Firefox to the rescue

["Kim Cascone" anechoicmedia]

I don't know if most FF users know this but
you can copy and paste a 'broken' URL into the Firefox navigation
toolbar
<sans chevrons of course>
and the browser will go to that URL

for example:

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?
s=3D97d4a3c39d247bf955a57b3953326a34&p=3D15412&postcount=3D28

select  _both_  lines above
then paste into FF nav toolbar
and hit enter
voila!