On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:40:53 +0100, "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

We regret to inform you of the passing away of Reg Edwards (G4FGQ) on
Monday 28th August 2006. We would like to thank all correspondants on
his behalf for the many years of entertainment that you have given
him.

Regards,

The Edwards Family





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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:52:52 -0400, Walter Maxwell
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:12:20 -0700, Richard Clark wrote:

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:17:44 -0700, Jim Kelley
wrote:

I hope it's not true about Reg. That would be a huge loss. Perhaps
somebody will archive his website.

Hi Jim,

The announcement came from his account, and his computer.

I've archived his site, but for others who wish to do the same, the
best tool for that purpose can be found at:
http://www.httrack.com

This is a website harvesting robot that will replicate an entire
website into the directory of your choice (changing links so that you
can browse it on your system).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard, I've just reviewed the url above, and found that I don't know how to
use it to download Reg's web page. I see that you've already downloaded it, so
could I download it from your copy?

Walt, W2DU

Hi Walt,

The paths are tied intimately to my file system hierarchy (which is
pretty deep). Rather, I will give you a walk-thru. In spite of the
apparent complexity (it is a technician's tool), it is quite simple to
use with only two or three particulars to satisfy:
1. As directed on the front page, press the NEXT button;
2. On the next page for Project Name, enter Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
3. Below that (skip the category), click the ellipses button to open
a storage path and select an existing folder the website will be
stored here in a folder named Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
4. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
5. leave the ACTION selection at "Download web site(s)";
6. past Reggie's top level page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp, into the Web Addresses text
box;
7. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
8. At the next page, Press the FINISH button at the bottom.

This will start the robots harvesting with a view of them on a new
page that shows each robot in its own thread - about half a dozen of
them running simultaneously. Depending on the load at the server, the
entire process should take 5 minutes or so at T1 speeds. The total
download is 4.33MB.

The robot activity screen will disappear at the end of the harvesting.

I can zip up a copy (sorry Reg) and mail it for those who want a copy
that is located at the drive root (I did this down load again to
confirm the steps described above).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Hi Walt,

The paths are tied intimately to my file system hierarchy (which is
pretty deep). Rather, I will give you a walk-thru. In spite of the
apparent complexity (it is a technician's tool), it is quite simple to
use with only two or three particulars to satisfy:
1. As directed on the front page, press the NEXT button;
2. On the next page for Project Name, enter Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
3. Below that (skip the category), click the ellipses button to open
a storage path and select an existing folder the website will be
stored here in a folder named Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
4. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
5. leave the ACTION selection at "Download web site(s)";
6. past Reggie's top level page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp, into the Web Addresses text
box;
7. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
8. At the next page, Press the FINISH button at the bottom.

This will start the robots harvesting with a view of them on a new
page that shows each robot in its own thread - about half a dozen of
them running simultaneously. Depending on the load at the server, the
entire process should take 5 minutes or so at T1 speeds. The total
download is 4.33MB.

The robot activity screen will disappear at the end of the harvesting.

I can zip up a copy (sorry Reg) and mail it for those who want a copy
that is located at the drive root (I did this down load again to
confirm the steps described above).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Thanks, Richard, as Reg would say, "I'll give it a go."

Walt

Thanks, Richard, as Reg would say, "I'll give it a go."

For Linux and other Unix-type-system users, a simple

wget -r http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/

will grab everything, and fix all of the links in the .html files
to be page-relative so that the mirrored copy is self-consistent.

--
Dave Platt AE6EO
Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:16:08 -0700, Richard Clark wrote:

Hi Walt,

The paths are tied intimately to my file system hierarchy (which is
pretty deep). Rather, I will give you a walk-thru. In spite of the
apparent complexity (it is a technician's tool), it is quite simple to
use with only two or three particulars to satisfy:
1. As directed on the front page, press the NEXT button;
2. On the next page for Project Name, enter Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
3. Below that (skip the category), click the ellipses button to open
a storage path and select an existing folder the website will be
stored here in a folder named Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
4. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
5. leave the ACTION selection at "Download web site(s)";
6. past Reggie's top level page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp, into the Web Addresses text
box;
7. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
8. At the next page, Press the FINISH button at the bottom.

This will start the robots harvesting with a view of them on a new
page that shows each robot in its own thread - about half a dozen of
them running simultaneously. Depending on the load at the server, the
entire process should take 5 minutes or so at T1 speeds. The total
download is 4.33MB.

The robot activity screen will disappear at the end of the harvesting.

