Wayback Machine

[cyberham]

I've heard of the Wayback Machine. But I had never tried it. I read they have over 800 billion web pages saved from the past.

Not to steal the thunder from Joseph Holloway (1998) but you can, for example, check this link and see what the satellite arc was like back in 2010 around when I got my first dish installed. All of the links within that page still work too just as though you were in the year 2010. Pretty fascinating. You can go back further if you wish too.

2010:


1999:

 

[comfortably_numb]

But why?

 

[Long Hair]

I've used it to find old versions of software and or drivers, that is no longer supported or available for download.

 

[comfortably_numb]

There was a guy here who used to obsess about what was on satellite in 1998. He would cruise those old archives and post about them. I really don't understand the fascination.

 

[cyberham]

But why?

Nostalgia!

 

[cyberham]

There was a guy here who used to obsess about what was on satellite in 1998....

Not was....is. He posted just 9 days ago. Check down the list of postings. Give yourself 30 more years then you may appreciate thinking back to "the good old days".

 

[comfortably_numb]

you may appreciate thinking back to "the good old days".

They ain't comin' back!

 

[cyberham]

They ain't comin' back!

Thank goodness. For all the good we remember, we forget more of the bad. "These now are the good old days" to paraphrase Carly!

 

[Keith Brannen]

Nostalgia!

Exactly! I have used it to clarify some of my notes I have made on my FTA doings. For example, mentioned a new channel, and didn't mention what satellite it was on, of course, I knew at the time, but not later on!

Also interesting to check the old satellites and see all the great channels we use to get (G10R at 123W, for example).

 

[N5XZS]

Blast from the past baby!!

 

[jayn_j]

A favorite saying of mine:

Nostalgia, it ain't what it used to be

(And never was)

 

[SkySurfer80]

There was a guy here who used to obsess about what was on satellite in 1998. He would cruise those old archives and post about them. I really don't understand the fascination.

I get it. Its nostalgia. I have the same thing. I love looking at old tv guides and the tv memories.