I remember using it a lot a few years ago in the early 2000s and I wonder if that’s still used…?
If it is, which client should one be using?
Purdue University still has a campus-only file sharing network called DTella that’s DC++. It been getting smaller, but there were a few members that shared 50+ TB at one point.
I’ve got bad news for you, what you consider a few years ago is two entire decades.
No, that can’t be right.
That is a long time ago that I have heard anyone say that. Wasn’t there a client software called DC++ or something like that?
Yup. Where people would share their entire c drive to be able to join servers…
Their entire c drive… Everything.
That was super helpful to just grab one or two broken files from any installed software though. I just had a 250GB ISO with 2MB of compressed zeroes to get into servers with ridiculous requirements. Fun times…
Became a thing again for me after the death of 32p without a replacement.
Exactly, unfortunately dc is the only place where you can find 32p content.
What’s 32p?
Aaaaand here’s my mandatory plug for ThreeTwo, a comic book curation app (like Mylar) but with integration with DC++ by the way of AirDC++
Check it out if that’s your thing: https://github.com/rishighan/threetwo
Apologies if my plug is in bad taste, but I’m trying to reach as many interested users as possible to get them to test and give me feedback.
I use it, but due to it being more cumbersome, I go to IRC first. If I can’t find it on IRC, I can usually get it from DC++.
Are you using xdcc.eu or sunxdcc.com, or are you searching directly through IRC on each of your preferred servers?
Little bit of both. Usually I start with sunxdcc and xdcc.eu, but if I can’t find it, I search in the chats. Sometimes not all packs are listed and the search engines.
Thanks for the answer. That’s mostly been my strategy as well. Sunxdcc has some stuff indexed that xdcc.eu is missing, it seems. Do you know of any networks/channels that are not even indexed by these sites?
I don’t. I would imagine ones that aren’t indexed, probably aren’t because they are private, but that’s a guess.
You’re probably right about that.
Not sure if joking or…? If you’re joking it went over my head :)
Not joking. This all works, probably a lot better than you may think.
How do you search files on IRC? You’re joking, right?
Not joking. There are sites like sunxdcc for searching from the web, and otherwise, !s in chats to search. Works great, honestly.
