@vga256 that's a sad story, but thank you for taking the time to write it up! It frustrates me that companies like Google are all too happy to destroy internet history. I've tried recently to go back and find old sites I had in the 90s and 2000s, and there's a lot that's missing on The Internet Archive, unfortunately. I wish I kept better backups.
@piepants it's frustrating - i'm very thankful IA has made some of it salvageable.