Saving the internet's first search engine from the brink of being lost forever: Archie (www.youtube.com)

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Archie and Gopher. Good times, man.

[-] a2part2@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 months ago

Gopher is still around

[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Archie, gopher, wais, Usenet, Telnet, and ftp were the internet at that point. The www was basically a guy with a fan page for the hobbit and someone who gave a virtual tour of MIT.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Link to the archive: https://archie.serialport.org/

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