Re: GPLEA SCGT car download problems

"Gault" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8mnnse$185$[email hidden]... > After downloading Solitude, I noticed that GPLEA has some classics forSCGT > available for download. These folks have been busy,and there's a lot of > good stuff there. The problem is that I'm able to access the picture and > descriptions pages (well worth taking a look at even if you don't haveSCGT, > btw), but none of the car file downloads seem to work. Is the server > overloaded with Solitude downloads right now, or is there something else > wrong here? Are these available elsewhere? > > Thanks. > I had the same problem right after the Sports Cars went up on the site a few weeks back. Keep trying, you should be able to get through after the Solitude rush cools down<g>. -- don New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/index.htm

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:36:13 -0400, "Gault" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>After downloading Solitude, I noticed that GPLEA has some classics for SCGT >available for download. These folks have been busy,and there's a lot of >good stuff there. The problem is that I'm able to access the picture and >descriptions pages (well worth taking a look at even if you don't have SCGT, >btw), but none of the car file downloads seem to work. Is the server >overloaded with Solitude downloads right now, or is there something else >wrong here? Are these available elsewhere?

Can't help, but if it makes you feel any better, I did the exact same thing and had the same problem. Go!zilla was reporting an "improper login" or somesuch (Error #530, I remember that much :). "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

After downloading Solitude, I noticed that GPLEA has some classics for SCGT available for download. These folks have been busy,and there's a lot of good stuff there. The problem is that I'm able to access the picture and descriptions pages (well worth taking a look at even if you don't have SCGT, btw), but none of the car file downloads seem to work. Is the server overloaded with Solitude downloads right now, or is there something else wrong here? Are these available elsewhere? Thanks.

Thanks to the both of you- at least I'm not the only one. Probably bad timeing what with the Solitude release. :-)

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:36:13 -0400, "Gault" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>After downloading Solitude, I noticed that GPLEA has some classics for SCGT >available for download. These folks have been busy,and there's a lot of >good stuff there. The problem is that I'm able to access the picture and >descriptions pages (well worth taking a look at even if you don't have SCGT, >btw), but none of the car file downloads seem to work. Is the server >overloaded with Solitude downloads right now, or is there something else >wrong here? Are these available elsewhere? > >Thanks.

I've posted on the GPLEA forum and they say it works for them (GPLEA). :) I *did* manage to DL the files via the dumb old Windows 95 FTP applet. Here's how... For those who want to try it... * Use ftp.exe in your Windows directory to log into ftp.mrb1.com * give "anonymous" as your user name * your email as a password * cd gplea/scgt/Downloads/ (probably case-sensitive) * change into binary mode ("bin") * mget *.* and the files files start trickling in (gushing for the lucky ones with DSL or cable :) Hope that helps. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

Thanks- I was able to download them two days later with no problem. Maybe it was the rush for Solitude that caused it. :-/

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 14:06:46 GMT, [email hidden] (Jeff Vincent) thus spoke: > Hope that helps. Yes, that worked for me perfectly, thx. I had problems getting the cars from their website too. -- Nos