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  • Asimov FTP anonymous login

    From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 12 20:27:23 2021
    Yeah, I can't login with anonymous either. Here's what happened for me:

    $ ftp ftp.apple.asimov.net
    Connected to public.asimov.net.
    220 ProFTPD 1.3.5e Server (Asimov Apple ][ Archive) [198.202.148.13]
    Name (ftp.apple.asimov.net:mac): anonymous
    331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password Password: foo@bar.com
    530 Login incorrect.
    ftp: Login failed
    login
    ?Invalid command.
    user
    (username) anonymous
    331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password Password: foo@bar.com
    530 Login incorrect.
    Login failed.
    quit
    221 Goodbye.

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  • From Bob Piltz@21:1/5 to D Finnigan on Fri Nov 12 15:42:26 2021
    On Friday, November 12, 2021 at 12:27:25 PM UTC-8, D Finnigan wrote:
    Yeah, I can't login with anonymous either. Here's what happened for me:

    $ ftp ftp.apple.asimov.net
    Connected to public.asimov.net.
    220 ProFTPD 1.3.5e Server (Asimov Apple ][ Archive) [198.202.148.13]
    Name (ftp.apple.asimov.net:mac): anonymous
    331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password Password: f...@bar.com
    530 Login incorrect.
    ftp: Login failed
    login
    ?Invalid command.
    user
    (username) anonymous
    331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password Password: f...@bar.com
    530 Login incorrect.
    Login failed.
    quit
    221 Goodbye.

    I can't login, either. I hope beyond all that we haven't lost access to this fabulous resource. It doesn't seem possible that it might be gone after 25+ years. Hopefully this is just a glitch and will be fixed post-haste.

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  • From awanderin@21:1/5 to qkumba on Fri Nov 12 23:54:15 2021
    qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> writes:

    Perhaps it's down for maintenance, or for migrating to larger storage because of all of the recent uploads.
    We should be patient.

    Yes, indeed. Yesterday, I read your note about uploading more titles,
    so I tried to go and fetch them. Give it the weekend at least, if not a
    week or two.

    --
    --
    Jerry awanderin at gmail dot com

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  • From Greg Wildman@21:1/5 to D Finnigan on Sat Nov 13 11:27:43 2021
    On Fri, 2021-11-12 at 20:27 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
    Yeah, I can't login with anonymous either. Here's what happened for me:

    Seems there is a issue, last sync I could get was Nov 10. I assume it's temporary.

    Asimov is mirrored daily at the following URL if you need to get some
    files.

    https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/

    --
    Greg

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  • From awanderin@21:1/5 to Greg Wildman on Sat Nov 13 18:11:42 2021
    Greg Wildman <greg@apple2.org.za> writes:

    On Fri, 2021-11-12 at 20:27 +0000, D Finnigan wrote:
    Yeah, I can't login with anonymous either. Here's what happened for me:

    Seems there is a issue, last sync I could get was Nov 10. I assume it's temporary.

    Asimov is mirrored daily at the following URL if you need to get some
    files.

    https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/

    The main Asimov site is working again! :) :)


    --
    Jerry awanderin at gmail dot com

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  • From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 14 04:00:51 2021
    While the subject is still fresh, how many people here remember the early
    days of the Asimov FTP site? It used to be quite notorious according to some people.

    The Asimov archive came online around 1995, more than 25 years ago.

    By summer 1996, some Apple II users started calling it a pirate site: https://macgui.com/usenet/?group=1&id=120267#msg

    Quite a few discussions about this, also with Dr. Tom Turley and quantum_cat (who I thought someone once said was an alias of Richard "marinetti"
    Bennett). But 25 years later, Apple II piracy isn't what it used to be. :-/

    --
    ]DF$
    The New Apple II User's Guide:
    https://macgui.com/newa2guide/

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