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Found on one of my Wiby trips (search engine for the old web and things based on it, pulling from sites that don't use any JavaScript), an IBM library floating around on the web. Not sure how official this is/was, but all the links still seem to connect.

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Caper in the Castro is a legendary video game, not because legions of die-hard fans continue to play it, but because it was thought to be lost forever. Now, what is largely considered to be the first LGBTQ-focused video game (it was released in 1989) is on the Internet Archive for anybody to play.

The game is a noir point-and-click that puts the player in the (gum)shoes of a private detective named Tracker McDyke who is, in case you couldn’t guess by the name, a lesbian. McDyke must unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Tessy LaFemme, a transgender woman, in San Francisco’s Castro district, an historically gay neighbourhood.

OOOOOHhh!

The game was released as charityware – freely, with a strong request to give a donation an AIDS Charity of their choice. I’d like to push towards still following that and donating, if you’re able.

(And you might also want to donate to the Internet Archive, who is hosting it now, while you’re at it – they’re in the middle of a donation drive, and could use your support.)

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Brought to my attention by Tom Scott's newsletter (thanks Tom!), this beautiful (partial thus far, I believe) reimplementation of Visual Basic 6 in the browser. Displays best on a computer screen, of course.

That Windows 95/98 UI.. so gorgeous

Side note, I'm often collecting links of cool sites, usually surrounding old tech, that I find online.. maybe I should share them periodically?

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soy sauce flash drive

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The internal components of a wireless router

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requested by anon

snoopy cursor source

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Took apart a DVD player and VCR combo so I could look at how pretty her insides are <3

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old web banners

requested by anon - find more here here here here here here here and here

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Funny goofy signs I made with this site.

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