18 Jul
2023
18 Jul
'23
8:07 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 22:48, Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 7/10/23 10:54 AM, Ali wrote:
You could have just said "there's a site that set up a proxy server for
browsing a moderate number of old mirrors of HTTP and FTP sites" and linked
to that site instead of sending us a link to a youtube video.
It's https://protoweb.org/ and this definitely seems to be aimed at an
audience that wasn't alive when these browsers and websites were around.
If it was aimed at the cctech crowd it could have been a very simple
webpage that explains that they have an HTTP/FTP/Gopher proxy server at
wayback.protoweb.com:7851 and you can then go to www.inode.com to see
what's available. Instead that information is hidden under multiple layers
of bizarre hand-holding.
-Henry
Hello All,
Hi Ali,
I am wondering if anyone has a private or knows
of a mirror for
ftp.compaq.com that is older than 2014?
I'm watching a video talking about Protoweb and one of the ftp sites
that they are talking about is ftp.compaq.com.
The video in question is:
Link - Protoweb - Reviving the '90s Internet! (Overview & Demo)
- https://youtu.be/1FSd-XhGLqk
I'm interested in checking out Protoweb for various reasons, but I
figured that I'd let you, and fellow cctalk subscribers, know about the
ftp.compaq.com archive.