#retrotech

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@lobsters Building an serial and VGA "everything console" #Hardware #RetroTech #DIY
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Jun 14, 2026
@hackernews My Struggles Talking to an Old Piece of Junk (Fanuc 0M) #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 12, 2026
@hackaday Repairing a Pair of Voodoo 2 GPUs for some SLI Action #RetroTech #Hardware #DIY
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Jun 11, 2026
@lobsters Those old modem upgrades #TechHistory #Networking #RetroTech
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Jun 11, 2026
@hackernews Windows 1.0 and the WinAPI, 40 Years Later #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 11, 2026
@hackernews LaserWriter Seeds #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 10, 2026
@kottke The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car #Cars #Automotive #RetroTech
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Jun 10, 2026
@hackaday Pi Media Player with VCR Vibe is Perfect for CRTs #Maker #RaspberryPi #RetroTech
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Jun 10, 2026
@hackernews Making Graphics Like it's 1993 #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 9, 2026
@hackaday Powering Up a Pluggable Module from the 1948 IBM 604 Electronic Calculator #RetroTech #History #Electronics
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Jun 9, 2026
@matrixsynth Linndrum vs Oberheim DX vs Sequential Drumtraks. Which classic 1980s drum machine comes out on top? #Synthesizers #DrumMachines #RetroTech
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Jun 8, 2026
@hackaday Repairing a Apple PowerBook 150 With Serious Issues #Hardware #RetroTech #Repair
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Jun 8, 2026
@lobsters Making a game in Visual Studio from 1997 #RetroTech #GameDev #Programming
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Jun 7, 2026
@matrixsynth 606/26 Happy 606 Day! Roland TR-606 & RE-301 & System 100m + Brüel & Kjaer 1613 + (...) #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech
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Jun 6, 2026
@matrixsynth This 1982 Synth Plays Chords With One Finger #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech
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Jun 6, 2026
@matrixsynth Digital Keyboards Inc. Synergy I Polyphonic Additive Synthesizer SN 01253 #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech
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Jun 6, 2026
@hackaday A Rare Laptop Console Brought Back To Life #Hardware #RetroTech #Hacking
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Jun 6, 2026
@hackaday As It Turns Out, There's More Than One Cassette Mechanism Being Made After All #Hardware #Maker #RetroTech
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Jun 5, 2026
@rz01 A pseudo retrofuturistic Computer Terminal #RetroTech #Computers #DIY
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Jun 5, 2026
@gizmodo The Arms Dealer's Nintendo 64 Was Pure Emotional Torment to Play #Gaming #RetroTech #Nostalgia
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Jun 5, 2026
@kottke TIL that Muji once sold a car . "The Muji Car 1000... #Design #Automotive #RetroTech
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Jun 3, 2026
@hackernews WinUtils: Shell-powered CLI tools for Windows 95 #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 2, 2026
@hackernews HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 2, 2026
@ars_technica Why a Neo Geo port of Doom is functionally impossible #Gaming #RetroTech #Doom
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Jun 2, 2026
@hackernews Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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Jun 2, 2026
@hackaday Restoring Apple's Terrible but Awesome iBook Laptop #RetroTech #Hardware #Restoration
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Jun 2, 2026
@lobsters The art and engineering of Silpheed #RetroTech #GameDev #ReverseEngineering
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Jun 1, 2026
@matrixsynth Roland SRX-03 Studio SRX Wave Expansion Board #Synthesizers #MusicGear #RetroTech
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Jun 1, 2026
@lobsters Sysadmining like it's 2009 #Sysadmin #RetroTech #IT
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Jun 1, 2026
@hackaday A Camera Viewfinder Makes A Great TV #Maker #RetroTech #DIY
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May 31, 2026
@the_verge The Arduboy FX-C is an excellent time killer you might forget you're carrying #Gaming #RetroTech #Gadgets
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May 30, 2026
@hackaday When is an Apple Laptop Not a Macbook? When it's an Apple II #RetroTech #AppleII #Computers
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May 29, 2026
@lobsters GNOME 2.20 but its Web Components #WebComponents #GNOME #RetroTech
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May 28, 2026
@lobsters MacSurf: NetSurf for Mac OS 9 #RetroTech #Mac #Browsers
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May 27, 2026
@lobsters Space Cadet Pinball in Real Life #RetroTech #Pinball #DIYProjects
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May 26, 2026
@ars_technica Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation #Gaming #RetroTech #Pinball
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May 26, 2026
@chris_aldrich The Royal KMG Standard Typewriters of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World #Typewriters #RetroTech #FilmHistory
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May 26, 2026
@hackaday The Email Of The Future In 1986 #RetroTech #History #Email
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May 25, 2026
@simon_willison Mad House -- Usborne Creepy Computer Games #RetroTech #Gaming #History
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May 24, 2026
@hackernews Usborne 1980s Computer Books #HackerNews #Tech #RetroTech
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