[DECtalk] the archive is messed up

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,
For those who have forgotten, the HTTP address for the DECtalk archive is
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk
Read the 00readme.txt for info about the other mirror.  Remember, at this
point Planetmirror isn't hosting the archive any more.
Jayson.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Horspool" <matthew at thehorspools.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] the archive is messed up


> Hi,
>
> Woe, it's got big!  Back in the andrelouis.com days it was only 450 MB!
My folder is 2 GB exactly, but I still have the jokerdog
> and talking dictionary stuff so that's an irrelevent figure.  Then again,
I have the software in a separate directory as it's a
> programme and I don't want to run programmes in "f:\default
user\dectalk\public\software", so that might counteract the additional
> files a bit.
>
> I never use the Planet Mirror, primarily because I downloaded everything
there was back then from andrelouis.com, so I just add bits
> and suffer the 8 KBPS limit whenever something's updated.  Actually, now I
come to think of it, I used to just sync jayson's FTP
> folder with mine, but then gave up because nothing was added for a couple
of months.
>
> I'm now hosting my DECtalk files on
> ftp://thehorspools.bounceme.net:21
> but this server is just a home Windows PC on a home LAN which can't be
left on all the time.  You should get a good 30 KB/S, though.
> If the server doesn't work, please wait a few hours and try again.  Sorry,
but this is the best I can do at the moment.  I can't
> host a web copy because:
> 1.  I don't know how.
> 2.  My ISP won't let me.
>
> NOTE: this is not the DECtalk archive - it's the archive plus some
additional bits.  In short, it's not a mirror, but it's got all
> the stuff.  I don't intend to become a mirror, although I'll keep
downloading what's new.  Mirroring, though, means deleting as
> well, which I honestly don't want to do.
>
> Matthew
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] the archive is messed up
>
>
> Hi,
> ... I have a few questions pertaining to Planetmirror.  Now that they have
completely deleted the whole archive, with the exception
> of exactly one relatively unimportant and tiny file, what do we do?  Are
people actually using the Planetmirror copy?  I really hate
> to put that much of a bandwidth drain on my system at this time.  The
archive, as it stands now, is over 1.4 gigabytes.  At less
> than 30 KB per second that's going to take a *long* time to download all
over again!  Plus, it might bring the "questionable" nature
> of some of our files to their attention when they're suddenly downloading
tons of stuff from the archive.  If someone else has the
> bandwidth and is willing to privately mirror the archive that might
honestly be a better option.  What do you think?  ...
>
>
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