[Coco] Rainbow on disk

[Camillus Blockx]

Allen, Can you explain a bit in detail, what a Transporter is. I like the idea, but this needs a internet connection that has decent up and download speed. This makes it only for business that can have and afford such a connection.

Now maybe it is possible to "hire/Rent" a server with or without domain name, where you can make a archive of all related stuff for coco. 

I would even go further and contact other groups like commodore, 6809 groups, flex, Atari, apple, etc,etc and maybe they can also be part of this project, they only need a different directory for there stuff.

And maybe it is possible to get some sponsors with  limited commercials from related company's like computer retailers, chip sellers/ developers, software developers, etc. My guess is that they would like to pay a certain amount per year and deploy there merchandising. 
And this is also beneficial for the hobbyist to have that knowledge close by.

I wonder even if any university would not give us the space on there servers. 

I would be happy to help with any way the archive is saved, even it is on DVD, and if the speed is not an issue, then I can set that up with a few dvd readers, shared for read only. I would setup a Linux server to do this, just makes it easier to control the connections and log-on, as bandwidth )

camillus
On 2/17/2015 9:39:41 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 10:51 PM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>
> I am stuck as to what to put in the Internet Archive for a contact as I likely will not be around forever. MM will be gone someday, the Facebook list is an even faster conveyer to the bit bucket than MM is. My current plan is to include mailto:a_nani_mouse at mindspring.com and say if no response comes back to try MM or the Facebook page. The last is mainly "look at what I just purchased".

We need a domain name for this project. The domain can live forever, and the site can move from one place to another if things change.

I can donate server space right now if you want. My server is throttled to server web pages, not files, so it won't be the fastest link, but it would be nice to have everything somewhere that can be repointed when mindspring goes away.

Domain names are cheap. I expect we could get a few dollars chipped in to support it.

A web server can crash and lose everything (my host had a major screw up that lost primary and backup hard drive years ago). Everything also needs to be backed up. The more people that have full copies, the safer the data.

Maybe we can get a few people to be "keepers of the code" and invest in a Transporter (internet hard drive). We could set all the Transporters to sync whatever data is there and keep copies around the world.

-- Allen


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