[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i have 2 t1's available but only during non business hours and only to > xmame/mame developers......i dont have a complete set at all...but i would be > willing to setup an ftp if you folks are interested
You might want to consider fsp[1] or some other non-webable protocol like the old 'ftp by email'[2]. at least it's a bit hard to hammer it if someone publicises your server. [1] fsp is a quasi 'connectionless' protocol for low-bandwidth file transfer. AFAIK the only interface available is a set of command line utils. It was popular for a while in the early '90s and it billed itself as a low-resources protocol (lower than ftp anyways). Thinking about it, it might have used UDP packets, so maybe it wouldn't be a good solution for long distance on the clunky old internet these days. [2] ftp by email is a mail server where you send a message to a daemon something like "send me galaga.zip", and it comes back in a mail message. Obviously if bandwidth is ultra-tight, this is not the most efficient since email must use 3-in-4 encoding for 8 bit (MIME or UU). It might be nice for off-line transfer though, your server could collect it's messages 24/7 but only process them during your non-business hours. Maybe you could hack it so only people on this list (if that's your wish) get access or something, since persumably you could get an address list. -kt -- Kingsley Turner, (mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://MadDogsBreakfast.com - Travel Tales: The good, bad, and down-right ugly _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
