29-06-2009, 03:31 PM | #11 | ||
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Dixmuide, Belgium
Posts: 2,767
|
Quote:
If that's the case here, I don't know, and I'm certainly to lazy (as usual) to look it up. Even don't know for sure if the location of methuselah is the real one, but a mod/admin(?) should be able to do a IP check and check those stated facts. Anyway, whatever, dial up sux big.
__________________
Not a member of The Victorious People's Shoutbox Liberation Army. Not a member of the GAG Guerrilla. Don't get A Grip! FOR RENT *Advertising space* |
||
|
|
29-06-2009, 06:23 PM | #12 | ||
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Nitra, Slovakia
Posts: 6,533
|
i thought the old file leech protection system that data made nicely worked. why changing it? poor people on dial up
__________________
|
||
|
|
29-06-2009, 07:40 PM | #13 | ||
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Waterside, South Africa
Posts: 3,138
|
Data's programming skills put everyone to shame. Whatever he did, we should keep it.
|
||
|
|
29-06-2009, 10:56 PM | #14 | ||
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kankakee, United States
Posts: 12
|
Quote:
Another point to ponder: what is the guiding principle here at "Abandonia"? I would say (maybe I am presuming too much) that it is to preserve old DOS games by making them available to the widest possible audience. Am I wrong? If so, maybe I "spake" in the wrong place. Anyway, I do not think dial-up is dead yet (yes, it is far inferior to broadband service), so it would be a good gesture to "bow" ever so slightly to the needs of dial-up users. |
||
|
|
30-06-2009, 07:00 AM | #15 | ||
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Opole, Poland
Posts: 14,276
|
I do believe the reason the download-system was changed was because it had security issues.
|
||
|
|
30-06-2009, 10:18 AM | #16 | ||
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Abo Tanga, Afghanistan
Posts: 28
|
That is too bad . Can Studentis fix the issues ?
|
||
|
|
30-06-2009, 11:56 AM | #17 | ||
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Opole, Poland
Posts: 14,276
|
Maybe. We'll see.
|
||
|
|
30-06-2009, 02:34 PM | #18 | ||
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kankakee, United States
Posts: 12
|
Thanks for remaining open-minded on this issue. That's all I can ask, and I am satisfied with your answer. Not being in the web-hosting business, I am not fully aware of the issues related to bandwidth theft, so I must rely on your decision-making abilities to deal with this. I am hopeful, however, that some system of handling download links can be found that will enable the usage of "cURL" and similar download managers, thus once again permitting session-to-session downloads. My self-imposed limitation on download segments is 15 MB or less per session. This equates to not more than 1 hour of download time.
My initial post was definitely not intended as a joke, nor was it intended to be inflammatory in any way. It was a legitimate and politely phrased request. The course of this thread has led to thoughts of other topics to raise, such as: 1. the possibility of download fees being charged to assure continuance of the website; 2. the eventual disappearance of "ripped" game versions completely, in favor of full CD versions exclusively. But I will raise those issues later in other posts. Be assured that "Abandonia" remains my favorite abandonware site, because of its first-class game reviews and quality selection of MS-DOS games. Thanks to "management" for due consideration of the downloading issue. |
||
|
|
30-06-2009, 06:36 PM | #19 | ||
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Nitra, Slovakia
Posts: 6,533
|
come on.. it's data.. and you know him, i have never ever found a single website that would have leeched from abandonia with his system
__________________
|
||
|
|
30-06-2009, 06:59 PM | #20 | ||
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Posts: 1,493
|
Data is a top-class programmer - one of the best! I vote we keep his system.
|
||
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? | dipo | Blah, blah, blah... | 38 | 23-09-2010 12:13 PM |
"abandonia Recommends" | wordscankill | Old Suggestions | 3 | 05-09-2007 05:24 PM |
Why Am I Not Allowed To Create A New Topic In "abandonia Games Discussion" ? | ullteppe | Old Suggestions | 7 | 11-10-2006 03:28 PM |
The "best of abandonia forums thread" | Maikel | Blah, blah, blah... | 1 | 17-08-2004 04:52 PM |
|
|
||
  |