Observed arrival · 2026-08-26

OldNet Keeps the Old Internet Running

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A preservation project restores historic Internet software and makes its original systems available to explore.

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OldNet organizes its preservation work around four layers: original software and releases, restored systems on modern infrastructure, preserved interfaces and behavior, and documentation of the surrounding history. Its first listed project is Lazarus, a restoration of Martin Foster’s 2003 Perl/MySQL community and chat system, marked complete and online. The project index also records one restoration in progress and two further entries labeled coming soon.

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