Sat down this morning and checked each link to see if they still worked (or were still broken; see comment on Tortuga's site). Once I got there, I tried downloading something to see if I could. I've updated the list, and used still another format to notify folks of the changes. Maybe I'll try to fix it so that it is uniform sometime, but don't hold your breath. Remember: the "lost" sites might still be available through The Wayback Machine; plug the address into the search panel and see what they have. You might have to look for an earlier capture to get anything. Also, a lot of stuff just isn't there anymore.
Got a bad feeling about The Vigilante's site,
but Tortuga's seems to be working again.
Also: be careful out there; a few (looked like five) of the sites (probably defunct ones that have been taken over by someone else) try to load a page insisting that you have to update a program that doesn't need updating, and will lock up your browser until you click on something. Previous experience makes me leery of these; I've seen windows like this that the entire thing was a "yes" button, so it didn't matter what you clicked on, it would go ahead and load you up with spam. They are loading so fast they are almost undetectable, and don't show up as a tab or on your taskbar. To get rid of them you have to use Taskmanager or a process explorer to kill the application, or take a chance and click in the window. Me and my sledge hammer would like to have a talk with these people...
