Compuserve

[Warner Losh]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 3:03 PM James B DiGriz via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:57:17 -0600
> Jason T via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 05:41 Tomas By via cctalk
> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Does anybody know if the old Compuserve discussion forums are
> > > available anywhere now?
> > >
> > > I'm specifically interested in the ones about HP Palmtops and
> > > cc:Mail.
> >
> > As far as I know, nothing was saved. It was a massive loss for early
> > online history.
> >
> > >
> >
>
> Ditto for Delphi, The Source, etc. And Fidonet echos. Some of us tried
> to collect and preserve the Delphi TI Forum about 20 years ago when it
> was known to still exist on tapes, but nothing ever came of it that I'm
> aware of.
>


I have some fidonet echos for the DEC Rainbow I downloaded from one of the
archives...

There will have been pieces saved here and there, but mostly on floppies or
> old,
> failing hard disks or rotting tapes not stored safely, so if anyone
> wants to archive them, they need to do it ASAP.
>

Yes. Indeed.

Warner

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