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Dave Yeo

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Hobbesarchive gone
« on: March 22, 2026, 07:49:32 am »
Well, going to HobbesArchive today, it seems due to costs, it is no more. See https://hobbesarchive.com/

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Re: Hobbesarchive gone
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2026, 11:33:13 am »
Must be a lot of mirroring going on if it runs up 8TB traffic per month - if we assume that the entire site is around 30GB that would be around 8-9 full site mirrors per day.
« Last Edit: March 22, 2026, 01:08:29 pm by khadmin »

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Re: Hobbesarchive gone
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2026, 05:48:09 pm »
It's Bots, perhaps IA bots harvesting data. Same problem here. It's going to kill the internet for all but the largest companies. Perhaps that's the plan as the internet started out too democratic what with anyone being able to throw up a server. Now it seems if you don't use cloudflare or similar, you get flattened.

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Re: Hobbesarchive gone
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2026, 07:40:45 pm »
Hello

We need to come up with a solution between OS2World and OS2Site.

I like TinyFileManager, but it does not has support to include metadata, like in our case "Short Description, Long description, etc.".  I think it we will need a developer with PHP skill, it we want to adapt this script to became something similar to Hobbes.

The mirrors are still up, but those are not the latest version.
- https://us01.hobbesarchive.com/pub/index.php?p=
- https://de01.hobbesarchive.com/pub/index.php?p=
- https://uk01.hobbesarchive.com/pub/index.php?p=

I'm asking Nathan in case we can get a latest full backup.

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Re: Hobbesarchive gone
« Reply #4 on: Today at 12:09:36 am »
I like TinyFileManager, but it does not has support to include metadata, like in our case "Short Description, Long description, etc.".  I think it we will need a developer with PHP skill, it we want to adapt this script to became something similar to Hobbes.

If Nathan can share the meta db data it's then easy to convert it to something else and as mentioned Martin it's easier and quicker just to make something better that is built for the purpose than tinkering around with TFM.

//Kim

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Re: Hobbesarchive gone
« Reply #5 on: Today at 12:23:23 am »
To me, this is the result of being stuck in the 90's.

Way back when you could set up a home-brew server and provide acceptable service to all your users on dial-up. But *25* years later home-brew usually means lousy transfer rates and unreliable service. For a fraction of the cost Nathan was paying, he could have used a hosting service and eliminated these problems. For example, the company I use (hostway.com) offers Linux hosting with unlimited storage, unmetered bandwidth, an SSL certificate, and more for $35/mo. At that price, who needs this rinky-dink stuff?
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