ResearchBuzz: FirehoseHackaday: OldVersion Is Back, And Better Than Ever. “You know what they say — you can’t keep a good website down. OldVersion.com, the repository of outdated software that has been serving up old versions of tools you need for the last twenty-five years, is not going away as we reported last year. Not only is it sticking around, it’s gotten a retro facelift inspired by Windows 3.1 or OS/2.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/02/hackaday-oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/
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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 […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/toms-hardware-developers-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-class/
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
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 …
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 […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/25/toms-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/
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
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,…
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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
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
Hacker NewsAdobe Photoshop 1.0 Source Code (2013)
https://computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code/
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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.”
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.”