https://philwheat.net/tags/tech-history/Recent content in Tech-History on Phil WheatHugoen-usSat, 17 Oct 2026 11:41:00 -0500https://philwheat.net/links/nostalgia-nerd/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:41:00 -0500https://philwheat.net/links/nostalgia-nerd/<p>Retro computing with a liberal amount of dry humour: software, hardware, games, toys, and magazines from the 70s through the 90s, with the main focus on 80s/90s machines. Recent uploads keep the format varied — &ldquo;When a Hard Drive got Massive for No Reason,&rdquo; &ldquo;This Shouldn&rsquo;t Work,&rdquo; machines that &ldquo;need to be studied.&rdquo; 593K subscribers, uploads every week or two.</p>https://philwheat.net/links/the-8-bit-guy/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:09:00 -0500https://philwheat.net/links/the-8-bit-guy/<p>Retro technology from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, made educational and engaging — with the once-or-twice-a-year &ldquo;totally out there&rdquo; project as the reward for subscribers. Recent: sci-fi tech that came true, five monitors on a Commodore 128, and something &ldquo;very different.&rdquo; 212K subscribers, uploads every few weeks. A long-running staple of the retro-computing community.</p>