Retro Computing
195 sites
https://time-travelling-birb.neocities.org/
Amaruuk's lovingly crafted archive of early web ephemera, featuring collections of blinkies, GIFs, and the nostalgic aesthetics of personal homepages from 1998 through the mid-2000s. The site includes galleries, shrines, a 'time machine' organized by year, and various quirky extra pages celebrating the look and feel of old-school web culture.
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://cucug.org/amiga
The Amiga Web Directory was operated by the Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group (CUCUG) from 1994 to 2000, serving as one of the most comprehensive link collections for Amiga computer resources on the web. Now retired, this archived version still points to surviving Amiga communities, news archives, file repositories like Aminet, and other resources for fans of the classic Commodore platform.
https://hellnet.work/8831
A massive archive of over 31,000 unique 88x31 pixel buttons scraped from the GeoCities archives before the site's 2009 shutdown, preserving a beloved artifact of 1990s and 2000s web culture. Visitors can browse paginated galleries of the tiny banners or download the full 156MB dataset, making it an invaluable resource for old-web enthusiasts and digital historians alike.
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://purplehello98.neocities.org/
PurpleHello98 is an old-web style personal site participating in multiple retro-themed webrings including the Retronaut Webring and the Hotline Webring. The site leans into vintage internet aesthetics and community, with a strong anti-AI stance signaled by its circuit board imagery.
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://tilde.town/~lucidiot
Lucidiot's personal tilde.town page is a classic old-web haven packed with nostalgic web buttons, Netscape-era logos, anti-NFT badges, and links to quirky projects like a virtual plant and transport accident RSS feeds. The site radiates vintage internet enthusiasm with references to Windows XP, MSN Messenger via Escargot, and a handcrafted collection of ~town logos released under WTFPL.
https://heyrick.eu/blog/entry/20260308
Rick Murray's personal blog covers technical deep-dives into RISC OS, Linux, and retro computing topics, with this entry detailing hands-on testing of a new open-source ShareFS server that bridges RISC OS file sharing to modern platforms. The site blends geekery with personality, offering commentary on tech experiments, French rural life, and niche computing ecosystems that few other bloggers cover.
https://aolemu.com/
AOLEmu is an open-source project that emulates the classic AOL client experience, complete with instant messaging, chatrooms, and email services built to replicate the look and feel of AOL v4.0. Built in C# with a nostalgic UI, it has even been featured on Netflix's HIGH SCORE documentary series covering gaming and internet history.