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List of files missing in action

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There are a number of reasons why this can happen

  • They can disappear for natural reason, site is closed, personal web page is closed etc., and no one has had the presence of mind to upload a copy to one of the common FTP sites.
  • File was uploaded to hobbes.nmsu.edu (long serving OS/2 FTP archive) and either not accepted or later removed, according to the hobbes rules the uploader is supposed to be contacted but that never happens, did not even happen in the days before the site was called hobbes some 25 years ago. 10 to 25% of files uploaded to the incoming directory of hobbes disappear from the site in the long term in most cases for reasons unknown#1.
  • The file was only hosted on Compuserve/LEO/Some other forgotten FTP site and disappeared . Most FTP sites of note that have closed down were mirrored, including GARBO, SIMTEL and WinSite and therefore can be accessed today even if not directly. But others were not mirrored for sundry reasons, the only LEO mirrors out there did not archive the OS/2 section because the mirror webmasters did no like OS/2, did not think it was relevant or some similar "psychological" reasons. Some sites like Compuserve considered their file archive to be their intellectual property and therefore did not allow copying and when their file areas were shut down, no archive was made.

Programming tools

  • gbase33.zip
OS/2 JBA Guidelines base version 3.3. Known to have existed as a free download on some OS/2 sites, Compuserve and from the company's homepage but no longer on the net. Version 3.2 has also gone missing but v 3.2 is on most OS/2 sites.
  • dtpilot.zip
DOS Taylor PILOT. Simple public domain version of the PILOT programming language complete with BNF and source, the OS/2 port is missing in action too, but no-one remembers what it was called.
  • cim169.zip or cimEMX.zip
OS/2 & DOS Jon Martin Solaas's EMX Port of the Simula to C translator
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One of the stranger things of life on the Internet is the tendency for third parties to ask for file deletes.

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