Retrocomputing Meta Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for vintage-computer hobbyists interested in restoring, preserving, and using the classic computer and gaming systems of yesteryear. It only takes a minute to sign up.

Sign up to join this community
Anybody can ask a question
Anybody can answer
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
Retrocomputing Meta

Top Questions

Ask Question
Active Hot Week Month
3 votes
1 answer
150 views
Let's rename [design-choices]
Community Bot
  • 1
5 votes
0 answers
26 views
2021: a year in moderation
JNat StaffMod
  • 101
3 votes
1 answer
50 views
Why has nobody ever been awarded the Generalist badge?
wizzwizz4 Mod
  • 16.8k
15 votes
2 answers
1k views
What's up with the emulation questions lately?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
2 votes
0 answers
46 views
Please reopen this question, I can make a good answer
wizzwizz4 Mod
  • 16.8k
4 votes
2 answers
48 views
Transfer of Questions to Other Sites
Raffzahn
  • 157k
5 votes
2 answers
41 views
Limited migration choices for moving off-topic questions?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
2 votes
2 answers
34 views
Do we get a banner/theming? If so: when, and what's needed?
wizzwizz4 Mod
  • 16.8k
3 votes
4 answers
77 views
What is the extent to which it is appropriate to edit a post?
another-dave
  • 24.4k
28 votes
1 answer
453 views
We're graduating!
user3840170
  • 14.5k
5 votes
3 answers
86 views
What was unclear about this question?
Chenmunka Mod
  • 7,403
3 votes
1 answer
24 views
How should questions about the Game Boy CPU be tagged?
wizzwizz4 Mod
  • 16.8k
3 votes
1 answer
33 views
Are advertisements on-topic?
Stephen Kitt
  • 91.2k
1 vote
2 answers
35 views
Is debugging, programming, etc. [assembly]?
Raffzahn
  • 157k
4 votes
1 answer
61 views
Would it be OK to crosspost an identification question from the SF&F SE that has not received any answers for years?
Chenmunka Mod
  • 7,403
9 votes
1 answer
48 views
Should we have a [controller] tag?
Chenmunka Mod
  • 7,403
2 votes
1 answer
40 views
Question mischaracterized as off-topic
user3840170
  • 14.5k
0 votes
4 answers
59 views
What's with repeating the question in the title at the end of the post?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
14 votes
1 answer
194 views
Why restrict history questions? (Or: Can we not restrict history questions?)
StayOnTarget
  • 3,706
9 votes
1 answer
89 views
Should [m68k] and [motorola-680x0] tags be merged?
manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact
  • 9,467
8 votes
1 answer
124 views
CRT repair and restoration safety resources
Someone_who_likes_SE
  • 1,043
8 votes
3 answers
217 views
Why is the question about running Windows 95 in DOSBox supposedly off-topic?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
3 votes
3 answers
148 views
DIY retrocomputing
Raffzahn
  • 157k
26 votes
5 answers
375 views
Is emulation on topic?
scruss
  • 16.5k
5 votes
0 answers
99 views
A number of seemingly duplicate tags
user3840170
  • 14.5k
4 votes
1 answer
52 views
Do we really need both [game] and [gaming] tags?
Chenmunka Mod
  • 7,403
1 vote
1 answer
90 views
Why do my Not An Answer flags keep getting declined or disputed?
Community Bot
  • 1
15 votes
5 answers
277 views
Does Retrocomputing want to be featured as a place to go for identifying retro games on Arqade?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
18 votes
2 answers
433 views
Can we do something to discourage ‘armchair history’ answers?
DrSheldon
  • 13.3k
0 votes
2 answers
116 views
Could this site change its title to retro and micro computing?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
3 votes
6 answers
341 views
Commercially-available modern computers with retro characteristics?
bobeff
  • 545
3 votes
1 answer
88 views
Yikes! How did I earn 300 reputation yesterday if a user can only earn 200 reputation a day?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
7 votes
3 answers
192 views
Is it RCSE policy that you must register and maintain a single name to participate?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
8 votes
0 answers
289 views
Introducing a new retrocomputing meetup: The APL Campfire
Adám
  • 499
6 votes
4 answers
116 views
Are "Identify This Console" questions on-topic?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
1 vote
1 answer
48 views
Promoting an event
Chenmunka Mod
  • 7,403
3 votes
1 answer
95 views
Are legacy OS's on modern systems on-topic?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
6 votes
1 answer
105 views
Should "Which original retrocomputer OS's are still maintained and updated today, for original hardware?" be a community wiki Q&A pair?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
34 votes
6 answers
907 views
What constitutes "retro"?
OmarL
  • 32.7k
7 votes
2 answers
132 views
Does Java (J2ME) emulation information belong to Retrocomputing?
Community Bot
  • 1
5 votes
0 answers
28 views
Should the tags for the closely related PDPs be synonymised or something?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
15 votes
5 answers
387 views
Is XP considered retrocomputing yet?
Incnis Mrsi
  • 217
6 votes
4 answers
221 views
Are questions about Windows 2000 on-topic for this site?
Rohan
  • 376
2 votes
1 answer
28 views
"Delete" versus "vote to delete"?
user3840170
  • 14.5k
3 votes
3 answers
108 views
Should [glitches] exist? There's 8 questions right now, but more would fit
user3840170
  • 14.5k
6 votes
2 answers
128 views
The "cleanup" badge seems to be awarded for bad behaviour
Raffzahn
  • 157k
5 votes
3 answers
98 views
Restoration and maintenance?
Raffzahn
  • 157k
6 votes
5 answers
173 views
Venting about an opinion-based question
Raffzahn
  • 157k

Looking for more? Browse the complete list of questions, or popular tags. Help us answer unanswered questions.

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.