🎁 The Three Wise Men brought us a gift: a new Aaru alpha! Now with full flux image support (A2R, HxC, SCP) thanks to Rebecca’s amazing work. Plus DVD PFI fixes, translations, new icon, desktop file, and Debian/RPM packages. Still alpha—handle with care. Happy New Year!
Alpha 16 is out! 🎁 Negative & overflow sectors preserved, image merging, in‑place metadata editing, GUI polish, paranoia dumping, faster verification, long‑sector compare, improved dual‑layer DVD handling. Happy holidays — big feature coming 2026! #Aaru #Preservation #DigitalPreservation #RetroTech
🚀 Big news: the Aaru GUI is complete!
🔌 Connect devices locally or via AaruRemote
📊 Get instant media insights, block maps & speed graphs
💾 Dump media directly from the GUI—logs included!
⚠️ Still in alpha, so expect bugs… but enjoy the ride! 🎉 #opensource #datapreservation
🚀 AaruFormat V2 is here! Redesigned for huge disk images, modular, and now open via libaaruformat. Integrated in Aaru 6.0.0-alpha.13 — test it, break it, help us improve it! 🛠️ Download now: github.com/aaru-dps/aar... #DigitalPreservation #OpenSource
🎉 1.0.0-alpha.1 is here! 🚀 Comprehensive bug fixes, validated core features & a sleek CLI. ⏳ Snapshots & resume support coming soon. Next: full Aaru integration! 🔥 Download on GitHub, test it, & share feedback to shape our stable 1.0.0! #opensource #digitalpreservation
Building the library.... something is coming!!!
Meanwhile, tips welcome ko-fi.com/tinkeringdae...
This is a milestone, after all this time, we now have a complete AaruFormat V2 image, with header v2, index v3, and ddt v2 all in the file.
Three piles of discs. Left are PlayStation 2 games and the other two are PlayStation Portable’s
All of these discs have been preserved in the last 24h. Grease was well deserved
Closeup of a PlayStation Portable’s laser assembly with the infinite screw dry
Closeup of a PlayStation Portable’s laser assembly with the infinite screw having some graphite grease freshly applied
This PSP has read so many discs it is time for a little grease
We can try to help for preservation
Photo of the data side of a PlayStation 2 disc that shows a repetitive pattern has formed on its surface
Stored in the factory seal since 2005. Unreadable, some drives do not even recognize a disc.
Preservation is not just storing aside and hoping for the best!
Pila de juegos de la PlayStation Portable
Hoy toca preservar algunos juegos de PSP usando @aaru.app
Libraries, museums and professionals have limitations. But in most countries individuals have exceptions that allow them to preserve computing history.
We will keep working in the easiest and most exact tools as we can for this purpose.
Today, the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it would not support the needs of libraries and archives to increase access to video game history, leaving over 87% of classic games legally inaccessible through any practical means. While we are disappointed, the fight is not over. See our full statement here.
gamehistory.org/dmca-2024-st...
We have just preserved this bundle. Raise your hand if you know where is it from!
It's been a long day, but our first supported archive format is full in.
Symbian Installation Files for EPOC Release 3 to 5 (and Release 6 if uncompressed and without scripts) are totally supported.
Tested 1117 files without errors.
A bunch of PlayStation Portable discs spread out
More games preserved!!!
