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    From Alexander Grotewohl@1:120/616 to All on Tue Jan 9 14:15:26 2024
    RIP HOBBES

    https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/

    Shame really.. since there was a lot of work done recently to reorganize and update the archive..

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  • From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Alexander Grotewohl on Thu Jan 11 10:46:14 2024
    Hello Alexander,

    09 Jan 24 14:15, you wrote to All:

    RIP HOBBES

    https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/

    Shame really.. since there was a lot of work done recently to
    reorganize and update the archive..

    it's a pity, but it was nice that it lasted so long.
    i've mirrored it, not a big deal 18Gigz only

    Regards,
    --
    dp

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  • From Stephen Walsh@3:633/280 to Alexander Grotewohl on Thu Jan 11 21:14:56 2024

    Hello Alexander!

    09 Jan 24 14:15, you wrote to all:

    RIP HOBBES

    https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/

    Shame really.. since there was a lot of work done recently to
    reorganize and update the archive..


    Not gone forever!

    https://www.os2site.com/mirrors/hobbes.nmsu.edu/



    Stephen


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  • From Alexander Grotewohl@1:120/616 to Daniel Path on Thu Jan 11 19:36:43 2024
    On 11 Jan 2024, Daniel Path said the following...

    RIP HOBBES

    it's a pity, but it was nice that it lasted so long.
    i've mirrored it, not a big deal 18Gigz only

    yeah that's not so bad. maybe i'll snag a copy too..

    i know the people on the os2world forum are also lining up some sort of replacement so we'll see.

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  • From Alexander Grotewohl@1:120/616 to Stephen Walsh on Thu Jan 11 19:40:28 2024
    On 11 Jan 2024, Stephen Walsh said the following...

    RIP HOBBES

    Not gone forever!

    https://www.os2site.com/mirrors/hobbes.nmsu.edu/

    nice! good to see people wanting to preserve it.

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  • From Stephen Walsh@3:633/280 to Alexander Grotewohl on Fri Jan 12 11:56:50 2024

    Hello Alexander!

    11 Jan 24 19:40, you wrote to me:

    RIP HOBBES

    Not gone forever!

    https://www.os2site.com/mirrors/hobbes.nmsu.edu/

    nice! good to see people wanting to preserve it.


    Even thoug I've not used OS/2 for a long time, I grabbed the files and was supprised that it's only 23gig in size.
    (Yes I took the time to download everything).

    No pretty descriptions etc. but the files are there...


    http://m68k.vk3heg.net/hobbes/
    ftp://m68k.vk3heg.net/pub/hobbes.nmsu.edu




    Stephen


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  • From Daniel Path@2:371/52 to Alexander Grotewohl on Mon Jan 15 00:01:24 2024
    Hello Alexander,

    11 Jan 24 19:36, you wrote to me:

    On 11 Jan 2024, Daniel Path said the following...

    RIP HOBBES

    it's a pity, but it was nice that it lasted so long.
    i've mirrored it, not a big deal 18Gigz only

    yeah that's not so bad. maybe i'll snag a copy too..

    i know the people on the os2world forum are also lining up some sort
    of replacement so we'll see.

    they provide now tar.gz with all stuff:
    https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/archives/


    Regards,
    --
    dp

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