Do you remember what the old link to the archived material was? Or if not, where were the lists hosted before google groups?
On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 10:18:01 AM UTC-4 Jeff Walther wrote: > I agree. But what can one do? Tons of great information in the > PowerWatch forums also, which was dedicated the PowerComputing clones. All > gone forever now, unless Jeff Keller kept an archive. I'm rather perturbed > the LEM, which is kind of dedicated to the old Mac community, > doesn't/didn't keep an archive of the lists up from before teh switch to > Google. > > On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 10:19:12 AM UTC-5 stan...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm glad to see others are concerned about archiving - that was one of my > thoughts as well. Forums in particular are shockingly vulnerable to loss > over time, because the wayback machine often can't capture them, especially > if the forum is behind a login and/or is php-based. > > You mention an old link to the archived material - have you checked to see > if that link was captured by the wayback machine? > > I recently found that almost all the material on two different forums I > used to find extremely useful (on topics far removed from vintage macs) are > both gone now, and unrecoverable through the wayback machine. It is really > tragic. The old LISTSERV system actually had better provisions for > long-term archiving. > > Sara > > On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 3:48:22 AM UTC-4 Jeff Walther wrote: > > Is there a way to view the list archives from before the move to Google > Groups? > > Most of the activity on the SuperMacs LEMList was before the move the > Google Groups. And for a while there was a link to an archive of the > older material on LEM, but now it doesn't seem to exist. There was a ton > of useful shared wisdom in those postings. And certainly, also the ones > from this list as well. > > On Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 8:42:41 PM UTC-5 Willi Kusche wrote: > > Hi! > > The group still has a moderator. That would be me. The only one? > > Willi > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vintage-macs/3816f12b-6d1c-46f4-9203-a6408d368b2bn%40googlegroups.com.
