Retro Computing
195 sites
https://tomseditor.com/gallery
Retro Gallery is a dedicated archive preserving pixel art and graphics from classic platforms including Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, and Atari, with thousands of images uploaded by a growing community. Visitors can browse a Hall of Fame, convert retro image formats directly online, and explore curated collections like the MSX Pixel Art Preservation project and coverdisk scans.
https://chasnah.com/
Chasnah's homepage is a labor-of-love personal site centered on restoring and preserving 80s and 90s computers, with sections for projects, a gallery of vintage Macintosh hardware, a file archive, and hand-coded web design philosophy. The site also links to a companion project called The Rakko Project, a vintage-computer-accessible archive of drivers, documentation, and software for old machines.
https://softwareangel.neocities.org/
Software Angel's Computer Heaven is a cheerful personal page by Angel, a retro tech enthusiast who collects vintage computers, games, and gadgets spanning Windows, Linux, and Macintosh systems. The site features sections for art, gaming, reading, plushies, shrines, and a dedicated retrotech area, making it a cozy corner of the old web full of personality and nostalgia.
https://crustywindo.ws/Main_Page
CrustyWindows is a wiki dedicated to archiving and documenting bootleg Windows operating system modifications, spanning versions from Windows 1.x all the way through Windows 11. With 544 articles cataloging modified ISOs, custom editions, and unofficial Windows variants created by hobbyists, it's a fascinating deep dive into the underground world of Windows modding culture.
https://vintagecomputing.com/
Vintage Computing and Gaming is Benj Edwards' long-running blogazine celebrating the history of classic computers and video games from the 1960s through the 1990s, now marking its 20th anniversary online. Packed with interviews, articles, and historical commentary covering systems like the Atari, NES, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum, and early Macintosh, it stands as a rich archive for anyone passionate about retro tech history.
http://oldskool.org/guides/tvdog
Tvdog's Archive is a dedicated resource for Tandy 1000-series computer enthusiasts, hosting files, FAQs, DOS Internet programs, and FTP archives for these classic machines. The site also features photo galleries of multiple Tandy 1000 models and curates links to major DOS software archives like Simtel, Garbo, and PC-Blue.
https://netizen.club/
Netizen Club is a collective dedicated to the retro web revival, bringing together old-computer enthusiasts through a webring, curated link cache, homepages directory, and a queer web 1.0 forum called Lesbiaboard. The community also offers NSV streams designed for playback on very old computers and connects members via Mastodon, IRC, and XMPP.
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://dpolakovic.space/noticeboard
David Polakovic's personal site features a noticeboard where he hunts for vintage hardware, including Windows 98 serial keys and Pentium i586 processors at specific stepping levels. The site also hosts a self-managed Git server for personal projects, including a Mars clock/navigator app, giving it a distinctly hands-on retro computing and hobbyist flavor.
https://tilde.club/~Linkletter
Ian Linkletter's tilde.club personal page greets visitors with a retro-style 'ACTIVATE FRAMES PLEASE!' prompt, evoking the classic era of mid-90s web design and frame-based layouts. Hosted on the collaborative Unix system tilde.club, this site is a charming artifact of old-web culture with minimal but nostalgic content.