#SignalGroup for preserving the #Myrient #ROM database using #BitTorrent
Myrient is a huge collection of retro games and a very nice project. But as they are based on centralized cloud storage, the immense costs were not sustainable. By building a community of people who seed the files for free, the project can stay alive!
https://signal.group/#CjQKIFzvNuwfFh0pB7sIOqSiggDrZqeN6enZFTvCBhuxVDSlEhBLfn8Jy7Xa3wOZXjcpwq1m
Original Website: https://myrient.erista.me/
Archive Websites:
https://myrient.org/
#SignalGroups #Torrents #RetroGaming #Archival @retrogaming@lemmy.world @retrocomputing @retrogaming@lemmy.ml @retro @emulation @retropirates
6 Comments
turkalino@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 171d
Do we really need a signal group for this? Would much rather have the torrents be uploaded to a public tracker
Rhababerbarbar@tux.social · 2 pts · 171d
@turkalino
Absolutely, do that for the ones you like! This is also more low level for people to guide them through the process
Willoughby@piefed.world · 16 pts · 171d
Rather use a messenger that didn't require my phone number like xmpp.
pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 171d
How big is the torrent?
tamiya_tt02@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 171d
390 TB
Rhababerbarbar@tux.social · 1 pts · 171d
@pizza_the_hutt
The idea is to create a bunch of separate ones. The whole database is huge, 144TB exists on this archive alone
https://myrient.org/