Info Wanted: Question about availability of the OOT preservations?

Hey everyone…I’m new, and forgive me if this is a stupid question…but I’ve been looking around…and between years and years of time from posts, or the fact that Demonoid is now gone, I think this needs to be asked.

I’m looking to find out which of the OT restorations are still available…if they can be found on a torrent site, that would be the best, but I’ll do what it takes to find a good copy of the real Star Wars trilogy, Special Edition-free…I have a feeling I’m not the only one who’s wanted to ask this…

So, can anyone help this newbie out?

AntcuFaalb said:

Gorramnerd said:

Hey everyone...I'm new, and forgive me if this is a stupid question...but I've been looking around...and between years and years of time from posts, or the fact that Demonoid is now gone, I think this needs to be asked.

 

I'm looking to find out which of the OT restorations are still available...if they can be found on a torrent site, that would be the best, but I'll do what it takes to find a good copy of the real Star Wars trilogy, Special Edition-free...I have a feeling I'm not the only one who's wanted to ask this...

 

So, can anyone help this newbie out?

Hi, Gorramnerd, and welcome to the forum. Many of the releases are available on MySpleen (a private BitTorrent tracker) and on Usenet (at alt.binaries.starwars).

I suggest searching for a.b.starwars on NZB.cc to see what's available on Usenet. If your ISP doesn't offer Usenet access, a premium 3-day account (with SSL encryption) can be obtained from, e.g., UsenetServer.com for $5. (I can download at a consistent ~5.1 MB/s (yes, Megabyte) with UsenetServer.com, but I'm sure their competitors offer similar speeds, so feel free to shop around.)

If you can't find what you need there, I may be able to give you one of my MySpleen invitations, but please try to exhaust Usenet (and other options) first.

I'm not a big fan of Usenet. If it's possible, I would be very grateful for a MySpleen invitation.

AntcuFaalb said:

I'm not a big fan of Usenet. If it's possible, I would be very grateful for a MySpleen invitation.

Why aren't you a big fan of Usenet?

To be honest, because I haven't been able to get it to work.

AntcuFaalb said:

To be honest, because I haven't been able to get it to work.

That's fine. I can help. Does your ISP provide Usenet access? What have you tried?

As far as I know, they don't. (I have Comcast/xfinity). I was told on another forum to use SABnzbd but I had no clue what I was doing. I have much more experience with torrents.  

Well, even if your ISP provided usenet access, it'd probably be limited to text groups only. So first of all, you need to get an account at one of the premium providers which offer access to binary groups such as alt.binaries.starwars, too.

Myriad of them exist, but they all are not free of charge (test accounts do exist, but are very limited). Here's a good point to start: http://usenetcompare.com. Accounts that are unlimited in download volume sell for about 10$ a month.

Now there are two features the providers differ. The first one is the so called retention, which is the maximum time a file is accessible after it's been uploaded and usually is between 2 and 4 years. The second one is speed of course. The given speed is almost always met except when the age of the upload is close to the retention. The content however is the same among all providers.

Once you have an account, go to nzbindex.nl, which is like a usenet search engine. Click on "Groups" on the very top and select alt.binaries.starwars to view this groups content. If you find an upload you want to get, just click on "Download" and a .nzb file will be created.

To finally download it you need a usenet client. I recommend the free version of alt.binz. Enter your account details there, open the .nzb file and start the download.

If you got any further questions just feel free to ask :-)

Oh, and I'd say you get Star Wars - Harmy's Despecialized Edition Remastered, which is just beyond impressive.

Jan said:

Well, even if your ISP provided usenet access, it'd probably be limited to text groups only. So first of all, you need to get an account at one of the premium providers which offer access to binary groups such as alt.binaries.starwars, too.

Myriad of them exist, but they all are not free of charge (test accounts do exist, but are very limited). Here's a good point to start: http://usenetcompare.com. Accounts that are unlimited in download volume sell for about 10$ a month.

Now there are two features the providers differ. The first one is the so called retention, which is the maximum time a file is accessible after it's been uploaded and usually is between 2 and 4 years. The second one is speed of course. The given speed is almost always met except when the age of the upload is close to the retention. The content however is the same among all providers.

Once you have an account, go to nzbindex.nl, which is like a usenet search engine. Click on "Groups" on the very top and select alt.binaries.starwars to view this groups content. If you find an upload you want to get, just click on "Download" and a .nzb file will be created.

To finally download it you need a usenet client. I recommend the free version of alt.binz. Enter your account details there, open the .nzb file and start the download.

If you got any further questions just feel free to ask :-)

Oh, and I'd say you get Star Wars - Harmy's Despecialized Edition Remastered, which is just beyond impressive.

Ok, I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I need to know...

So, I buy some time from Newsdemon, and i see that they have a program to download with, NewsRover. I try to start a download, and at that moment, the internet in my house died. Is this a huge coincidence, or did i do something horribly wrong?

I know I'm probably being paranoid, but I need to be sure it won't happen again.