Subj : Re: qwk packets
To   : fusion
From : MRO
Date : Wed May 22 2024 02:35 am

  Re: Re: qwk packets
  By: fusion to MRO on Wed May 22 2024 12:19 am

 > for that matter, i sometimes wonder about how the larger bbs filebases
 > should be left to someone.. if they're not already mirrored to archive.org i
 > guess. every time i see a message with the general sentiment "log onto my
 > bbs to get xxx" i cringe.. all those files might as well be dead and gone
 > already.
 >

yeah that's an exodus of renegade bbs thing.  logon to my bbs to get the latest version of renegade.

i've been a prolific downloader since the 90s. I had bbstorrents up for quite a long time and people downloaded everything (sometimes the same person downloaded everything multiple times).   So when I die i'm pretty sure that stuff will be out there in some form.   It is sad how things can be lost forever.

Regarding not backing up, i always think about Roland De Graaf of virtual advanced/vadv/vbbs. One of my bbs buddies was working with him and physically there when this happened: Roland kept all his source code on ONE computer.  He never backed up to floppy or tape.  One day that harddrive failed.  In the presence of my bbs buddy Bryan Turner, Roland picked up the computer and smashed it on the floor in anger.

I'm pretty sure he would be about 60 years old if he's still alive.  Apparently he was done with bbsing after this problem and having issues with is eyes.
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