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Early Access! The story of Archie, the first search engine

In the first installment of this two-part series, we explore what was termed the "resource discovery problem" of the early Internet and speak to the inventor of the world's first search engine called Archie.

Part two will feature our epic quest to locate the original Archie software, and our attempt at bringing the search pioneer back to life on the modern Internet.

Early Access! The story of Archie, the first search engine

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Love these videos as they fill in the knowledge gaps in my 54 years in IT.

George G.

I used Archie extensively back in the day. I have to say that I was completely oblivious to how much of a cutting-edge piece of software it was! Great video. :-)

Insanely Digital

Great idea! As we get Archie actually working, we want to make it available to our community if not public for everyone. Some services will be only for our community via dial-up but we should offer VPN connectivity as well. Open to suggestions

The Serial Port

Fantastic video series. I knew of Archie, but not much about it. It would be really neat if there was a VPN where we could host our retro servers and use the internet like it was 1994. Even if it required a subscription.

Matt Standish


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