The Old Computer Challenge
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The Old Computer Challenge
Old Computer Challenge community is a smol group of enthusiasts, who come<br>together every year to experience new and old things.
Solène Rapenne began the Old Computer Challenge<br>in July 2021 with the initial 7 day 512M of RAM task. Since then the<br>challenge brought together a following of retro computing and<br>digital minimalism enthusiasts.
Like before, if you decide to document your journey and have it archived here, you can submit your journal by sending us the url to the mailing list:
~tekk/old-computer-challenge@lists.sr.ht
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2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2026 - Make Something
First off, some news: I (Tekk, the person running the mailing list,) have been given control over the website as Matto and Prahou, who ran it previously, have stepped down. I'd like to thank them (and of course Solene) for all the work they've put in to make every year until now have fun! In positive news, that means that if you have any issues with the mailing list or website, you can just contact me (my e-mail address is easily found on the list.)
In line with the last few years, this year's OCC will take place during the first full week of July. That means from the 5th to the 12th this year.
Given the constant onslaught of LLM garbage the last few years, I thought it was appropriate for us to have a theme again, if a simple one. There are still no rules for how you OCC, but I'd like to encourage people to hand-make something during their OCC week and share it somehow, be it on their page, on the mailing list, or in IRC. Write a story, make some music, publish a new program. Just flex your creative muscle!
Thanks to Emilio for the banner this year!
Participants
To be filled in.
2025 - No Challenge
aka DIY
Participants
[www] lambdacreate.com
[gopher] bencollver on tilde.pink
[gopher] box.matto.nl
[www] wastingmoves.com
[gopher] anthk on texto-plano
[www] ti-l.de
[www] andrei.xyz
[www] thedaemons.space
[gopher] stoickidoomer on tilde.institute
[gopher] g4slv.cloud
[www] www.k58.uk
[gemini] jasonsanta.xyz
[www] tekk.in
[www] sinopemigre.neocities.org
[www] vidak
[www] 82MHz
[gopher] nathancampos
[www] dkrefft.de
[www] bsandro.tec
[www] talibov.xyz
[www] deadnet.se/occ25
[gopher] unixlore
[www] unixlore.net
[www] retrobsd.ddns
[gemini] bugwhisperer.dev
[www] bugwhisperer.dev
[www] cyberhole
[gemini] tilde.town/~mio
[www] jeanjack on catto.garden
[www] screwlisp.small-web.org
[www] lyk.so
[www] acdw.net
[www] novelistparty.com
[gemini] jmccue at sdf.org
[gopher] jmccue at sdf.org
[gopher] /booji.mutated.net
[www] blog.not-outdated.com
2024 - DIY
The topic of 2024 was DIY . Getting inspired by other users and previous years and crafting a personal experience!
The Challengees
0x00 | TC 2048
82mhz | "Back to 2000s"
andreixyz | "Party like it's 2004"
angora.pet | 9front
Daniel | 586 NetBSD
ddlyh | Pentium III, 128M, no phones allowed
gopher: ~dokuja (http proxy) | G3 iMac
durrendal | the Ruby crusades
gopher: ed(1) conference (http proxy) | Combination of the three
gopher: emilio (website) | (es)
gopher: gef (http proxy) | observe and understand
Headcrash | Apple flavored OCC
gemini: jasonsanta (http proxy) | Intel Atom Win7
jag | OpenBSD
gopher: jdd (http proxy) | Internet on Demand
JDRM | T500 9front
gemini: jmcunx (http proxy) | xorgless OpenBSD like it's 1989
Keith Burnett | "actually using troff"
Klaus Zimmermann | "Push it to the limit!"
gemini ~lettuce (http proxy) | zine making
Marc | Debian Dell
gopher: matto (http proxy) | no X11, no xorg, FreeBSD
gopher: ~mhd (http proxy)
gemini: mio (http proxy) | Portrait of a penguin as an old computer
msangi | 2009 Macbook
Nathan | Many Macs
Paths of the Moon | A glorious Sony VAIO
prahou | xorgless OpenBSD
rollcat | hand-me-down-Macs
gopher: sinza (http proxy) | in favor of the 2000s
sizeof(cat) | Windows 7
gemini: socksinspace (http proxy) | EeePC 4G
Steve Lord | Going Newer Than Normal
gopher: ~stoickidoomer (https proxy) | trickled(8)
gopher: sunoc (http proxy) **work in progress**
teabag.ninja | Acer 3500
Tekk | Now with 30% more fruit
thedaemon | "artists of the front!"
gemini: vigilia (http proxy) | First gen Macbook Air and OpenBSD
gopher: xiled (http proxy)
2023 - "The machine is not timeless"
The 2023 issue of the Old Computer Challenge was a nostalgic<br>return to its roots. Old and slow, still divine.
512M RAM
1 CORE
LOWEST CPU FREQUENCY
The list:
[gemini] Adam's OCC
82MHz
[gopher] xiled
bsandro
[gemini] lionelfromlunel
DdlyH's SmolPub
thedaemon's space
[gemini] EhrindCB
[gopher] emilio
ffog
[gemini] ghostze.ro
Headcrash's deadnet.se blog
hotchill
jmcunx
[gopher] juliobrome
Keith Burnett
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