Date   : Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:10:16 +0000
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Loss of BBC / Acorn sites

I believe that archive.org will also mirror a site on request if there is
danger of it being lost...

Plus .... I've got some spare capacity and am willing to provide either a
mirror or indefinite subdomains/hosting to any Beeb/Viewdata/Teletext site
that needs it.

Rob

On 28 February 2016 at 11:55, chris whytehead <
christopher.whytehead@...> wrote:

> When I decided tp quit Acorn collecting I donated my site (Chris?s Acorns)
> along with my collection to the Museum of Computing History and it is still
> available http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk complete with all
> the documentation.
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> *From:* bbc-micro-bounces+christopher.whytehead
> ntlworld.com@... [mailto:
> bbc-micro-bounces+christopher.whytehead=ntlworld.com@...] *On
> Behalf Of *John
> *Sent:* 28 February 2016 10:31
> *To:* bbc-micro@...
> *Subject:* [BBC-Micro] Loss of BBC / Acorn sites
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> As some of you already know, I?ve been looking at sites concerning the BBC
> B especially because of my university project.
>
>
>
> Just thought I?d mention that whilst the loss of individual sites is
> extensive although sadly predictable, we do seem to be losing the bigger
> sites ? we lost updates to Stairway to Hell (STH) and ?The BBC Lives? moved
> to archive which was a big shame, but these losses themselves are akin to
> losing a book in a library [albeit a large book] ? the top levels, e.g. the
> archive searches for BBC Lives @ Retrokit (
> http://archive.retro-kit.co.uk/bbc.nvg.org/files.php3.html) also seem to
> be getting lost. Webrings are getting drowned in adverts, and spam material.
>
>
>
> These are more like the loss of the library itself, which inevitably means
> some of the smaller, more specialised documentation, can get lost forever.
>
>
>
> Is there any spirit amongst you for a crowd-funding arrangement, whereby
> we have a professional site that amalgamates everything out there, and
> takes the burden of off some of you individually to maintain these sites?
> Or does this exist and I have missed it? Should we have a fund raising
> drive and propose a museum takes the burden, like the Museum of Computing
> History in Cambridge, or the Science Museum?
>
>
>
> This isn?t a pitch, because I don?t think my skills are up to all that,
> merely a suggestion.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
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>
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>
>
> John Terry
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