Digital Archive Project
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The Digital Archive Project (DAP) is a loose online association of people brought together by common interests in humor -- and encoding and archiving television programs that would otherwise not see the light of day. The group does not attempt to publish or make these shows available, but provides advice and support for those who do. This includes how to capture television broadcasts, how to clean up old VHS recordings, and how to author DVDs.
History
The DAP was originally created as a means of sharing and preserving, in a digital format, episodes of the cult classic TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000, originally from a suggestion in the Ars Technica forums in the year 2000.
It has grown and shrunk over the years, with many shows added to the list of archived material. The current qualifications for a show to be on the list include: no commercial release, no immediate plans for it to be released, and not currently in production.
Note: The group does not host any of these files; however, when one joins the IRC channel (#dapcentral on irc.dapcentral.org) there are helpful people there who will assist visitors in finding places to get the episodes.
Current Shows
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Dennis Miller Live
- On the Air
- Freakazoid!
- Max Headroom
- Upright Citizens Brigade
- Cartoon Planet
- Duckman
- The Tick (the animated series)
- TV Funhouse
- Brimstone
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
- The Mystery Science Theater Hour
- EZ Streets
- Quark
- Let's Bowl