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  • Weird hobbies - Collecting Files

    From sPINOZa@21:1/116 to All on Sun Dec 11 13:41:55 2022
    Back in the days it was mostly about having the latest version of files on my bbs. But the last few years I am trying to find older versions of files.

    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it almost daily for reading docs, file_ids or checking out ascii art. Probably it is the most used util on my 486.

    Last week I found a new old version, hidden on some cdrom image, unfortunately not complete with docs. I am still checking out the later version (listplus), so the list is not complete yet. But if you have an version that is not in the list yet .... please let me know.

    gTX!

    pS: found some error in one of the descriptions in the list 94a/94b ....

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)
  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to sPINOZa on Sun Dec 11 16:33:44 2022
    On 11 Dec 22 13:41:55 sPINOZa wrote...

    Back in the days it was mostly about having the latest version of
    files on my bbs. But the last few years I am trying to find older
    versions of files.

    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it
    almost daily for reading docs, file_ids or checking out ascii art.
    Probably it is the most used util on my 486.

    Last week I found a new old version, hidden on some cdrom image, unfortunately not complete with docs. I am still checking out the
    later version (listplus), so the list is not complete yet. But if you
    have an version that is not in the list yet .... please let me know.

    gTX!

    pS: found some error in one of the descriptions in the list 94a/94b
    ....

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64) * Origin:
    -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Found a similar situation myself not long back where I found a "newer"
    version of my FidoMailer (my BBS is running on an Atari ST, so the mailer
    was already from the 90's).

    You never know what you'll find in archives.

    --- RATSoft/FIDO v09.14.95 [JetMail 1.01]
    * Origin: STar Fleet HQ - Real Atari! bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 (21:3/171.0)
  • From sPINOZa@21:1/116 to sPINOZa on Sun Dec 11 14:23:42 2022
    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it almost

    Replying on my own message. I just found a complete archive/collection on the internet of all versions. Someone else did the job, I guess I can wipe my collection now. Saves time :))))

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to sPINOZa on Sun Dec 11 07:35:00 2022
    sPINOZa wrote to All <=-

    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it almost daily for reading docs, file_ids or checking out ascii art. Probably it
    is the most used util on my 486.

    I hear you - I ended up using list like Xtree or Norton Commander, as a file system navigation tool. Since most everything was text, chances were that
    you could hit enter and read whatever was on the disk through List.




    ... HACK THE PLANET!
    --- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
    * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)
  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to sPINOZa on Mon Dec 12 12:38:12 2022
    On 11 Dec 22 14:23:42 sPINOZa wrote...

    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it
    almost

    Replying on my own message. I just found a complete
    archive/collection on the internet of all versions. Someone else did
    the job, I guess I can wipe my collection now. Saves time :))))

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64) * Origin:
    -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Still, never hurts to have a backup. Too many great retro sites
    disappeared, and the Wayback machine isn't 100% reliable.

    --- RATSoft/FIDO v09.14.95 [JetMail 1.01]
    * Origin: STar Fleet HQ - Real Atari! bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 (21:3/171.0)
  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to sPINOZa on Fri Dec 16 13:39:00 2022
    Am 11.12.22 schrieb sPINOZa@21:1/116 in FSX_RETRO:

    Hallo sPinoza,

    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it almost

    Replying on my own message. I just found a complete archive/collection on the internet of all versions. Someone else did the job, I guess I can wipe my collection now. Saves time :))))

    Could you share the URL? :)

    Thank you!

    Regards,
    Anna

    --- OpenXP 5.0.56
    * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)
  • From sPINOZa@21:1/116 to acn on Fri Dec 16 17:45:23 2022
    Hallo sPinoza,
    Replying on my own message. I just found a complete archive/collection
    Could you share the URL? :)

    Hiya/Hallo!

    This wonderfull collection can be found here: https://github.com/sebras
    Its a huge collection. I did not have the time to browse it to check out what other old stuff is available.

    gTx!/Gruss!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)
  • From sPINOZa@21:1/116 to Commodore Clifford on Fri Dec 16 17:48:42 2022
    It started with the utility "List" - Back in the days I used it
    Found a similar situation myself not long back where I found a "newer" version of my FidoMailer (my BBS is running on an Atari ST, so the mailer was already from the 90's).

    Ah yes, in my case it was an older version, not to use it but to add it to the collection. Still what you describe is what I also do, trying to find newer versions of software you used to use a long time ago.

    GTx!
    spI!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)
  • From sPINOZa@21:1/116 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 16 17:56:37 2022
    I hear you - I ended up using list like Xtree or Norton Commander, as a file system navigation tool. Since most everything was text, chances
    were that you could hit enter and read whatever was on the disk through List.

    Concerning my dir structure I always tried to keep it as clean and flat as possible using short names.

    GTx!
    sPI!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: -.sNd!GRDn.- (21:1/116)
  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to sPINOZa on Sat Dec 17 17:11:00 2022
    I hear you - I ended up using list like Xtree or Norton Commander, as

    Back in the 90s the last time I used Xtree I believe it had started to run
    out of memory to accommodate the number of files in the system. But this is probably near end of life MS-SOD and early Win95.

    I'm still using it now in my BBS VM's though and it hasn't coughed even on
    the NFS mounts yet...

    Concerning my dir structure I always tried to keep it as clean and flat as possible using short names.

    8.3 and drop all the vowels? :) I think that was about the most common over here. Most of mine were only 2 dirs deep with files there.. mostly for system type they belonged to, followed by area...

    Spec


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
    * Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101)
  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to sPINOZa on Sat Dec 17 12:57:00 2022
    Am 16.12.22 schrieb sPINOZa@21:1/116 in FSX_RETRO:

    Hallo sPinoza,

    This wonderfull collection can be found here: https://github.com/sebras
    Its a huge collection. I did not have the time to browse it to check out what other old stuff is available.

    Thank you very much! It's a cool find :)

    Regards,
    Anna

    --- OpenXP 5.0.56
    * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)