They were deleted in a board crash!
This refers to all messages on this board from the transition from the old board, to this board, in November 2004, until the 'crash' date of Feb, 22, 2005.
I doubt we'll be able to restore the old messages.
We MAY be able to transfer the messages on the 'old' Ezboard to this board. We're working on it!
The nice thing about having a large, active board is the amount of good information that is gathered! We're trying to preserve that.