Where can I find the old internet?

It's a very poorly phrased question, sorry. The best I can do is this example: I'm reading a book called Phule's Company and got interested in a particular aspect of it and started to research the book then the author. Soon I was knee deep searching why he was in trouble with the IRS and, to my surprise, found answers (The IRS caught him for back taxes and he arranged for only his single-authored works to be garnished. So his later output was all jointly authored). During this lovely rabbit hole dig I ran into a page that seems to be a bit like a corner of a four dimensional object sticking out into our (modern internet) universe. It seems to be a copy of "Alt.Fan.Asprin" which is usenet, which came before my time I think. I can only see that page. I can't go to the top domain. It is a whole page full of lovingly organized minutiae about an obscure thing. I didn't post the address out of a peculiar fear of invading someone's peace. It's silly, I know. It reminded me of an internet that I have begun to miss. It's an internet that often doesn't show up in web searches, it is an internet where the taint and pressure of money is quite minimal. It is an internet driven by quirky people who seem to hyperfocus on one particular thing. They spend their time writing up things/creating things, just for the love of it, and then put it up. I liked that internet better, and I kind of pine for it. Sorry, I'm rambling, and probably rambling worse than usual, but perhaps someone knows what I'm talking about.