notjustbikes , Englisch
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These guys actually tracked down a copy of Archie (including the source code) and now have a public Archie server back online!

Archie was the Internet's first search engine (before the web existed). I remember using it in the early 90s.

It's pretty funny how usable 90s tech is: imagine, a search engine that just gives you direct links to file downloads without any other nonsense involved!

https://youtu.be/CUwR9xdEuZI

ahltorp ,
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@notjustbikes Veronica was so full of garbage links that it was very difficult to find anything.

Jorah ,
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@notjustbikes "But how will techbros get rich off this?"

Dianora ,
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@notjustbikes I remember Gopher, Archie and Veronica. At least with Gopher/Archie one did not have to wait for a few gigabits of google fonts and graphic pixels to download first nor do you have to put up with music and an animation.

JewleZi ,
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@notjustbikes i was so confused what that comic has to do with open source lol

haentz ,
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@notjustbikes Great, but how does he plan to monetize this!1

NatureMC ,
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@notjustbikes Even older works under hardest conditions: Look at 1+2, how they fixed No. 1: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/how-fixed-voyager-1
And this tech of 1977 still works: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ (Mission Status)

riderexmachina ,
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@notjustbikes
That's awesome!

vosje62 ,
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@notjustbikes @ReneDamkot lol...😎😎

FourT4 ,
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@notjustbikes now that takes me back!

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