THE OLD COMPUTER // LINK TO US
SHARE THE PAST.
KEEP IT PLAYABLE.
A little link can spark a big memory.
Found something you love in the archive? Pass it on. Share The Old Computer with a friend, add a link to your retro website, or pick up one of our new badges for your own corner of the web.
♥ EVERY LINK HELPS ANOTHER MEMORY LIVE ON.
LINK TERMINAL // 011
**** THE OLD COMPUTER ****
LOAD "SHARE",8,1
READY.
01 > COPY A LINK
02 > GRAB A BADGE
03 > SPREAD THE WORD
KEEP IT PLAYABLE
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// THE SIMPLEST WAY TO HELP
ONE CLICK.
ONE CLICK.
MORE MEMORIES.
Send the archive to a friend, share it with your community or save the link for later. No account needed.
THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS
Copy it, paste it, and let someone discover their favourite old machine again.
Send by email ✉
The share button opens your device's sharing options when available; otherwise it copies the link.
// FOR WEBSITE OWNERS & BLOGGERS
LINK TO US.
LINK TO US.
THE EASY WAY.
Writing a blog, forum post or retro-computing article? A simple, genuine recommendation is all you need. Use your own words or borrow ours below.
SUGGESTED DESCRIPTION
The Old Computer is a retro computing and gaming archive dedicated to preserving the machines, software and memories of computing history.
HTML LINK / READY TO PASTE</>
<a href="https://www.theoldcomputer.com/">The Old Computer — Retro Computing Archive</a>For HTML websites. On forums, blogs and social media you can usually just paste the normal link.
LINK PREVIEWThe Old Computer — Retro Computing Archive
// THE NEW TOC GRAPHICS KIT
GIVE THE PAST
GIVE THE PAST
A LITTLE SPACE.
Three fresh designs from our new retro identity. Download them for blogs, community pages and other places where you want to point people towards TOC.
02 / COMMUNITY BADGE
Small but mighty.
600 × 600 PNG · for sidebars and communities.
03 / SOCIAL GRAPHIC
Ready for the feed.
1200 × 630 PNG · for posts and link previews.
These images are supplied for people linking back to The Old Computer. Please keep the TOC name and logo intact. No tracking widgets or third-party code needed.
// SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE
FOUND YOUR
FOUND YOUR
FIRST COMPUTER?
You don't have to link only to our homepage. Found a favourite machine, game, article or memory? Copy that page's address directly from your browser. It's the best way to send someone straight to the good stuff.
FAVOURITE MACHINE↘COPY PAGE URL↘SHARE A MEMORY ♥
// AN INTERNET TIME CAPSULE
FROM THE
FROM THE
BANNER ERA.
Long before one-click sharing, people decorated their pages with little animated banners and buttons. We couldn't let this piece of TOC history disappear.
THE OLD COMPUTER / ORIGINAL WEB BANNERSARCHIVE DISPLAY · 2000s
THE CLASSIC 460 × 60
THE 420 × 55 RETRO STRIP
REMEMBER COPYING THIS?
<a href="https://www.theoldcomputer.com/">The Old Computer Dot Com</a>LINKS EXCHANGED. GIFS ANIMATED. MEMORIES MADE.PRESS START TO REMEMBER ▮
These are genuine original banners, retained here as part of our history. For new links, please use the updated graphics above. Existing original GIF addresses remain unchanged for older sites still displaying them.
// RETRO WEBSITES, BLOGS & COMMUNITIES
LET'S KEEP
LET'S KEEP
RETRO CONNECTED.
Run a retro-computing website, podcast, channel or community? We'd love to hear what you're working on. Good links are about sharing a genuine interest, not trading ranking points.
↗THE WEB WAS
BUILT ON LINKSSHARE THE PAST.
BUILT ON LINKSSHARE THE PAST.