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Message: 5918

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 01/09/2006

Subject: Re: Files section to be cleaned out

 

I hereby confirm that I have transferred the files detailed below
from our Files section to the Files section of the
MM/JSW Non-Spectrum Yahoo! Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manicminerandjetsetwilly-nonspectrum/

In this Group, I have Cut each of the files that I have transferred.
This means that they have not been deleted immediately, but will be
held in the Clipboard for 24 hours, after which Yahoo! will
automatically delete them.

In the new Group, I have labelled each file with the Yahoo! ID of
the author who originally uploaded it, the date (s)he uploaded it,
and the original description with which (s)he labelled it.

I hope this is satisfactory for all concerned.

--
Dr. Andrew Broad (Group Owner)
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/

andrewbroad wrote:

The Files section of this Group has just gone over 96% of its 20MB
quota, leaving approximately 820K free.

Therefore, in order to maintain a high quality of service to the
MM/JSW community, I have decided that on 2nd September 2006,
I will delete all files pertaining to non-Spectrum games.
This will leave us using only 29% of our 20MB quota.

The non-Spectrum games will be moved to a new Yahoo! Group called
"manicminerandjetsetwilly-nonspectrum", which I have just created:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manicminerandjetsetwilly-nonspectrum/
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Files to be moved
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All non-Spectrum-related files will be deleted on 2nd September at
00:00 GMT. (This does not include .TXT, .DOC, .JPG, .RZX or .ZSM
files that relate to a Spectrum MM/JSW game, nor does it include
PC-based utilities for Spectrum files, i.e. Arsen Torbarina's JSW
Monitor and SPECSAISIE.)

The files to be deleted (and uploaded to the new Group) on 2nd
September are (in alphabetical order of the Yahoo! ID that
uploaded them):

dan_richardson_uk:
- Dan Richardson/JSW_RemixPC.zip (1634K)
- Dan Richardson/jswIIwe_V1.zip (1933K)
- Dan Richardson/MassCollabPC.zip (21K)
- Dan Richardson/MMplus_beta.zip (366K)
- Dan Richardson/Sprite_editor_test_2.zip (313K)
- Dan Richardson/Willy_vs_BW_PC.zip (1705K)
- JSWcpc.zip (103K)

ossettcolor:
- OssettColor folder (2 files, 3553K)

scottigeuk:
- JSW PC DEMO.zip (222K)

sendy_baby:
- Arcane design/send's edit.ace (319K)

soa1000:
- jsw2c64.zip (50K)

szenko2325:
- Amiga folder (6 files, 3002K)

wayniac21uk:
- Manic Miner PC v2.01.exe (478K)

Total = 13699K (67% of our 20MB quota)

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Why I'm doing this
------------------

The Files section has proved to be a very valuable feature of this
Group, allowing anyone to share their games - Spectrum or non-
Spectrum - without the need for personal webspace, and with access
restricted to members of this Group, which creates an ideal field
for semi-public beta-testing IMO.

20MB (20480K) is probably enough for a lifetime of Spectrum MM/JSW
games, with each release tending to be in the order of 15-100K.
It's the non-Spectrum games - particularly the PC remakes - that
are claiming the lion's share of our Files quota at the moment.

I did consider first deleting all Spectrum-related files that are
hosted elsewhere, but the potential savings are so small in
comparison (4177K, of which 990K are .RZX files) that it would
only delay the evil day when I have to delete the non-Spectrum
files. Also, since most of these files are hosted only on my
personal website, which is currently using 85% of a 15MB quota,
it's possible I might have to rehost some of them here in the
future - boy would my face be red if I had already deleted them!

 

 

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