Retro Computing
195 sites
https://kry.pt/
KRY.PT BBS is a retro-style bulletin board system accessible via SSH and Telnet, evoking the classic era of dial-up BBS culture with its ASCII art logo and terminal aesthetics. Visitors can connect directly through command-line protocols, making it a functional throwback to pre-web networked computing.
https://atarimagazines.com/
The Classic Computer Magazine Archive preserves the full text of beloved early personal computing magazines including Antic, Creative Computing, Compute!, and many others spanning the 1970s through 1990s. Visitors can search over 10,000 articles covering Atari, Commodore, TRS-80, and other vintage platforms, making this an invaluable research archive for retro computing enthusiasts.
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://fogcam.org/
FogCam is the world's oldest continuously operating webcam, streaming live views of San Francisco State University since 1994 as a student project in the Department of Instructional Technologies. Created by Jeff Schwartz and Dan Wong, this piece of living internet history has been featured by the NY Times and CNN and holds a place on Wikipedia's list of the oldest websites still online.
https://blockpoint.nandraid.moe/
NANDRAID2 is the personal homepage of 'raid', a hobbyist based in Fort Worth who hosts their site on a credit-card-sized computer connected via Ethernet. The site features a bright new layout with webrings, a project page, and a blog, giving it a classic old-web personal homepage feel with a hardware-tinkering twist.
https://retromash.com/cool-links
Retromash is a UK-based retro and geek culture site, and this page is its curated links collection pointing visitors toward podcasts, blogs, and video channels covering 80s nostalgia, retro gaming, toys, and cult films. A labor of love for anyone deep in the retro/geeky internet scene, it showcases the community of sites and creators that inspired the Retromash project itself.
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://ov3rl0rd.neocities.org/
Ov3rl0rd's Site is a minimalist personal homepage styled with a retro 1999 aesthetic, featuring images and embedded audio for an old-web vibe. The sparse structure and vintage copyright date suggest a nostalgic tribute to early internet culture.
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://2bit.neocities.org/
Built around the aesthetic and hardware limitations of 2-bit graphics, this quirky personal site from a creator known as 2Bit celebrates the original Game Boy era with game reviews, hardware pages, memes, and Easter eggs. The site itself renders in only four colors as a nod to its theme, and includes chiptune background music and blog posts musing on generational identity and retro tech.