The latest articles on DEV Community by Related Code (@relatedcode). https://dev.to/relatedcode https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F639320%2F8ebb95be-0667-4c67-bfdc-a7362ee06b5c.png https://dev.to/relatedcode en Related Code Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:42:05 +0000 https://dev.to/relatedcode/i-made-a-web-page-where-you-can-chat-with-an-ai-stuck-on-a-c64-amiga-atari-st-mac-or-windows-95-2cce https://dev.to/relatedcode/i-made-a-web-page-where-you-can-chat-with-an-ai-stuck-on-a-c64-amiga-atari-st-mac-or-windows-95-2cce <p>Pick a computer on the timeline at the bottom: Green CRT, MS-DOS, C64, Mac System 7, Atari ST, Amiga 500, Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. Then type a question. The AI answers in character, as if it were still that year. Ask it about smartphones and it gets them charmingly wrong.</p> <p>Every screen is plain JavaScript and CSS, matched pixel by pixel to screenshots of the real systems.</p> <p>Things to try:</p> <ul> <li>Windows 95: Start &gt; Run, then type c64 or amiga</li> <li>Windows 95: Shut Down &gt; Restart in MS-DOS mode</li> <li>Mac: Special &gt; Restart</li> </ul> <p>Free, no sign-up: <a href="https://iwantmy.ai/retro" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://iwantmy.ai/retro</a></p> <p>Full disclosure: it's a fun side page for my AI chat app. Which machine should I add next?</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F72s1zo2vtbj5rzxloaee.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F72s1zo2vtbj5rzxloaee.png" alt="Green CRT terminal from the 1970s, logged in and ready to chat" width="800" height="500"></a></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fc4f5mkmay82q0t8g3e07.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fc4f5mkmay82q0t8g3e07.png" alt="The Green CRT terminal answering " width="800" height="500"></a></p> showdev javascript css ai