Welcome to the Obsolete Technology Website

Early personal computers were nothing like present day computers, they had personality!

Each was different and more exciting than the previous, with new features and capabilities.

This website is dedicated to the preservation and display of these vintage computer systems.

To the left you can examine these computers from the dawn of time and re-live the past, possibly YOUR past! "Click" on any system to learn more and view recent pictures.

Enjoy our classic video arcade games of yesterday.
Space Invaders, Asteroids, Frogger, and more - play them online now!

Do you blog, chat, or IM? Feel free to use our classic computer avatars
- tiny computers images to represent your first and only true love.

Ads
Browse the old computer ads, and have a chuckle at early attempts to convince the consumer which computer was "right for you!".

For fun, view 90 old computers all at the same time to appreciate how diverse and interesting they are.

Questions, comments, for sale or trade? Post them here on the Comments Page!

Sysop's trade list! Do I have something you want? Maybe you have something *I* want...




Obsolete computer components
  1. "Core" computer memory
  2. Floppy disk data storage
  3. Computer corrosion - cured!

  The following links are to other websites elsewhere on the internet  
Links to systems and parts for sale
  1. Ebay: Vintage Apple, Mac
  2. Ebay: Vintage Computing Products
  3. Ebay: Vintage Games
  4. TI-99/4A Classifieds
  5. Stefan's - Old Computer Market
  6. A2 Classified Ad Home Page
  7. Applefritter Forums - Marketplace
  8. Club 100 items wanted and for sale
  9. 4Jay's games and systems - Buy, Sell, Trade, Service (old site)
  10. LabX: Computers
  11. B & C ComputerVisions - Atari Sales & Service
  12. Hard to find Apple & Macintosh oldies - B&R Computer Services
  13. DigitalDinos - Classic Computer Collecting and Computing
  14. oldsoftware.com
  15. Vintage Computer Marketplace
  16. Items For Sale or Trade from vintage-computer.com
  17. D'Antiques, Ltd. - "The premier virtual junk store on the Web"
  18. Retrosoftware - Deals on new & used software
  19. nabble.com - hardware rescue

Links to other computer collections
  1. The DigiBarn
  2. il mio angolo - English and Italian
  3. Eric S. Klein's Vintage Computer Collection - Discussion board, too.
  4. "old-computers.com"
  5. World of Home Computers
  6. OldBits - Computer and video museum
  7. Jeff's Classic Computer Haven
  8. Home Computer Hall of Fame
  9. Obsolete Computer Museum
  10. Binary Dinosaurs
  11. 8 Bit Nirvana
  12. HCM: Home Computer Museum
  13. Bolo's Computer Museum (In French)
  14. Virtuelles Computermuseum (in German, go to Alta Vista to translate it.)
  15. Zimmer's Commodore Collection
  16. The Pocket Computer Museum
  17. The Computer Closet
  18. Minotaurz computer museum
  19. BYTE Cellar - The Vintage Computing Weblog/Forum
  20. Freeman PC Museum
  21. History of Home and Game Computers
  22. Dave's Old Computers - Good write-ups, lots of pics.
  23. Old Computers and Game Consoles - Finland
  24. The Jim Austin Computer Collection
  25. Old Computer Museum
  26. VintageComputer.net
  27. Rune's PC Museum

Museums and places to go...
  1. Computer History Museum - Mountain View, CA
  2. The Intel Museum - Santa Clara, CA
  3. American Computer Museum - Bozeman, Montana
  4. The Topeka Computing Museum - Topeka, Kansas
  5. Vintage Computer Festival - Annual vintage computer event
  6. The Personal Computer Museum - Brantford, ON, Canada.

Cool and interesting links...
  1. The 5 biggest computers in history!
  2. Ancient History from The Secret Guide to Computers
  3. PBS's "Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires
  4. 1993 Bill Gates Interview (Smithsonian Institution)
  5. CED in the History of Media Technology - nice slide show.
  6. The History of Computer Games: The Atari Years
  7. The official 5.25" disk sleeve archive!
  8. The secret weapons of Commodore!
  9. History of Kelly Advertising
  10. Digital Mona Lisa
  11. 8-Bit Operating Systems Through Time
  12. Magical Gadget: Sightings & Brags from Pocket Calculator Show
  13. Classic Computer Magazine Archive
  14. ClassicCmp Mailing List Archive
  15. Old computer ads from Marcin Wichary’s website
  16. ASCII Babes - Modern rendition of a vintage classic.
  17. Norm Anheier's Bubble Memory Gallery
  18. Retrobits Podcast - Old Skool Computing. Modern Day Fun.
  19. Video Game TV Ads
  20. PC-History - A tribute to the work of Stan Veit, a pioneer of personal computing.
  21. Vintage Computing and Gaming
  22. Leo 1 - The world's first business computer - from Britain.
  23. Retro Thing - Vintage gadgets & technology.
  24. Old Computer Mags - Scans from old computer and videogames magazines.
  25. "The Collectors Weekly" - Vintage Computers