Retro Computing
195 sites
https://blueosmuseum.com/
The Blue OS Museum is a collaborative project dedicated to reviewing every build of Windows and MS-DOS from their origins in the 1970s and 80s through 2009, plus documenting GUIs from other companies of that era. Contributors Blue Horizon, gv3u, gogo2, Lace, and Lucas Brooks have assembled reviews, screenshots, and archived videos of old Microsoft releases, making it a treasure trove for operating system history enthusiasts.
https://sleepysprout.neocities.org/
SleepySprout's personal homepage participates in several old-web rings including the Hotline Webring, Geekring, and The Retronaut Webring, signaling a strong retro internet and vintage computing aesthetic. The site leans into nostalgic web culture with a handcrafted Neocities presence that connects visitors to like-minded retro enthusiasts.
https://zophar.net/
Zophar's Domain is one of the oldest and most comprehensive emulation resource sites on the web, offering downloads for emulators across dozens of classic platforms including NES, SNES, N64, Sega, and Commodore 64. Visitors can also find video game music files (NSF, PSF, SPC formats), ROM hacks, savestates, cheats, translations, and technical documents, making it an essential stop for retro gaming and emulation enthusiasts.
https://blog.simone.computer/
Simone Marzulli's personal tech blog blends retro computing adventures with modern experimentation, featuring posts about coding on a TRS-80, hacking LEGO machines with a Flipper Zero, and running AI agents on a Raspberry Pi. The mix of vintage hardware tinkering and cutting-edge projects makes this a genuinely fun read for anyone who loves bridging old and new technology.
http://1x-upon.com/
Created by net artists Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied, this project recreates three significant contemporary websites as they might have appeared in late 1997, complete with dial-up speed throttling, frames-based HTML, and a recommendation to view on Netscape Navigator 4.03 under Windows 95. It is a nostalgic and conceptual art piece that lovingly preserves the aesthetic and technical spirit of the early web era.
https://pagetable.com/?p=32
Michael Steil's pagetable.com is a deep-dive technical blog focused on vintage computing archaeology, including this landmark post reconstructing Apple I BASIC from an original cassette tape recording. The site covers 6502 assembly, historical software artifacts, and low-level retrocomputing research with a level of rigor that makes it essential reading for vintage computing enthusiasts.
https://netizen.club/
Netizen Club is a collective dedicated to the retro web revival, bringing together old-computer enthusiasts through a webring, curated link cache, homepages directory, and a queer web 1.0 forum called Lesbiaboard. The community also offers NSV streams designed for playback on very old computers and connects members via Mastodon, IRC, and XMPP.
http://oldskool.org/guides/tvdog
Tvdog's Archive is a dedicated resource for Tandy 1000-series computer enthusiasts, hosting files, FAQs, DOS Internet programs, and FTP archives for these classic machines. The site also features photo galleries of multiple Tandy 1000 models and curates links to major DOS software archives like Simtel, Garbo, and PC-Blue.
https://1.44mb.club/
The 1.44MB Webring connects enthusiasts who use, love, or make art with floppy disks, celebrating the iconic 3.5-inch format as both a nostalgic medium and a creative tool. Members include artists who create floppy disk art, hobbyists who back up their websites onto physical disks, and anyone who simply keeps floppies around for the love of it.
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.