[Coco] Rainbow on disk

[William Mikrut]

Has anyone thought about setting up OwnCloud?

Conceivably you could setup an initial server, make the directory
non-writeable (for archives) and share a public account.

Everyone running the client would sync the complete archive.
On Feb 19, 2015 8:24 AM, "Louis Ciotti" <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Jim Carpenter <jim at deitygraveyard.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 3:59 AM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Actually the best way to archive this is multiple places and multiple
> > medias.
> >
> > Sure is.
> >
> > > Has anyone thought of creating DVD images of everything and then making
> > a torrent?
> >
> > You are aware that a torrent doesn't have to be a DVD/CD image? For
> > archives you usually don't want an opaque ISO file. If all somebody
> > wanted was to get one little file they'd have to download the entire
> > torrent and then either burn it or figure out how to mount it
> > directly. Plus, if a new version of the torrent comes out then
> > everybody would have to download the entire thing again.
> >
> >
> Yes you are right, but we need something to at least get a Torrent going.
> Some time ago I was able to get a torrent for the TRS-80 (Model i,III, IV)
> line up, was like 5GB, and it would be nice to have the option for the CC
> rather than depending on the archive sites which as Steve pointed out can
> disappear.  I am willing to get the torrent started, I just need a good
> mirror to start with.
>
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