Retro Computing
195 sites
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://pngwen.sdf.org/
Pngwen's Den is a personal site hosted on SDF focused on vintage and retro computing, with posts covering Commodore 64 assembly, the RCA 1802 processor membership card builds, and the Logo programming language. The site has an old-web charm complete with web pets, a guestbook, and membership in retro-themed webrings like the Retronaut Webring.
https://16colo.rs/
Sixteen Colors is a comprehensive archive preserving ANSI and ASCII artpacks released through the BBS underground art scene from the early 1990s to the present day. Visitors can browse by artist, group, year, or file type, exploring thousands of pieces from a vibrant era of text-mode digital art.
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://s546.remotes.club/
S546's homepage on remotes.club is a minimalist ASCII-art personal page hosted on a retro-styled community server. The site features a striking text-based banner in the old-web Unix tradition, evoking the aesthetics of bulletin board systems and early terminal culture.
https://cockgobl.in/
Katie's personal Neocities-style site blends old computer aesthetics with personal blogging, featuring posts about a Toshiba Libretto 100CT, BeOS and HaikuOS themes, and a Japan trip. The site has a charming retro feel with a music player, guestbook, gif collection, and webring memberships that draw in fellow fans of vintage tech.
https://rubenerd.com/
Rubenerd is Ruben Schade's long-running personal blog spanning two decades of posts covering retro computing, BSD Unix, hardware tinkering, anime, coffee, and technology commentary from Sydney, Australia. With archives stretching back to 2004 and a rich tag cloud including retrocomputing, FreeBSD, and hardware, it's a treasure trove for anyone who loves old tech mixed with thoughtful writing.
https://icarusdean.neocities.org/
ICHOR.system is a stylized personal page by Icarusdean, presented entirely in ASCII art with a retro terminal aesthetic. The site leans heavily into old-school computer culture with its text-based layout and monospaced visual design.
http://tilde.club/~brennen
Brennen's tilde.club home on the old-school Unix shared server squiggle.city features a HyperCard-inspired stack of dated personal notes, textfiles, and reflections on command-line tools, DOS software, text editors, and shell scripting. Packed with geek charm, the site touches on everything from git workflows to Perl feed scripts, nostalgia-tripping on vintage software, and musings on the indie web.
https://tilde.town/~netscape_navigator
Netscape Navigator's tilde.town blog chronicles a hands-on enthusiasm for retro computing, covering everything from installing CF card SSDs on vintage Pentium III machines to tinkering with classic operating systems like Windows 3.1 and Haiku OS. Posts are pulled from a Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) feed, giving the site an offbeat decentralized-internet flavor alongside nature snapshots, gadget links, and old-school web aesthetics.