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8BitDo's Retro Mechanical Keyboard with Dual Super Buttons is on sale for $69.99 at Amazon, offering a retro NES-style design with modern features like Bluetooth, hot-swappable switches, and programmable super buttons.
The NovelKeys Classic-TKL Underscore Edition is a preassembled, retro-inspired wired mechanical keyboard with hot-swap switches, RGB lighting, and Via programmability, aimed at users who want quality without building it themselves.
Godox introduces the C100 Transparent Viewfinder Camera, a retro-styled digital camera with a built-in light meter, optical viewfinder, and transparent HUD display, aimed at casual creators and film enthusiasts.
A developer built an 8086 CPU emulator inside Scratch, demonstrating retro hardware emulation in a visual programming environment.
Reto Project launches the Kodak EC35, an ultra-affordable 35mm point-and-shoot film camera at $34.99 with a fixed acrylic lens, automatic flash, and sliding lens cover.
The Telepathic Instruments Orchid is a retro-styled digital chord organ that simplifies chord playing for songwriters, featuring a one-octave keyboard and modern sound options, priced at $649.
A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator from Yufeng Gao and gdwnldsKSC can boot Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP 64-bit, though it runs very slowly. The code is expected to be open-sourced later.
A developer ported Linux to a decade-old QWERTY phone, with the project history and progression documented in the git repository.
Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, the 1990s IRC client that turned text conversations into comic panels and introduced the world to Comic Sans. The source code is now available on GitHub for developers and historians.
Voxatron is a fantasy console and collection of games made entirely out of voxels, including an arena shooter and action-adventure cartridges, along with powerful design tools for creating custom voxel games.
A creative project that builds a DOS-like computer interface entirely with CSS, showcasing the power of modern frontend styling.
Chiptune Radio is a side project by Aleph Void, LLC that streams chiptune music composed for classic sound hardware via a continuous Twitch broadcast.
The author documents the successful installation of A/UX 1.1, Apple's vintage UNIX, on the Snow emulator, detailing the hardware requirements and setup process.
A digital museum preserving the visual history of Winamp skins, showcasing thousands of classic player themes.
A project ports Linux to the Sega MegaDrive console using an EverDrive cartridge, providing build and boot instructions along with a custom QEMU fork for emulation.
Blåmba is an open-source re-implementation of early 2000s ringtone and multimedia providers for cellphones, supporting modern web and WAP access. It also includes a talk from the 38th Chaos Communication Congress covering the technical background.
A web-based Windows XP themed portfolio that includes working emulations of a Game Boy and an iPod, designed with detailed retro aesthetics.
Reframe is a browser tool that lets you surf the web like it's 1999, offering a nostalgic browsing experience.
Commodore launches the Callback 8020, a flip phone running Sailfish OS that allows essential Android apps like Uber and WhatsApp but blocks distracting apps like social media and email, aiming for digital detox.
Commodore, revived by retro gaming YouTuber Christian Simpson, launches the Callback 8020 flip phone at $499, running Sailfish OS with a curated app allow-list to block social media and promote digital minimalism.