huwmanbeing Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Does anyone know if there's an archive anywhere of the Atari ST files uploaded to GEnie in the late '80s and early '90s? The GEnie file library had lots of great Atari ST stuff, but there are a couple of special files I'm trying hard to track down: The Oasis in the Desert (OASIS.ARC) and The Proving Ground (PROVGRND.ARC), both of them text adventure games written by Michael Penner. I haven't been able to find them anywhere. (Not even the author has copies.) Here's a 1989 GEnie library catalog that lists the files: http://cd.textfiles.com/atarilibrary/atari_cd01/TELCOM/GENIE.328/GENIE8.DB Any guidance, thoughts, or suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks! Edited December 26, 2020 by huwmanbeing 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 6:20 PM, huwmanbeing said: Does anyone know if there's an archive anywhere of the Atari ST files uploaded to GEnie in the late '80s and early '90s? The GEnie file library had lots of great Atari ST stuff, but there are a couple of special files I'm trying hard to track down: The Oasis in the Desert (OASIS.ARC) and The Proving Ground (PROVGRND.ARC), both of them text adventure games written by Michael Penner. I haven't been able to find them anywhere. (Not even the author has copies.) Here's a 1989 GEnie library catalog that lists the files: http://cd.textfiles.com/atarilibrary/atari_cd01/TELCOM/GENIE.328/GENIE8.DB Any guidance, thoughts, or suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks! Was it ever mirrored to funet or something else? I'll dig through a bunch of the crap that I have (I pulled the funet stuff before it was killed off, like the entire archive ha). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Funet's dead? I was always hitting that in college. Is the archive available anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tillek said: Funet's dead? I was always hitting that in college. Is the archive available anywhere? I think a few of us grabbed it? My upload bandwidth is terrible, and now I can't remember if I turned my ftp off, but I did snag it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+poobah Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Could try looking on the Suzy-B software CDs. They used contact me about my shareware titles on GEnie to get permission to include them on their discs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 58 minutes ago, leech said: I think a few of us grabbed it? My upload bandwidth is terrible, and now I can't remember if I turned my ftp off, but I did snag it. Damn.... I really wish I had known about that or I would have grabbed it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Tillek said: Damn.... I really wish I had known about that or I would have grabbed it myself. https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=31673&hilit=funet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 4 hours ago, leech said: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=31673&hilit=funet Thanks man... Only about 2500 files? I would have thought it would be larger..... But thank you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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