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Tech HistoryHow-To August 11, 2026 3 min read

How to Explore the Internet Archive's Software Library

A complete walkthrough of archive.org's software preservation collections — running historical software directly in your browser, understanding what's preserved and why, and using it as a genuine research resource.

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Tech HistoryDeep Dive July 26, 2026 3 min read

Y2K: The Bug That Was Real, Even Though Nothing Visibly Broke

Two-digit year fields threatened to make systems worldwide misinterpret 2000 as 1900. Billions were spent fixing it in advance — which is exactly why, to many observers afterward, it looked like the whole thing had been overblown.

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