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Thinking of dumping FS98 files & pages from simviation.

Although there seems to be a firm following for CFS, FS98 seems to have few if any contributions these days & I wonder if the time has come to scrap it from this site.

Any thoughts or comments welcome.

I agree. All those FS98 files are just taking up valuable space.

Go ahead and dump 'em

Well... The FS 98 Forum still gets a few posts these days

The only problem is that some designers may want to use FS 98 file for current projects. I mean, let's say for example there's no SR-71 panel for FS 2002/4 but there's one for FS 98, all the designer would need to do is change the gauge entries and maybe touch up the bitmap

Regards,
Stratobat

The decision is yours Pete. I think it might be a tad premature. There is still a surprising number of people using FS98 & I've answered questions on it recently from new users - both on this forum & by E-mail. I was actually thinking of adding a couple of new tutes to the Lair. Also bear in mind that FS98 aircraft & scenery are compatible with CFS1.

why not put a poll on the main page to find out if its still useful??

When (!) I had CFS1, which was up 'till last November I had more FS98 files in it than CSF1! As it happens, I have a touched up Fs98 in my FS2002 now. I wouldn't chuck it. Or if you have to, why not back it up onto CD / DVD? That way they could be replaced...
Dan Garner

CFS1 file contributer  ;)

Fairy snuff Pete, I'd say we have less than a posting a week in there, sometimes over a month can go by with nothing happening.
Maybe its time to free-up some server space

Mark

it's up to you buddy, do what you have got to do....as was suggested if you could back it up onto a couple of dvd's then perhaps the files wouldn't be gone forever..:-)

it's up to you buddy, do what you have got to do....as was suggested if you could back it up onto a couple of dvd's then perhaps the files wouldn't be gone forever..:-)

355 pages of FS98 files do NOT fit onto a couple of CD's  ;D

Needless to say I have multiple back up systems here - including a PC & external HD specifically for backups.


Overall it's hard to know ..... Almost no new files are being produced for CFS using FS98 base files


BUT  : Just looked at the log files & it has to be said that just last week - 1 week -  1425 people looked at the latest FS98 military page alone - so that's quite a lot ... I suppose that means there are still many 1000's of FS98 page views per month currently ... so I think it stays for now.  8)

Great. I might be introducing a new CFS1 / FS98 user soon.
Dan G  ;)

I hate to point this out but in the last year i've seen more new addons for FS98 than for CFS3. I say keep it if you can. As you say, it still seems quite popular.

Rather than it being an all or nothing matter how about dropping the least active downloads and the oldest posts?  Maybe with the goal of reclaiming, say, a third of the space used.  You get some disk space back and you get to gauge the community response.

gw

1000's of pageviews without associated download bandwidth costs...

Well, as I see it...we'll have to pry FS 98 off the server ourselves if we want it gone.

I hate to point this out but in the last year i've seen more new addons for FS98 than for CFS3. I say keep it if you can. As you say, it still seems quite popular.

Good point woody, I say keep the FS98 bit.

What's really sad is that i've even seen new FS5.1 packages within the last couple months appear in the new files section over at Flightsim