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| There is a growing interest in computing history, computer networking and how it all came to be. In early 2000's we began observing an increase in old web sites going extinct. We did not want an important part of our culture disappear, so around 2011 a long term project was started with the goal of preserving these web sites. At first we focused purely on archiving web sites, but later began building a comprehensive service that allowed access to this this newly found content. | There is a growing interest in computing history, computer networking and how it all came to be. In early 2000's we began observing an increase in old web sites going extinct. We did not want an important part of our culture disappear, so around 2011 a long term project was started with the goal of preserving these web sites. At first we focused purely on archiving web sites, but later began building a comprehensive service that allowed access to this this newly found content. | ||
| - | We prioritize the accessibility of our service. The goal is to be able to browse these historic sites as easily as if they were still online. Over the years we've placed a special emphasis on emulating the look and feel of the early Internet experience as close as possible. | + | We had to keep a realistic scope for the project. For this reason, we chose to preserve web sites mostly from around mid-to-late 1990's. There are several reasons this timeline was chosen: |
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| - | We needed to keep a realistic scope for the project. For this reason, we chose to preserve web sites mostly from around mid-to-late 1990's. There are several reasons this timeline was chosen: | + | |
| - Internet experienced a strong global expansion around this time, with half the population in the US accessing the Internet on a regular basis. | - Internet experienced a strong global expansion around this time, with half the population in the US accessing the Internet on a regular basis. | ||
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| - There are more resources available for purposes of restoration and archival. | - There are more resources available for purposes of restoration and archival. | ||
| - | There are some aspects our service differs from other web archival sites such as the Wayback Machine at [[http://www.archive.org/|archive.org]]. | + | We prioritize the accessibility of our service. The goal is to be able to browse these historic sites as easily as if they were still online. Over the years we've placed a special emphasis on emulating the look and feel of the early Internet experience as close as possible. |
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| + | Our service differs from other web archival projects such as Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at [[http://www.archive.org/|archive.org]] by some key aspects. | ||
| - The web sites are restored to be completely functional. Broken links and images are fixed, and manual work is put using several sources to restore full functionality. For this reason, the service can be used as reference material in studies of the history of Internet, and in interactive computing museum exhibits etc. | - The web sites are restored to be completely functional. Broken links and images are fixed, and manual work is put using several sources to restore full functionality. For this reason, the service can be used as reference material in studies of the history of Internet, and in interactive computing museum exhibits etc. | ||
| - The web sites are browseable with original period correct hardware. | - The web sites are browseable with original period correct hardware. | ||
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