> On 8 Aug 2017, at 20:30, Eric Christopherson via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > 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 think my ISP was having a brain fart a couple of hours ago because I couldn’t ftp to ftp.compaq.com and can now, I’m browsing away happily. Technology eh! > 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. > > Yes, but my view of it said there were no browseable files which was the point I asked here. I’ll put it down to Virgin Media/Libery Global cocking something up somewhere just for a change Cheers! >> >> cheers, >> >> — >> Adrian/Witchy >> Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards >> >> > > > -- > Eric Christopherson
