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Ask HN: What are some great retro computing projects to contribute to?

• lostgame 8y ago
  Leopard-WebKit is a version of WebKit targeting PowerPC Macs, including the still-very-useful G5 towers (mine has 8GB RAM!) to enable modern web browsing on those machines. https://sourceforge.net/projects/leopard-webkit/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/leopard-webkit/
• RandomGuyDTB 8y ago
  You can help transcribe the code from the original Apollo Guidance Computer: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
  • craftyguy 8y ago
    I would wait until this is resolved before contributing: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/pull/324 https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/pull/324 It's very likely to be a non-issue, but then again it might be (if it is not public domain..)
• 4x5_Rules 8y ago
  You might want to get in touch with the Computer History Museum to see if they have anything you're interested in. http://www.computerhistory.org/getinvolved/ http://www.computerhistory.org/getinvolved/ And while this group is in Tasmania, maybe they could use the help. http://www.retrocomputingtasmania.com/ http://www.retrocomputingtasmania.com/
• ArtWomb 8y ago
  CrowdSupply funding for Retro-uC: open silicon microcontroller with Z80, MOS6502, and M68K cores ;) https://www.crowdsupply.com/chips4makers/retro-uc https://www.crowdsupply.com/chips4makers/retro-uc
• MilnerRoute 8y ago
  TempleOS has a fork called "Shrine"