I can zip up a copy (sorry Reg) and mail it for those who want a copy
that is located at the drive root (I did this down load again to
confirm the steps described above).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard,thanks for the walk-thru outline, but none of the pages that come up
with the url above have a 'next' button. Apparently, a different page comes up
when you access the url. Any suggestions?

Walt

The problem may be due to too quickly writing up the instructions, All
instructions are specific to HTTRACK operations, note ammendments:

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:49:01 -0400, Walter Maxwell
wrote:

1. As directed on the front page, press the NEXT button;
2. On the next page for Project Name, enter Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
3. Below that (skip the category), click the ellipses button to open
a storage path and select an existing folder the website will be
stored here in a folder named Reg Edwards G4FGQ;
4. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
5. leave the ACTION selection at "Download web site(s)";
6. past Reggie's top level page,
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp, into the Web Addresses text
box;
PASTE Reggie's top level page, http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp,
into the Web Addresses text box IN HTTRACK;
7. Press the NEXT button at the bottom;
7. Press the NEXT button at the bottom IN HTTRACK;
8. At the next page, Press the FINISH button at the bottom.

Richard,thanks for the walk-thru outline, but none of the pages that come up
with the url above have a 'next' button. Apparently, a different page comes up
when you access the url. Any suggestions?

Hi Walt,

The url was for cut and paste into HTTRACK's text window. This is for
the robots to use as their top level address to drill-down into the
website. No browsers need be open to perform this.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Hi Walt,

The url was for cut and paste into HTTRACK's text window. This is for
the robots to use as their top level address to drill-down into the
website. No browsers need be open to perform this.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard, we just returned from eating out, the reason for the delay in
continuing the attempt to download Reg's web page. Anyway, using the url you
gave I cannot find any page to enter Reg's web address for downloading, also no
place for entering a Project Name. Are you getting a different screen than I
with that url? What am I doing wrong?

Walt

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:28:00 -0400, Walter Maxwell wrote:


Hi Walt,

The url was for cut and paste into HTTRACK's text window. This is for
the robots to use as their top level address to drill-down into the
website. No browsers need be open to perform this.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard, we just returned from eating out, the reason for the delay in
continuing the attempt to download Reg's web page. Anyway, using the url you
gave I cannot find any page to enter Reg's web address for downloading, also no
place for entering a Project Name. Are you getting a different screen than I
with that url? What am I doing wrong?

Walt

Richard, the various screens that come up using the url you gave are totally
unfriendly to a user trying to enter anything to start a download. Like other
programs, they say 'you can do this...,etc,' but they allow no entry. Am I using
an incorrect url?

Walt

"Walter Maxwell" wrote in message
...

Hi Walt,

The url was for cut and paste into HTTRACK's text window. This is for
the robots to use as their top level address to drill-down into the
website. No browsers need be open to perform this.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard, we just returned from eating out, the reason for the delay in
continuing the attempt to download Reg's web page. Anyway, using the url
you
gave I cannot find any page to enter Reg's web address for downloading,
also no
place for entering a Project Name. Are you getting a different screen than
I
with that url? What am I doing wrong?

Walt

Walt are you running the program called Httrack ? This is a special program
that lets you download a web site to your computer so you can look at it at
any time or do other things with it. I think it is a free download. Just
do a Google search for it.

YOu start the program. Then click near the bottom where it says NEXT.
Type in anything for the project name. Click next. In the blank white spece
under where it says Web AddressURL) type in the web address you want to
download. In this case http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/
Then NEXT. Then Finish.

From there it should start downloading the web site and place it in the
directory that shows up a few screens back , usually c:\my web sites.

In article ,
Richard Clark wrote:

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:40:53 +0100, "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

We regret to inform you of the passing away of Reg Edwards (G4FGQ) on
Monday 28th August 2006. We would like to thank all correspondants on
his behalf for the many years of entertainment that you have given
him.

Regards,

The Edwards Family




I was very sorry to hear the news. he always answered my crazy posts and helped me off line w/any technical questions
learned a lot

always
ml

ml wrote:
In article ,
Richard Clark wrote:

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:40:53 +0100, "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

We regret to inform you of the passing away of Reg Edwards (G4FGQ) on
Monday 28th August 2006. We would like to thank all correspondants on
his behalf for the many years of entertainment that you have given
him.

Regards,

The Edwards Family




Gawd, Seems ALL the good guys are leaveing us.
W8JK, and now, Reg, may they be discussing the
loading of Halo Ants! 73 Jim NN7K