Rinne <rinne.asianscans@gmail.comm> wrote:
> In the last
> years I was one of the last people around at irc in #asianscans, but
> since a few months Oldman, BBlackie, Hamp and Shumway have also gone
> there...
I didn't know there was an IRC channel. What server is it on?
> Of course I found some
> links in the csv.zip files, but I'm not sure if that is all there is.
My impression is that sources have dwindled over the years. I know of
several BBS that either no longer exist, exist but are no longer used, or
are now 'members only' access. Scanners are also a dying breed.
The sources I posted are the only ones I know of. I had to rediscover
the URL's for Toro and MIN. That took a lot of searching. If anyone has
extra sources to add to the list, please post. For example I have no
idea where people like Watami or iino post their work.
Does anyone know how to access FoB? I would love to be able to resume
collecting Naruto's work. And of course there is plenty of other
interesting stuff being posted at FoB (Pants, Urakimon et al).
> But the csv are not there anymore. Steve, is
> there any chance you can make them?
As I've already said, I'm not going to do it. This is not entirely
unwillingness. I've never been a CSV oriented collector. My archive is
not structured that way. I've been downloading new scans from this group
for many years, but my custom was to only retain what I liked (and delete
the rest). So I don't have a sufficiently complete base upon which to
build. Of course now that I'm posting, I'm also trying to be as complete
as possible.
The simple posts I've been making each month take about 10 hours of my
time per month. That's OK. It averages out to 20 minutes a day. But
I'm not looking to dramatically expand that figure. Now that Karolus is
no longer here to spoil us with his first class service this group will
have to become more of a collective effort if it is to survive.
My starting point was simply that I wanted to carry on collecting
Cigarillo scans. And since I was downloading them I saw no reason not to
post them here along with whatever else had come my way during the month.
If you, or any of the other CSV oriented collectors, are able to add what
is posted here to the unfinished CSV's Karolus left us please do it.
Should I ever get to the point where I have posted so many scans from a
particular scanner that they fill a CD I will of course be able to make a
new CSV for that collection.
steve
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