Jul 27, 2022
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The AArch64 processor (aka arm64), part 2: Extended register operations
The weird ways of transforming the value in a register.
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Jul 26, 2022
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The AArch64 processor (aka arm64), part 1: Introduction
Make it a double.
Jul 25, 2022
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Yes, the 8086 wanted to be mechanically translatable from the 8080, but why not add the ability to indirect through AX, CX and DX?
So many addressing modes, so little space.
Jun 7, 2022
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How to write like Raymond: Contacting another team for the first time
Flattery will get you in the door.
Apr 26, 2022
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Be careful with that thing, it’s a confidential coffee maker
Just keep it under wraps.
Apr 19, 2022
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The Applesoft Compiler (TASC): We have the source code, in a sense
The desperation of programming under tight memory constraints.
Mar 29, 2022
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Why are there separate Program Files and Program Files (x86) directories?
Why can't we just combine them?
Feb 8, 2022
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The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8
Something to look at when all is lost.
Feb 1, 2022
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How do I customize the color of the Windows blue screen?
It's hard-coded now, sorry.
Jan 11, 2022
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Jumping into the middle of an instruction is not as strange as it sounds
It's just another trick for saving space.