Aceroms.com - Fully Operational

[Jim]

It appears dead to me. I had a few games to download and the server seems dead.

And if you go to the AceRoms site ( http://www.aceroms.com ) the entire TOSEC section they used to have appears to be missing :-(

The news is in French but I cannot see anything about The Amiga written there.

[oldpx]

A few hours ago everything was fine but suddenly the link to "tosec roms" began to lead some other irrelevant page. Luckily I managed to download "it" before it disappeared and I'm willing to help anyone in need of getting something "specifically" from aceroms. I expect it to be up again though.

[Jim]

You mean you can FTP the server ?

I can't - I have a edited list of everything I want to download but cannot finish it now :-( I don't think the server is busy. I do a traceroute/ping and it takes ages to get there, I think a link in the middle is down or something.

Add this to the fact that the webpages have changed and Aceroms is not the place to be looking for TOSEC Amiga right now !

e.g. trying the following don't work.

ftp://202.101.177.172:8018/Tosec/Commodore Amiga - Games (K-O) (0.17)/King's%20Quest%20V%20%281992%29%28Sierra%29%28Disk%206%20of%208%29.zip

[oldpx]

I mean I can ftp the games docs apps and installlations sections privately with specific user/pass for a period of time. I can't let this abused for my upload bandwidth is capped at 8kb

[jmmijo]

Yes it appears to go into the middle of the MAME roms. It starts at about the title NAM 1975 or there abouts.

Since I'm not an HTML coder, I can't tell if the web page is working properly or if it's just this link.

[Guest]

Where have all adfs gone?

[jmmijo]

I've tried connecting to some other TOSEC d/l sites and unfortunately they are too busy to allow me to connect to them.

[andreas]

Yes, pity! Everything is gone now!
These ADFs were situated on an FTP, so I think that this FTP has just gone non-public now.
If I'm lucky, I can look @ home where I have my old "Temporary Internet Files" BEFORE (!) I go online from home.
It was an IP using port 8018. Hopefully I can play a trick on it this way. :evilgrin

[jmmijo]

Jim, I was able to d/l from Aceroms, even though their TOSEC page is hosed. Some nice soul on this board had u/l the entire TOSEC list from Aceroms and I've copied and pasted this really long url into IE6 and low and behold there is was and I just completed the d/l to my drive.

ftp://aceroms:roms@202.101.177.172:8018/Tosec/Commodore%20Amiga%20-%20Games%20(K-O)%20(0.17)/King's%20Quest%20V%20(1992)(Sierra)(Disk%206%20of%208).zip /url

I figured you wanted the non-German version. Also you could use this same format to d/l disk 7 and 8 as well. You need to change the %206 after the Disk in the parens, make it %207 for disk seven then %208 for disk 8.

[Jim]

Thanks for your help all, but it is indeed working now (the FTP that is).

I had a Getright DL list. I had edited it to about 1000's disks - the best of the collection I have on floppy (ok there were some disks I wanted but never could get back then !!).

It's fixed itself, I think it was a server problem - either their server or one between their server and my comp, the traceroute was very very slow & had high packet loss.

[RetroMan]

Well @andreas, think you´re out of luck, I just tried it that way, and I cannot even establish any connection and ping to that site gives absolutely no reply :(

[jmmijo]

Yeah I noticed that too but there were no timeouts which is the real indicator, at least my tracert didn't show any.

[LaundroMat]

Originally posted by Jim

I had a Getright DL list.
Getright (and similar tools) do hit the servers very hard. The problem could (have) be(en) related to this. I personally never use GetRight, because I know it aids in bringing heavy traffic to the servers, and it could deny other people a decent connection. (But then I have a very decent broadband connection, so I just don't need that kind of software. I'm in a luxury position, and that's a fine position to be idealistic and altruistic in :D)

[birdy-scc]

As long as you set the maximum downloads to one at a time you should be ok using Getright or Flashget.

[jmmijo]

Yeah, you're correct LaundroMat about the position of not having to use apps like GetRight due to being on a broadband connection. You shouldn't have to use these kinds of apps unless on a dial-up connection.

I myself ran into a problem over at BTTR, I was banned for a day because their autobot thought I was using one of these apps :( I don't but because the broadband connection is so fast and I was d/l 2 files at once, this most likely triggered it.

