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  • Hobbes OS/2 Archive to shut down in three months

    From Internetado@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 15 14:24:23 2024
    We';ve got some seriously bad news for the OS/2 community. Hobbes, the
    massive software archive for OS/2 (and thus eComStation and ArcaOS),
    which hosts both old software as well as more recent releases, is
    shutting down in three months.

    After many years of service, hobbes.nmsu.edu will be decommissioned and
    will no longer be available. You the user are responsible for
    downloading any of the files found in this archive if you want them.
    These files will no longer be available for access or download as of
    the decommission date.

    As of April 15th, 2024 this site will no longer exist.

    No one will be able to access this site or any information/files stored
    on this site as of April 15th, 2024.

    I don't even know how old Hobbes is, but I feel like it's been around
    for decades. 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.

    https://www.osnews.com/story/138249/hobbes-os-2-archive-to-shut-down-in-three-months/

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  • From Auric__@21:1/5 to Internetado on Tue Jan 16 06:35:03 2024
    Internetado wrote:

    We';ve got some seriously bad news for the OS/2 community. Hobbes, the massive software archive for OS/2 (and thus eComStation and ArcaOS),
    which hosts both old software as well as more recent releases, is
    shutting down in three months.

    After many years of service, hobbes.nmsu.edu will be decommissioned and
    will no longer be available. You the user are responsible for
    downloading any of the files found in this archive if you want them.
    These files will no longer be available for access or download as of
    the decommission date.

    As of April 15th, 2024 this site will no longer exist.

    No one will be able to access this site or any information/files stored
    on this site as of April 15th, 2024.

    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].

    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.

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 16 08:48:29 2024
    On 1/16/24 00:35, Auric__ wrote:
    I'm thinking about throwing a mirror up myself. Not sure about the
    disk space and/or bandwidth though.

    Disk space is < 20 GB of files.

    The Hobbes admins have made a big archive available for download.

    https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/archives/hobbes_ftp_11Jan2024.tar

    % du -b hobbes_ftp_11Jan2024.tar
    19469445120 hobbes_ftp_11Jan2024.tar

    Check out:

    https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/archives/readme.txt



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  • From Internetado@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 15 14:43:21 2024
    To: comp.os.os2.misc
    We've got some seriously bad news for the OS/2 community. Hobbes, the
    massive software archive for OS/2 (and thus eComStation and ArcaOS),
    which hosts both old software as well as more recent releases, is
    shutting down in three months.

    After many years of service, hobbes.nmsu.edu will be decommissioned and
    will no longer be available. You the user are responsible for
    downloading any of the files found in this archive if you want them.
    These files will no longer be available for access or download as of
    the decommission date.

    As of April 15th, 2024 this site will no longer exist.

    No one will be able to access this site or any information/files stored
    on this site as of April 15th, 2024.

    I don't even know how old Hobbes is, but I feel like it's been around
    for decades. 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.

    https://www.osnews.com/story/138249/hobbes-os-2-archive-to-shut-down-in-three-months/
    --
    [s]
    Internetado.
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