Retro Computing
195 sites
https://c00lgui.neocities.org/
Inky's personal Neocities site greets visitors with a classic old-web splash page complete with autoplay music warnings and frameset-based navigation. The retro aesthetic and technical choices mirror the geocities-era web, making it a charming example of handcrafted personal web design.
https://emupedia.net/beta/emuos
EmuOS is a browser-based emulation environment that mimics the look and feel of late 1990s PC operating systems, complete with a simulated BIOS boot sequence and retro desktop themes. Built by Emupedia as a nonprofit preservation project, it aims to archive and make classic games and software accessible through a nostalgic, user-friendly interface.
http://bbsdocumentary.com/
The official site for 'BBS: The Documentary,' a 2005 film by Jason Scott chronicling the history of Bulletin Board Systems and the communities that formed around them. It includes trailers, reviews, a BBS software list, an event history timeline, and a BBS history library, making it an invaluable archive for anyone interested in pre-internet online culture.
https://atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=4
Atari Archives hosts digitized pages from 'The Best of Creative Computing Volume 1' (1976), one of the earliest and most influential computing magazines. This particular page presents a fascinating early discussion of computer security, timesharing system intrusion, and the ethical and legal questions around what we would now call hacking.
https://msn.neocities.org/
MSN Forever is a nostalgic tribute to MSN Messenger and the classic MSN era of the early internet, celebrating the look and feel of a beloved piece of online history. The frames-based layout itself evokes the retro web aesthetic that fans of old-school Microsoft software will immediately recognize.
https://98.js.org/
98.js brings the classic Windows 98 desktop experience directly to your browser, letting you interact with a faithful JavaScript recreation of the iconic operating system. It's a nostalgic tech demo and functional simulation that captures the look and feel of late-90s computing without installing anything.
https://web.badges.world/
Web Badges World is an archive of nearly 4,000 classic 80x15 pixel buttons that once decorated websites across the early internet, complete with a history of how these tiny badges were used for webrings, directories, RSS feeds, and browser identification. Created by Arthur, the site lets visitors filter badges by category, file type, and animation, making it an invaluable preservation effort for anyone nostalgic about the visual culture of the early web.
https://yudo.cc/
YUDOSAI's sprawling personal site covers an eclectic mix of retro computing adventures, game music, anime, manga, and DIY web projects, with dedicated blog sections for each interest. Standout entries include PC-8001 tinkering, a RISC-V laptops list, a first Atari game writeup, and a music exhibit chronicling the creator's history with the Caustic DAW.
https://grizz.atwebpages.com/
Grizz's World is a charmingly retro personal homepage from Iowa packed with ASCII art, computer logs, recipes, and musings from a self-described computer nut who references Alf, Growing Pains, and an uncertain enthusiasm for Star Trek: The Next Generation. The site features original BASIC software available via FTP, a guestbook, webrings, and a scattershot mix of old-web personality that makes it a genuine time capsule.
https://rubenerd.com/
Rubenerd is Ruben Schade's long-running personal blog spanning two decades of posts covering retro computing, BSD Unix, hardware tinkering, anime, coffee, and technology commentary from Sydney, Australia. With archives stretching back to 2004 and a rich tag cloud including retrocomputing, FreeBSD, and hardware, it's a treasure trove for anyone who loves old tech mixed with thoughtful writing.