Search engines for networks?

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon Apr 5 21:14:52 2004

At 09:36 AM 4/3/2004, you wrote:
> I'm looking for a search engine I can use on my network in the house. I
>remember a long time ago (1998 or so), before the "browser wars" AltaVista
>distributed a "personal AltaVista" that you could use on a personal computer
>to allow for indexing/searching a local machine/network. This was at the
>time that AltaVista was owned by Digital. I found a lot of announcements of
>the product but no actual download points.
>Does anyone have this or something else I can use internally? The server
>runs Windows NT Server and I can install IIS.

I've wished for it - or something comparable - many times since
then, too. I was just talking about it with a friend the other
day. One nice feature was that it could look inside popular
file formats, like Word docs and Zip files.

I don't remember if it was available as a single download.
If I knew a filename of the installer, I might have a ghost of
a chance to find it in a backup. I don't think it required
NT Server. I remember running it on NT 4.0. If you find it,
I'd love to get a copy, too.

- John
Received on Mon Apr 05 2004 - 21:14:52 BST