End Of Life for NZ guide data server

[Islander]

Yes that is my thought as well.
At present I am working on getting Orac working on my network. My thinking is that it could be coaxed onto another more modern machine and run locally by those that need it.
Once I have it running I may be able to set a temporary address that you can extract guide data from.

[Ray]

Thanks for that - Good luck

[MrGadget1]

Yes that is my thought as well.
At present I am working on getting Orac working on my network. My thinking is that it could be coaxed onto another more modern machine and run locally by those that need it.
Once I have it running I may be able to set a temporary address that you can extract guide data from.

Did you ever have any luck?
I dug my old series 1 our today and it still works, was thinking of passing it on, but perhaps it?s only good for parts?

Neil

[Islander]

Did you ever have any luck?
I dug my old series 1 our today and it still works, was thinking of passing it on, but perhaps it?s only good for parts?

Neil

I have got Orac running locally for my two TiVos and I email Ray the slices he needs three times a week. Ray then uses a manual load process to keep his two machines running. There were two more TiVos getting data at the official Orac shutdown but there has been no word from them.

I have not had time to clone Orac yet but intend to do so. That way anyone can run their own Orac. I have also been looking at the possibility of adding/updating the channel lineup but time and extreme care will be required (and a fully working backup).

So from this - Orac lives as do 4 S1 TiVos. Also the guide data provided by Orac is generally better than that for the HDTiVo which is a tribute to those that set it up.

[MrGadget1]

Well done! I suspect my old S1 is destined to be more useful for parts than anything else - don?t really want it hanging around any longer, so offer up the unit for spare parts (ideally to someone in or passing through Christchurch to save freight). If that?s you, you are welcome to it... otherwise I?ll list it either on here or elsewhere...
Has a cache card even!
Having a couple of S3?s that never really caught my imagination the way the S1 did, it?s rather sad to see it go... logged into the old TivoWeb the other day and remembered just how brilliant these units were.