On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 05:49:25PM -0800, flawed jai wrote: > lenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flawed jai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > hello, > we'd be happy to help lowendmac, or anyone trying to save info that > people can use. > our archive goes back to 1996, but our success collecting large binaries > is spotty. > wayback searches only with urls, not keywords. so you can't search for > 'os6', the good news is that you can search 'www.foo.com/downloads*' and
I wonder why they have this limitation. Seems like a nightly index build would be enough to at least get file level searches. > browse everything in that directory or lower. > apple uses a robots.txt file to block a lot of their files in wayback, This shouldn't matter. Turn off robot checks and ignore it. Not a good thing to abuse all the time, but for getting the initial set of files it shouldn't hurt them. > but you can search for other sites (you know what sites you want). > try it, and if there's any way we can help, just drop a note, > archive support This is at least a way to get files. The real hard work, I think, will be documenting each file and what it is for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
