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andreas · 11 June 2002, 03:20

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I personally would hate to have to use any of the three major networks to get the files from.

I fully agree here.
Besides: aceroms is about to get absolutely unusable these days.
Yesterday, I had to do 7 bloody resumes with GetRight to get ONE file ... (it was a rare demo).
People depending on AceRoms are utterly like victims recently...I almost feel compassion for them.

Drake1009 · 11 June 2002, 10:44

What's with the "lately" in that post? Aceroms have been utterly unstable for a looong time.

11 June 2002, 10:47

I just leeched a few thousand amiga demo adfs off Aceroms with Flashget. Ooops... maybe I was the one sucking all their bandwidth

Fissuras · 11 June 2002, 11:24

Oh you bastard! you've killed Kenny! Err, I mean, you've killed the bandwidth.

andreas · 11 June 2002, 13:27

[Aceroms unstability]

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What's with the "lately" in that post?

Well, I'm a patient kind of guy and my thread of patience is quite thick. This means it has gotten worse and worse with every week, and I haven't complained up to that point because I know that the whole world gets their "roms" from there. But NOW it's become THAT worse that even I have to complain about it. And when I complain, it's usually about to get unbearable. The worst-case scenario, so to speak.

Fissuras · 11 June 2002, 13:52

Aceroms used to be a lot slow, but now they are facing severe server problems. Hope they solve all their problems and get back to the ususal roms availability... and sluguishness

better a slow server then none.

RCK · 11 June 2002, 14:47

Everyone should use IRC, much more reliable.
Queue system is excellent if you have one permanent internet connection.

andreas · 11 June 2002, 15:31

I disagree. Not if the queues are THAT CROWDED like they are usually. Have you ever had the pleasure to get ONE file from an IRC queue?
You're usually at range 50 or 40. And if someone at range 28 has a file 7 MB in size to download, the whole thing can take about 1 hour. 1 hour for *one* file to get. And you know how many "roms" there are.
So don't try to tell me it's "convenient" to use IRC. It's a pain.

RCK · 11 June 2002, 22:47

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Originally posted by andreas
Have you ever had the pleasure to get ONE file from an IRC queue?

yes of course, a lot more...
if you know where to go and which fserve to use.

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Originally posted by andreas
So don't try to tell me it's "convenient" to use IRC. It's a pain.

I still think that IRC is more reliable than one overload public FTP

andreas · 11 June 2002, 23:18

@Mangar

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It has happened to me as well and unless its for something rare which someone knows I have then I'd prefer people would not PM me for game requests..

I usually consider this, but my request *WAS* something special: I had read in an ancient thread that you've got an 880K non-overdumped image (I spoke to Twist before, but it wasn't him) of Arctic Fox. Since JOTD released a HD installer for this game, I wanted to try if it can be installed using your version!

You could have replied, but you didn't. Pity.

But there's also a chance that you might have overlooked my PM, though. But I don't want to be a pain: so I refrained from writing a second PM.

jmmijo · 11 June 2002, 23:43

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Originally posted by RCK
yes of course, a lot more...
if you know where to go and which fserve to use.
I still think that IRC is more reliable than one overload public FTP

I have to agree with RCK on this one, everytime I used #emuchina and was stuck into the queue, it took maybe a couple minutes at most to get my file(s). I must say that even when I was stuck at 50+ it didn't take very long at all

andreas · 12 June 2002, 03:48

lucky you

jmmijo · 12 June 2002, 03:52

Well I do have *real* wood paneling next to my puters :laugh

Shatterhand · 12 June 2002, 05:10

Well, I don't like to get files on IRC, because I am using a dial-up connection. Get, say, the 40th position on a queue usually will mean that you'll have to wait a LOONG time to get your file, and it's just not worthy.

And if all users ahead of me are also on dial-up coonections, this means it will take even LOOONGERR.

jmmijo · 12 June 2002, 05:21

Yeah, I suppose queues are ok for those of us that have broadband connections

11 June 2002, 10:44	#22
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	What's with the "lately" in that post? Aceroms have been utterly unstable for a looong time.

11 June 2002, 10:47	#23
oldpx Posts: n/a	I just leeched a few thousand amiga demo adfs off Aceroms with Flashget. Ooops... maybe I was the one sucking all their bandwidth

11 June 2002, 11:24	#24
Fissuras Old Luny Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 54 Posts: 574	Oh you bastard! you've killed Kenny! Err, I mean, you've killed the bandwidth.

11 June 2002, 13:52	#26
Fissuras Old Luny Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 54 Posts: 574	Aceroms used to be a lot slow, but now they are facing severe server problems. Hope they solve all their problems and get back to the ususal roms availability... and sluguishness better a slow server then none.

11 June 2002, 14:47	#27
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,092	Everyone should use IRC, much more reliable. Queue system is excellent if you have one permanent internet connection.

11 June 2002, 15:31	#28
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	I disagree. Not if the queues are THAT CROWDED like they are usually. Have you ever had the pleasure to get ONE file from an IRC queue? You're usually at range 50 or 40. And if someone at range 28 has a file 7 MB in size to download, the whole thing can take about 1 hour. 1 hour for one file to get. And you know how many "roms" there are. So don't try to tell me it's "convenient" to use IRC. It's a pain.

12 June 2002, 03:48	#32
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	lucky you

12 June 2002, 03:52	#33
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,396	Well I do have real wood paneling next to my puters :laugh

12 June 2002, 05:10	#34
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Well, I don't like to get files on IRC, because I am using a dial-up connection. Get, say, the 40th position on a queue usually will mean that you'll have to wait a LOONG time to get your file, and it's just not worthy. And if all users ahead of me are also on dial-up coonections, this means it will take even LOOONGERR.

12 June 2002, 05:21	#35
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,396	Yeah, I suppose queues are ok for those of us that have broadband connections

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