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On 20 Oct 2002 13:38:43 GMT, RjY <R...@sp.am>sayeth::

>.Proprclr. typed...
>>On 19 Oct 2002 12:31:57 -0700, unkno...@yahoo.com
>>(unknown2340)sayeth::
>>>I tried to go to 3darchives.net (ftp://3darchives.in-span.net/), and I
>>>just got a "web site not found" message. Was it shut down or
>>>something?
>> It's a real pain in the ass to use. Try
>>http://www.gamers.org/pub/games/idgames
>>(paste whatever's after idgames on a 3darchives url to
>>tjhe end of the url above). It seems 3darchives has become
>>the new cdrom.com in that everyone points to, and overloads it
>>as a result.
>
>Here's a couple of other things I've found that take about the same
>amount of effort as cutting and pasting URLs:
>
>1. Go to www.doomsearch.com, pick a mirror from the menu and type in the
>name of the wad you're after. You might get more than one match but
>hopefully it will be obvious which one you want.
>
>2. If you're making a web page with a link to a wad you could use this:
>http://www.doomworld.com/d_underg/idgames.shtml/levels/doom2/Ports/m-o/nuts.zip
>to use the infamous map-with-10,000-monsters as a random example.
>
>Both of these save you remembering any of the other mirror locations and
>indeed the necessary directory postfix (/pub/idgames,
>/pub/games/idgames/, /pub/pc/games/idgames/, etc. They're all different)
>

 Thanks for the tips
>-- 
>RjY at The Realm of anARCHy .co.uk  >o o< http://www.triv.org.uk/~rjy/

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