RetroFed Forum

A community for the vintage weekly computer TV show: The Computer Chronicles.

It was created and hosted by Stewart Cheifet, and later co-hosted with Gary Kildall of Digital Research (creator of CP/M). It was broadcast on PBS from 1983 to 2002.

New (old) episodes will be posted here weekly!

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

A community for the vintage weekly computer TV show: The Computer Chronicles.

It was created and hosted by Stewart Cheifet, and later co-hosted with Gary Kildall of Digital Research (creator of CP/M). It was broadcast on PBS from 1983 to 2002.

New (old) episodes will be posted here weekly!

A community for the vintage weekly computer TV show: The Computer Chronicles.

It was created and hosted by Stewart Cheifet, and later co-hosted with Gary Kildall of Digital Research (creator of CP/M). It was broadcast on PBS from 1983 to 2002.

New (old) episodes will be posted here weekly!

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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