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   Experimental website to browse and search vintage computer files from
   [9]archive.org
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   [11]discmaster 2???
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   Stats
   599,521,811 files from 26,052 items, totaling 51.3TB
     *      image: 261,931,551
     *       text: 159,122,876
     *    unknown:  68,961,006
     *      other:  33,432,911
     * executable:  20,910,219
     *    archive:  19,788,475
     *      audio:  17,643,555
     *   document:  10,465,817
     *       font:   3,206,545
     *      video:   2,015,416
     *      music:   1,689,055
     *       poly:     354,385

   Converted or identified 88% of files encountered.
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   Cookies & Tracking
   This site has no cookies and no tracking.
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   CSS & JavaScript
   CSS, JavaScript and HTTPS are not required. This site works in text and vintage
   browsers.
   In modern browsers, enabling CSS or JavaScript enables these features:
     * CSS: Filenames on images when browsing
     * JavaScript: Adjust image/video scale/zoom
     * JavaScript: Adjust video playback speed
     * JavaScript: Press left/right arrow to view previous/next file
     * JavaScript & sessionStorage: Persist image/video scale/zoom
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   FAQ

   Where do these files come from?
          All files were uploaded to [12]archive.org by thousands of different
          users.
          Think of this site as a partial mirror of select archive.org items, with a
          different interface.

   How do I contact the site operator?
          [13]sysop@textfiles.com

   Where is XYZ content?
          Not all data from archive.org is here. This site focuses on vintage media
          (image/audio/video) and shareware.

   Why does this site look ugly?
          It uses very few HTML tags for compatibility with vintage/text browsers
          and fast loading. It's also a bit of a style choice.

   Why didn't file XYZ convert?
          This site uses [14]dexvert to identify & convert files. It doesn't always
          get it right. Goal is to handle 90% of files.

   Why are some files missing?
          Some files are removed for various legal reasons

   Some text/html files are all gibberish characters?
          Try clicking the (.txt) or (.html) link at the top to view it directly.

   I can't scroll documents on iPad?
          iPad Safari is horrible with PDFs in IFRAMEs. Click on the (.pdf) link at
          top to view the PDF directly.

   I can browse to a file on a CD but can't find it via search?
          New files are added immediately to browse, but the search index is only
          updated about once a day.

   In my vintage browser I don't see some images/videos/text?
          Files are encoded as PNG/SVG, MP4, MP3 and UTF8. Offering vintage
          encodings would be too burdensome.

   Why does the image page access sessionStorage?
          The "scale persist" feature uses sessionStorage to save/load the scale.
          This stays on your computer and vanishes on tab close.

   You preview all sorts of images and weird formats, will you add emulation too?
          Emulation requires a massive amount of hand-coding to ensure the programs
          work properly - while never say never,
          it will probably only be a tiny amount of the files on this site that ever
          see in-the-browser emulation, if at all.
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   Browser Compatibility

   Best
          [15]Chromium Based
          [16]Firefox
          [17]Safari

   Good (Lacks AUDIO/VIDEO/PDF/IFRAME)
          [18]AWeb
          [19]Chameleon
          [20]IBrowse 2.5+
          [21]Internet Explorer 4.0+ (Windows)
          [22]Internet Explorer 5.0+ (Mac)
          [23]Links
          [24]Lynx
          [25]Netscape Communicator 4.0+

   Mediocre (Lacks above and PNG/UTF8)
          [26]Internet Explorer 4.0 (Mac)
          [27]Netscape Navigator 2.0 - [28]3.0

   Poor (Lacks above and   and STYLE/SCRIPT content shows on page)
          [29]Netscape Navigator 1.0

   Abysmal (Lacks above and some URLs break)
          [30]Internet Explorer 1.0 - [31]2.0
          [32]NCSA MOSAIC 1.0

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   7. http://discmaster.textfiles.com/search
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   9. https://archive.org/
  10. http://discmaster.textfiles.com/news.html
  11. http://discmaster.textfiles.com/discmaster2.html
  12. https://archive.org/
  13. mailto:sysop@textfiles.com
  14. https://github.com/Sembiance/dexvert
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Browsers_based_on_Chromium
  16. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
  17. https://www.apple.com/safari/
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWeb
  19. http://www.chameleonbrowser.com/
  20. https://www.ibrowse-dev.net/
  21. https://winworldpc.com/product/internet-explorer/ie-4
  22. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/internet-explorer-517
  23. http://links.twibright.com/
  24. https://lynx.browser.org/
  25. https://winworldpc.com/product/netscape-navigator/40x
  26. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/internet-explorer-401-68k
  27. https://winworldpc.com/product/netscape-navigator/2x
  28. https://winworldpc.com/product/netscape-navigator/30x
  29. https://winworldpc.com/product/netscape-navigator/1x
  30. https://winworldpc.com/product/internet-explorer/10
  31. https://winworldpc.com/product/internet-explorer/ie-20
  32. https://winworldpc.com/product/ncsa-mosaic/1