But now I take it easy on the server so others can have access too, not just users with bigger pipes :D

[Guest]

Yepp, its working again!... whipii =)

[Ian]

Aceroms is now fully operational again. As I said in a previous thread, the FTP being down is a usual occurrence, normally at least once a week it happens. This is probably to allow them to update it and such like.

As too the actual web site, maybe someone forgot to dot the i or cross the t in the HTML code and it buggered it up, anyway all is fixed now.

As far as Aceroms is concerned, I can only advise you of one thing and that’s patience. If it's down try it again a day or two later because if we carry on as we are, soon there will be hundreds of threads all covering exactly the same thing that this one covers. (ie Day one: It's not working, day two: It's back up again)

[oldpx]

heh we all panic quite easily don't we. let's just rename this thread next time it goes down and rename it back to normal when it's fixed :p

[jmmijo]

That's got my vote Burseg :cheese

[jmmijo]

Hmm, yesterday and today I seem to be having issues d/l from Aceroms again. Strange however as I can copy/paste the link into another browser window and some of the files will d/l while others will just return a cannot display window error :(

[jmmijo]

I think I narrowed it down to this one file:

ftp://aceroms:roms@202.101.177.172:8018/Tosec/Commodore%20Amiga%20-%20Compilations%20(0.17)/Ackerlight%20-%20Compact%20Disk%20#7 (1988)(Ackerlight).zip

It appears to be missing and once the error page is displayed it makes all the other links invisible too :(

I have also noticed some slowness on their FTP server, this could also be some cause of some of these problems.

[oldpx]

Try Emuchina, if it's busy (it usually is) connect to irc.newnet.net and join #emuchina .There you can find fservers that host roms (and ADFs) and you can type !list to learn who hosts what.

[jmmijo]

Thanks Burseg, I'll check that out. One thing, what do u recommend for an IRC app, I've never used these. Never had the incling or desire to use chat apps in general.

Since I'm using using Windows XP and Amigas together, I'd want to use the PC side of things until I get a NIC for my 4000.

[Ian]

mIRC (http://www.mirc.com) is easy to use for an IRC newbie (I should know;)), but there are other's such as Trillian and Klient who's url's I don't know.

[jmmijo]

Yes I've heard of mIRC, I can check out downloads.com and see what's listed there. Thanks again Burseg and Ian :cool

[jmmijo]

I'm using Trillian right now, pretty straight forward and all. I do hate the queues however :mad

[RCK]

Originally posted by jmmijo
I'm using Trillian right now, pretty straight forward and all. I do hate the queues however :mad

Don't blame the emuchina IRC fserver, at least you are able to download files from it. (compared to the classic http download)

hey guys ! if your are sleeping on NewNet, have a jump to #abime.net & #amigatronic :cool

[jmmijo]

Does anyone setup a private channel for u/l and d/l ?

[jmmijo]

True, that is the real reason for using this alternate method of d/l files. Aceroms tends to be down too much for me, but I like the way the IRC channels are setup as there seems to be many different TOSEC channels to choose from :)

[stainy]

It`s down again :(

[Jim]

IRC Newbie Question !

Using MIRC on a emuchina DCC server I keep getting this message in the window: "Closing Idle connection in 30 seconds...". This is after I have done my get commands and I am waiting to reach no 1 in the queue.

Anyone know how to stop this - it seems to happen after about 2 minutes of me not typing anything. I need to go to the toilet soon so don't wanna lose the connection !!!

[RetroMan]

you don´t need to be on the fserv itself to get the files you requested, just stay in the channel and if you´re no. 1 in the queue, you will get that file, just don´t leave the channel !!!

[Jim]

I'm a moron !!!

Thanks for all your help everyone (some PM'ed me too).

Idiots guide to IRC (written by a IRC idiot!!):

Download MIRC and connect to server NewNet (a random server or one you choose).

Close the channels list (you know where you wanna go)

Type /join #emuchina

admin spammer addition ;)
/join #abime.net
/join #amigatronic


Then you can chat to people her OR download some ADF's.

Type !list for a list of DCC file servers running.

