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

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Archie and Gopher. Good times, man.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Gopher is still around

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

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