I'd gladly host a mirror but I'm not quite qualified to do updates on equipment specs, theres alot of changes that has happened since then.
--- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had to change my web site's host service. > The bad news is that > the new host service charges for bandwidth as well > as for disk space > (I've never had to deal with that before), and the > bandwidth used by > both my freeware programs and the Pentax FAQ would > (if nothing were > done) cause me to pay considerably more per month > for the host service. > Unfortunately, unlike my shareware programs, neither > of these uses help > to pay for the host service costs, so "they've gotta > go" (elsewhere). > > A little history on the Pentax FAQ: Basically, the > FAQ had been > languishing for years, and in fact became > unavailable for a time a year > or two ago, and it looked like it might even be lost > (!!!). Someone > (sorry - I don't remember who) did have a copy of it > on his hard drive > and was able to send it to me, and I simply put it > on my own web site, > almost as is. I did make a few small changes, but > basically put it up on > my site about the way it was (which was about the > way it had remained > since the mid-90's, I think). I really didn't have > the desire or the > time to do much with it - I just put it on my site > to save it from loss > and to make it still available to all (even though > it was still in need > of much updating). > > So, I will need someone to take over the Pentax FAQ > hosting by adopting > the little orphan and giving the poor waif a loving > home (or at least a > home of some sort). The lucky sponsor would have to > have adequate > server space for it and adequate bandwidth, too (I > was surprised how > many hits the ol' site still got). > > There is no major hurry to make this transition, as > I have plenty of > room to keep it inactively on the server. But, > since I had to disable > it to keep from getting an extra bill for bandwidth > overage, the FAQ > will now be inaccessible until it finds a new home. > > I would prefer that it have some sort of a long-term > home, of course, > especially in the possession of someone intent on > updating and improving > the FAQ. > > The FAQ right now includes 103 files in 11 > directories, and involves > about 1 MB of info. (However, depending on the > cluster size on the hard > drive, it may need much more physical space for > storage - e.g., on the > Windows FAT32 hard drive that I have here, the > actual storage space is > over 3 MB.) Zipped up, it can be dispatched to its > new home as a 350 KB > file. > > Anybody interested? > > Fred > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
