Preservation

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Ancient Web: Farum Data Turned Obsolete Media Conversion Into Computing Archaeology

Farum Data's surviving trail connects a small Danish data-conversion business with magnetic-media recovery, unusual disk hardware, and later efforts to revive and document Philips P800 systems.

Ancient Web: Oldskool's Lode Runner Shrine Kept a 1983 Puzzle Game Playable

Oldskool's Lode Runner shrine preserved maps, versions, utilities, and fan knowledge for a 1983 game whose long life depended as much on players as publishers.

Ancient Web: Carl's Friends Kept an 1847 Sourdough Starter Moving Through the Mail

Carl's Friends used the Web, Usenet culture, volunteer labor, and postal mail to preserve and distribute Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail sourdough starter.

Ancient Web: One Website Catalogs 322 Brooklyn Parquet Floor Borders

FloorBorders.com documents hundreds of face-nailed parquet border patterns found in Brooklyn homes, with photographs, measured drawings, spreadsheets and historical construction details.

Ancient Web: Hallowed Haunting Grounds Preserves 33 Years of One Halloween Yard Haunt

Hallowed Haunting Grounds documents a Studio City Halloween display that ran from 1973 through 2005, preserving its illusions, maps, audio and history online.

Ancient Web: Thrower Was a Pioneering Knife-Throwing Community

The archived Thrower website preserves one of the Web's earliest communities devoted to sport knife throwing, complete with mailing-list culture, club history and late-1990s links.

Ancient Web: ThemeParks.ie Is a Personal World Atlas of Amusement Parks

ThemeParks.ie turns years of personal amusement-park travel into a country-by-country photographic archive of rides, fairs, vanished parks, and coaster construction.

Ancient Web: The Cosmic Encounter Archive Helped Fans Rebuild a Board Game From Files and Memory

Aaron Fuegi's old Cosmic Encounter archive preserved rules, printable components, expansion material and fan knowledge for a board game whose editions and supplements had become difficult to reconstruct.