A curated list of web sites of the old-school: mostly non-commercial and all hand-made, survivals of the Web As It Once Was. And sites that preserve the spirit of it.
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MEME
Archives of a newsletter about then-current developments in cyberspace, published by David Solomon Bennahum between 1995 and 1998. A remarkable time capsule of that transfomative moment in computing.
date added: 2024-04-07
tags: computers web networks
History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
"From the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network" ... A comprehensive collection of historical materials - essays, photos, news articles, etc. Brought to you by Bill Burns, this site has been in development since 1999 or thereabouts.
date added: 2024-02-15
tags: telegraph networks history
Cliff Stoll's Performance Art Theater and Networking Security Revue
Clifford Stoll narrates his story of hunting down a computer hacker who broke into the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the mid-80s. It was published in book form as "The Cuckoo's Egg" in 1989, but here is embodied in a series of short audio clips and tiny little pictures of Stoll presenting on stage. You may want to watch the excellent PBS documentary as well.
date added: 2022-11-07
tags: infosec history networks
Jargon File Text Archive
Most versions of the storied Jargon File (a hacker lexicon), dating back to 1976
date added: 2022-03-16
tags: history computers programming networks
Computers Are Bad
"COMPUTERS ARE BAD is a newsletter semi-regularly issued directly to your doorstep to enlighten you as to the ways that computers are bad and the many reasons why."
date added: 2022-02-18
tags: computers networks programming electronics radio infosec