Hacker News with Generative AI: Archives

Ada Gems (2014) (adacore.com)
The Ada Gem of the Week is enjoying it's well earned retirement. But we hope you'll enjoy looking through the archives.
Programming, Ada, Software, Archives
59 points by Tomte 13 days ago | 9 comments
Announcing the data.gov archive (law.harvard.edu)
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov.
Data, Government, Archives, Open Data, Source Cooperative
382 points by govideo 14 days ago | 132 comments
The Video Game History Foundation library opens in early access (gamehistory.org)
Today, the Video Game History Foundation launches early access to its digital archive of video game history research materials, available now at library.gamehistory.org.
Video Games, History, Libraries, Archives
362 points by pabs3 18 days ago | 72 comments
The Video Game History Foundation Library Opens in Early Access (gamehistory.org)
Today, the Video Game History Foundation launches early access to its digital archive of video game history research materials, available now at library.gamehistory.org.
Video Games, History, Libraries, Archives
16 points by bpierre 19 days ago | 0 comments
Old Games Magazines (theguardian.com)
As the Video Game History Foundation opens a new digitised archive, what can titles like Crash, Mega, Edge and GamesMaster tell us about the early days of gaming?
Video Games, History, Gaming Culture, Archives
103 points by ritchie_13 24 days ago | 38 comments
Can you read this cursive handwriting? The National Archives wants your help (smithsonianmag.com)
The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school.
History, Cursive Writing, Archives, Citizen Science
257 points by lemonberry 35 days ago | 251 comments
GOG Joins European Federation of Game Archives, Museums & Preservation Projects (gamingonlinux.com)
GOG made a press announcement today to note they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP).
Gaming, Preservation, Archives, Museums, Europe
246 points by LorenDB 37 days ago | 38 comments
Dtack Grounded archive (1981-1985) (easy68k.com)
Retro Computing, History, Programming, Archives
40 points by basementcat 46 days ago | 20 comments
Art Forms in Nature / Ernst Haeckel 100 Plates 300 Dpi Scans (archive.org)
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books.
Art, Nature, History, Books, Archives
4 points by MaysonL 53 days ago | 0 comments
Minutes of a Meeting Held at Gear Ratio on Tuesday 13 June 78 [pdf] (forgottenweapons.com)
History, Meetings, Firearms, Archives, Documents
35 points by akehrer 62 days ago | 8 comments
Classic Computer Magazines (archive.org)
Computing, History, Magazines, Archives
30 points by walterbell 65 days ago | 10 comments
Charles de Gaulle manuscripts discovered in a safe (smithsonianmag.com)
A Forgotten Collection of Charles de Gaulle’s Personal Letters, Speeches and Manuscripts Has Been Discovered in a Safe
History, France, Archives
119 points by Thevet 68 days ago | 115 comments
Issues of '50s Magazine Galaxy Science Fiction (archive.org)
Science Fiction, Magazines, Archives
11 points by coloneltcb 83 days ago | 4 comments
Steve Jobs Archive (stevejobsarchive.com)
The Steve Jobs Archive is the authoritative home for Steve’s story and a resource for new generations eager to make their own mark.
Steve Jobs, Biography, Technology, History, Archives
20 points by tzury 96 days ago | 0 comments
Tinfoil.com – Dedicated to the preservation of early recorded sounds (tinfoil.com)
— Dedicated to the preservation of early recorded sounds —
History, Audio, Digital Preservation, Archives
79 points by cenazoic 102 days ago | 24 comments
Getting lost and found in the Bob Dylan archives (bookforum.com)
YOU OPEN BOX 34, take the typescript from its folder. You can see right away that the song is pretty much finished. He’s got the first four verses locked in, save one lingering question about Ma. Should she be forty but say she’s twenty-four, or eighty claiming sixty-four? Or what if she’s twenty but wants you to think she’s sixty-four? Is that better? Nah.
Music, Bob Dylan, Archives, Songwriting
34 points by bookofjoe 109 days ago | 2 comments
Archive of wiki.bash-hackers.org (github.com/flokoe)
The popular wiki.bash-hackers.org (original IP address: 83.243.40.67) site had its DNS expire in April 2023.
