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Are you nostalgic already for the early days of the Internet? Do you sigh to think of the myriad Web pages that are gone forever? Internet Archive Wayback Machine can bring the past back to life for you. It has stored more than 10 billion pages—over 100 terabytes of Web history—dating from 1996 to the present. Just type in a URL, select a date range, and start exploring. The site also offers special collections of archived sites, such as Election 2000 and September 11.
Yes, you'll find broken links and missing graphics; not all Web elements are as archivable as simple HTML. But the amount of information that's available more than makes up for the glitches. In fact, the archive is really a historic achievement in more ways than one. Maybe the Internet dream isn't over.
