Some WW2 sites I've never seen before

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:47 am

I stumbled across this 'links' site while doing a search: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/o ... /armor.htm

On it I found this great site: http://www.wargamer.com/Hosted/Panzer/panzerpage.html

STEELER13 · Post by **STEELER13** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:22 am

Guys,
One thing I have learned is if you find a good site with mucho info and great pictures...save the html pages and pix to your hd.
I am not saying copy and repost...I am saying that some of this information is the response of intense labors of love, and the pages are filled with unique information and incredible pictures. Unfortunately time and money catch up to all of us.
Many many many fantastic websites have disappeared over the years and I wish I had a dollar for all the great WWII sites that disappeared over the last 8 years since I've been researching the history on the net(and before that with local BBS's and email lists).

Even memorable names in SP scenario design and tactics guides have long disappeared. I am sure many of those gone don't even know SPWAW exists.
Two people I long to see on this forum and involved with SPWAW because of their incredible work done with SP are Mitch Hagmaier(did over 300+ really balanced and impressive scenarios) and Todd Brady(he of the highly informative tactics guide).
If anyone has kept in touch with either one, please drop them a line. I occasionally exchanged emails with Mitch until 4 years ago when my last one bounced back..shortly before I was told of SPWAW being developed.Todd did the guide in 1996, and his site disappeared in 1999 but the guide is still posted here and there.

Back to the point of this...whenever I see a great website, I "leech" the info and pictures, saving them to my drive as reference materials, so when the page suddenly disappears, at least the work still exists on my HD and not just in my memory. That way I can refer back to it and share it with others if need be(with proper credit given). If enough people do this, perhaps someday we can create the WWII version of Napster...sharing information that has long since passed on!

Ok, enough now before someone rats me out!

KG Erwin · Post by **KG Erwin** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:43 pm

I go a step further and make hard copies of some info I find. Two cases in point are Dr. Leo Niehorster's WWII OOB site and Guadalcanal Online. Both sites are now gone, but I managed to print out some invaluable documents and charts for my personal archives. This info is no longer available on the web, AFAIK.

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:14 pm

Excellent advice guys...as many of the broken links in the site I posted above will attest to! And the 'great site' I mentioned is actually a re-direct, so somebody at WarGamer obviously decided to salvage and host it before it disappeared.

Karnaaj · Post by **Karnaaj** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:12 am

One place where you *might* find extinct websites is the Internet Archive. (www.archive.org)

But yeah, leech sites down. Especially with the current lower prices for HDs, and the cheapness of CD burners and media. ($42 or so for a high-speed Lite-On burner at newegg.com, acording to their ad in the new PC GAMER.) I've a long list of sites that I sorely miss and wish I still had *anything* from 'em...

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:42 pm

Karnaaj wrote:
But yeah, leech sites down. Especially with the current lower prices for HDs, and the cheapness of CD burners and media. ($42 or so for a high-speed Lite-On burner at newegg.com, acording to their ad in the new PC GAMER.)

That Lite-on is a great burner. I bought it and all the rest of the parts for my new computer at Newegg last month. Besides usually having the lowest prices, they offer free shipping (2-3 day Fed-Ex) on most top-selling items...and $4-$6 shipping on almost everything else. I bought my 19" Hitachi monitor from them over the summer: $274, *free shipping*, and at my door 3 days after I placed the order...tough to beat!

OK, I'll stop shilling now.

Akmatov · Post by **Akmatov** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:11 am

BTB whatever happen with Dr. Leo Niehorster's web site? I REALLY miss it!

Commander Klank · Post by **Commander Klank** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:43 am

Neat sight and thanks for the 7.1 game Tracer.....

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:42 am

Commander Klank wrote:Neat sight and thanks for the 7.1 game Tracer.....

Glad it made it there...after writing 'do not bend' on the envelope I pictured a bored postal employee who was itching to see how fragile it was.

Some WW2 sites I've never seen before

Some WW2 sites I've never seen before

i am evil

Good point, Steeler