Classic Web Directory
A collection of websites accessible to older computers
Vintage computers are unable to keep up with today's internet browsing requirements. They have been left behind and now have limited access to most websites. The Classic Website Directory is a collection of websites and communities that are accessible to older web browsers/machines.
The retro computing community is always growing and working on interesting projects, so please submit any interesting finds.
For a website to be eligible for listing on the Classic Web Directory, it must be accessible via the HTTP protocol, lightweight (no JavaScript, built with CSS 1) and works on older browsers such as Internet Explorer 5. Otherwise it should be submitted to the Modern Web Directory.
Communities
Mac OS 9 Lives Forum
A community focused on keeping Mac OS 9 alive through, help topics, development, hacks, and an enormous library of digital audio workstation (DAW) resources
Macintosh Garden Forum
One of the biggest collections of Macintosh abandonware software and games.
Retro Computing Roundtable
A community discussing topics from the world of vintage computer hobbyists, collectors, enthusiasts, and old school geeks.
A DOS -WIN98 focused forum
The Definitive Atari resource
Search Engines
FrogFind
FrogFind is a custom wrapper for DuckDuckGo search, which converts the results to basic HTML that old browsers can read
A search engine for simple, lightweight web sites.
Old'aVista is a search engine for old personal websites that used to be hosted on services like Geocities, AOL Hometown, Xoom, Angelfire and so on.
News
Headlines from the Future! Basic HTML Google News for vintage computers. Tested on Netscape 1.1 through 4 on a Mac SE/30.
Simple online RSS reader built on ideas from FrogFind! You can manage your own collection of RSS feeds and access them from all your computers - new and vintage alike.... FrogRSS uses FrogFind engine to translate pages and articles so they are readable and accessible even from oldest browsers.
Blogs
The Cheapskate's Guide is dedicated to showing you how to obtain inexpensive computers and Internet services. It also covers a range of related topics: online free speech, the small Internet, alternative networks, the fight to retain general-purpose computing, keeping your computer working for as long as possible, Linux and open-source software, personal websites and social media, etc.
Social Media
Blue Dwarf is a social network for the small web. It is designed to work with any browser from the 1990's through today. No topic is off limits. No verbal abuse.
Apple/Mac OS Related
Mac-Classic.com
A collection guides and tips for using early Apple computers, and Mac OS 9 in a more modern world.
A community focused on keeping Mac OS 9 alive through, help topics, development, hacks, and an enormous library of digital audio workstation (DAW) resources
The open alpha for Macintosh Garden's new website
One of the biggest collections of Macintosh abandonware software and games.
A platinum sanctuary for old software of the classic Mac OS era
Video entertainment for Mac OS users
Everything you need to get going with Mac OS System 7
Cheats, hints and walkthroughs for Mac OS games.
Free web hosting offered from the Macintosh Garden Hosting Project
A French abandonware website for Macintosh games
Everything you need to make your 6100 fly!
A collection of essential Mac software for 68k and PowerPC Macintosh computers.
An archive of Macintosh software and information.
An early Macintosh and Apple Lisa archive of software, Apple advertising and more.
An exceptional archive and gallery of Apple machines.
An in-depth guide to getting your classic Macintosh online.
Your source for info on the 5400, 5500, 6360, 6400, 6500 series Macs!
Explaining Mac technology, counter misinformation, provide entertaining and thought provoking articles, and host a series of useful reference resources.
The Vintage Mac Museum is a private, working collection of the pre-Intel Apple Macintosh.
FTP archive of the info-mac.org website
Info-Mac Mirror Sites
The information repository for Macintosh SE/30 users
Macintosh Librarian
Ms. Fox with her computer pal Maccy talk about games, hardware, and even modern upgrades for your vintage Macintosh!
A Chinese website for Classic Macintosh, mainly focused on collecting Chinese Mac software and information.
A website dedicated to Apples Rhapsody operating system, halfway between NeXT and Mac OS X: In-depth info, how-tos, version overview, downloads.
Software
LegacyAI
A ChatGPT client for Macintosh System 7 - Mac OS El Capitan
The creators of LegacyAI and more software for Macintosh
A modern Google News Reader for Mac OS
Dedicated to giving all artists a home to share ideas, comments, and artwork with Bryce 5.
The original Netscape website from 1994
The original Mosaic website from 1994
A Unix-like environment for classic Mac OS, both 68K and PPC.
Miscellaneous
RinkWorks is a privately owned entertainment web site committed to serving the best entertainment life has to offer.
Multimedia
Old fashioned Flash games and videos
Games
A database of abandonware games for PC.
A community and database focused on PC abandonware games.
Gaming reviews, music, this place has got 'em all!
Frag-Net
Online multiplayer services for old and new games (QuakeWorld etc.), IRC chatrooms and gaming news
ClubOpolis
Fansite about SimCity 2000, which gives you in-depth knowledge about the game. Awarded as one of the 500 best websites '96!
Silicon Graphics workstations
Descriptions of the famous Silicon Graphics MIPS RISC-based workstation computers of yore, their graphics systems and associated Unix derivative OS, IRIX. Includes mirrors of other now-vanished web sites that contain extremely useful information for setting up and maintaining these machines.
Sun Workstation
Help resource organizing a large collection of FAQs, HOWTOs, mailing list archives, news and hyperlinks concerning Sun workstations and Unix machines in general. Covers old and more modern machines alike.
Information and a comprehensive list regarding Sun SPARC computers and their state in the year 2002. German only.
Services
Rick repairs all sorts of machines that have long since been left behind by Apple.
Personal Sites
Daniël's vintage computer collection, blog and tidbits.
Companion site for The Eric Experiment youtube channel where you can find all sorts of content related to retro gaming, retro computing and other tangentially related subjects. The website has two versions, one for modern browsers which is more interactive, and one for old browsers that is more static. They load automatically depending on the browser you're using.
Jackson's Page on the Net!
Jackson's website!
Music
Doug Legacy and his musical projects, including the Zydeco Party Band .
Web 1.0
A Website that contains Links to other Web 1.0 Sites and other useful things
Browses the old websites again with theoldnet.com
MS-DOS Related
Small but manually curated download archive filled with drivers and free utilities, mainly for MS-DOS but also other systems.
Complete collection of all known Network Interface Card packet drivers for MS-DOS.