Earlier, I was trying to download a file from archives.thebbs.org, and while their site is still up, and FTP site is still running, it seems their FTP site is empty. I was able to log into their FTP site (using a FTP program, since web browsers no longer support FTP), and I was able
to log in (using "anonymous" for the username and an email address for
the password), but when I do a ls, no files are listed. It seems their FTP site is empty.
Does anyone know if there is a mirror or backup of archives.thebbs.org available?
Earlier, I was trying to download a file from archives.thebbs.org,
and while their site is still up, and FTP site is still running, it
seems their FTP site is empty. I was able to log into their FTP
site (using a FTP program, since web browsers no longer support
FTP), and I was able to log in (using "anonymous" for the username
and an email address for the password), but when I do a ls, no files
are listed. It seems their FTP site is empty.
That's a huge bummer, though it's been clear that the site has been on autopilot for many years now, to the point where it could barely even function as archive at this point. I can't say I'm too shocked. :/
Digital Man (author of Synchronet) said he was able to download from archive.thebbs.org recently using Internet Explorer. I just tried that, and sure enough, it was able to download from their FTP site. It make
me wonder what Internet Exporer is doing differently, because it
appeared to me that the files on their FTP site were all gone..
What I *do* know is that as an end user it all feels practically unusable these days, and I seriously question the value of putting up a file archive if you won't let people, you know, download from it. :P Honestly,
I never intended to mirror the site in the first place, but I got so annoyed with simply trying to use it casually to grab a few files that it kicked off this whole scheme of trying to figure it out and get around it.
I am a bit concerned about the site/files actually going away at some point though. It might be handy if the site was mirrored and/or
uploaded to the Internet Archive or something.
I'm not sure if you took a look at that link I posted yet, but it was indeed a *mostly* complete mirror of the site that had been uploaded to the Internet Archive.
I just had a look. Interesting that that was posted there, and good to see.
<...> and this one seems to be more thorough, even containing a bunch of jp> files that were in some hidden directories not on the site (and that I jp> failed to include in my own archiving efforts.)
Probably not coincidentally, someone just posted *another* version of the an archive of the site to archive.org, and this one seems to be more thorough, even containing a bunch of files that were in some hidden directories not on the site (and that I failed to include in my own archiving efforts.) I'd recommend checking this one out instead:
https://archive.org/details/bbsarchives_2017
Despite the one star review of the archive, I can assure you that from my efforts and a brief look through the contents, it does in fact appear to be legitimate.
I was also trying to download some files from that page and it said the same thing to me requiring a login and password
I was also trying to download some files from that page and it said the same thing to me requiring a login and password
(Ignore the comment about it not being legit. I'm not sure what Jas Hud thinks was "played with" but it was in fact a fresh mirror of the entire thing made by the uploader.)
on 17 Jun 2023, m.att33 said...
I was also trying to download some files from that page and it said the same thing to me requiring a login and password
If you're able, I'd grab the entire archive from archive.org. Far easier in long run. :/
https://archive.org/details/archives_thebbs_org
(Ignore the comment about it not being legit. I'm not sure what Jas Hud thin was "played with" but it was in fact a fresh mirror of the entire thing made the uploader.)
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(Ignore the comment about it not being legit. I'm not sure what Jas Hud thinks was "played with" but it was in fact a fresh mirror of the entir thing made by the uploader.)
Sounds like someone's been sipping on that delicious hater-aide as per usual
on 17 Jun 2023, m.att33 said...
I was also trying to download some files from that page and it said the same thing to me requiring a login and password
If you're able, I'd grab the entire archive from archive.org. Far easier in long run. :/
https://archive.org/details/archives_thebbs_org
(Ignore the comment about it not being legit. I'm not sure what Jas Hud thin was "played with" but it was in fact a fresh mirror of the entire thing made the uploader.)
|08j |15A C K |08p |15H L A S H |08!
yeah, ignore me because i know what i'm talking about :D
it's some junk they got years ago. it's not a 'fresh mirror'
what i uploaded is more reliable. i had actual access to the bbsfiles archive. like his actual files, not just stuff taken from the website.
hey, i know my files. i saw this years ago.
someone tried to build their own filepack.
and why did they change all the time stamps?
there may be SOME thebbs.org files, but the rest are from my own file archives and other sources.
what i uploaded is more reliable. i had actual access to the jp> JH> bbsfiles archive. like his actual files, not just stuff taken from jp> JH> website
That's fair. I didn't have any special access beyond what was public and
I assume the uploader didn't either since there was nothing I couldn't validate in his archive. Link to your upload?
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