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  • hobbes.nmsu.edu to be shut down soon

    From David LaRue@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jan 11 09:55:22 2024
    A friend told me that hobbes will be going away soon. I think the date mentioned was April. So if you need anything for OS/2 or DOS get there
    soon.

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  • From Grant Taylor@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jan 11 10:24:01 2024
    On 1/10/24 16:55, David LaRue wrote:
    A friend told me that hobbes will be going away soon. I think the
    date mentioned was April. So if you need anything for OS/2 or DOS
    get there soon.

    I know two people that have downloaded / archived 18 GB of data from
    hobbes for future serving.

    One of them is actively working to try to reconstruct the dynamic aspect
    of hobbes.

    Another one is going to try to drive across town and get in touch with
    admins in the hops of getting a copy of the back end data, scripts, etc.
    for the site.



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    Grant. . . .

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  • From Bryan@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jan 11 10:47:26 2024
    On 1/10/2024 18:24, Grant Taylor wrote:
    On 1/10/24 16:55, David LaRue wrote:
    A friend told me that hobbes will be going away soon.ÿ I think the
    date mentioned was April.ÿ So if you need anything for OS/2 or DOS get
    there soon.

    I know two people that have downloaded / archived 18 GB of data from
    hobbes for future serving.

    One of them is actively working to try to reconstruct the dynamic aspect
    of hobbes.

    Another one is going to try to drive across town and get in touch with admins in the hops of getting a copy of the back end data, scripts, etc.
    for the site.




    If your contacts can get a working system together, ask them to put it
    all in a big clump as a torrent. That's something I'd seed for as long
    as possible.

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  • From Grant Taylor@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jan 11 16:03:17 2024
    On 1/10/24 17:47, Bryan wrote:
    If your contacts can get a working system together, ask them to put it
    all in a big clump as a torrent. That's something I'd seed for as long
    as possible.

    I've also heard that Jason Scott of The Internet Archive has said "I've
    got this" regarding the hobbes archive.



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    Grant. . . .

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  • From Grant Taylor@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jan 11 16:03:55 2024
    On 1/10/24 23:03, Grant Taylor wrote:
    I've also heard that Jason Scott of The Internet Archive has said "I've
    got this" regarding the hobbes archive.

    So that means that T.I.A. will likely end up providing a torrent download.

    (I hit send too soon.



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    Grant. . . .

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  • From Dave Yeo@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jan 11 16:26:59 2024
    David LaRue wrote:
    A friend told me that hobbes will be going away soon. I think the date mentioned was April. So if you need anything for OS/2 or DOS get there
    soon.


    There's also https://www.os2site.com/index.html which includes a mirror
    of Hobbes. Work is being done to support uploads.
    Dave

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