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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Electronic_Gur_183 on 2024-10-27 04:13:34+00:00.

enthusiast of online preservation, i recently stumbled upon this subreddit researching the IA hack and i’ve been hooked. i don’t personally do any hoarding or archival myself but i am a true appreciator of it. it’s interesting to see where the old software, games and magazines i used to download off the IA come from. and during my many trips to my local thrift stores, whenever something looks insanely obscure, niche, or generally weird and not something most people would care about, i always jokingly say to my brother “there is no way this is ANYWHERE on the internet.” and i’ve always wondered if that statement were true. because i too think those things are generally weird, and don’t care about them. so, i pose a question to ye data hoarders: is there anything you don’t have uploaded to any publicly accessible archival site, or anything you have that you’re pretty sure is not anywhere on the internet? and do you upload all of it? some of it? just the things you can’t find anywhere on the internet? very curious to hear. and thank you all for what you do. i’d be fresh out of luck trying to gauge the average price of old computers by combing through catalog scans without the work of people like you, or potentially even you yourself!

edit: if there is anything in your collection you know for sure is unavailable online, do you plan on uploading it?