Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet

Post by walletdrainer » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC

MostlyStable wrote: post #10

Svip wrote: post #4

Perhaps I am imagining it, but I immediately thought it was a pun on AltaVista in that "alt" in German means old. But there is nothing on the site that seems to suggest that that was how the name came about. (Though in that sense, you can argue the original AltaVista already meant "Old'aVista".) The only clue is this line from the FAQ: > The name of the website itself is a wordplay on Altavista. Though, the creator m…

...given the line you quoted from the FAQ, I'm a bit confused about why you are still wondering. That seems about as straight forward of an answer to your question as one could expect.

Post by kristopolous » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC

Post by rbanffy » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 7:12 AM UTC

Post by sourcecodeplz » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 7:17 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #16

But is it running on those incredible 64-bit Alpha servers?

Post by ozozozd » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 7:31 AM UTC

rubyn00bie wrote: post #15

Svip wrote: post #4

Perhaps I am imagining it, but I immediately thought it was a pun on AltaVista in that "alt" in German means old. But there is nothing on the site that seems to suggest that that was how the name came about. (Though in that sense, you can argue the original AltaVista already meant "Old'aVista".) The only clue is this line from the FAQ: > The name of the website itself is a wordplay on Altavista. Though, the creator m…

And here I thought it was going to be something to do with, at least in my experience, the much more memorable site: Astalavista. I will say, the linked site is nice for nostalgia and arguably more pleasant than being advertised donkey shows. Sites like this remind me the internet used to be fun, and it was glorious. Really, makes me want to bust out Frontpage 2000 and Macromedia Fireworks to build a sweet landing pa…