Links
As I go through the process of fixing and repairing or, just investigating tech, I keep finding some great resources. Here's what I've found so far...
Organisations that we should know
https://www.fsf.org - Free Software Foundation, a non-profit that promotes computer user freedom. It's not all about free software but freedom for software.
Apple Macintosh
https://www.macintoshrepository.org for all the old vintage mac software. it includes a utility to allow older TCP/IP aware macs to download the software directly.
https://macintoshgarden.org Macintosh Garden is the source for "Abandonware"
https://mac84.net/ news and info plus software that can be accessed from very old browsers.
https://marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html Want to extend your LocalTalk network to... the world?
https://macdat.net/Macintosh.html MacDat Source of Service Manuals for many, many Macintosh machines.
BBC Micro Computer - BEEB
https://stardot.org.uk - The forum to be at for all things BBC Micro
http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk - repository of BBC software, abandonware if you will.
http://www.retroclinic.com - RetroClinic, home of repair kits and upgrades for the BBC run by Mark Haysman.
https://mdfs.net Software & Documentation around networking Acorn machines... & other stuff too.
Bulletin Boards
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com Find BBS's reachable by modem or Telnet.
Digital Equipment Corporation - DEC
https://vt100.net - VT Terminal library
Keyboards
http://telcontar.net A repository of historic keyboard information.
Retro Computing
https://vcfed.org - Vintage Computer Federation, an east-west US group of enthusiasts that organise events and meetups across the US.
https://texelec.com/product/foam-capacitive-pads-keytronic/ Replacement Foam & Foil Capacitive Pads for KeyTronic & BTC Keyboard Repair.
Sinclair Computers
https://zxrenew.co.uk - Dedicated to providng parts for Sinclair Computers such as the ZX81.
Terminals
https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page The Terminals Wiki - host of useful references to only terminal models.