Retro Computing
195 sites
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://sosumi.xyz/computering
Computering is a webring connecting websites whose creators are interested in, write about, or style their pages after older computers and operating systems like Windows 98, MacOS System 7, and Windows XP. With just 5 members so far, it's a small but charming community celebrating the aesthetics and nostalgia of vintage OS design on the modern web.
https://tilde.club/~gasconheart
Gasconheart's tilde.club personal page is home base for a member of the old-web tilde community, with links to multiple tilde and SDF accounts, a blog, and even membership in the Cassette Tape Storage Council. The site reflects the hobbyist Unix shell community aesthetic, connecting visitors to a network of small public-access Linux servers and retro-web culture.
http://lost-theory.org/ocrat/chargif/char/c1e9.html
A reference page from the 'ocrat' project displaying character glyph c1e9, likely part of a larger archive of character encoding or font bitmap data from legacy computing systems. The site appears to document extended ASCII or Unicode characters rendered as GIF images, making it a niche but useful resource for retro computing and character set research.
https://amiga.lychesis.net/index.html
The Amiga Graphics Archive is a meticulously curated collection of graphics made with or for the Commodore Amiga home computer, spanning applications, games, logos, publications, and demoscene artwork. Regularly updated with scans from classic Amiga magazines and rare digital art, it also features technical articles on display technology, screen modes, and fascinating color cycling animation techniques.
https://vetusware.com/
Vetusware.com bills itself as the biggest free abandonware collection in the universe, offering downloads of vintage software spanning DOS, early Windows, OS/2, drivers, DBMS tools, and office applications from the 1980s and 1990s. Built by Juliano Vetus since 2004, the site features thousands of titles organized by category, with popularity rankings, a most-wanted request system, and a community forum for retro computing enthusiasts.
http://chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/BatBasic.html
Doctor DOS Betamax's tutorial walks beginners through writing DOS batch files, covering everything from basic syntax and advantages to a simple menu system and advanced techniques. With 500+ downloadable batch files, dozens of tips, and multiple lesson pages, this is a thorough old-school reference for anyone looking to automate DOS operations.
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://vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/724/animated-christmas-gifs-of-yore
Vintage Computing and Gaming (VC&G) is Benj Edwards' long-running blog dedicated to classic computers, retro gaming, and computing history. This particular post showcases a delightful collection of animated Christmas GIFs rescued from the late-1990s web, including files once hosted on GeoCities, offering a nostalgic glimpse at early internet holiday culture.
https://wiishopchannel.net/
A faithful web-based remake of the Nintendo Wii Shop Channel, recreating the iconic storefront's interface, music, and visual style in the browser. Fans of the original Wii era will recognize the distinctive keyboard layout, dot-matrix text fields, and looping background audio that made the original channel so memorable.