Web Development, Software, Archives, DNS
5 points by sipofwater 110 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Ratarmount 1.0.0 – Rapid access to large archives via a FUSE filesystem (github.com/mxmlnkn)
Ratarmount collects all file positions inside a TAR so that it can easily jump to and read from any file without extracting it.
Software, Filesystems, Archives, Open Source
76 points by mxmlnkn 112 days ago | 6 comments
Kliktopia Archive (kliktopia.org)
Trying to find an old Klik game or have old Klik games to be preserved? You've come to the right place!
Gaming, Archives, Preservation
4 points by RGamma 113 days ago | 1 comments
More Basic Computer Games (archive.org)
Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books.
Computer Games, Digital Preservation, Archives
3 points by warrenm 115 days ago | 1 comments
Popular Science Magazine Archives, May 1872-March 2009 (books.google.com)
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world.
Science, Magazines, Archives, History
144 points by bookofjoe 138 days ago | 56 comments
Radio Shack Catalog Archive (1939-2011) (radioshackcatalogs.com)
In the virtual corridors of RadioShackCatalogs.com, a digital archive unfolds like a time capsule, preserving the history of RadioShack from its inception in 1921.
History, Technology, Retail, Archives
229 points by rmason 143 days ago | 105 comments
A Guide to Imaging Obscure Floppy Disk Formats (zenodo.org)
Memory institutions are grappling with the challenges posed by digital carriers in their collections. While solutions for more recent carriers like hard drives, optical discs, and flash storage are readily available, the landscape becomes trickier when dealing with older formats such as floppy disks.
Digital Preservation, Data Storage, Floppy Disks, Archives
6 points by zdw 146 days ago | 0 comments
I have 2000 old VHS tapes in my garage and don't know what to do with them (jamesomalley.co.uk)
tl;dr: I have approximately 2000 VHS tapes containing off-air recordings of British TV in the last 90s and early 2000s in my garage. If you work for, or are connected with an archive that might be interested in taking them and saving the contents for posterity, I would love to talk to you. Please get in touch!
Media Preservation, Television, History, UK, Archives
326 points by keybits 149 days ago | 312 comments
Omni, the Iconic Sci-Fi Magazine, Digitized in High-Resolution (2017) (openculture.com)
Omni, the Iconic Sci-Fi Magazine, Now Digitized in High-Resolution and Available Online
Sci-Fi, Magazines, Digitalization, Archives, History
58 points by walterbell 150 days ago | 6 comments
How do archivists package things? The battle of the boxes (peelarchivesblog.com)
It’s been a while since we posted one of our articles pulling back the curtains on archival work. To make up for that, here’s a special edition of our popular Archives FAQs and Facts series. For the first time, we’ll compare how archivists in two countries do things a little differently to achieve a common goal.
Archives, Preservation, History, Comparison
172 points by bookofjoe 154 days ago | 27 comments
The Working Archivist's Guide to Enthusiast CD-ROM Archiving Tools (mistys-internet.website)
I’ve seen a lot of professional archivists who use flux disc image archiving techniques for their collections—a technique in which a specialized floppy controller captures the raw signal coming from the floppy drive so that it can be preserved and decoded in software. I haven’t, however, seen many archivists using enthusiast-developed low-level reading techniques for CD-ROM.
CD-ROM, Digital Preservation, Archives, Software
27 points by zdw 159 days ago | 2 comments
Hawking Archive made available to historians and researchers (cam.ac.uk)
Science, History, Archives, Research
44 points by timthorn 172 days ago | 12 comments
Cassette Tape Archive (tapedeck.org)
Cassette Tapes, Music, Archives
132 points by bookofjoe 175 days ago | 15 comments
Rearchiving 2M hours of digital radio, a comprehensive process (digitalpreservation-blog.nb.no)
Digital Preservation, Archives, Radio, Data Management
144 points by todsacerdoti 175 days ago | 36 comments