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Other Platforms & Systems

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The Apple II Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs2CONTENT.html
Frequently asked questions and answers about the Apple II family of personal computers, with a sizable focus on converting files between Apple II and other more common platforms (Macintosh, DOS, etc.).
Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions
http://faqs.cs.uu.nl/na-dir/atari-8-bit/faq.html
A collection of Usenet discussion group postings and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Atari 8-Bit Computers (400, 800, and 1200) models, popular in the 1990s.
Atari Archives
http://www.atariarchives.org/
Archive of full-text versions of classic computing books on Atari, programming languages, graphics, machine language, and more. You can also find newsletter and newsgroup archives, and download old and new 8-bit software. Everything provided with permission of copyright holders.
The Atari Museum
http://www.atarimuseum.com/mainmenu/mainmenu.html
Multimedia museum on everything Atari - video games, computing, and the company itself. Archive of news stories about Atari, company memos and press releases, history of consoles and computers, and references to further reading online and offline.
The Edsac Simulator
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~edsac/
Cambridge University's EDSAC was "the world's first stored-program computer to operate a regular computing service." This downloadable simulator mimics the computer as it existed in 1949-1951 and includes programs from the original EDSAC, including games. There is also a photo gallery of the original EDSAC.
OS-9 Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.rtsi.com/os9faq.html
"HTML version of the FAQ for the OS-9 real-time multitasking, multiuser capable operating system."

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