Retro Computing
195 sites
https://slimysomething.neocities.org/
SlimySomething's eclectic personal site features the 'Internet Graveyard,' a section dedicated to dead sites, lost platforms, and digital sellouts, alongside a link dump of old maps, free game soundtracks, and GUI customization relics. With extras like CRT monitor simulation code, a dream journal, and hot takes on internet culture and computers, this site is a loving tribute to the old web aesthetic.
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://ericexperiment.com/
Eric's personal tech site covers retro computing projects with impressive depth, including a custom-built 486 computer, Toshiba Libretto repairs, Brazilian Famiclones, and vintage web nostalgia. The site spans a wide range of hands-on topics from 3D printing to woodworking, but retro hardware builds and old-school computing are clearly the heart of the experiment.
https://blue-vmu.neocities.org/
Blue VMU is a personal site dedicated to the Sega Dreamcast, exploring the console from a fresh modern perspective rather than pure nostalgia. The creator documents their hands-on experience with the system through posts, a gallery, and notes on hardware projects like battery replacement and retrobriting.
https://baturin.org/notes/powered-by
Daniil Baturin digs into the history and cultural significance of 'Powered by' web software buttons, those nostalgic 88x31 badges promoting browsers, servers, and tools that once decorated countless early web pages. With 72 images collected and a thoughtful analysis of why these buttons existed and what they reveal about early web culture, this is a fascinating piece of internet archaeology.
https://engineering-sample.com/
Run by Sam 'Doc TB' Demeulemeester, this vault is a deep-dive resource dedicated to engineering sample CPUs, the pre-production processors issued by manufacturers during chip development that often expose cancelled features, transitional steppings, and unreleased configurations. A labor of love since 2002, the site chronicles the history and variations of ES CPUs alongside broader vintage computing restoration and experimentation.
https://recoil.sourceforge.net/
RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) is a free, open-source image viewer and converter that opens 552 native picture formats from vintage platforms including Commodore, Amiga, Atari, ZX Spectrum, and MSX. Available as standalone apps and plugins for Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and in-browser, it is an essential tool for anyone preserving or exploring old-school computer graphics.
https://tilde.club/~Linkletter
Ian Linkletter's tilde.club personal page greets visitors with a retro-style 'ACTIVATE FRAMES PLEASE!' prompt, evoking the classic era of mid-90s web design and frame-based layouts. Hosted on the collaborative Unix system tilde.club, this site is a charming artifact of old-web culture with minimal but nostalgic content.
https://random.diamondbyte.org/
Random's personal corner of the web champions older software, legacy devices, and a deliberate rejection of modern AI-infused tech, built using Microsoft Expression Web 4 as a nod to classic web tools. The site features projects, a devices section, a guestbook, and webring participation, making it a cozy hub for like-minded fans of vintage computing culture.
https://vipercard.net/
ViperCard is an open source recreation and reimagination of Apple's classic 1987 HyperCard application, rebuilt to run in modern browsers. Visitors can launch the app directly, play embedded games like Glider and Spaceman Gamma, browse scripting API documentation, and follow a crowdfunded roadmap for features like HC stack import and MIDI music creation.