#vintagesoftware — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vintagesoftware, aggregated by home.social.
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Digital Trends: Miss the old PC days? This website lets you experience Wikipedia like it’s Windows XP . “Developer Sami Smith has built a browser-based Windows XP Wikipedia explorer that turns categories into folders and articles into documents. It’s playful, slightly inefficient, and more interesting than another AI search box bolted onto the web.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/digital-trends-miss-the-old-pc-days-this-website-lets-you-experience-wikipedia-like-its-windows-xp/ -
Digital Trends: Miss the old PC days? This website lets you experience Wikipedia like it’s Windows XP . “Developer Sami Smith has built a browser-based Windows XP Wikipedia explorer that turns categories into folders and articles into documents. It’s playful, slightly inefficient, and more interesting than another AI search box bolted onto the web.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/digital-trends-miss-the-old-pc-days-this-website-lets-you-experience-wikipedia-like-its-windows-xp/ -
Digital Trends: Miss the old PC days? This website lets you experience Wikipedia like it’s Windows XP . “Developer Sami Smith has built a browser-based Windows XP Wikipedia explorer that turns categories into folders and articles into documents. It’s playful, slightly inefficient, and more interesting than another AI search box bolted onto the web.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/digital-trends-miss-the-old-pc-days-this-website-lets-you-experience-wikipedia-like-its-windows-xp/ -
Digital Trends: Miss the old PC days? This website lets you experience Wikipedia like it’s Windows XP . “Developer Sami Smith has built a browser-based Windows XP Wikipedia explorer that turns categories into folders and articles into documents. It’s playful, slightly inefficient, and more interesting than another AI search box bolted onto the web.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/digital-trends-miss-the-old-pc-days-this-website-lets-you-experience-wikipedia-like-its-windows-xp/ -
Ars Technica: Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app . “Some AcuRite customers are upset about losing access to My AcuRite because they think AcuRite Now is an inferior app. Those customers have complained online about being unable to use AcuRite Now to rename multiple temperature sensors, difficulties uploading data to weather sites, and the app […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/ars-technica-weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/ -
Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/ -
Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/ -
Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/ -
Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/ -
Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/ -
Und wenn es dann mal doch nicht passt ... schickt man die Karte ab und bekam einen Satz Disketten in einer anderen Größe, falls man über ein anderes Laufwerk verfügte 🤓
Euch allen einen schönen Abend 👋 und immer genug Platz auf der alten Platte 🙏
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The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
🎉 Behold, the latest marvel from the world of tech: Fuzix OS, because apparently the 70s weren't long enough! 🕰️ The release notes are a breathtaking saga of "look, we fixed some bugs" and "now you can run ancient binaries on your ancient hardware." 🚀 Welcome to 2023, where small is beautiful, and relevance is... optional. 😜
https://www.fuzix.org/ #FuzixOS #TechNews #RetroComputing #VintageSoftware #BugFixes #HackerNews #ngated -
Hackaday: 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/ -
Hackaday: 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/ -
Hackaday: 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/ -
Hackaday: 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/ -
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: 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/ -
The ephemera I hold onto... #Ubuntu #PowerPC #VintageSoftware #Linux
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Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Source Code (2013)
https://computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code/
#HackerNews #AdobePhotoshop #SourceCode #ComputerHistory #TechHistory #VintageSoftware #CreativeSoftware
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
