this is the response i received from the intrnet archive site, re r trying to amass an online DL collection of past mac software.
lenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: �� flawed jai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hello, we'd be happy to help lowendmac, or anyone trying to save info that people can use. our archive goes back to 1996, but our success collecting large binaries is spotty. wayback searches only with urls, not keywords. so you can't search for 'os6', the good news is that you can search 'www.foo.com/downloads*' and browse everything in that directory or lower. apple uses a robots.txt file to block a lot of their files in wayback, but you can search for other sites (you know what sites you want). try it, and if there's any way we can help, just drop a note, archive support in response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (flawed jai) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:08:24 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: too little too late? or no? I belong to an online mac user group at http://www.lowendmac.com and we are trying to amass an online archive of as much vintage mac software that we can possibly locate. we are hobbyists and restorers of apple computers going back as far as apple goes. we are constantly rescuing, refurbishing, trading, selling and coming up with ingenious ways to use apple computers that even apple never imagined. our main lament is that so many of the old sites where one could obtain downloads of the software that worked on our macs, well, they're disappearing or gone. it hit me today that perhaps in your archiving, that maybe you saved these sites before they vanished. in effect, we want to do what you do, but focusing only on apple and macintosh programs. rather than link to outside sites that are becoming extinct, we want to capture and save the downloads and info that was actually there when the site was live, and put them on our own servers and domain name, for mac users to be able to draw on in our resurrection of macs we save from the landfills. how far back in time do your archives go? did you get a good sweep of what was out there when the web started?? do you think you can help us with our project? when people ask us why we bother, our answer is "because eventually, as time goes by, every mac becomes a low end mac". and macs have amazing longevity. we have members on 18 year old machines humming along happily untroubled, alongside today's G4's, even networked. its a worthy project. and since apple wont do it, its left to us who care. what can you tell me? my discussion list is eagerly awaiting an answer. give us hope! http://community.webtv.net/mensabrains/BADCODE -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
