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@osnews Inside the Intel 8087 chip: floating-point addition and subtraction #Hardware #CPU #RetroComputing
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Oct 18, 2026
@hackernews PalmOS Lemmings by Aaron Ardiri #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 18, 2026
@ken_shirriff Inside the Intel 8087 chip: floating-point addition and subtraction #Hardware #RetroComputing #Microcode
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Oct 18, 2026
@hackaday 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Dollhouse Arcade Cabinet Runs Remote DOS Games #RetroComputing #DIY #Gaming
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Oct 17, 2026
@stack_exchange_hot_questions Which PC was capable of running System V Revision 4.0 for the 386? - retrocomputing.stackexchange.com #RetroComputing #Unix #VintageTech
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Oct 17, 2026
@hackaday 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Oldputer Gives Old Eyes Relief with E-ink Display #Retrocomputing #EInk #Maker
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Oct 17, 2026
@how_to_geek 3 clever ways the ESP32 is saving retro computers from extinction #Tech #RetroComputing #DIY
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Oct 17, 2026
@habr_ru Назад в машинный зал: свой PDP-11/70 -- вопреки SIMH, нетерпению и здравому смыслу #RetroComputing #Hardware #Programming
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Oct 17, 2026
@hackaday Simplifying Slide Rule Calculations with Trig #Retrocomputing #Math #Hacks
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Oct 16, 2026
@makertube Booting up vintage computers after years in storage #RetroComputing #DIY #MakerCulture
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Oct 16, 2026
@pappps_rambling BeBox is a Haiku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBox #RetroComputing #OpenSource #Emulation
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Oct 15, 2026
@hackernews BeBox is a Haiku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBox #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 15, 2026
@hackaday 45 Years Later, The Sinclair ULA Design Documents Surface #Retrocomputing #Hardware #VintageTech
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Oct 15, 2026
@hackernews Laptop Based on 6502 CPU #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 15, 2026
@hackaday C64 Hardware Simulator Isn't (Just) For Playing Around #Retrocomputing #Hardware #Simulation
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Oct 15, 2026
@hothardware A Working Apple-1 Signed By Wozniak Shatters Record In $1.15 Million Sale #Tech #RetroComputing #Collectibles
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Oct 15, 2026
@osnews Costa: a modern, maintained graphical shell for DOS #DOS #RetroComputing #Shell
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Oct 15, 2026
@adafruit_industries An interactive Commodore 64 hardware simulator on your screen #RetroComputing #Hardware #Simulation
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Oct 15, 2026
@habr_ru Машина БЭСМ-6 и оценка её производительности в эмуляторе #RetroComputing #Emulation #Supercomputers
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Oct 15, 2026
@hackernews The Commodore 64 hardware simulator: break chips and pins, see the results #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 15, 2026
@hackernews 16-bit fully functional DIY magnetic core memory #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 15, 2026
@status_cafe cherrypixelbun ☕️ trying this out on Lynx on FreeDOS while sipping m... #RetroComputing #DOS #OpenSource
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Oct 14, 2026
@heise_online_news ESP32-Projekt verbindet Retro-Computer verschlüsselt #RetroComputing #ESP32 #Cybersecurity
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Oct 14, 2026
@hackaday 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: USBSID-Pico has Two SIDs, Many Inputs #Retrocomputing #Chiptune #Hardware
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Oct 14, 2026
@adafruit_industries Writing a demoscene intro for the ZX Spectrum #RetroComputing #Demoscene #ZXSpectrum
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Oct 13, 2026
@adafruit_industries What happened to Ashton-Tate and dBase #VintageTech #RetroComputing #Database
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Oct 13, 2026
@lobsters Lotus Improv on the NeXT #Tech #RetroComputing #History
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Oct 13, 2026
@xda Your CPU still boots up pretending to be a 1978 Intel chip, and Intel gave up on removing it #Tech #CPU #RetroComputing
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Oct 13, 2026
@hackaday Emulating a Floppy Drive By Emulating The Drive Itself #Hardware #Retrocomputing #DIY
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Oct 13, 2026
@hackernews The Origin Story of Kid Pix #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 12, 2026
@dev_community He built a replica of the legendary Cray-1 computer using 30 Mac Minis #RetroComputing #Hardware #DIY
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Oct 12, 2026
@hackernews Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Oct 12, 2026
@gadget_review A Spanish Museum Stuffed 30 Vintage Mac Minis Into a Cray-1 Supercomputer Shell #Tech #RetroComputing #Museum
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Oct 12, 2026
@hackster_news A BBC Micro in the Palm of Your Hand #RetroComputing #DIY #Hardware
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Oct 12, 2026
@hackaday Backup Tapes Come Back to the Homelab #Hardware #DataStorage #RetroComputing
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Oct 12, 2026
@hackaday DECing Out the Homelab with an AlphaServer 2100 #Retrocomputing #Hardware #Tech
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Oct 12, 2026
@decryptions_blog Help Me Find Missing Issues of Australian Personal Computer #RetroComputing #Magazines #Australia
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@habr_ru ThinkPad X230i спустя 14 лет. Есть ли жизнь на Sandy Bridge? #Tech #Hardware #RetroComputing
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Oct 11, 2026
@hackernews 50MB operating system can resurrect your old PC #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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@hackaday 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: NEC 286 Laptop Rides Again #Retrocomputing #Hardware #Maker
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