#retrocomputering
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #retrocomputering from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-08-02 00:08 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-08-02 00:08 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #retrocomputering.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-08-02 00:08 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 12 public posts (spanning ~74924 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 17:00
Languages: English (12)
Avg boosts / post: 1.8
Top of the latest posts
made some progress on the PiDP-11 kit from Obsolescence Guaranteed, LEDs and rotary switches are working with the Raspberry pi. Next up the toggle switches! time check: middle of Chapter 3 Spacewar in Hackers (S. Levy) #pidp11 #pdp11 #retro
@fullywoolly Redone. Oh my hat. It’s like navigating a maze. Go so far, then back, go so far, then back. Must admit, I have a better strategy now. 4 layer must be so much easier to route. #retrocomputering #macintosh #kicad
Some of the more... unusual... #OpenVMS system error messages: $ exit 2928 %SYSTEM-W-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels $ exit 13492 %SYSTEM-F-GAMEOVER, all your base are belong to us $ The latter has a few other related comments, too: ! A
#retrocomputering across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #retrocomputering straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/retrocomputering