Good suggestions.
>> 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.
I have also seem people use Microsoft's One Drive to share docs.
As well, there seems to be quite a number of bulletin board packages.
I reached out to Encyclotronic and there is potential to have files posted there. I know they already have manuals there, but I have not found the time to compare what they have with what I have. They also have a new section where people can post patches to share. https://encyclotronic.com/patches/e-mu/
At Gearslutz, I wrote about some patches I had been working on based on some questions about some patchcord parameters. Its a personal thing, but I feel comfortable finishing them up and sharing them on a site that cares enough about music to develop and maintain site dedicated to synths, electronic music, and the people that make music.
BTW, it is not clear from what I read at Verizon how the e-mails will be sent and received--from the group to all members of the group, not from individuals to everyone on the mailing list as individuals. Maybe that will become clearer within the coming week or two--certainly by October 28th or shortly thereafter.
---In xl7@yahoogroups.com, <bienpegaito@yahoo.com> wrote :
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@prodigy.net [xl7] <xl7@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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!!!!