dustyoldcomputers.com gone?

[AndreasB]

That site was one of these I had bookmarked a long time ago for PDP-8 documentation and its archive of MAINDEC tapes, I think. It seems that dustyoldcomputers.com was snatched up by a domain squatter. If I'm not mixing things up, I think it was the site of @DougIngraham (but I'm not allowed to send DMs yet, which is what this thread maybe should have been otherwise). I suppose the docs and software might also be found on bitsavers, but is that site still available somewhere else?

 

[Plasma]

The archive.org copy looks pretty complete.

 

[djg]

That was at least partly a mirror of www.pdp12.org when it went away. I have image of original pdp12.org site if you find something missing. Don't have an archive of dustyoldcomputers.

This is the most complete collection of PDP-8 MAINDECS and documentation I know of. https://so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/software/dec.php

 

[ldkraemer]

You can use the WAYBACK MACHINE to get to older captures of sites:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/dustyoldcomputers.com

https://web.archive.org/web/20230209032251/http://dustyoldcomputers.com/


Larry

 

[jmcgill]

I came across the dustyoldcomputers.com domain for sale in June and thinking that it was worth preserving, I purchased the domain from a domain squatter with the hope of getting it back online.

I'm not sure if the domain was allowed to expire on purpose or a renewal was missed but the website would have been offline for approx. 90 days before the squatter picked it up in March.

It's great that the previous owner is an active member here and if @DougIngraham wants to reach out, it would be great to discuss getting the website back online, and I'm more than happy to host the website if I can get Doug's permission to include the previous content.