Reading up on retro-computing
8 deep · digging since jan 02
- PlayStation Architecture
The piece details the PlayStation's hardware architecture, including its MIPS R3000A CPU, custom chips, and the design trade-offs that shaped its distinctive 3D capabilities.
- I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of
A virtual museum ships a Linux VM pre-loaded with 1700+ installs across 570+ distinct operating systems, all pre-configured and ready to run under emulation.
- Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer 2024
A user built a system to print a daily news digest on a vintage dot matrix printer, embracing slow-media and tactile reading over digital feeds.
- Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100)
A developer buys a 1978 DEC VT-100 terminal and documents the practical challenges of using it as a daily driver in 2026, including flow control, slow baud rate, and missing Unicode support.
- The tech monoculture is finally breaking
The article argues that after decades of consolidation, tech is fragmenting into diverse single-purpose devices, analog tools, and hobbyist hardware, breaking the monoculture.
- A list of fun destinations for telnet
A curated list of telnet-accessible servers offers games, BBSes, weather, maps, and ASCII art, with many services now offline.
- Just a moment...
Setting up Windows 95 in QEMU on a modern Mac, patching it for fast CPUs, and compiling C programs using Open Watcom via Docker.