The importance of static links on the web: many (really) old links still work
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/06/30
Doing a re-haul of a Delphi project from almost 15 years ago, and some modifications a few year later, I came across a list of favourites I used back then.
It also reminded me when beginning that project, there was no Google Search; you had Yahoo Search, HotBot and later on Northern Light, but AltaVista was the best.
Finding your way around was much harder, but luckily later on Google Search was there :)
So here is a sample of how static the web is:
- Better Threads For The VCL: link still works
- CodeGuru Utilizing Delphi Codes in VC Without Using a DLL: link still works
- Delphi 6, 7 threads synchronization in ActiveX controls: link still works
- Delphi Corner Article – Waiting for Threads: link still works
- Delphi Programming Launching and waiting for completion: link still works (but now you require a user-id)
- Delphi Programming Queued Threads, but with a responsive GUI: link still works (but now you require a user-id)
- Delphi-PRAXiS Delphi Programmierer gesucht…: removed
- Delphi-PRAXiS Suchen HPPEMIT: you cannot save your searches in a link any more
- Delphi-PRAXiS Tipps für Header-Übersetzungen: link still works, but the hppemit link highlight is gone
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.objectpascal – Avoiding Application.ProcessMessages – Hallvard Vassbotn: link still works
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.objectpascal – Bug inside TThread.WaitFor In Delphi 6: link still works
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.objectpascal: link still works
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.vcl.components.using – There is no dllProc call on exiting DLL: link still works
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.vcl.components.writing – DCC32 -JPNH switch generates HPP files including HPPEMIT: link still works
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.winapi – Finalization order in DLL: link still works
- Google Groups borland.public.delphi.winapi: link still works
- Issue 40, Dec (395Kb): 404 error, no alternative as the Delphi Magazine stopped in 2007
- Pascal Header Translations: link has moved as Borland is now dead, and Embarcadero is alive
- Rudy’s Delphi Corner – Conversion Helper Pack: link has moved as Rudy has a new site
- The Delphi Magazine Article Source Code: 404 error, no alternative as the Delphi Magazine stopped in 2007
- The Old New Thing MsgWaitForMultipleObjects and the queue state: link still works
- Torry’s Delphi Pages: link still works
Few suffer from link rot: I was pretty amazed that most of the links still work!
–jeroen
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 
WarrenP said
And 100% of those Ancient Delphi 1.0 components are STILL on Delphi Super Page! :-)
Lars Fosdal said
And if it doesn’t work anymore, there is always http://wayback.archive.org/web/
jpluimers said
Recently they have been so popular, that the speed is like a good old 1200/75 bps acoustic coupled modem ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
davy willems said
if links are death a good way is to use the waybackmachine.
for example http://www.thedelphimagazine.com/disks/dmag40.zip can still be aquired from there as well the site itselve (it’s archived)
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070615000000*/http://www.thedelphimagazine.com/disks/dmag40.zip