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Rodster-500

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'Old' forum archives available
« on: January 20, 2018, 06:47:13 PM »
Looks like some of the old forum information has been archived and is available to view.

GEORGE WATTERS COLLECTION

http://web.archive.org/web/20150926150207/http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=27706.0

Seems to be hit or miss but parts of the old forum still survive!

Maybe a donation is warranted?

https://archive.org/donate/

I'm not smart enough to know if SAAC can capture this data and archive it on a club server but might worth a try?

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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2018, 06:52:57 PM »
Im wondering if we can retrieve the total post numbers?

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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2018, 06:55:54 PM »
Wow, what a great find, not positive how to search it, do they have other threads too?

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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2018, 07:02:09 PM »
Wow, what a great find, not positive how to search it, do they have other threads too?

It's been hit or miss so far.  Some threads seem to be complete and others are not available.  Looks like most of the latest captures were done in 2015/2016.

Guess something is better than nothing?

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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2018, 07:05:56 PM »
Thanks for finding it. That is an epic thread. 😎

Maybe they als have the random pictures from the web thread. Would be cool if we could buy it back and load them on the new site.

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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2018, 07:12:26 PM »
Thanks for finding it. That is an epic thread. 😎

Maybe they als have the random pictures from the web thread. Would be cool if we could buy it back and load them on the new site.

Exactly, information like that needs to be saved!

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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2018, 07:48:03 PM »
It looks like a snapshot of the forum and its threads from 2014-15.
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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2018, 08:00:19 PM »
My GFs son has backups from a Poke Man forum that dates back 10 years. He was an administrator that had access to back up EVERYTHING! Im really having trouble understanding how was this precious database lost. I hope there are more Web Archive posts that are available. We will rebuild :-)
« Last Edit: January 20, 2018, 08:11:38 PM by SteveFla »

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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2018, 08:01:11 PM »
I have several URL's that I saved from the old saacforum.com on my cell phone notepad that I wanted for reference. I tried the wayback website and it states it is saved, but when I try to login, it won't. If anyone wants these URL's and can do something with them, let me know.
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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2018, 08:02:50 PM »
My GFs son has backups from a Poke Man forum that dates back 10 years. He was an administrator that had access to back up EVERYTHING! Im really having trouble understanding how can such a precious database was lost.
We all are.

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« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2018, 09:02:31 PM »
http://web.archive.org/web/20040201000000*/                       go to that link ........... add     saacforum     in search

 then there are 10 years of  random archived bits   we may not get  it all back but there are  some  bits worth cut and pasting or hyper linking

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106,748 web captures from 2008 to 2017
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Some where some one is driving their collector car for the last time but they don't know it . Drive your car every time like it could be the last memory of it .

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Re: 'Old' forum archives available
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2018, 09:14:52 PM »
Happy to be back; onward!