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Finding And Resurrecting Archie: The Internet’s First Search Engine in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is still a Veronica! I use it regularly for searching gopherspace.

What are your defining memories of computing in the old days? in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed! Computer Recreations was the absolute best. I remember implementing an algorithm from this that displayed 3d projections of a 4d rotating hypercube; then extending it to support red/blue cellophane 3d glasses (or as best as possible with a 16 colour pallette). So much fun and learnt so much!

What was the first modem you ever had? How fast was it? in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

"Zoltrix" 14.4k internal here!