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Title: A look back
Post by: Jeff on February 07, 2018, 02:09:59 PM
Have you ever visited the wayback machine? It is a website that takes snap shots of websites over time.  The first timethey took a snapshot of the Forestry Forum was:
April 4, 2001 1 snapshot at 03:37:23

http://web.archive.org/web/20010801000000*/http://forestryforum.com (http://web.archive.org/web/20010801000000*/http://forestryforum.com)
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Kbeitz on February 07, 2018, 03:14:54 PM
Link wont work for me...
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Weekend_Sawyer on February 07, 2018, 03:26:57 PM
Worked for me. Just took a trip down memory lane.
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Raider Bill on February 07, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Quote from: Weekend_Sawyer on February 07, 2018, 03:26:57 PM
Worked for me. Just took a trip down memory lane.
Took my website back to 1999. Pretty neat.
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Don P on February 07, 2018, 07:38:57 PM
 :D The beastly truck Heretik. and the leaf match game.
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Southside on February 07, 2018, 07:42:36 PM
Pretty cool - Jeff what was the first ever post on the Forum?
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Jeff on February 07, 2018, 07:59:03 PM
Knowing me, it was "testing"
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Southside on February 07, 2018, 08:08:58 PM
LOL.  Have you ever posted the story of how the Forum idea came into existence?  I have to think it would be a good story to read. 
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Jeff on February 07, 2018, 08:15:18 PM
Origins of the Forestry Forum (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,30658.0.html)
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Southside on February 07, 2018, 11:04:40 PM
Thank you Jeff - just read that post and the one linked to it about where did you come from.  Will read the other links too - very good reading.
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Kbeitz on February 08, 2018, 12:47:31 AM
I tried it again and again.... I clicked on the high lighted words but nothing happens.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/39553/Try_again.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1518068800)
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 08, 2018, 05:53:30 AM
Quote from: Kbeitz on February 07, 2018, 03:14:54 PM
Link wont work for me...

You have to click on a calendar date highlighted. :)
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: SwampDonkey on February 08, 2018, 05:54:36 AM
I often use the parent site (archive.org) to find old books digitized to PDF's.  You will find some people trying to sell them for profit on Amazon.
Title: Re: A look back
Post by: Kbeitz on February 08, 2018, 06:54:00 AM
I took the address and cut it short. http://web.archive.org/ .... Now it works
for me. For some reason the other way it was unclickable for me.