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Article #89724Re: Freespace on a modern computer and joysticks
From: HockeyTownUSA
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:15
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:15
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"error" <do.not@email.me> wrote in message news:plVbh.2994$iZ2.1459@newsfe5-win.ntli.net... > rms wrote: > >> You're the man! But alas, they have removed all download links for >> everything (bandwidth limits). A true bummer. I wish someone was >> offering >> to burn a dvd for a few bucks, like they do for Thief fan missions. > > Hmm. I can download the installer just fine from there, though if you > want to get the whole pack for offline installation, I suggest looking at: > > http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,39499.0.html > > which links to: > > http://www.torrentbox.com/torrents-details.php?returnto=%2Faccount-cp.php&id=41728 > > It contains the complete Freespace 2 and SCP plus several mods. It's > about 2 gigs in size and as of this moment (12:40 GMT, 01/12/2006), it's > got 9 seeders and 9 peers. > > I've never tried this one, though. I can't say anything about whether it > works or not. When I go to download the 1.5c to 1.8 update, it takes me to OxyShare, ok, fine. I click on the link at the bottom ,as there's nothing else that apparent that makes sense that says "Fast and Extreme" with the text: "Size of File: 517MB / Downloads: 2142 times" But when I click on that it takes me to another page that makes me wait 60 seconds. Then the link for the download appears, yet that link just takes me back to the previous page. Is there another way to download this? Thanks!
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