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* '''External links update''' - After several days of slogging through [[Special:LinkSearch|External links search]] (we had several ''thousands'' of links to [[Bitsavers]]!), I think I have found, and fixed, all the changed ones. I may have missed a few (among so many), so please keep an eye out. | |||
: In the process, I discovered that we had a lot (although not as many as to Bitsavers!) of links to [https://manx-docs.org/collections/ Manx-docs.org/collections/] - which has also gone away! I found alternative locations for all of it (worst case, in the Internet Archive, for a few), as described in [[DEC manuals]]. So, now I'm off on ''another'' trawl. | |||
: Oh, and Frain Research's site has gone away, too; again, several copies exist. More things to fix! I'd better get to work! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 08:01, 10 October 2026 (UTC) | |||
* '''Bitsavers re-organization, and External links here''' - The file hierarchy at [[Bitsavers]] has undergone some re-organization (particularly for [[UNIBUS]] and [[QBUS]] items). So, many of our 'External links' links which go to Bitsavers are no longer working. I am checking through [[Special:LinkSearch|External links search]], and will track them all down and update them - but it will probably take a while (we have a ''lot'' of Bitsavers links). | * '''Bitsavers re-organization, and External links here''' - The file hierarchy at [[Bitsavers]] has undergone some re-organization (particularly for [[UNIBUS]] and [[QBUS]] items). So, many of our 'External links' links which go to Bitsavers are no longer working. I am checking through [[Special:LinkSearch|External links search]], and will track them all down and update them - but it will probably take a while (we have a ''lot'' of Bitsavers links). | ||
: Linking to Bitsavers is still, I feel, to be preferred over the use of other external sources for documents, because Bitsavers is associated with the [[Computer History Museum]], which is a fairly substantial institution, and thus less likely to vanish with no warning (as [https://manx-docs.org/collections/antonio/ Antonio's collection at Manx] did - something else I need to clean up). So, if there is a choice between two copies of something, one on a personal site, and the other on Bitsavers, the one on Bitsavers should ''always'' be preferred, I reckon. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 22:04, 2 October 2026 (UTC) | : Linking to Bitsavers is still, I feel, to be preferred over the use of other external sources for documents, because Bitsavers is associated with the [[Computer History Museum]], which is a fairly substantial institution, and thus less likely to vanish with no warning (as [https://manx-docs.org/collections/antonio/ Antonio's collection at Manx] did - something else I need to clean up). So, if there is a choice between two copies of something, one on a personal site, and the other on Bitsavers, the one on Bitsavers should ''always'' be preferred, I reckon. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 22:04, 2 October 2026 (UTC) | ||
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Revision as of 08:01, 10 October 2026
- External links update - After several days of slogging through External links search (we had several thousands of links to Bitsavers!), I think I have found, and fixed, all the changed ones. I may have missed a few (among so many), so please keep an eye out.
- In the process, I discovered that we had a lot (although not as many as to Bitsavers!) of links to Manx-docs.org/collections/ - which has also gone away! I found alternative locations for all of it (worst case, in the Internet Archive, for a few), as described in DEC manuals. So, now I'm off on another trawl.
- Oh, and Frain Research's site has gone away, too; again, several copies exist. More things to fix! I'd better get to work! Jnc (talk) 08:01, 10 October 2026 (UTC)
- Bitsavers re-organization, and External links here - The file hierarchy at Bitsavers has undergone some re-organization (particularly for UNIBUS and QBUS items). So, many of our 'External links' links which go to Bitsavers are no longer working. I am checking through External links search, and will track them all down and update them - but it will probably take a while (we have a lot of Bitsavers links).
- Linking to Bitsavers is still, I feel, to be preferred over the use of other external sources for documents, because Bitsavers is associated with the Computer History Museum, which is a fairly substantial institution, and thus less likely to vanish with no warning (as Antonio's collection at Manx did - something else I need to clean up). So, if there is a choice between two copies of something, one on a personal site, and the other on Bitsavers, the one on Bitsavers should always be preferred, I reckon. Jnc (talk) 22:04, 2 October 2026 (UTC)
