tregare Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 what is the one book that is in the 96 books that isn't in the 95 torrent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 what is the one book that is in the 96 books that isn't in the 95 torrent? "Atari for the Begining Beginner" (sic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBuell Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I have two that I think may not be in your list - if anyone's interested: The Easy Guide to Your Atari 600XL/800XL, Thomas Blackadar, published by Sybex. Atari XL User's Handbook, by WSI Staff, Weber Systems, Inc. If anybody wants to add these leave me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollett Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I got the 95 books but I can't get the 96th. No one seems to have the torrent going anymore. Any help please. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I got the 95 books but I can't get the 96th. No one seems to have the torrent going anymore. Any help please. Bob I'll restart it. Nobody was downloading for a while so I shut my VM down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Guitarman Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Mine's up and running again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Hmm. I'm seeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I think, that better way will be make new torrent for new titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhyte Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Now if only we could see this dedication to preservation for ST literature. I'd surely love to have copies of the Abacus & Compute! AES/VDI/TOS books again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Now if only we could see this dedication to preservation for ST literature. I'd surely love to have copies of the Abacus & Compute! AES/VDI/TOS books again... You can try building it, and seeing if they will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhyte Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Now if only we could see this dedication to preservation for ST literature. I'd surely love to have copies of the Abacus & Compute! AES/VDI/TOS books again... You can try building it, and seeing if they will come. I tried getting that ball rolling many, many moons ago on Atari.org. But alas, to no avail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I got the 95 books but I can't get the 96th. No one seems to have the torrent going anymore. Any help please. I had to shut mine down because the power was going off in the building I work in for the weekend. I was going to restart it on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrobits Posted May 22, 2010 Author Share Posted May 22, 2010 I think, that better way will be make new torrent for new titles. Hi Sikor, when you add the torrent file to your torrent client you will be presented with a list of all the files in the torrent. At that point you can pick and choose exactly which files you want to download. No need to download the whole torrent again. Also (and this part is just my opinion) multipart torrents seem to not seed well for the long term. Basically I think most people prefer to find everything all in one place, and this becomes more true as time passes (for example if this torrent is still alive a year from now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hi Sikor, when you add the torrent file to your torrent client you will be presented with a list of all the files in the torrent. At that point you can pick and choose exactly which files you want to download. No need to download the whole torrent again. Maybe yes, but you can sign exactly title. When You get ovet 90 titles - it isn't good way search this one(two, three...), wchich You haven't. It is my opinion only, maybe I have not right - I use torrent ocasionaly only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeun Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 It worked out well for me: I still had the files from the previous torrent in the download directory of my server. When I started this larger torrent, it found the previously downloaded PDFs, since the folder was named the same, and didn't try to download the ones I already had. Didn't need to select/deselect files or any other fussing. Still seeding, but looks like no one's currently downloading. Thanks again to all contributing to this project. I only had one 8-bit book left (which is already on the list) so this has been a great nostalgic trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) If you create the torrent with uTorrent it would be nice to tick the "preserve file order" box so the titles are sorted alphabetically when viewing the file list (if your system is configured so sort it this way of course). This is not a problem for uTorrent users as one can sort them by themselves on screen when viewing the list but on my seed box I run TFb4rt which hasn't such an option (as have some others clients) so the files appear in the standard order (whatever that is but probably time/date of creation). Makes it much easier to find what you're after if the titles are not "randomized" :-) Edited May 23, 2010 by Fox-1 / mnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrobits Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 thanks for the feedback Fox. I will do that next time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) At first glance these are the books I have that are not in the Torrent. The last three are Magazine style reprints from Family Computing... I also have a different copy of a memory map (says Atari 400/800 Memory map) by Santa Cruz Educational, it's possible it's the same content as the thin one in the torrent although it doesn't have the accompanying pictures of wizards LOL. Currently I don't have access to a scanner, but I would be willing to send them to someone as long as they come back in one piece. 32 Basic Programs for the Atari - Dilithium Press - Tom Rugg/Phil Feldman/Tim Barry Advanced Atari Basic Tutorial - SAMS - Robert A. Peck Atari 130XE Games Book - Melbourne House Publications - Richard Woolcock & Graeme Stretton Atari Adventures - Sunshine - Tony Bridge Atari Puzzlements - Creative Pastimes - Herbert Kohl Atari Trivia/Date Base - SAMS - James F. Hunter/Troy Rondot Atari XL Users Handbook - Weber Systems Inc. - WSI Staff Basic Fun with Graphics - Avon Camelot - Margaret A Zuanich & Susan D Lipscomb Homework Helper - Creative Pastimes - Michael Potts & Herb Kohl Easy Programing for the Atari Micros - Shiva - Eric Deeson Intro to programming the Atari 600/800 XL - Bernard Babani Publishing - R.A. & J. W. Penfold Making the most of your Atari - Interface Publications - Paul Bunn Master Memory Map for 400/800 ver 2 - Santa Cruz Educational Software Inc. - Robin Sherer Random Alley Adventure - Creative Pastimes - Michael Orkin Software for the Atari XL- Personal Computer World - Jane Green The Atari 130XE Handbook - Century Communications - Lupton & Robinson The Atari 600XL Program Book - Phoenix Publishing Associates - Peter Goode The Blue Book for the Atari Computer - WIDL Video Publications - Various The Micro Enquirer Atari XL - Century Communications - Chris Bidmead & Ben Woolley Watson's Notes 4 Computer Games - Glentop Publishers LTD - D. Kedem & I. Kalisky Watson's Notes 6 Advanced Programming - Glentop Publishers LTD - D. Kedem & I. Kalisky Writing Strategy Games - Sunshine - John White 10 Starter Programs - Scholastic Inc - Joey Latimer K Power Collection - Scholastic Inc - Joey Latimer The Best of Family Computing Programs - Scholastic Inc - Joey Latimer Edited May 23, 2010 by orpheuswaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 For the visual among you... Sorry for the separate files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Lots of good titles in there Orpheus... funny they made a 600XL specifically-titled one. ("The Atari 600XL Program Book"). I hope we can somehow get all those scanned... it would make a nice addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Great! I see 2 times one title: The Blue Book for the Atari Computer - has you 1983 and 1984 edition? I have only 1984, but I haven't good scanner to scan it Great position, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Great! I see 2 times one title: The Blue Book for the Atari Computer - has you 1983 and 1984 edition? I have only 1984, but I haven't good scanner to scan it Great position, btw. Mine says first edition 1983/1984 on the cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Here is a photo of the Memory Map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Now if only we could see this dedication to preservation for ST literature. I'd surely love to have copies of the Abacus & Compute! AES/VDI/TOS books again... Agreed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 After many days of on and off downloading, I finally have it. I'll try seeding on and off, my limited bandwidth permitting. Again, thank all of you involved for your patience and devotion to the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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