Retro Computing
195 sites
https://academictorrents.com/details/2dc18f47afee0307e138dab3015ee7e5154766f6
Hosted on Academic Torrents, this page provides access to the Archive Team's massive 688GB torrent of the entire Geocities website, scraped before Yahoo shut it down in October 2009. It is an invaluable digital preservation artifact for anyone interested in early web history, containing thousands of files across 7zip and tar archives along with links to live Geocities mirrors.
http://savethesounds.info/
The Museum of Endangered Sounds is a quirky archival project dedicated to preserving the iconic audio signatures of obsolete and fading technology, from dial-up modem screech to the click of an AIM notification. Visitors can browse and play back sounds that defined an era of computing and consumer electronics, making it a nostalgic time capsule for anyone who grew up with these forgotten auditory relics.
https://tomasino.org/
James Tomasino's personal hub showcases a technologist and creative who is passionate about retro computing, the Fediverse, Gopher/Gemini protocols, and fiction writing. Notable projects include Cosmic Voyage, a collaborative sci-fi terminal universe, and Stitchy, a crochet pattern generator from images.
https://google-sites.neocities.org/
The Classic Sites Archive is a passion project dedicated to preserving old websites built with Google Sites' classic layout, rescued from digital oblivion using HTTrack and hosted on Neocities. Visitors can browse a curated gallery of these nostalgic web relics while reading the webmaster's reflections on the slow death of early internet creativity.
https://bunkerofdoom.com/
Bunker of DOOM is a sprawling hobbyist resource dedicated to retro-tech enthusiasts and hardware hackers, packed with vacuum tube manuals, laser experiments, nuclear radiation topics, and vintage electronics documentation. Created by Konrad H. Johnson and a small team, the site offers free access to rare technical references including RCA and Sylvania tube manuals, schematics, and hands-on project write-ups from the world of experimental electronics.
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://jeith.com/
Jeith's Neocities personal site lovingly recreates old-web aesthetics with pixel art collections, photo books, song diaries, art galleries, and fan shrines including a dedicated Mario Party fanpage. The site also features the WiiRing webring and embraces Y2K web culture with webrings, fanlistings, pixel clubs, and a guestbook.
http://textfiles.serverrack.net/
Textfiles.com is a massive archive preserving the text files, culture, and history of the mid-1980s BBS era, curated by Jason Scott as a window into early digital underground communities. Visitors can explore ASCII art, BBS history, documentary materials, and thousands of original text files spanning hacking, phreaking, and early internet subculture.
http://bbsdocumentary.com/
The official site for 'BBS: The Documentary,' a 2005 film by Jason Scott chronicling the history of Bulletin Board Systems and the communities that formed around them. It includes trailers, reviews, a BBS software list, an event history timeline, and a BBS history library, making it an invaluable archive for anyone interested in pre-internet online culture.
https://www.creopard.de/
Creopard.de is a German-language retro computing hub dedicated to Windows 95, Windows 98, MS-DOS, and the Commodore 64, offering unofficial service packs, drivers, FAQs, and gaming tips you won't find elsewhere. Highlights include the site's own unofficial German Windows 98 SE and Windows 95 OSR2 service packs, plus guides for running DOS multiplayer games like Doom over IPX networks.