Ancient Web: Eclipse '98 Survived a Million-Hit Live Webcast

Eclipse '98 documented a 1998 Caribbean solar-eclipse webcast built from more than 700 files, a dozen servers, static HTML, CGI, FTP distribution, and a volunteer team learning web-scale failure in real time.

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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-08-14

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