#retro-technology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #retro-technology, aggregated by home.social.
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Fun history fact: synthetic stones weren't invented until the Stone Age was already very nearly over, and somehow, there still was no shortage of natural stones.
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Commodore 64 Basic V2
38911 Basic bytes free
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Playing with a Sony Mavica this evening — now a 25 year old bit of tech.
The 10x zoom is genuinely impressive. The image quality is very much of its era — but I’m rather liking the old-school aesthetic.
0.3 megapixel images (640 × 480) saved straight to 3.5-inch floppy disks.
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Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y8bGBE71yw
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313920
#HackerNews #plasticcomputer #DigiComp1 #retrotechnology #vintagecomputers #1960sinnovation
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A TDMA Analog phone, build around Unix principles. Make and receive only calls
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Podcast: Would You Go Back to a Time Before #Smartphones If You Could?
Turns out, looking back is also about looking forward.
By Julie Beck and Natalie Brennan, July 27, 2026
"Back in the ’90s, before everyone had a #smartphone, were things just … better? Tech-focused #nostalgia has become a potent cultural force in recent years, driving sales of '#dumbphones,' #iPods, #CDs, and other #RetroTechnology. According to a 2023 survey, 67 percent of Americans wish they could go back to a time 'before everyone was ‘plugged in.’ '
"The psychologist behind that survey, Clay Routledge, has found that this sort of nostalgia is more than just a yearning to go backwards. 'We can often feel overwhelmed in the moment and in the challenges we face today. It's hard to see past them. #Nostalgia can help us step outside of that moment,' Routledge explains. Nostalgia can actually teach us how we want to live now, and in the future."
#SolarPunkSunday #LowTech #LoTech #PhysicalMedia #RetroComputing #RetroTech #SmartphoneAddiction
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Oh, look! Another "ultimate" web framework 🙄. The creator of #Primate wants you to believe they've revolutionized the wheel by doing, uh, basically what #PHP frameworks did back when dial-up was cool 📞. But hey, it's 2026, so maybe this is just retro #nostalgia in disguise 🤷♂️.
https://superarch.org/theanswerisc/primate-is-the-last-great-framework.html #webframeworks #retrotechnology #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Florence makes in-depth videos about retro technology and vintage gadgets of all kinds. You can follow at:
➡️ @flo
Don't worry if the account looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. If you follow, the videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.
You can also follow Florence's non-video account at @themaritimegirl
#FeaturedPeerTube #RetroTech #RetroTechnology #Gadgets #Tech #PeerTube
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This is how daddy needs to be surprised on fathersday. A full restoration of his favourite car by his daughter. He became a stay at home daddy and molded his daughter into a great car technician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ifdywkI7U
#RetroTechnology #Cars #Carborateur #Timing #engine #mechanical #chevy #eight #cylinders #motors #daddy #father #fathersday #Love #Universal #love #fyp #sentimental
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He is—probably—a tad too close to those CRTs.
#fursuitfriday
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SONY GDM-W900 owner and photographer: Basil Knotty
SONY GDM-FW900 owner and fursuiter: @EatYourSheep
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#crt
#retrotechnology
#furry
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Ah, behold the 1983 Northern Telecom Commodore Phone: a relic from when "innovation" meant adding a curly cord. 📞🔄 Dive into a sea of buzzwords like "prototypes" and "limited editions," because nothing screams cutting-edge technology like a plastic rotary dial. 🤦♂️✨
https://www.oldtelephoneroom.ca/1983-northern-telecom-commodore-phone/ #nostalgia #innovation #retrotechnology #vintagegadgets #rotarydial #HackerNews #ngated -
📰 Commodore's new "digital detox" phone is here to save us from the vile clutches of tech addiction... by being slightly less dumb than a potato. 🤖 The #irony of a company named after a discontinued '80s computer making a "modern" device is almost as delightful as a fish riding a bicycle. 🚴♂️🐟
https://www.wired.me/story/commodore-made-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb #Commodore #DigitalDetox #TechAddiction #RetroTechnology #ModernDevices #HackerNews #ngated
