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390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly , I didn't even know about this site till today! So if enough donors hit the site to pick up at least $6K, will that site stay online? ..cause I will definitely donate...no questions....just not all of $6K/month...that is crazy...

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 4 points 1 day ago

Too late now. There is a subreddits trying to archive it all though. Owner of Internet Archive doesn't seem thrilled about it though.