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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 294 comments · 282 points · Sep 25, 2026
Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini↗ nyaa.sh · HN · 121 comments · 282 points · Sep 25, 2026
Alan Kay's answer to “Did the ENIAC have a BIOS”?↗ quora.com · HN · 62 comments · 180 points · Sep 27, 2026
Z80 REPL (2018)↗ abagames.github.io · HN · 25 comments · 161 points · Sep 23, 2026
16-bit Intel 8088 chip (c. 1985)↗ allpoetry.com · HN · 22 comments · 134 points · Sep 22, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982↗ dfarq.homeip.net · HN · 182 comments · 359 points · Sep 02, 2026
Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 294 comments · 282 points · Sep 25, 2026
Pentium II at 600Mhz with Voodoo 3 Emulated on 86Box with M6 Mac Mini↗ nyaa.sh · HN · 121 comments · 282 points · Sep 25, 2026
A 386 PC for Your RP2350↗ github.com · HN · 80 comments · 222 points · Sep 14, 2026
Recreating Voodoo Graphics and a Late-1990s Gaming PC on an FPGA↗ nand2mario.github.io · HN · 59 comments · 190 points · Sep 15, 2026
Alan Kay's answer to “Did the ENIAC have a BIOS”?↗ quora.com · HN · 62 comments · 180 points · Sep 27, 2026
The Interim Computer Museum↗ icm.museum · HN · 27 comments · 164 points · Sep 13, 2026
iPod Classic 6G in QEMU↗ reddit.com · HN · 47 comments · 162 points · Sep 08, 2026
Z80 REPL (2018)↗ abagames.github.io · HN · 25 comments · 161 points · Sep 23, 2026
This PCB is brought to you by Fable 5↗ a6mzero.com · HN · 106 comments · 160 points · Sep 14, 2026

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