Finally broke down and did it

[nyteschayde]

Over a couple of weeks, so as not to spam the aminet.net servers, I mirrored all of aminet.net locally. This is something that I have been dying to do for some time now (especially when it goes down for some unknown reason).

Total content size is about 53.39GB. I may try to burn this to Blu-Ray or several DVDs just to keep a hard copy as well. Now periodic syncing with Transmit for the Mac is all I need to keep it up to date. Yay.

[nyteschayde]

Also archive.org has many of the Amiga Format magazine ISOs.

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https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd01
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd02
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd03
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd04
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd05
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd06
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-amigaformatcd...


For example

[nyteschayde]

Which is considered abuse by the Aminet team.

It's not "cool", it's stupid.


Aminet consists of eight public and two private mirrors, plus archive.org is about to become an official mirror.

This is exactly why I staged it over a long period of time. Give me some credit. Sheesh. Read the OP.

[nyteschayde]

If it's stupid, then why do they host an rsync service open to anyone? I also keep a local mirror, using rsync  every now and then to keep it updated.

Exactly

[nyteschayde]

Much to my own annoyance, no. I did bits and pieces of trees at a time. Once I finally had it all downloaded, I then waited an extra day and then ran an FTP sync using Transmit to pick up the new files.

Now I can do this once a day and not put any real strain on anything. Today was 22 new files.

[nyteschayde]

West Coast US mirror time? Or would you need unlimited upload bandwidth at home for that?

Not entirely sure what you mean by this. I downloaded it from wherever I was as I was getting the bits and pieces. Sometimes at work, sometimes at home, etc...

[nyteschayde]

Possibly. Have thought about it. I may try to do this. Primarily, though, as an owner of quite a bit of classic hardware in various stages of upgrade, getting software to them without network from time to time is taxing. If I have a way to do this from home, easily, then it vastly simplifies things.

Mostly being social in this thread and sharing experiences, but also letting others know I have the data should something horrible happen. Like, Aminet disappearing.

[nyteschayde]

Wish someone could have done that with BTTR!

 Exactly. Or the GeekGadgets stuff. Some of it is out there but so much was lost.

[nyteschayde]

I really think there should be an easy way for others to mirror or become a mirror. If Aminet was lost, it would be a critical failure for the entire community. It is just this fear that led me to do so in the first place.

At this point in the community, more replication of this stuff, the better. Too many sites supporting the Amiga have gone down and taken all their critical development with them. GeekGadgets, Back To Roots and plenty more; I'm certain.

[nyteschayde]

@cgutjahr I've seen so many such online misunderstandings or hurt feelings happen due to not having English as a first language. A more polite response would have been:

"As an Aminet administrator I have to inform you that this construes abuse as per our terms.

On the other hand, we do have an rsync service that you may use under such and such terms...

You also don't really have to worry about Aminet 'disappearing', as we have several mirrors and recently archive.org has come onboard as well!"

It's really not that hard to take sometime and formulate a decent response that doesn't sound borderline turrets.

@nyteschayde is obviously passionate about the Amiga and that's reason enough to spend time on a nicer response.

And as for @kolla's question re rsync, you haven't really clarified it, giving only a crude response (quite rude) of '"they" is me, genius'.

No one on here is really out to 'rob Aminet' or push you off your pedestal. However, as 'they' one would expect a more neutral tone until you are really justified in changing your tone. Then again, I'm assuming you didn't really mean to sound rude and just need to brush up on your English language finesse.

<3

[nyteschayde]

As a woman and an Amiga lover, I would appreciate it. But if your wife would also appreciate such a thong, I'd like to meet her.

[nyteschayde]

It would probably have been met with an eyeroll, as she doesn't "get" my fascination with old computers (her words), although she'd likely wear it on occasion.

Perhaps if I explain that Aminet is a great (one could argue VITAL) service, and wearing it is a way of giving back..?

hahaha, definitely a vital service. Definitely a way of giving back. Perhaps I can talk some sense into her.