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Server Migration

24 Apr 2010 (7:19 AM) GMT | Ipggi | 209 clicks

For the first time in 6 years we have decided to change web hosting providers. This is the first stage in a long process of giving Defacto2 a much needed internal update whereby we will eventually simplify and unify the data within the website.

One of the big changes with the move has the switching of server platforms. Previously we used Microsoft Windows 2003 Server operating a commercial application server by Adobe. But the website you see before you is now running on an open source platform.

Obviously as with any large platform change such as this there are bound to be some hiccups. While we have extensively troubleshoot the website there are bound to be glitches we have missed, so please get in contact with us if you encounter any bugs, missing files or broken URLs.

The only obvious downside to this migration so far has been a random, yet noticeable write performance lag to our database. We are well aware of the issue and will look at resolving this in the future.

On a more positive parting note we have reintroduced missing magazines that were accidently deleted from the database mid-last year. This means all the issues of The Game Scene Chart are back on-line.

Enjoy.

Jason Scott Of textfiles.com Needs Our Help

Kickstarter | 23 Oct 2009 (8:55 AM) GMT | Ipggi | 1091 clicks

Jason Scott, the man behind such legendary projects such as textfiles.com and the BBS Documentary is currently engaged in a Kickstarter fund raiser. Recently he was made unemployed and so he is looking for pledges to reach a goal of $25,000, within a month. Using this money to live off he plans to spend the next number of months working full time on his various computer history projects.

If his past projects are anything to go by then this in itself is worthy of a significant donation. Without Jason's and his supporters' work over the past decade hundreds of thousands of historic, computer files and computer related documents would have most certainly been lost to the black hole that is data rot.

What is happening to Defacto2?

28 Sep 2009 (12:07 PM) GMT | Ipggi | 843 clicks

I am in the very slow process of updating the whole backend of the Defacto2 website. This has meant rewriting the site's database from scratch. Before then transferring all the data from an old, poorly designed MySQL catalogue, which itself was once migrated from an earlier Windows 2000 Access database. So because of this I have avoided adding new files to the site and this is why the it seems a little quiet.

I will continue to add certain, popular files such as The Scene Charts issues, but lesser known, obscure files will only be added to the new database, which obviously will not show up on the current site at www.defacto2.net.

Please DO continue to submit your old, scene related files though as all the submissions are collected, catalogued and stored. They will be placed online when the new site is ready for public consumption.

Defacto2 Twitter

08 Jun 2009 (9:51 AM) GMT | Ipggi | 1795 clicks

For those of you who use Twitter I thought I would remind the readers that Defacto2 tweaks. Not only are the latest updates from the site published to the Twitter account. We also tweet when files previews and progress updates on the website revision, news that you will not find on the website itself. You can find our Twitter page at Defacto2 Twitter.

New Files
(1520 dls) 01-Jul. The Game Scene Chart 43
(966 dls) 25-May. The Game Scene Chart 42
(516 dls) 13-May. United Cracking Force NFO file
(360 dls) 13-May. Paradigm Advert file
(309 dls) 13-May. Paradigm Advert file
(287 dls) 13-May. Paradigm Advert file
The Scene Archives
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Groups were the bread and butter of the scene and this is our section dedicated to them. This section is a repository for your favourite groups. Where you can find tidbits of information, random pieces of artwork, key NFO files, as well as interviews, documents and web pages.
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Crack-intros are an important part of the scene giving programmers the opportunity to show off their talents to competing groups.
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Bulletin Board Systems were the focal point for communication on the scene. Groups would upload their releases to these BBSes and download their competitors'.
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Text has given people the voices to spread what they need to say to hundreds or even thousands of people, easily and quickly. The text files listed below obviously have something in relation to the pirate scene.
boxleft Coded Magazines boxfillWeb Based Magazines boxright
Emags as they are affectionately known first appeared on the PC scene in the very early nineties and where usually put out by groups on a very limited basis.
boxleft Text Reportsboxfill boxright
Text based magazines have been around for decades, and have been used to report pirate activities for nearly just as long. Now while text magazines don't have the glitz and glamour of their coded counter parts. Ease of publication, portability and compatibility made this a popular magazine format.
File packs
Group Logos Pack
56.2 MB - 16 April 2009 (1364)
Scene Site Pack
8.6 MB - 06 January 2008 (3724)
Defacto2 ISO Collection 2007
402.6 MB - 12 June 2007 (3216)
The Scene Archive Cracktros Pack
118.8 MB - 12 June 2007 (3235)
Maktone's Installers and Crackintros Pack
12.5 MB - 04 August 2005 (2086)
Defacto2 NFO Pack 1
6.2 MB - 28 February 2005 (4754)
The Capture Collection 4
1.7 MB - 15 July 1998 (1759)
Scene History Archive NFO Pack 2.2
3.3 MB - 15 July 1998 (3845)
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