Re: Asimov Additions - first game wave (8.25.12)

[Moose <moose@move.to>]

On Monday, 27 August 2012 07:46:25 UTC+10, (unknown)  wrote:
> > Moving things around to be more organized I suppose isn't a problem, but 
> > deleting images entirely is a bit distressing. Spider Raid is now 
> > nowhere on asimov at all.
> 
>But, Spider Raid *is* on Asimov as part of the 16-disk Exomized 
>collection that I uploaded to the site back in June as SingleLoadGames.zip

And it is still here:

ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/games/file_based/alcazar_spiderraid_whomperstomper.dsk

Ideally, nothing should be deleted from Asimov - unless it is a 100% duplicate of some other file.  Images of damaged disk, imo, should be moved to a "damaged" directory, just in case they are ever needed.


> Also, searching Asimov for new additions is very difficult. How can one find 
>out the newest uploads easily, without searching by date. Since, I noticed 
>with all the 'reoganization' going on, most files have been stamped with new 
>dates, thereby making date searches almost useless now.

Yes, a "what's new / what's moved or deleted" would be very nice.

When my mirror of Asimov is complete (almost there - apart from the mirrors of other sites), then I could start doing this if people found it useful - once per month or something like that.


>Does anyone know how to get in contact with whoever is maintaining asimov? 

I don't know now, but I used to know back in the late 1990's (?? not sure of the year), when there was a call for volunteers to help sort out the duplicate, damaged, variations, etc of disk images.  I was part of the project for a few weeks, but so many people volunteered and then the arguing started, so I dropped out.

Moose