Re: CoCo torrent?
Brian O’Hagan via Coco <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:43:25 -0500
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--===============4286745913922618982== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-CB9A7567-00A8-4059-8A85-171ABCF4BAE4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-CB9A7567-00A8-4059-8A85-171ABCF4BAE4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The issue is people wouldn=E2=80=99t know when the contents changed so as to= download it again. You would be better off with a Git repo which makes it e= asy to see when changes are made, do syncs, etc. If put on GitHub, then they= do the hosting. I also would do it by file, not as one big virtual disk ima= ge. > On Jun 2, 2026, at 7:23=E2=80=AFAM, Allen Huffman via Coco <coco@listserv.= adelphi.edu> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFAny BitTorrent experts out there? >=20 > It seems we could benefit from a CoCo mirror of stuff as a torrent, allowi= ng anyone who wanted to obtain all the files to just get them that way. Like= wise, it would distribute all the files so there were redundant backups. >=20 > But can a torrent change? Or is it fixed once you make it? Like, if we mad= e a torrent for scans of Rainbow, and then a new issue was added or somethin= g needed to be changed, how would that work? >=20 >=20 > -- > Allen Huffman - PO Box 7634 - Urbandale IA 50323 - 515-999-0227 (vmail/TXT= only) > http://www.subethasoftware.com - https://www.facebook.com/subethasoftware >=20 > Use my referral to get low-cost unlimited 5G: https://my.mintmobile.com/re= fer/8Xko_mh >=20 > -- > Coco mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco --Apple-Mail-CB9A7567-00A8-4059-8A85-171ABCF4BAE4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi= v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D= "auto">The issue is people wouldn=E2=80=99t know when the contents changed s= o as to download it again. You would be better off with a Git repo which mak= es it easy to see when changes are made, do syncs, etc. If put on GitHub, th= en they do the hosting. I also would do it by file, not as one big virtual d= isk image.<br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></= div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 2, 2026, at 7:23=E2= =80=AFAM, Allen Huffman via Coco <[email protected]> wrote:<br= ><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF= <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii">= Any BitTorrent experts out there?<div><br></div><div>It seems we could benef= it from a CoCo mirror of stuff as a torrent, allowing anyone who wanted to o= btain all the files to just get them that way. Likewise, it would distribute= all the files so there were redundant backups.</div><div><br></div><div>But= can a torrent change? Or is it fixed once you make it? 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