Re: The end of Asimov?

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

William Garber wrote:
> "Knut Roll-Lund" <kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no> wrote in message 9bWdnTUhoNsrYc3YRVnzvA@telenor.com">news:9bWdnTUhoNsrYc3YRVnzvA@telenor.com...
> : Oliver wrote:
> : > Hello all,
> : >
> : > I searched quite a while but couldnt find any info, now I'm posting
> : > here. Does anybody know what has happened to the Asimov archive? It
> : > seems that since some days there is no more access to the ftp server.
> : > And when you point your browser to "asimov.net" it states that the
> : > domain is for sale.
> : > This would really be sad if Asimov would have been gone :-(
> : > Also there were quite some very interesting images in the incoming
> : > folder, are these images now also lost?
> :
> : When I try to log on ftp I get a reply that says:
> :
> : ftp.apple.asimov.net=208.185.231.103
> : 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ftp.moveon.org) [208.185.231.103]
> : USER anonymous
> : 331 Password required for anonymous.
> : PASS ***********
> : 530 Login incorrect.
> : QUIT
> : Retry: Wait 5 sec
> :
> : I don't remember seeing ftp.moveon.org before (it is a political
> : organization) and I have never been rejected like that I think. Timeout
> : yes, reject no. Also when trying this in a browser I get '530 Login
> : incorrect' and I'm sure I never saw that before.
> :
> : The IP belongs to 'We also walk dogs' according to whois, which seems to
> : be a network company. MoveOn is presented as one of their customers.
> :
> : Is it the correct IP the DNS is giving me?
> :
> : Many people have probably downloaded all of it (except for that in the
> : incoming directory) I do have many of the files. So, not lost.
>
>
> I have a back-up of Asimov, not current, but feel free to
> upload the incoming files to my FTP and I'll get them into
> the download folder ASAP. I'll put as much of the files I
> can from Asimov so they'll be available to newbies.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> William Garber
> Email Address - willy46pa@garberstreet.com
> Alt. Email - willy46pa@comcast.net
> Web address - http://www.garberstreet.com

There was a bit torrent of the Asimov archive (amongst others) floating
around a couple of months ago (which I downloaded), so rest assured
there are many of us out there with backups - although as has been
rightly point out, the incoming folder was off limits and there was
some good stuff in there.

Does anyone know who was maintaining the archive? Maybe they have
backups of the incoming folder?

It is a damn shame if that archive has gone the way of the dodo though
- I'm guessing that it has been there for a very long time?

cheers,
-p