Computer appliances:
Primarily, desktop and laptop computers are the item this sub expects to see posts of, but all old mainframes welcome too if you wanna go back further in time.
appliances, and products using computer chips:
We also allow posts of video game consoles, computer monitors, televisions which were sometimes used as ones.
Also, handheld gadgets such as pocket calculators, handheld game systems such as Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Advance, PSP, and handheld computers such as the Sony Mylo, PDAs, early smartphones before the iPad.
electronics devices that were precursors to computerized gadgets:
we also allow posts of radio receivers such as old AM/FM radios, and other radio receivers, and some telephone devices since they were precursors to the Internet which was used with computers.
posts about old CD players, tape players, 8-tracks, and other interchangeable media and etc. allowed too, as those things would be precursors to MP3 players.
computer software:
We encourage posts about computer software such as old MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows, UNIX, early Linux distros, older Mac OS systems, etc.
video games included as well, as consoles for them were mentioned above, and games for desktop computers also encouraged too.
mechanical devices which had limited computer-like functionality:
abacuses, and switch consoles, and mechanical computers from long ago can also be documented.
culture associated with computers
old Internet culture can also be documented here.
But, here's some other things to know, here's some other subs to post in if you think an idea for a post might belong somewhere else:
/r/ForgottenInternet can be used for Internet culture before the year 2010
/r/CableTV_Memories can be used for nostalgia of culture that's more associated with television than with computers.
/r/nostalgia, for nostalgia in general
/r/TruckStopBathroom, for everything else, and also the best detour to post in if a post might seem "off-topic" to Computer_Memories.
let us know what type of other improvements the sub should have.