It should say something like "Trigger: !GetFiles". So to access that server type !GetFiles. A new window should open once you click confirmation box.

Then you are browsing the file server so using dos-type dir/cd commands find the files you want.

Then type get filename.zip to queue your file. You can only queue a certain amount of files - to see your place in the queue type "queues".

Once you have filled your queue and/or chosen what you want then you should EXIT the DCC (you don't have to stay in like I was trying!). So type exit.

Eventually you should hit #1 in the queue and a message should be sent to you telling you that someone is trying to send you a file. This can be set to auto-answer.


Hope this helps, I have written this from my brief 1 hour exposure to MIRC/IRC/DCC so there are probably easier/quicker ways of doing things.

[XoreX]

How can I get f.e. all coverdisks? Command get *.zip or *.* doesnt work?

[Twistin'Ghost]

Speaking of aceroms, here's the latest news there:

14 January 2002 00:48 : 123 Tosec rompacks :)
Most of you don't have a lot TOSEC roms, so downloading a lot of small files may be annoying.
Now TOSEC rompacks are avaiable, and you can grab ALL roms rocognized by a dat by downloading just ONE file.
Warning : these packs have been compressed in 7z format, so you must use 7-zip to unpack them.
If you can achieve higher compression ratio than us for the packs, please tell us the archiver you use and its settings ;)

And if you go to the TOSEC area, the only item bearing the Amiga line of clothing is:
Commodore Amiga - Installation, ROMs, Tutorials & Promotional

Major letdown for the TOSEC enthusiasts...

[jmmijo]

This is gotta be a storage issue. Why else would they go to the trouble of compressing this very large TOSEC database. The cost of storage has gone down quite a lot but I wonder if Aceroms is a commercial venture or do they rely on ads for income :confused

[MethodGit]

Meanwhile, if you actually scroll further down the page, you'll come across a second list (single files) which contains the remaining Amiga pieces of clothing. ;)

Is it still considered a "major letdown", Twist? :D

[Twistin'Ghost]

My bad. I only scrolled as far as Commodore Amiga and stopped. Thanks for pointing that out, Marz.

[jmmijo]

Personally I don't mind the single large archive as I have a DSL connection. The problem is with the majority of users whom still have dial-ups :(

I can remember the day I used my first 90 baud acoustic modem, boy was that fun. I think I could send data faster using tin cans and some string :laugh

[jmmijo]

I also have noticed that the FTP server is really slow, keeps dropping my connection and the throughput is horrendous right now. Could just be a lot of traffic hitting the server now.

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by jmmijo
Personally I don't mind the single large archive as I have a DSL connection. The problem is with the majority of users whom still have dial-ups :(
Not really. I have a cable connection, but I see no need to have to download an entire TOSEC set if all I need is a fill. But that is irrelevant if they also offer individual disks.

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by Twistin' Ghost

Not really. I have a cable connection, but I see no need to have to download an entire TOSEC set if all I need is a fill. But that is irrelevant if they also offer individual disks.

Yes I agree, and since Aceroms appears to have a choice then it gives the user the best of both worlds :)

[andreas]

I wonder if they changed the password for the FTP...I can get a connection but I can't get in because I only get a "Not logged in".
Strange...

[oldpx]

Trying to download with explorer, I recieve an incorrect password error.

[RetroMan]

Th Password for the TOSEC roms was disabled for some restruction of the ftp, now all is operational again :)

[jmmijo]

Ah, so that's why it kept coming back with a can not find file error message. Thanks for the info RetroMan :)

[Miggy2TheMax]

Used to be able to ping the box, I can't now
its seems that its down and out..
maybe a h/w upgrade was scheduled as well ? ;)

[andreas]

Fucking hell Marz, please go into another thread now to discuss these important things! This thread is about to go adrift like a rudderless boat!!
Ask this in Off-Topic, or elsewhere but not here! :mad :mad
You don't make it easy to have a high opinion of you, and I'm really one of the last ones that still do!
*SIGH*...

Anyway folks, this anger adds up to the anger building up in me whenever I try this fucking FTP again and again and it never works!
If you've got the same problem, this will be the trigger needed to write a "half-friendly, half-angry" e-mail to these guys who NEVER tell about the FTP status but only write about crappy new stuff for GBA and other shit!

