this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
308 points (98.7% liked)

Technology

63313 readers
4441 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

First Pirate Bay server on display at the Computer Museum in Linköping, Sweden, as part of the exhibit on 50 years of file sharing.

Post was in Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gamertechsetup/permalink/1380436779201759/

top 19 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] weew@lemmy.ca 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

the beige CDROM drive on a black panelled case is peak turn-of-the-millennium PC. Not to mention the airflow holes that are practically an afterthought.

[–] RWMcgrath@preserve.games 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought the same thing. I remembering upgraded to a light-scribe drive which was cool. I thought it would take off more but USB keys killed it.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The Pirate Bay itself is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, so this is a very fitting exhibit.

[–] RWMcgrath@preserve.games 14 points 2 years ago

Wow 20 years. I feel old.

[–] zeropublix@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any exclusive offers for the anniversary? /s

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

100% off of everything!

[–] anticommon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pirate bay still in operation?

[–] azuth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] ScOULaris@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

That's really cool that someone thought to preserve this and put it on display in a museum. It's like a modern historical artifact from the golden age of computing.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

I loved their old email responces to DMCA takedown requests (before US copyright law magically, retroactively, applied to Sweden).

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] RWMcgrath@preserve.games 1 points 2 years ago

Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay

[–] blargh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

What an amazing piece of history!

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if it was donated by the founders, or recuperated from seized evidence maybe?

[–] RWMcgrath@preserve.games 1 points 2 years ago

I would like to know that too.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Now do Suprnova! Those early, end of Kazaa days were magic.

[–] silentdon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of my first PC

load more comments
view more: next ›