In spite of the ubiquity of ferrets like me who are perpetually fascinated by shiny novelties, the <a href=“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing” rel=“ugc”>retrocomputing</a> community is still alive and kicking, especially here on Lobsters. Observing the steady stream of these posts that have continued more-or-less unabated since I joined three years ago, I would like to (<a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/g1gd3o/add_retro_tag” rel=“ugc”>re-</a>)propose a retro tag. Its description might read something like: <blockquote> Reproductions, emulators, and other revivals of historic technologies </blockquote> Some recent-ish candidate posts:

• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/newopw/making_8_bit_music_from_scratch_at” rel=“ugc”>Making 8-bit Music From Scratch at the Commodore 64 BASIC Prompt</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/iq8t7r/micromac_128k_macintosh_emulated_on” rel=“ugc”>MicroMac, a 128k Macintosh emulated on an RP2040</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/bx6852/windows_98_disk_defrag_simulator” rel=“ugc”>Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/pyhh8z/wallops_modern_irc_client_for_classic_mac” rel=“ugc”>Wallops: A modern IRC client for classic Mac OS</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/s0ypxv/networking_c64_os” rel=“ugc”>Networking in C64 OS</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/zkgd9o/retrowin32_redoing_syscalls” rel=“ugc”>retrowin32: redoing syscalls</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/7w8fbe/wikipedia_reader_for_classic_macos_2023” rel=“ugc”>Wikipedia Reader for classic MacOS (2023)</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/pyqbs7/dmg_acid2_acid2_test_now_for_original_game” rel=“ugc”>dmg-acid2: The Acid2 test, now for the original Game Boy </a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/o2gim4/windows_3_11_on_qemu_5_2_0” rel=“ugc”>Windows 3.11 on QEMU 5.2.0</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/kfpzks/departure_mono” rel=“ugc”>Departure Mono</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/qrwhbm/minimal_64x4_diy_computer_with_4x” rel=“ugc”>Minimal 64x4 – DIY computer with 4x the processing power of a C64 or Apple II</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/90sti9/serena_experimental_operating_system” rel=“ugc”>Serena: An experimental operating system for 32bit Amiga computers</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/nuvdlo/retrospex_convert_images_fit_commodore” rel=“ugc”>retrospex: Convert images to fit Commodore 64 graphic modes </a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/o6i0fy/macintosh_powerpc_windows_nt_ported” rel=“ugc”>maciNTosh: PowerPC Windows NT ported to Power Macintosh systems</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/97so6c/84_24” rel=“ugc”>84–24</a>
• <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/37vdz8/virtualizing_6502_with_6o6_incredible” rel=“ugc”>Virtualizing the 6502 with 6o6 (and The Incredible KIMplement goes 1.0)</a>

I’m sure there are others I’ve lost track of. Additional examples would be welcome.