Over 10k Amiga disks to be released on archive.org

[Pentad]

One of the members of Bamiga Sector 1 is dumping their 10k plus collection to archive.org. There was some Twitter traffic about it and then I saw the post on archive.org:

"This item is a compilation of images acquired from a 10,000+ floppy collection of one of the members of the cracking group "Bamiga Sector 1". It was in an attic in Belgium for roughly 25 years and is in the process of being imaged by a small set of volunteers."

About 72% complete:

You can read/download from here:

https://archive.org/details/Bamiga_Sector_1_Collection

They even have a project website here:

http://www.amigaclub.be/bs1/

It is funny how time changes everything: Once an illegal stash of pirated content is now an archaeological archive of software.

I do hope that any software that hasn't been archived before will show up in this vast array of floppy disks. I'm a big proponent of the preservation of software so that future generations have the opportunity to experience what we have lived through.

-P

[Pentad]

FYI: They jumped to 76% over the weekend...

[Pentad]

Given how fast they are uploading the collection (they went to 77% overnight) I think they will be done with everything -including the cleaned sets- within a few weeks.

Looking through this collection brought back a lot of memories. Can you imagine trying to transfer this collection back in the day? Even with the top-of-the-line Courier HST (tweaked with Maad Modem no less) it would have taken forever.

I was trying to explain to my kids a bit about this and computer life in the early '90s. I don't think they truly appreciate having a FIOS connection to our house. :-)


-P

[Pentad]

Set your router to limit speed to 512kbps and they'll get an idea of our pain.

LOL, yeah, it does seem like it sticks with you even after all of these years. I used to be able to tell you what we were connecting at by the tones.  I can't believe what you ca get to your house now. FIOS in our area is offering 300 Mbps symmetrical for $95 a month. I remember when a T1 was $1600 a month (at a company not at my house :-).