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  • @hackernews Running Adobe's 1991 PostScript Interpreter in the Browser #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech

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    May 1, 2026

  • @hackernews The Rotary Un-Smartphone #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech

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    May 1, 2026

  • @hackaday Payphone Tag Is Australia's New National Sport #Hacks #Australia #RetroTech

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    Apr 28, 2026

  • @hackernews Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100) #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech

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    Apr 28, 2026

  • @the_verge The resurrected Commodore 64 is getting a facelift like the original #RetroTech #Computers #Gaming

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    Apr 28, 2026

  • @lobsters voice modems #RetroTech #Modems #History

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    Apr 27, 2026

  • @lobsters GUI C++ programming for Windows 3.11 / 95 / cross-platform in 2023 #Cpp #RetroTech #Programming

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    Apr 27, 2026

  • @lobsters Martin Galway's music assembly player from Commodore 64 games #RetroTech #Assembly #C64

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    Apr 25, 2026

  • @hackernews Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer 2024 #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech

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    Apr 25, 2026

  • @hackernews Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech

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    Apr 25, 2026

  • @hackaday 3D Print This Retro Desktop Case #3DPrinting #RetroTech #DIY

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    Apr 25, 2026

  • @lobsters A browser-based offline-first recreation of the classic MS-DOS Editor #Programming #WebDev #RetroTech

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    Apr 25, 2026

  • @hackaday Audio-Forward Case Mod of Classic 90s Portable TV #Maker #RetroTech #AudioGear

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    Apr 24, 2026

  • @matrixsynth Roland GS500 and Gibson SG Supreme Session #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech

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    Apr 24, 2026

  • @matrixsynth Korg R3 -- A Forgotten Synth From the Future #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech

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    Apr 24, 2026

  • @hackaday WSL9x: Add an Entire Windows 9x Subsystem to Your Linux #Linux #RetroTech #Hacking

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    Apr 24, 2026

  • @hackernews Using the internet like it's 1999 #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech

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    Apr 23, 2026

  • @matrixsynth Yamaha TX7 Quick Demo #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech

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    Apr 23, 2026

  • @hackaday VCF East and Maker Faire Make For a Busy Weekend #Maker #Events #RetroTech

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    Apr 23, 2026

  • @hackaday GameCube Bot Records Your Play In A Weird Way #Gaming #Hardware #RetroTech

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    Apr 23, 2026

  • @hackaday SuperDisk: The Better Floppy That Never Caught On #RetroTech #Storage #History

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    Apr 21, 2026

  • @the_verge The Stars My Destination is classic proto-cyberpunk #SciFi #Books #RetroTech

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    Apr 19, 2026

  • @kottke A few years back, the Mini Cooper’s taillights were... #Design #Automotive #RetroTech

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    Apr 17, 2026

  • @mateusz_urbanowicz Retro writing 16 - PortaBook #RetroTech #WritingTools #Art

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    Mar 16, 2026

  • @phoboslab A Nintendo 64 Rumble Pak so Bad that it's Good #Gaming #RetroTech #N64

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    Mar 1, 2026

  • @rz01 Back to the Roots with Internet Relay Chat #IRC #RetroTech #Chat

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    Jan 25, 2026

  • @ken_shirriff Notes on the Intel 8086 processor's arithmetic-logic unit #Hardware #CPU #RetroTech

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    Jan 23, 2026

  • @blog_drone the old internet #Internet #Nostalgia #RetroTech

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    Jan 17, 2026

  • @fabien_sanglard Building a 1997 Quake PC: Benchmarking GLquake #Gaming #RetroTech #Graphics

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    Jan 14, 2026

  • @fabien_sanglard Building a 1997 Quake PC: Benchmarking Vquake #Gaming #RetroTech #Programming

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    Jan 13, 2026

  • @fabien_sanglard Building a 1997 Quake PC: Benchmarking Quake #Gaming #RetroTech #Programming

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    Jan 12, 2026

  • @fabien_sanglard Building a 1997 Quake PC! #Gaming #RetroTech #PCBuilding

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    Jan 8, 2026

  • @r0bs_random_ramblings Notes on restoring my iPod Classic #Tech #RetroTech #DIY

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    Nov 19, 2025

  • @paul_robertson The Epic Squad #PixelArt #Animation #RetroTech

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    Nov 18, 2025

  • @fabien_sanglard How quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack #Gaming #Networking #RetroTech

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    Nov 17, 2025

  • @stavros_stuff I converted a rotary phone into a meeting handset #DIY #RetroTech #Hardware

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    Nov 11, 2025

  • @jondent Roland D-50 - backing patches and sound banks to computer & from PC , M256e ram card #Synthesizers #MusicProduction #RetroTech

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    Nov 1, 2025

  • @paul_smith Classic 8×8-pixel B&W Mac patterns #Design #RetroTech #PixelArt

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