Auric__ wrote:
>> I don't even know how old Hobbes is, but I feel like it's been around
>> for decades.
> The web archive's first snapshot is dated 21 Dec 1996. I thought it was setup
> in 1994, but [shrug].
Hobbes seems to have gone away and returned before, in that timeline. I
have a couple of Hobbes CD ISO's from back then, totally different then
current Hobbes and worth looking at for historical reasons. Things like
GCC 1.4 IIRC, most stuff in ZOO archives. Had to recompile a ZOO
executable to look at them, the recompile with GCC 9.2.0, current libc
and dmake went smooth.
They're easily found by searching.
>
>> Seeing it being shut down is incredibly sad to read, but
>> also a sign of the times for whatever's left of the OS/2 community. Two
>> of the four listed mirrors seem to be up, namely SunSITE Poland and
>> Infania Networks in Sweden. We'll see how long those last, but my
>> advice to anyone interested in OS/2 - download the Hobbes archive and
>> store it locally.
> I bet OS/2 Site Australia puts one up in the near future:
>
>
https://www.os2site.com/
>
> I'm thinking about throwing a mirror up myself. Not sure about the disk space
> and/or bandwidth though.
Currently, Ian is planning on keeping mirroring at home in Australia,
the current os2site is actually hosted by OS/2 Voice and os2voice is
planning on hosting ftp
hobbes.os2voice.org as the main site, partially
online now with a write only incoming. Ian will take back hosting
os2site by the sounds of it.
Nathan Woodruff is also putting together
hobbesarchive.com and pretty
far along and hoping to be the main site with a replica of Hobbes.
Lots of mirrors already as well, including the internet archive.
Dave