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Links

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Communities:

* 68k Macintosh Liberation Army: A community for discussing about vintage Macintoshes.

* HPC Factor: A community and resources for vintage Windows CE devices.

* Nekochan: A community for the discussion of SGI computers and adjacent machines.

* NeXT Computers: A community for the discussion of NeXTSTEP and NeXT computers.

* Vintage Computer Federation: A community for discussing about any vintage computer.

* VOGONS: A community for discussing about old games on new (or old) systems.


Abandonware and Downloads


Abandonware


* Game Graveyard: A good resource for abandoned games.

* Evolt Browser Archive: A good resource for finding older versions of browsers.

* Macintosh Garden: A good resource for abandoned Macintosh software.

* OldVersion: A good resource for older versions of more modern freeware.

* tinyapps.org: Freeware that fits on a floppy.

* VOGONS Vintage Driver Library: A great resource for finding and sharing drivers for older hardware.


Computing History


Computing History


* The Digital Antiquarian: Computer gaming history, with a slight focus on Interactive Fiction.

* OS/2 Museum: IBM PC history, with a focus on OS/2.

* The Unix Heritage Society: Unix history, including stories, resources, and a community.

GUI History:


* GUIdebook: A good visual guide on an assortment of GUIs.

* Nathan's Toasty Technology: A great website with a comprehensive visual history of GUIs and Internet Explorer bashing.

Computer Museums:


* Living Computer Museum: See working vintage computers in Seattle.

* [[Museum of Communications: A museum in Seattle dedicated to communications, including telecommunications.


General Resources:


* 4corn: Information and resources about Acorn computers.

* Abandonware Ring: A group of sites dedicated to abandonware.

* BlackWingCat: Japanese-language resources for modernizing Windows 2000.

* ComputerHope: A good set of resources for general computer usage.

* Floodgap: Cameron Kaiser's website on vintage computers and the Gopher protocol, amongst other things.

* Ken Shirriff's Blog: A good blog on vintage computers and how electronics work.

* MDGx: Tips, tricks, and tweaks for almost every Windows and DOS version.

* Retrogeeks: A good resource for vintage computing in general, with an emphasis on Sun, SGI, and Apple machines.

* Socket 3: A blog and resources about early 90s PCs.

* The 386 Experience: A good website on vintage PCs.

* win31.de: A good resource for Windows 3.1 usage. Content in English and German.

* Windows NT 4.0 Reference Manual: Resources for Windows NT 4 usage.

* Virtually Fun: A blog with a focus on virtualizing and emulating vintage software.


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* github>Awesome Retrocomputing on GitHub

* https://github.com/eiroca/awesome-list

* Awesome List of Apple II resources - https://github.com/eiroca/awesome-list/blob/master/Apple2.md

* Awesome List of 6502, 65C02, 65816 resources - https://github.com/eiroca/awesome-list/blob/master/6502.md

* Awesome List of 8080, Z80 resources - https://github.com/eiroca/awesome-list/blob/master/z80.md

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