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I really, really wish I could find my old Geocities website. It was mostly just a bunch of jokes I found around the Internet, and it'd be interesting to see wha

I really, really wish I could find my old Geocities website. It was mostly just a bunch of jokes I found around the Internet, and it'd be interesting to see what kind of stuff I found funny back in 1999. It might be sitting on an old hard drive in my basement (I never dispose of them with other equipment, instead telling myself I will someday wipe them manually and/or drill through the platters).

seiferteric 9y ago
There is hope! archive.org has many of them. Here is mine from late 90s/early 00's: http://web.archive.org/web/20021130100312/http://www.geocities.com:80/Area51/Shire/6675/ http://web.archive.org/web/20021130100312/http://www.geociti...
sedachv 9y ago
> I never dispose of them with other equipment, instead telling myself I will someday wipe them manually and/or drill through the platters Don't do that! Hoard them to sell on eBay for hobby money later. There is a looming retrocomputing SCSI hard drive shortage. You can already get good prices for 50-pin SCSI drives. I don't know about ATA/IDE drives, but I imagine people trying to build "authentic" systems will drive demand in the next decade as well.
- amatecha 9y ago
  The need for old SCSI/IDE drives is being filled by SD/microSD/CF adapters for those connector types :)
  - sedachv 9y ago
    Not for everyone. I know a few people that prefer to run real hard drives in their hardware, especially when they show at vintage computer exhibitions. These people go out of their way to get old ones for spare parts and to repair what they have. Adapters are the last resort when the drives they need can only be obtained for astronomical prices or not at all.
    - amatecha 9y ago
      Oh yeah, for sure, I know there are many purists who want the legit original hardware. Just that many hobbyists who just want to run their favorite old computer(s) opt for the adapter as it's a lot easier to buy a bunch of SD cards, even if the adapters can be a bit pricy.
- taco_emoji 9y ago
  They're all ATA or SATA. If anything, the looming shortage for those is like 20 years away, so...

seiferteric 9y ago

There is hope! archive.org has many of them. Here is mine from late 90s/early 00's: http://web.archive.org/web/20021130100312/http://www.geocities.com:80/Area51/Shire/6675/ http://web.archive.org/web/20021130100312/http://www.geociti...

sedachv 9y ago

> I never dispose of them with other equipment, instead telling myself I will someday wipe them manually and/or drill through the platters Don't do that! Hoard them to sell on eBay for hobby money later. There is a looming retrocomputing SCSI hard drive shortage. You can already get good prices for 50-pin SCSI drives. I don't know about ATA/IDE drives, but I imagine people trying to build "authentic" systems will drive demand in the next decade as well.

amatecha 9y ago
The need for old SCSI/IDE drives is being filled by SD/microSD/CF adapters for those connector types :)
- sedachv 9y ago
  Not for everyone. I know a few people that prefer to run real hard drives in their hardware, especially when they show at vintage computer exhibitions. These people go out of their way to get old ones for spare parts and to repair what they have. Adapters are the last resort when the drives they need can only be obtained for astronomical prices or not at all.
  - amatecha 9y ago
    Oh yeah, for sure, I know there are many purists who want the legit original hardware. Just that many hobbyists who just want to run their favorite old computer(s) opt for the adapter as it's a lot easier to buy a bunch of SD cards, even if the adapters can be a bit pricy.
taco_emoji 9y ago
They're all ATA or SATA. If anything, the looming shortage for those is like 20 years away, so...