Did anyone succeed in getting on the ACEROMS FTP in one of the last days? You're able to surprise me a lot if you did. :mad

[Twistin'Ghost]

Yup, it's become yet another generic 'news' site. Also of note the the useless English button which takes you to an equally useless page containing nothing. Maybe no news happens in English?

[Big-Byte]

@Marz. Yep thats the util I like to use... Batch Zip Toolkit.
Once Ive zipped all the files individually I use WinRAR to zip em up into one big file...

btw.. I tried the 7-zip program and didnt get the bug you described. I noted there were two versions on thier site and I tried the BETA version. I didnt try the other one..

I compressed an ISO with 7-Zip and then re-compressed it seperately with WInRAR and didnt see any noticable difference so I will stick to winrar for now.. (the ISO was full of dms files which are compressed anyway so I expected this)


Anyway, Its looks like they are having a big re-organisation over at aceroms so maybe they are going to put all the Amiga A's in one / two files and then all the B's in one / two files.. That would be nice.

[MethodGit]

Sorry to anger you andreas :(, but IMO 7-zip is somewhat related to Aceroms because the site's rom packs are compressed in 7z format, and they tell you to use that util. :rolleyes

But yeah, the Aceroms FTP has been dropping dead on me as well. So much for the fabled grand Amiga vault... :( I bet Ian's pissed off too. Although I did manage to download the Amiga Kickstart/Workbench/manuals rom pack last weekend... :hooooo

My solution for the time being?

Flock over to EmuChina's IRC channel, #emuchina (on irc.newnet.net).

It actually has a bit more stuff than Aceroms, from some of the sections I've noticed anyway (haven't browsed through the whole area). ;)

The waiting times can be horrendously random (it depends on the queue), but sometimes it's worth it. :)

[jmmijo]

Yep, I've never really wanted to use IRC myself but due to the Aceroms site issues I've taken the plunge with Trillian. Emuchina can have some long queues but it's interesting because sometimes I get something right away and it's not queued up and others will get queued up. But hey, at least I'm in line to get the d/'l's that I wanted ;)

[oldpx]

Aceroms seems to be up again, maybe it was already but I just discovered it :D

[Ian]

Just as one shuts off TOSEC downloads, the other open's them up, I think this is more than just a coinsidence don't you:)

Just glad we have somewhere to get this stuff:)

[Fred the Fop]

Aceroms stinks like putrid, moldy garbanzo bean stew.
Always has, always will.
Emuchina, Edge Emulation or PE 2000 (And a sweet lil console joint named Vimm's Lair) have always done the job for me.

[Fred the Fop]

Well, true, EmuChina has temporarily shut off Tosec, but I went to AssRoms yesterday for Atari St compilations (need to finsh my Automation and Pompey Pirates series) and they have nothing. Always was inconvenient to get anything from those fromage eating sorts *L*:D :D :cheese :cheese :laughing :laugh

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by Frederic
Always was inconvenient to get anything from those fromage eating sorts *L*:D :D :cheese :cheese :laughing :laugh

So are there any wild fromage eating there way down Wall Street yet :D

[Fred the Fop]

LOL!!
They are all over the place *L*
Hey, does anyone know where I can download Fuzion and Superior Atari Cds?

[Ian]

Yes:p

[Fred the Fop]

:laughing

[jmmijo]

Just found this on Aceroms today, seems they want our support, but jeez, how about making the Amiga TOSEC available then :mad

"04 May 2002 18:55 :
English donation page available Now an english version of the donation page is available. We count on your help. "

[Fissuras]

Originally posted by Frederic
Well, true, EmuChina has temporarily shut off Tosec, but I went to AssRoms yesterday for Atari St compilations (need to finsh my Automation and Pompey Pirates series) and they have nothing. Always was inconvenient to get anything from those fromage eating sorts *L*


Are you missing a few? or a lot? I believe I have them all (but as allways, not so organized). So I may help you filling some gaps.


You know, Hang Loose ( http://www.atari-warez.com/ )seems to have them all, including Superios CDs. But their files are not readly available as before. There is a note on their site wich says:

File Area News
20-April-2002 Check out telnet:\\bbs.atari-warez.com for an ftp account first..

