This Site is basically a Wikipedia for old hardware
it shows the specs release date and other info about the hardware. it made it onto this list because it also offers driver downloads for select hardware

SORRY MODERN BROWSERS ONLY

It Uses HTTPS and HTML5. If you want to install the drivers from this site make sure you have a network share or spare writable CD's handy!
 Posted on 16 April 2026 | 1:19 am

retro.directory
is similar in Retro Network but what sets it apart is that it can get direction's to various retro
related places as well as online sites. This has a lot of potential
since before this service, it was difficult to find retro related
places online

Retro Network is listed in this service Posted on 15 November 2024 | 2:33 am

What Started as a Blackberry Archive now turned into a Blackberry Revival project

The Lunar Project is a preservation effort on the WWW for BlackBerry software and services
They now host services for blackberry devices such as
A Search Engine, Weather App, News Client, And a Launcher
 Posted on 22 March 2024 | 2:22 am

Channel 99 is an NSV Stream - an early form of online streaming video.

NSV was born in 2003, popular until 2006, and died in 2013... or did it?

Side note it has a 24/7 Mystery science theater 3000 stream!

[if you want to create your own NSV stream check out http://www.scvi.net/]
 Posted on 4 February 2024 | 6:08 am

Windows Update Restored is a community based project aimed at restoring the old Windows Update websites for Windows 95, NT4, 98, Me, 2000 and XP

[NOTE avast and AVG users might have to exclude this site from websheld because it is on its blacklist]

This site is Protoweb integrated! Posted on 19 December 2023 | 9:08 pm

An retro streaming site hosting classic YouTube content that is viewable on old computers. It is created by one of the founding members of Protoweb
(content focused on years 2005-2006)

This is an Protoweb exclusive website
to visit this site you will need to connect to the protoweb proxy setup instructions are at http://retronetwork.net/protoweb/setup Posted on 12 December 2023 | 9:08 pm

A pretty cool site featuring The worlds Largest Collection of Interval signals, signature tunes, airchecks and identification announcements from radio stations around the world!

There is also a another site on the List called EiBi Shortwave Schedules. Which contains a huge shortwave Schedule. You can check it out here! http://eibispace.de/

 Posted on 31 October 2023 | 9:13 pm

a YouTube front-end/downloader that allows pretty old systems to browse and watch YouTube videos using the MPEG1 video codec

This is a ucanet exclusive website and will not work outside of the ucanet D.N.S service.
Please go to https://ucanet.net/installation/ to setup the ucanet D.N.S service.
Don't worry you can still access Retro Network via this service :) Posted on 17 September 2023 | 12:42 am

A WebTV internet service revival project with Protoweb support Posted on 6 September 2023 | 9:31 pm

Protoweb hosts historical Internet websites that are designed for Web browser's from the late 90s it even has a 100% preserved Geocities. Working Search engines like AltaVista. Yahoo!. And even has live content taken from today's internet like weather.com and shoutcast online Radio. This service is a must for Retro Internet fans [main site requires HTTPS] [Retro Network will create an HTTP proxy instructions soon] Posted on 12 March 2023 | 8:42 pm

an alternate-DNS-server for vintage/retro computers
it's goal is to provide vintage computers with an entirely separate user-generated web ecosystem

(!Retro Network is listed in this service!) Posted on 27 February 2023 | 11:54 pm

a community-run resource to help you fix the Windows Update service on earlier versions of Windows
Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008, 2003 Posted on 15 October 2022 | 6:32 am

The worlds first (and only) Link shortening service for your vintage PC (with Windows 95 and newer) This site is a proud member of The Old Net Webring (http://webring.theoldnet.com) Posted on 15 August 2022 | 7:06 pm

Andkon Arcade: 1000+ free flash games, updated weekly, and no popups! (REQUIRES AN XHTML 1.0 BROWSER) !!! DOES NOT WORK ON GOOGLE CHROME !!! Posted on 13 July 2022 | 9:46 pm

vanBasco's MIDI Search is a very useful MIDI search engine. It can even search for karaoke songs Posted on 6 July 2022 | 8:24 pm

The Macintosh Garden is an abandonware archive, dedicated in particular to supporting the Macintosh computer platform. A notable feature of Macintosh Garden is its emphasis on emulation, encouraging users to run historical software on modern systems. P.S This site Requires an XHTML 1.0 browser. Alternatively an open alpha HTML 3.2 site is available at http://macintosh.garden Posted on 26 June 2022 | 8:58 pm

Ever wanted to create a 90s banner Ad? Well addesigner.com has got you covered (NOTE ad blocker must be turned off inorder for the site to work) Posted on 6 June 2022 | 3:16 am

This is an internet time capsule containing lots of forgotten software from the early to late 2000's Posted on 3 June 2022 | 6:08 pm

Your Servant in the Cyber World!
CyberBuddy is a program Like Bonzi Buddy but it has more features
the Weather and Stock checking doesn't work anymore due to the frontends being shutdown but everything else works just fine

NOTE: Users of Windows 7 and over will have to install Double Agent due to microsoft removing support for Agent characters
you can get double agent at this link http://doubleagent.sourceforge.net Posted on 1 June 2022 | 8:30 pm

A WYSIWYG CSS Editor (REQUIRES AT LEAST FIREFOX 3 OR EQUIVALENT) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:16 pm

Comprehensive JavaScript tutorials and over 400+ free scripts (CONTAINS GOOGLE ADS) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:15 pm

It's YouTube but without the Bloat !!IT EVEN WORKS ON INTERNET EXPLORER 8!! (REQUIRES TLS 1.2) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:15 pm

A useful tool to find Radio Stations in your area. It even shows you the direct Stream link of the radio station if available so you can avoid the Bloated HTML 5 player (REQUIRES TLS 1.2) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:14 pm

A site that contains some useful HTML 4 widgets like an RSS feed widget (Uses Javascript) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:13 pm

Headlines from the future (Google News Proxy) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:13 pm

Old'aVista: The most powerful guide to the OLD internet! Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:12 pm

The Search Engine for Vintage Computers Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:11 pm

Are you tired of this new Internet yet? Time to Get TheOldNet! Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:10 pm

I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That (uses Flash Player) Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:10 pm

A Web 1.0 search engine Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:09 pm

The worlds largest repostory of retro J2ME games Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:08 pm

Created by former YouTuber Kugee. Razorback is more than just a website. In the future it will become a infrastructure for old computers

UPDATE 2024: Razorback95.com has shutdown Please visit http://retronetwork.net/razorback for more info

Fun fact
This website inspired me to create this one Posted on 26 May 2022 | 5:07 pm