Acorn Archimedies TOSEC stuff

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Charlie

TCD - bet he is too.

Yup Just wish I had any Archi software here
However there is a Archi torrent on Pleasuredome that I'm grabbing right now Once I have it I'll post it's contents here

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Yup Just wish I had any Archi software here
However there is a Archi torrent on Pleasuredome that I'm grabbing right now Once I have it I'll post it's contents here

Marvellous! More, more!

Now, whose going to host all this stuff?
(me?)

[TCD]

If you have some spare 1.5 GB somewhere, I would be glad to up it then Just let me now

[MarkYoungIW]

1.5gb!! Thats alot!! Wonder whats in that.

[TCD]

Okay, this is inside the torrent :

StrongARM CD-ROM (1996)(Acorn Risc Technologies)
Acorn Education - Products & Services Catalogue Spring 1996 (1996)(IDG Media)(GB)[Acorn User]
Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM No. 1 (1995)(IDG Media)(GB)
Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM No. 2 (1996)(IDG Media)(GB)
Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM No. 3 (1997)(IDG Media)(GB)

All in ISO format. I hope this is useful

[MarkYoungIW]

Sounds good. certainly not a torrent I have seen floating round B4. Notice there is another one that has popped up on Demonoid, but no seeders at the moment.

[MarkYoungIW]

@TCD Downloaded the same torrent. Looks good. Contains a lot of magazine cover discs amongst everything else, I have imaged the collection of coverdiscs I have, so this should fill in some of the gaps.

Will keep everyone posted on the coverdisc progress once I have moved.

Once again, good find though, keep it up.

Have had a look through WHDLoad and a bit confused. Looks like it just patches on the fly when you load the ipf into it. So it looks like he is writing a patching script for every piece of software, to HD install it.

So, is this not just the same as patching/cracking anyway?

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

If you have some spare 1.5 GB somewhere, I would be glad to up it then Just let me now

Hi,
I'd love to get my hands on this stuff - for hosting & to add to my archive.

I've even got a server to put it on, um - nearly!

I upgraded / modded my Qube2 server for the purpose of having a better retro-environment in which to host a bunch of stuff like this...
...it's done, but has been languishing for months without an OS installed on it.

I'd happily do the hosting but have to issue some warnings:
-It will take me at least until the end of next weekend to get the thing up.
-I'm notoriously bad for getting my bum in gear & finishing things...
...are you reading TC?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Charlie

...are you reading TC?

Aye my friend I would be happy to upload the stuff once you got the server up (hope this is a bit of extra motivation to get it done ). Guess Mark will chime in and add to the pressure
So no worries, I won't delete it and upload it as soon as you are ready Charlie

[TCD]

Just a n00b question Are some dumps named TOSEC style useful?
Wouldn't mind to download the lot and make a pack of it then

[MarkYoungIW]

There a TOSEC set. Some of them are interesting for the fact they have been patched for HD installation, but in general most of them dont work due to copy protection.

They are certainly always of interest. Alot of those titles are freeware and would have come on coverdiscs.

[Retro-Nerd]

You will find a lot of Archie TOSEC stuff on too.

http://retro-roms.blogspot.com/search/label/Acorn

[TCD]

Thanks Retro The CD Applications and Coverdisc downloads seem to be the same as the torrent, but the disk based sets are interesting

[Retro-Nerd]

Yep. Try the games with Arculator.

[TCD]

Erm, is it that bad?

[prowler]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Okay, this is inside the torrent :

StrongARM CD-ROM (1996)(Acorn Risc Technologies)
Acorn Education - Products & Services Catalogue Spring 1996 (1996)(IDG Media)(GB)[Acorn User]
Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM No. 1 (1995)(IDG Media)(GB)
Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM No. 2 (1996)(IDG Media)(GB)
Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM No. 3 (1997)(IDG Media)(GB)

All in ISO format. I hope this is useful

Hi TCD,

Has a home been found for these files yet? I'm interested in the Acorn User Collector's CD-ROM images (I have the StrongARM CD-ROM already).

Thanks,

prowler

[TCD]

Not yet. Still waiting for Charlie to set up his server You can get them at pleasuredome

[prowler]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Not yet. Still waiting for Charlie to set up his server You can get them at pleasuredome

Hey, that was a quick reply!

I can't get them from PD, as that's one place where I don't have an account. Plus, I don't want the whole archive; I only need about 1GB, and you can't be selective with torrents, unfortunately.

Guess I'll just have to wait for Charlie to get his server set up.

Thanks anyway,

prowler

[TCD]

Originally Posted by prowler

I can't get them from PD, as that's one place where I don't have an account. Plus, I don't want the whole archive; I only need about 1GB, and you can't be selective with torrents, unfortunately.

You can join PD anytime (no invite necessary) and be selective with torrents You can choose which files you want to download from a torrent, so grabbing only the Acorn User Collector's CD-ROMs would be no problem Maybe you should give that a try

[prowler]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

You can choose which files you want to download from a torrent, so grabbing only the Acorn User Collector's CD-ROMs would be no problem Maybe you should give that a try

Hey, I didn't know you could do that!

I suppose I'd need a new client (I use Bittorrent). Any hints, please?

prowler