TIL there's an archive of the #JargonFile aka "Hacker's Dictionary" that includes old tape backup versions back to the first version of the file, dated 1976-08-12.

https://jargon-file.org/archive/

I'm pretty sure I first ran across later versions of the Jargon File on the early web sometime in the 90s. It was a huge part of my developing awareness of nerdery outside my tiny local bubble.

archive.org first saw the pre-1981 versions on 2018-12-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20181225110613/https://jargon-file.org/archive/

#retrocomputing #HackerHistory