[Sysadmin] Browser archive contributions

[Brian Wilson]

Hi Dean,

I don't have links to the browsers, I have a pile of CDs. :)

I realized after I originally sent this that the only proper response if 
you expressed interest was to give you a list of all the versions I 
have. That took me a couple days to gather:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pBxYFifmpPgjVwxypR5cDDemI6ieQIKS3wez8iwSKpk/edit?usp=sharing

I was going to add another column and comb through the evolt archive to 
cross-reference where there were gaps, but with over 200 on my end and 
the archaeology that would probably be required with the strange naming 
conventions they used to use...well, I figure I'll just put it out there 
to start with. I can still try to add that cross-referencing, but I 
won't be able to get to that until at least this weekend. With the US 
having a holiday I probably have a few other commitments that will make 
that problematic anyway.

I figure we can determine what subset of the browsers I have that are 
interesting and we can work from there how best to get them to you.

PS: after some brief browsing, it looks like evolt either does not focus 
on pre-release versions, or just doesn't have very many of them. That 
was something I covered in depth on my site, which is why I have so many 
of them for IE, Mosaic, Netscape and Opera (the browsers I covered).

Hope this list is interesting,
-Brian

On 5/22/18 5:31 AM, Dean Mah wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Thanks for thinking of the browser archive. If you still have links to
> the various browsers, let me know and I can arrange for them to be
> downloaded.
>
> Thanks,
> Dean
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Brian Wilson <retail at blooberry.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I used to create/maintain a resource about HTML/CSS called "Index DOT
>> Html/Css" (http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot). It was a great reference used
>> by many for a number of years, but it has since fallen by the wayside
>> (browser developers became waaaay too ambitious to keep up with :) )
>>
>>
>> So, as part of creating that site I had grabbed numerous versions of the
>> various web browsers I was covering (alphas, betas, point releases and
>> more). I have them all archived, and I was going to finally throw them out
>> during a big spring cleaning I'm doing right now. In the back of my mind I
>> remembered your browser archive, so I thought I'd 1) see if you are still a
>> going concern, and 2) see if you might be interested in any of these
>> versions. I probably have 50-100 browser versions from the early WWW days. I
>> have no idea if what I have fills in any of your blanks or if you would want
>> any of what I have. In any case, I thought I'd put the question out there to
>> gauge interest first before moving forward.
>>
>>
>> Note: on browsers.evolt.org, you have the following:
>>
>> Browser submissions should be sent in the form of a URL using our contact
>> form, so that evolt.org staff can download the software into the master
>> archive.
>>
>> This leads to a 404. I'm not sure if this give at evolt.org address is the
>> proper alternate route.
>>
>>
>> Thanks, and I hope you (all) and your site are doing well,
>>
>> Brian Wilson