We brought back the internet's first search engine

We continue our quest to find and bring back Archie, the internet's first search engine.

PART 1: How the internet became searchable

Visit and search our Archie server: https://archie.serialport.org
The original Archie documentation: https://files.serialport.org/archie/a...

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Our second channel: ‪@TheParallelPort‬

Huge thanks to:

Kinissue for the incredible "The Realization"
Watch: Kinissue - The Realization [lofi hip ...
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...

Above music provided by Lofi Girl.

References:
Emtage, Alan. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port.
Landweber, L. H. & ISOC. Archie Servers Map. https://web.archive.org/web/199904270...
Friedlander, David & NASA/GSFC. (1996). Photo of Sun tape.
Smith, R. J. & Gibbs, M. (1993). Navigating the Internet. Sams.
NapoliRoma (2011).  Sun SPARCstation 20 workstation, with plenty of stickers. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...