Retro Computing
195 sites
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://wezm.net/v2/posts/2025/website-fit-for-1999
Wesley Moore documents his journey building a retro-styled personal website written in HTML4 and served over plain HTTP, designed to work on vintage browsers like IE 4 on Mac OS 8.1. The post covers experimenting with hosting on a RISC-V ESP32-C3 microcontroller using bare-metal Rust before settling on a more practical home server setup, making it a fascinating read for anyone interested in old-web aesthetics and modern tinkering.
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://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.
https://nostalgiaair.org/
Nostalgia Air is a comprehensive online archive of free schematics, service manuals, and technical references for antique and vintage radios, covering models from the 1920s through the 1960s. Visitors can access scanned Beitman manuals, RCA Red Books, Zenith service guides, tube cross-reference data, and more, all organized by manufacturer and model.
http://windowsupdaterestored.com/
Windows Update Restored brings back the classic Windows Update experience for legacy Microsoft operating systems including Windows 95, NT 4.0, 98, Me, 2000, and XP. Visitors can download Internet Explorer versions and service packs the old-fashioned way, making it a valuable resource for vintage Windows enthusiasts and retro PC hobbyists.
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://dejavu.org/
Deja Vu, created by Par Lannero, is a project dedicated to recreating web history through browser emulators that let you surf the modern web using ancient browsers like the CERN Line Mode Browser and Mosaic. It's a fascinating piece of internet archaeology offering a nostalgic and technically impressive look at how the web appeared through the eyes of its earliest software.
https://winworldpc.com/product/paint-shop-pro/3x
WinWorld is an online museum and archive dedicated to preserving abandonware software, and this page covers JASC Paint Shop Pro 3.x, the classic bitmap graphics editor first released in 1990. Visitors can download original releases of Paint Shop Pro 3.0 and 3.12, read release notes, view screenshots, and explore the software's history from its shareware origins to its Corel acquisition.
https://winbows.neocities.org/
Winbows XP is a creative Neocities personal site styled as a Windows XP desktop interface, complete with familiar UI elements like Start menu, My Documents, Paint, and Notepad reimagined as navigation. The site leans into 90s/early-2000s nostalgia with an aesthetic tribute to the classic operating system, offering a charming and interactive old-web experience.