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Kevsh · 09-21-2005, 01:19 PM

I know that WayBackMachine has been mentioned here, but I ran into it again today and had a brief bit of fun looking up old versions of web sites.

I looked up newyorktimes.com and found this, for Aug, 2000:
http://web.archive.org/web/200008150...yorktimes.com/

Hmm, check back early 2001:
http://web.archive.org/web/200104010...yorktimes.com/

Looks like the Times won that battle ;)

Also found the oldest site I remember, and the one that (gulp) inspired me to a career in the Internet Arts (this is the first archive they have but I saw the site a good year before this):

http://web.archive.org/web/199612270...http://tsn.ca/

At the time I was using NCSA Mosaic browser which didn't support frames or image maps - the site suggested I download Netscape (probably 1.0) and wow, did the Internet look so much better ... (even though this site looks amateur by today's standards!)

Here's Sex.com circa 1986:
http://web.archive.org/web/199612190...//www.sex.com/

Ouch. Wonder how much you could have paid for that eyesore back then??

Anyhow, amuse yourself by checking out archived versions of sites, even your own perhaps at:

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

09-21-2005, 01:19 PM
Kevsh Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: TO Posts: 8,619	WayBack - Check out Old Versions of Web Sites (Cooool) I know that WayBackMachine has been mentioned here, but I ran into it again today and had a brief bit of fun looking up old versions of web sites. I looked up newyorktimes.com and found this, for Aug, 2000: http://web.archive.org/web/200008150...yorktimes.com/ Hmm, check back early 2001: http://web.archive.org/web/200104010...yorktimes.com/ Looks like the Times won that battle ;) Also found the oldest site I remember, and the one that (gulp) inspired me to a career in the Internet Arts (this is the first archive they have but I saw the site a good year before this): http://web.archive.org/web/199612270...http://tsn.ca/ At the time I was using NCSA Mosaic browser which didn't support frames or image maps - the site suggested I download Netscape (probably 1.0) and wow, did the Internet look so much better ... (even though this site looks amateur by today's standards!) Here's Sex.com circa 1986: http://web.archive.org/web/199612190...//www.sex.com/ Ouch. Wonder how much you could have paid for that eyesore back then?? Anyhow, amuse yourself by checking out archived versions of sites, even your own perhaps at: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php