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WOS FTP mirror?

Started bydeKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
First post2017-05-10 10:35 +0100
Last post2017-05-26 10:45 +0100
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  WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-10 10:35 +0100
    Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-18 22:00 +0000
      Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-19 09:37 +0100
        Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-05-19 16:26 +0100
        Re: WOS FTP mirror? Guesser <alistair@zxnet.co.uk> - 2017-05-19 17:06 +0100
          Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-20 23:22 +0100
            Re: WOS FTP mirror? Antonio Cunha Santos <antoniopocsantos@gmail.com> - 2017-05-21 14:50 -0700
              Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-21 22:52 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2017-06-06 12:26 +0000
                  Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-06-06 14:42 +0100
                    Re: WOS FTP mirror? plustubularbells@gmail.com - 2017-06-06 12:55 -0700
                      Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-06-07 16:59 +0100
                        Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-06-07 23:36 +0100
                          Re: WOS FTP mirror? Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2017-06-08 02:28 +0000
                            Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-07-08 22:03 +0100
                              Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-07-09 17:03 +0100
                                Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-07-15 13:12 +0100
                                  Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-07-15 23:09 +0100
                            Re: WOS FTP mirror? fuzzix <fuzzix@fuzzix.invalid> - 2017-07-17 10:02 +0100
                              Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-07-18 04:33 +0100
                              Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-07-24 20:38 +0100
                                Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-07-25 11:17 +0100
                        Re: WOS FTP mirror? fuzzix <fuzzix@fuzzix.invalid> - 2017-06-12 14:07 +0100
        Re: WOS FTP mirror? Rob Chambers <rob.chambers@removethisbit.gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 01:29 +0200
          Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-26 10:45 +0100

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#4441

From"Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com>
Date2017-07-24 20:38 +0100
Message-ID<59765AAA.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk>
In reply to#4437
On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:02:14 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC fuzzix:

> On 15/07/17 23:09, Duncan Snowden wrote:
>  > Well... yeah, you *could*. But where's the fun in that?
>  >
>  > I'm not entirely sure where the fun is in leaving a computer churning
>  > away in the corner for a few days either, but still... it's the
>  > principle of the thing. Or something. Probably.
>  >
> 
> I extracted this file on a piece of crap Atom D525 with 4G RAM.
> 
> It took about 2 hours and was probably slowed significantly because I 
> used an external disk. No sweat.

OK, it's currently on a Pi 2 so I imagine it'll take a bit longer...

How big are the extracted contents?

Chris


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#4442

FromdeKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
Date2017-07-25 11:17 +0100
Message-ID<el6enc137bta9m6s58lj61cq8go05d0omv@4ax.com>
In reply to#4441
Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 24 Jul 2017
20:38:02 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do comp.sys.sinclair,
yawatina tan reek esk "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:

>On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:02:14 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
>to MC fuzzix:
>
>> On 15/07/17 23:09, Duncan Snowden wrote:
>>  > Well... yeah, you *could*. But where's the fun in that?
>>  >
>>  > I'm not entirely sure where the fun is in leaving a computer churning
>>  > away in the corner for a few days either, but still... it's the
>>  > principle of the thing. Or something. Probably.
>>  >
>> 
>> I extracted this file on a piece of crap Atom D525 with 4G RAM.
>> 
>> It took about 2 hours and was probably slowed significantly because I 
>> used an external disk. No sweat.
>
>OK, it's currently on a Pi 2 so I imagine it'll take a bit longer...
>
>How big are the extracted contents?
>
>Chris

Only about 130GB I think.

deKay
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#4411

Fromfuzzix <fuzzix@fuzzix.invalid>
Date2017-06-12 14:07 +0100
Message-ID<ohm3g9$6n2$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#4407
On 07/06/17 16:59, deKay wrote:
 >
 > Well look what we have here:
 >
 > https://archive.org/details/World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror
 >

Did wos ever publish any traffic stats?

10TB of monthly FTP traffic seems pretty affordable:

https://www.hetzner.de/ie/hosting/storagebox/bx40

...that's without even shopping around.

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#4396

FromRob Chambers <rob.chambers@removethisbit.gmail.com>
Date2017-05-26 01:29 +0200
Message-ID<592768be$0$3614$426a34cc@news.free.fr>
In reply to#4389
On 05/19/2017 10:37 AM, deKay wrote:
> Because I want to access via FTP rather than HTTP. Otherwise you have to
> download one file at a time, and can't script it.

What about using a browser extension like DownThemAll to download the 
whole site?

http://www.downthemall.net

Rob

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#4397

FromdeKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
Date2017-05-26 10:45 +0100
Message-ID<j9ufic5639n9j6l7l0p0pqud0ttt3o26k5@4ax.com>
In reply to#4396
Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 26 May
2017 01:29:02 +0200, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do comp.sys.sinclair,
yawatina tan reek esk Rob Chambers <rob.chambers@removethisbit.gmail.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>On 05/19/2017 10:37 AM, deKay wrote:
>> Because I want to access via FTP rather than HTTP. Otherwise you have to
>> download one file at a time, and can't script it.
>
>What about using a browser extension like DownThemAll to download the 
>whole site?
>
>http://www.downthemall.net

That's against the Ts&Cs, would take forever, and links are broken anyway.

deKay
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