The X86 Generation
Museums, collectors and communities that keep computing history alive, and that we are happy to call friends.
A great place that shows how modern computing started: pioneering companies like Epson and Intel, but also the local copies built in former communist countries, Romania included. Florin, the owner and host, is a wonderful person to talk to, about computers and much more.
Visit website ↗A "time travel park" and holder of a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of mobile phones: over 15,000 phones, including 350 prototypes, plus more than 300 portable consoles, vintage electronics and classic arcade games.
Visit website ↗From home computers to mainframes: one of the largest computer collections in Romania, and possibly in Europe. Their website is currently offline.
Website offlineA collection of old computers, most of them refurbished, repaired and working, documented with wonderful before-and-after photos. Part art collection, part DIY repair and restoration site.
Visit website ↗An association dedicated to researching, collecting and cataloguing computers, peripherals, software and documentation that had a strong impact on society, precisely because technology evolves and becomes obsolete so fast.
Visit website ↗Play around 37,000 retro games for free, right in your browser: DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, NES, Mega Drive and many more. No installation, available in Romanian too.
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