Retrocomputing is the use of horridly
outdated computers rather than more current,
useful ones. The idea is to get by on as few
resources as possible,
eschewing more modern
hardware. Modern
software is generally permitted, so long as it
works on the
machine in question.
Example: I am currently using an
Intel 80486DX running
Linux. The
motherboard and other
components date to around 1993. This would qualify as retrocomputing, since the computer is quite outdated (
Windows 95 would have some difficulty running on it, and
Linux just scrapes by, for the most part).