous on smart phones, on embedded or dedicated devices, and on the web. With these applications, you input a destination and a starting point (or the ...
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What is the timeline of vertical cursor usage?
As there have been some questions about vertical cursors:
What is the timeline of vertical cursor usage?
This includes anything that is positioned between characters. It doesn't have to be a vertical ...
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Definitive list of music bands/groups that included computer programs on their analogue audio music physical media releases (LPs, singles)
Is there a definitive list of music pop/rock bands/groups that included computer programs as part of their physical analogue audio music releases? (vinyl LPs, EPs, singles) etc?
For this to be ...
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What was the most critical supporting software for COBOL on IBM mainframes?
Over the past half-century, one of the largest trends in the computer industry has been the replacement of mainframes by microcomputers. Not total by any means – there are still many mainframes in ...
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Name this Macintosh music application
There's an application that's been on my mind on and off for months now, I want to find clarity.
Once upon a time, when MacOS was in black and white, there was a neat music composer/player ...
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Source code of front-panel entered Altair 8800 programs
I'm looking for the source code of short programs for the MITS Altair 8800 (let's say < 50 instructions to make the question more specific), so they can be entered by using only the front panel.
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