Steve ...
More thinking ... probably dangerous.
From what I read, the group isn't closing ... just the ability to store content is.
So why not just get a drop box account and post the content there? The group emails could simply have a direct link to the drop box account for instant downloads.
Google drive would be another option.
How much contentin Mb/Gb is there anyway?
DF
On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 1:21:56 PM PDT, smw-mail@... [xl7] wrote:
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Since the FB Proteus group allows the general public to read the posts (i.e., we don't have to sign up for a FB account), I looked at posts (not replies) back through the lend of December.� It looks like there is a vibrant and knowledgeable community there.� Hope it stays open to the public.
I had thought of hosting something more than FTP docs and links to other sites at my website, but I am not sure there is a need for that.�
At one point I thought of making a final edition of my site (including an html index page to all the docs), zipping that up, and making it freely available, but from the proliferation of docs and files so readily available and newer websites, I don't think I have anything that others haven't made available.�
Time was (when Creative made the E-Mu docs and files disappear) that just a couple of us were hosting them.� There's really no longer the need to save the docs and files; they are everywhere. I even see someone (at least one person) is selling printed copies of the manuals!!!!� Why didn't I do that?�
I am aware of https://encyclotronic.com/ among other more well-known sites. The e-mu page is here: https://encyclotronic.com/synthesizers/e-mu/ but it is so much more that a single focus group. I have the highest regard for the dedicated people (musicians!!!!) that have put together The Electronic Music Archive.
My own site ( https://www.e-univercity.com/SynthGearDocs/ ) might still have some things not at other sites; not sure. I can't keep track of what others now have.� Help yourself. I was going to try to get my kids to maintain the site after I am gone, but they are not really into synths.
I had started to make a section of links to other sites (some that open up within my set of frames and some that open to new browser pages), but its old school html--nothing sexy like more "hip" sites.
As I mentioned, I am aware of some excellent E-Mu oriented threads at Gearslutz.� The EMusonAcid > SamplersOnAcid is still around for those into hardware samplers.� Not sure if there's a newer incarnation. http://samplersonacid.com/forum/index.php . Also, Phil Tipping has done YouTube vids and other stuff related to E-Mu Samplers (and other things, too!!!).
Also, the last time I looked Frankie Fischer's sites were still working, too. (E-Mu legacy/wiki/etc.) https://francisfisher.me.uk/problem/2011/emu-legacy-archive/
There's a ton of historical content from E-Mu on The WayBackMachine (archive.org). I have a link to the E-Mu index and some links to a few pages I found interesting.�
Long Live E-Mus!!!!
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