Tom’s Hardware: Developer’s 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more. “Posted as an open-source project on GitHub under the GPL license, but accessible via its own website, the project has faithfully recreated the appearance of a […]

Tom’s Hardware: You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games. “The Interim Computer Museum (ICM) and SDF.org have made 28 vintage computer systems accessible online for free. There’s a plethora of old but gold – some legendary – systems available, so […]

The ephemera I hold onto... #Ubuntu #PowerPC #VintageSoftware #Linux

#RetroPrograms #VintageSoftware #OldSchoolSoftware #RetroComputingSoftware #ClassicApplications #VintagePrograms #OldPrograms #LegacySoftware #SoftwareThrowback

🕹️ #RetroMonday
Windham Classics (1984–1990) turned literature into games.
AliceInWonderland & SwissFamilyRobinson: hardcore text adventures – read, think, type.
Pure text, pure adventure. 💾⌨️
#RetroGaming #TextAdventure #ParserGames #HomeComputing #VintageSoftware #retromontag

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Source Code (2013)

https://computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code/

#HackerNews #AdobePhotoshop #SourceCode #ComputerHistory #TechHistory #VintageSoftware #CreativeSoftware

The Register: Legacy Update expands archive of vanished Microsoft downloads. “Legacy Update has for years been a tremendously useful site and tool for those wanting to keep older versions of Windows alive and in active use. The site has updated its archive of files that Microsoft used to make available for free download in the official Download Center, but has in its finite wisdom removed.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/12/the-register-legacy-update-expands-archive-of-vanished-microsoft-downloads/

TechSpot: Classic 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95 is now fully playable. “The original 3D Maze allowed a ‘player’ to navigate through a randomly generated maze, which impressed many users experiencing Windows 95 for the first time. Earlier this year, a programmer decided to turn the tool into a fully playable game – a task that proved surprisingly straightforward.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/22/techspot-classic-3d-maze-screensaver-from-windows-95-is-now-fully-playable/

#RetroPrograms #VintageSoftware #OldSchoolSoftware #RetroComputingSoftware #ClassicApplications #VintagePrograms #OldPrograms #LegacySoftware #SoftwareThrowback #RetroOS #VintageOS #ClassicOperatingSystems #OperatingSystemHistory #OldSchoolOS #LegacyOS #RetroComputingOS #SoftwareHistoryOS #SystemHistory #RetroSystemSoftware #VintageSystems

Self-starting C64: BASIC Boot Maker 1.05 Reviewed
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #BASIC #BBM #ProjectCDChronicles #VintageSoftware #8bit
https://theoasisbbs.com/self-starting-c64-basic-boot-maker-1-05-reviewed/?feed_id=5908&_unique_id=68f240e8659b7

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Ars Technica: All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity. “With today’s addition of Real Soccer 2009 to the project … all 54 official iPod clickwheel games are now available together in an easily accessible format for what is likely the first time.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/09/ars-technica-all-54-lost-clickwheel-ipod-games-have-now-been-preserved-for-posterity/

Digital Preservation at Cambridge: Floppy Disks, Forgotten Systems and Fragile Knowledge: Insights from the Retro Computing Community. “As part of the Future Nostalgia project, a series of interviews were conducted with members of the retro computing community. These conversations highlighted not only the deeply technical expertise of the interviewees, but also personal stories and experiences […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/floppy-disks-forgotten-systems-and-fragile-knowledge-insights-from-the-retro-computing-community-digital-preservation-at-cambridge/

A friend of mine who is new to Linux, really wanted to get his windows program EAC (Exact Audio Copy) running on Linux Mint.

With a relative amount of ease I got him setup with Crossover, and installed EAC onto it. Runs perfectly, especially considering its a 32bit app. Finds the DVD drive, pulls in the album artwork & metadata, and rips cds.

I just enjoyed the challenge. :-)

#EAC #VintageSoftware #Crossover #Wine ##LinuxMint #WindowsOnLinux

Boing Boing: Play with a web replica of the Apple Lisa’s GUI. “Lisa GUI is a web-based model of the Apple Lisa’s graphical user interface. Predating the original Macintosh by a year, it introduced so much that we associate with it, from the high-resolution 1-bit aesthetic to user-interface standards that persist to this day. Andrew Yaros, owner of a real Lisa 2/10, created the replica.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/boing-boing-play-with-a-web-replica-of-the-apple-lisas-gui/

Hackaday: ELIZA Reanimated. “The last time we checked in with the ELIZA archeology project, they had unearthed the earliest known copy of the code for the infamous computer psychiatrist written in MAD-SLIP. After a lot of work, that version is now running again, and there were a number of interesting surprises.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/hackaday-eliza-reanimated/

WordPress: Dropping security updates for WordPress versions 4.1 through 4.6. “As of July 2025, the WordPress Security Team will no longer provide security updates for WordPress versions 4.1 through 4.6. These versions were first released nine or more years ago and over 99% of WordPress installations run a more recent version. The chances this will affect your site, or sites, is very small.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/21/wordpress-dropping-security-updates-for-wordpress-versions-4-1-through-4-6/

Debugging Lotus 1-2-3 by fax

https://blog.jgc.org/2025/03/debugging-lotus-1-2-3-by-fax.html

#HackerNews #Debugging #Lotus #1-2-3 #DebuggingTech #VintageSoftware #FaxTechnology

New-to-me, from Get Info: Macintosh Magazine Media: 1 million files. “I am proud to announce that my Macintosh Magazine Media project has surpassed my self-imposed goal of 1 million files, an achievement that fills me with both immense satisfaction and slight bewilderment. If you’ve never heard of it before: it’s an archive of vintage media containing mostly Macintosh files sourced from […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/31/macintosh-magazine-media-1-million-files-get-info/

If you were into BBSing in the late 80s and had a PC, you probably used Procomm Plus at least once. Have you ever wondered what happened to the software and its authors? #RetroComputing #VintageSoftware #TechHistory #ComputerNostalgia #DigitalHeritage #SoftwareLegacy https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-procomm-plus/