#retrocomputing

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@hackaday What Can You Run on a 1960s Univac? Anything You’re Willing To Wait For! #Retrocomputing #Hacks #VintageTech
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Apr 18, 2026
@lobsters Running a Minecraft Server and more on a 1960s UNIVAC Computer #RetroComputing #VintageTech #Gaming
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Apr 18, 2026
@hackernews Amiga Graphics #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Apr 18, 2026
@lobsters Terminator: The Story of the 6502 Code You See Onscreen #RetroComputing #Assembly #TechHistory
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Random musings: 80s hardware, cyberdecks #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Archive of Byte magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975 #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Apr 17, 2026
@hackernews Show HN: MacMind – A transformer neural network in HyperCard on a 1989 Macintosh #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Apr 16, 2026
@lobsters SDL3 - Add DOS platform support #Programming #Retrocomputing #Games
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Apr 15, 2026
@hackaday A 6502 All in the Data #Retrocomputing #Software #Hacks
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Apr 15, 2026
@hackernews The Utopia of the Family Computer #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Apr 13, 2026
@lobsters Native Raspberry Pi 3b version of the Oberon System 3 #retrocomputing
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Apr 12, 2026
@hackaday Who had “New OS for the Z80” On Their 2026 Bingo Card? #Retrocomputing #bubblememory #NostOS
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Apr 12, 2026
@hackernews Intel Xpress Resurrection: Reviving a Forgotten EISA Beast #HackerNews #Tech #RetroComputing
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Apr 12, 2026
@lobsters Advanced Mac Substitute #retrocomputing
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Apr 11, 2026
@hackaday Reflecting on Microsoft Windows Vista in 2026 #Retrocomputing #windows #windowsvista
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Apr 10, 2026
@lobsters How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU #retrocomputing
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Apr 9, 2026
@damien_guard VTX5000: Part 2 - Hardware #Hardware #RetroComputing #Tech
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Mar 30, 2026
@damien_guard VTX5000: Part 1 - Prism, Prestel and Teletext #RetroComputing #TechHistory #VintageTech
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Mar 13, 2026
@ken_shirriff Instruction decoding in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip #Hardware #RetroComputing #CPU
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Feb 14, 2026
@pascal_for_small_machines SOLO Operating system running in simh #Pascal #RetroComputing #OperatingSystems
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Jan 13, 2026
@pascal_for_small_machines Disk images of the PDP-11/23 version of Edison #Pascal #RetroComputing #PDP11
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Jan 10, 2026
@ken_shirriff Conditions in the Intel 8087 floating-point chip's microcode #Hardware #RetroComputing #Microcode
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Dec 30, 2025
@damien_guard The Art of Amiga lettering #Amiga #RetroComputing #Typography
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Dec 4, 2025
@smittytone_messes_with_micros Retro LCD screen illumination: no backlight? Try a frontlight #RetroComputing #Hardware #DIY
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Oct 27, 2025
@geon Fixing The C64 Bubble Bobble Continue Bug #RetroComputing #GameDev #Programming
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Oct 7, 2025
@smittytone_messes_with_micros The most essential Amstrad NC100 accessory? It's got to be a memory card #RetroComputing #Hardware #Storage
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Oct 1, 2025
@smittytone_messes_with_micros How to fix Amstrad NC100 coin cell voltage warnings... with paper #RetroComputing #HardwareHacks #VintageTech
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Sep 30, 2025
@smittytone_messes_with_micros How to bring Amstrad NC100 screenshots to modern graphics apps #RetroComputing #Amstrad #Graphics
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Sep 30, 2025
@smittytone_messes_with_micros Psion of the times: using a 90s palmtop in the 21st Century #RetroComputing #VintageTech #Psion
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Aug 26, 2025
@ken_shirriff A CT scanner reveals surprises inside the 386 processor's ceramic package #Hardware #RetroComputing #ReverseEngineering
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Aug 9, 2025
@ascii_by_jason_scott I No Longer Attend Vintage Computer Festivals. (But You Probably Should.) #RetroComputing #VintageTech #Computers
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Jul 29, 2025
@geon I wrote the worlds worst emulator #RetroComputing #Emulation #Programming
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Jul 24, 2025
@ken_shirriff The absurdly complicated circuitry for the 386 processor's registers #Hardware #RetroComputing #Electronics
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May 1, 2025
@ken_shirriff A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips #RetroComputing #Electronics #Repair
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Apr 13, 2025
@ken_shirriff Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry #Hardware #RetroComputing #CPU
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Mar 31, 2025
@john_graham_cumming Debugging Lotus 1-2-3 by fax #TechHistory #RetroComputing #Debugging
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Mar 31, 2025
@john_graham_cumming Getting the KIM-1 to talk to my Mac #RetroComputing #Hardware #Tech
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Feb 9, 2025
@pascal_for_small_machines Oberon Pi #Pascal #Oberon #RetroComputing
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Jan 24, 2025
@geon Parsing the c64 Bubble Bobble Wind Currents #RetroComputing #Programming #GameDev
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