Retro Computing
195 sites
https://blog.simone.computer/
Simone Marzulli's personal tech blog blends retro computing adventures with modern experimentation, featuring posts about coding on a TRS-80, hacking LEGO machines with a Flipper Zero, and running AI agents on a Raspberry Pi. The mix of vintage hardware tinkering and cutting-edge projects makes this a genuinely fun read for anyone who loves bridging old and new technology.
https://gridranger.frama.io/
Gridranger is the personal blog of Dávid Bárdos, a tech-enthusiast whose posts range from KDE Neon tweaks and degoogling experiments to Win 3.1 nostalgia and custom terminal fonts. The site blends retro computing affection with modern Linux tinkering, sprinkled with gaming backlog updates and personal reflections.
http://spodesabode.com/
Andrew Spode, a former UK technology journalist who tested components for publications like Computer Shopper and TrustedReviews, has revived his personal site to share knowledge about retro computing hardware and e-waste refurbishment. Visitors can find articles, a shop for refurbished components, and contributions to archival projects like TheRetroWeb and archive.org.
https://nullroute.lt/
Grawity's personal technical hub, Symlink, celebrates ARPANET nostalgia and networking projects with a self-described love of 'broken toys and hopeless dreams.' The site hosts documentation, mirrors, personal projects, and network/server information, all wrapped in a classic dark-room hacker aesthetic.
https://ascii.textfiles.com/
Jason Scott's long-running personal weblog covers digital history, archiving, BBS culture, vintage computing, and the preservation of internet history, drawing on his work with the Internet Archive and Archive Team. Known for projects like the BBS Documentary and GET LAMP, Scott writes with sharp wit about technology, culture, and the people who shaped the early internet.
http://ucanet.net/
ucanet is a fascinating project that builds a separate web ecosystem specifically for retro computers, complete with its own alternative-root DNS server and a fresh namespace where users can register free domains. Visitors can find installation guides, browse over 500 registered domains in a retro-friendly site directory, and even download older browsers like Firefox 2 to access the network as it was meant to be experienced.
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://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://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.