Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

[Christian Corti via cctalk]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, Adrian Graham wrote:
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 :)


You should think about the proper usage of units...

If "gb" is gigabytes, then "mb" is megabytes. With a 150 megabytes/s link 
downloading the whole archive should be very comfortable. OTOH if "mb" is 
megabits, then with 220 gigabits, it isn't that a huge archive.
In addition to that, "m" (minuscule M) stands for "milli", "M" 
(majuscule M) stands for "mega" and "G" for giga, so 150mb/s would be 150 
millibytes/second. Oh yes, "bytes" is abbreviated with a majuscule B.

==> 220 GB, 150 Mbits/s

;-)

Christian

Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

[Adrian Graham via cctalk]

> On 8 Aug 2017, at 20:30, Eric Christopherson via cctalk 
>  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  has disappeared so
>> getting drivers for win98 is going to be difficult unless I have them at
>> work on old driver CDs. 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

Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

On 08/08/2017 12:38 PM, Rico Pajarola via cctalk wrote:
> I have the whole archive, but you'd have to tell me which files you need.
> Note that most files from ftp.compaq.com are still available on
> ftp://ftp.hp.com/ (including all softpaqs).
> 
> You should be able to install Windows 98 without any special drivers, and
> then use Google to find the specific drivers that are missing.
> driverguide.com and driverscollection.com etc. are your friend.

I've got a Deskpro ENP tower (built like a truck) and I ran into
difficulties running GWBASIC.  Fortunately, there is a Softpaq that
fixes that, so you may want to pick that one up also.

--Chuck

Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

[Rico Pajarola via cctalk]

I have the whole archive, but you'd have to tell me which files you need.
Note that most files from ftp.compaq.com are still available on
ftp://ftp.hp.com/ (including all softpaqs).

You should be able to install Windows 98 without any special drivers, and
then use Google to find the specific drivers that are missing.
driverguide.com and driverscollection.com etc. are your friend.



On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:19 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  has disappeared so
> getting drivers for win98 is going to be difficult unless I have them at
> work on old driver CDs. 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?
>
> cheers,
>
> —
> Adrian/Witchy
> Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
>
>

Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

[Alexandre Souza via cctalk]

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  has disappeared so
> > getting drivers for win98 is going to be difficult unless I have them at
> > work on old driver CDs. 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
>

Re: ftp.compaq.com mirror

[Eric Christopherson via cctalk]

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  has disappeared so
> getting drivers for win98 is going to be difficult unless I have them at
> work on old driver CDs. 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