chip's Collection - ADA (Amiga Demoscene Archive)

[chip]

Just an info on my collection

There are two .txt files inside it

Well, you can simply delete them after the download

Indeed these two files ("Notes.txt" and "Scanned.txt") are there ONLY for backup purpose

For the collection itself these files are irrelevant

That's all

[chip]

A new release is uploading, it contains 13.573 files for a total size of 3,05 GB ..... enjoy !

[chip]

A new release is uploading, it contains 13.904 files for a total size of 3,13 GB ..... enjoy !

[heavy]

can you try to use at least the differential archive with 7zip for next updates :
make a big 7z of your current folder, then when you want to make an update, use :

7z u c:\archive.7z  c:\archive_folder  -ms=off -mx=9 -t7z -u- -up0q3r2x2y2z0w2!c:\newsDATE.7z

we'll just need the newsDATE.7z to download

after news.7z archive done, delete archive.7z and make a new archive.7z (what you do each time)

[chip]

A new release is uploading, it contains 14.421 files for a total size of 3,26 GB ..... enjoy !

[Viceroy]

Originally Posted by heavy

can you try to use at least the differential archive with 7zip for next updates :
make a big 7z of your current folder, then when you want to make an update, use :

7z u c:\archive.7z  c:\archive_folder  -ms=off -mx=9 -t7z -u- -up0q3r2x2y2z0w2!c:\newsDATE.7z

we'll just need the newsDATE.7z to download

after news.7z archive done, delete archive.7z and make a new archive.7z (what you do each time)

I totally agree with this, I've stopped downloading as I'm sick of having to download such a big archive everytime!

[HOL2001]

Many thanks for the update!

[chip]

You are welcome

Thanks for the appreciation

[mai]

EAB/FTP needs a rule
"Upload updates only!"


It's such a big waste,
shortens lifespan of hardware,
uses wasteful energy.



.....luckily we have more earths next door.

[Viceroy]

Chip you need to listen to the advice from the main Amiga men, you need to just upload the extra files man!

[heavy]

last chance - update for Dummy :
in your ADA directory, make a directory called NEW
copy the new entries (with dir) in NEW directory
when you want to make an update, zip the NEW directory only,
then cut the content of NEW directory and copy it into ADA directory
you have your update archive...

yep, I waste my time...

[rygar]

The easiest way is to create DAT file with Clrmamepro. This tool will create nice update pack with few seconds.

[chip]

Sorry guys, but ADA will not be released with update packs

I don't like this kind of solution, as simple as that

Meanwhile another release is uploading

As usual more files are contained in this version, exactly 14.699 for a total size of 3,30 GB

Enjoy the collection

[jarre]

Point after point...whats going on in some peoples mind........

[jarre]

Skip this one for another decade.....if you are deaf for all suggestions for updates i pass downloading over and over and over again all the old shit to get "some" new ones. Enough said........wll download what i want from janeway

[HOL2001]

Originally Posted by chip

Sorry guys, but ADA will not be released with update packs

I don't like this kind of solution, as simple as that

Meanwhile another release is uploading

As usual more files are contained in this version, exactly 14.699 for a total size of 3,30 GB

Enjoy the collection

Many thanks for that great collection and the continuous updates!

[chip]

Hi HOL2001

Thanks to you for your positive feedback

It's really appreciated

[Crashdisk]

Hey guys
I have a solution to propose. This solution can update a more or less old pack because it allows to rename, modify and add files to make them conform to the last pack (2020-05-22)
This solution uses the properties of the parity archives.
How it works :
- You must first install the MultiPar (or compatible program that manages PAR2 files)
- Download the file "ADA Update 2020-05-22.par2" (4mb):
/~Uploads/Crashdisk/ADA Update/ADA Update 2020-05-22.par2
- Put the PAR2 file at the root of the ADA folder to be updated
- Launch MultiPAR from the PAR2 file
- After evaluation, MultiPAR will indicate how many blocks it will need to update the folder

For example:
From the edition of 2020-05-08 to that of 2020-05-22 : 386 blocks needed
From the edition of 2020-03-30 to that of 2020-05-22 : 1.460 blocks needed

The next step would be to download the parity files (1 file = 116 blocks = 46mb).
So, to update the pack:
2020-05-08 > 4 parity files = 186mb
2020-03-30 > 13 parity files = 605mb


It's a little crazy but it works ^^

[rygar]

I'm still using Usenet for some reasons so i like your idea but peoples not familiar with PARs will have problems with understand what are you talking about. In my opinion the easiest way is use Clrmamepro.
1) Create DAT file using Option Dir2Dat from previous collection
2) Create DAT file using Option Dir2Dat from present collection
3) Create FixDAT file from previous collection
4) Using rebuilder to create Update Pack

It'll take several minutes ALL.

[Crashdisk]

Yes, I started with this idea, but it's not without its problems:
- There are zip archives in the package and tools like ROMVault doesn't handle that well
- The files should not all be zip-compressed.
- We shouldn't lose the folder structure


But if it helps, I've already done the datfiles (in The Zone)