Re: Attempting a mirror of Gno from Apple2.org.za

[Greg Wildman <greg-junk@apple2.org.za>]

On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 11:55 -0700, Warren Ernst wrote:
> Well, I'm glad someone is doing this. I had actually started to mirror
> the site too, but about an hour into it, the domain suffix suddenly hit
> me: .ZA. South Africa, if I'm not mistaken. Bandwidth charges for the
> owner. Mass mirroring could actually cost the owner, which is something
> I'd rather not do.

Thanks for the concern, but not to worry. I have made sure I have plenty
of bandwidth for the Apple // stuff.

> Now with that all said, I think multiple mirrors of important sites is
> a VERY good idea. Greg is doing a very important service to us Apple
> IIers, and I wouldn't want to take anything away from him, but it would
> be a shame is something should happen to Greg, or his server, and
> suddenly all that priceless stuff is gone forever.
> 
> Apple2.org.za is close to the last major Apple II site, so I'm very
> relieved that there will be duplicates. I hope making copies of the
> copies is a possibility to, down the road.

Please guys, mirror away. I see that there are people using bittorrent
to distribute Apple // mirrors. I will create a torrent for each mirror
and post the details to this group.

--
Greg

PS. apple.cabi.net mirror almost uploaded.