I'd download everything and keep it in a safe place, just in case...
2017-08-08 16:30 GMT-03:00 Eric Christopherson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org>: > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > Managed to rescue a Compaq Deskpro EN from the scrap pile at work today > > and realised it has a proper floppy controller so I can install a 5.25” > > drive. > > > > Trouble is ftp.compaq.com <http://ftp.compaq.com/> has disappeared so > > getting drivers for win98 is going to be difficult unless I have them at > > work on old driver CDs. archive.org <http://archive.org/> has a mirror > of > > the whole ftp site but it’s 220gb and I’m not sure my little 150mb/s web > > connection will download that in less than a month :) > > > > Did anyone else grab it before it disappeared? > > > > I've found it at > http://web.archive.org/web/20051120074512/http://ftp.compaq.com:80/ -- and > that allows you to descend into subdirectories just like on a real FTP > site. > > I'm guessing the one-file download you mentioned was at > https://archive.org/details/ftp.compaq.com. That page offers a torrent, > which gives you another way of downloading either the whole thing or just > parts: you can open that torrent file in a decent BitTorrent client but, > instead of starting to download the whole thing, go into the list of files > included and just check off the ones you want to download and keep the rest > excluded. > > > > > > cheers, > > > > — > > Adrian/Witchy > > Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards > > > > > > > -- > Eric Christopherson >
