Retro Computing
195 sites
https://vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/724/animated-christmas-gifs-of-yore
Vintage Computing and Gaming (VC&G) is Benj Edwards' long-running blog dedicated to classic computers, retro gaming, and computing history. This particular post showcases a delightful collection of animated Christmas GIFs rescued from the late-1990s web, including files once hosted on GeoCities, offering a nostalgic glimpse at early internet holiday culture.
https://emupedia.net/beta/emuos
EmuOS is a browser-based emulation environment that mimics the look and feel of late 1990s PC operating systems, complete with a simulated BIOS boot sequence and retro desktop themes. Built by Emupedia as a nonprofit preservation project, it aims to archive and make classic games and software accessible through a nostalgic, user-friendly interface.
https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/sdf.org/1/users/schroeder
Schroeder's GopherSpace on SDF is a charming phlog (Gopher blog) dedicated to obsolete and retro technology, with entries covering devices like the Sony PSP, Palm Tungsten, Sega Saturn, MiniDisc, Bandai Wonderswan, and OpenBSD adventures. With dozens of phlog entries spanning years of old computer challenges and niche hardware exploration, it's a treasure trove for anyone nostalgic about forgotten tech.
https://bytemoth.neocities.org/
Bytemoth's Brook is a hand-typed, old-web-styled personal hub from self-described 'Digital Warlock Bytemoth,' featuring a catalog of built and acquired computers, software recommendations, web browsing guides, and collected links to quality sites. The retro aesthetic is deliberate and detailed, drawing on Windows 98 icons, archived Geocities imagery, and sub-HD design choices that make it feel like a lovingly preserved artifact of early internet culture.
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.
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://awii.neocities.org/
Awii's website is an old-web style personal homepage with a retro cyberspace aesthetic, complete with a classic 'click to enter' splash page and playful references to Windows XP and Internet Explorer compatibility. Part of the Hotline Webring, this site leans into nostalgic early internet culture with its minimal but characterful entry portal.
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://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.
https://jwz.org/
Jamie Zawinski, co-founder of Netscape and Mozilla.org and primary developer of Lucid Emacs, maintains this personal hub linking to his blog, DNA Lounge nightclub, hacks, and other projects. A piece of internet history from one of the most influential figures in early open-source and browser development.