[Fissuras]

I did a little search and...

http://omiquel.lautre.net/gb/index_gb.htm

Now go get those Fuzion CDs!!!!!!

*edit 1*

Automation? Get them here:

ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/atari/games/Automation/

[Twistin'Ghost]

Jeez, what a bunch of compilation freaks. Thank God the Amiga isn't so obsessed with compacts (or "menu disks") ... that would way suck!

Anyhow, nice sites.

@fissuras
that Hang Loose page is pretty cool, but damn are those tables hard to read! (in the Files area!) And yet another site that has no trace of Infocom's Border Zone. Talk about a near impossible-to-find ST game! I think I have found it for every platform (that it was developed for) except for the ST. I guess none of the sceners could be bothered with that game...

[Fred the Fop]

I have searched for that hgame as well Twist, to no avail.
Fiss...you did a great deed, and I thank you. Though EmuChina is back up, The lesser known compilations are found at good ol Climatics:)
Here is an even better site to find rareties..good luck twist. I have yet to try em all:)

http://brumemscl.free.fr/

One thing though..what is "telenet"??
News group stuff?

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by Frederic
One thing though..what is "telenet"??
News group stuff?

It's actually spelled telnet :D it's not usenet stuff perse', it's the old school terminal shell, mostly this is a *nix term now although when you think of it any machine with an old terminal app can use telnet although most ISP's no longer allow shell access due to security reasons and the now infamous script kiddies that seem to be crawling out of the wood work :laugh

[Fissuras]

Originally posted by Frederic
I have searched for that hgame as well Twist, to no avail.
Fiss...you did a great deed, and I thank you. Though EmuChina is back up, The lesser known compilations are found at good ol Climatics:)
Here is an even better site to find rareties..good luck twist. I have yet to try em all:)

http://brumemscl.free.fr/

One thing though..what is "telenet"??
News group stuff?

It is more like old BBS stuff.

To get access to their ftp, you have to log using telnet first, and then create an account. Pretty easy, just copy and paste the address (telnet:\\bbs.atari-warez.com) on your browser (I mean, if you use IE) and follow instructions. You will be asked for a new login and password. Use this new login to enter their ftp (ftp.atari-warez.com).
pretty easy, huh?

[Fred the Fop]

Well thanks..but I copy and paster using IE and ZNetscape and an error box comes up asking for a PROGRAM.EXE...I don't understand.

[Fissuras]

Strange.
Try using the telnet program, in your windows directory. There should be an program named TELNET.EXE. Just run it and type the address (bbs.atari-...)

[Fred the Fop]

Ok, got it..and have this point reached. Now , how do I download games? :cheese

[Fissuras]

hehehehe... i 1ve said that already. just quit an log through ftp (ftp.atari-warez.com) with your new login and password.

if you wish to use IE, just type ftp://yourlogin:yourpass@ftp.atari-warez.com/

[Fred the Fop]

Got it working on the FTP. But why did they complicate it with having to use Telnet? Oh well, can't complain, Fiss. I thank you again and hope to reciprocate.:)

[jmmijo]

I guess if you're serious enough to go thru the telnet hoop then you must really want a logon user/pw :)

[Fissuras]

Right then. Time to get some sleep!

[Fissuras]

Suddenly it seems that atari-warez got popular! I can't connect to it anymore. It was so easy... I can't think of any reason why it happened....
Anyway, that's life isn't it?

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by fissuras
Anyway, that's life isn't it?

One of my favorite French phrases:

"cest la vie"

of course I murder it by pronouncing it in the literal, phonetic way :D

[Ian]

I'll own up, it was me clogging up the FTP:)

Sorry 'bout that, it's all yours now though:)

[RCK]

Originally posted by jmmijo
One of my favorite French phrases:

"cest la vie"the correct sentence is:
C'est la vie (it's life)

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by Frederic
I have searched for that hgame as well Twist, to no avail.
Fiss...you did a great deed, and I thank you. Though EmuChina is back up, The lesser known compilations are found at good ol Climatics:)
Here is an even better site to find rareties..good luck twist. I have yet to try em all:)

http://brumemscl.free.fr/

Thanks, Frederic - outasite link!