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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #50 on: Tue, 23 April 2019, 13:17:33 »
Nice write up! Thanks for taking the time to do this  :thumb:

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #51 on: Sun, 05 May 2019, 01:29:57 »
Thanks for this! Please share as many pics of the bottom parts as possible, this is what we usually don't see from OTD collectors. :D
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #52 on: Tue, 30 July 2019, 23:05:37 »
Any updates? Been a quiet few months  ;D

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #53 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 04:57:01 »
would also love to know the story behind this guy:
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I'm pretty sure the 356C was just a prototype version of the 356CL. I say this because it was originally revealed back in 2009 in some photos from a meetup. Then some proper photos were posted the next month by the 356 series creator eungsam/danville (check out his photos on OTD if you have the time, they're some of the best keyboard pics out there). This precedes any images of the 356CL, but the design is clearly near-identical.

Bonus pic :



IIRC nasby has it, and it was an early 360C proto


bruh don't make me dig up the 356CL DGE posts
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #54 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 05:46:58 »
Thought some people may be interested in these. These are taken from the PDS section of OTD, which you need an account to access. For that reason I've uploaded them as PDFs/JPEGs. Originally posted by eungsam/danville.

The 356CL DGE manual should apply to 356CL/356.2/360c too - it's the guide I followed when I assembled my 360c years ago.

356mini assembly guide :
PDF
Individual JPEGs
Combined JPEG (so long that it literally overrides the spoiler function here) : https://i.imgur.com/RbhIwz2.jpg

356CL DGE assembly guide :
PDF
Individual JPEGs
Combined JPEG : https://i.imgur.com/B8pxQHc.jpg
« Last Edit: Wed, 31 July 2019, 05:50:59 by Photekq »
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #55 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 05:52:41 »


ty for the links pho, some good reading for today

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #56 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 06:54:52 »
356N assembly guide, also from PDS section. Doesn't contain anywhere near as much info as the other two but still interesting.
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #57 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 06:56:46 »
Lastly, RIP the 356L assembly guide.
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #58 on: Wed, 31 July 2019, 20:15:34 »
Lastly, RIP the 356L assembly guide.

http://blog.naver.com/PostList.nhn?blogId=elsuoo&from=postList&categoryNo=92
I found this blog years ago, lots of 356 assemblied process was uploaded.
Seems like he was quiet famous in OTD community back then

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #59 on: Thu, 01 August 2019, 01:54:43 »
This thread is pure gold. Thanks Photekq for the recent information bomb, will check these over the weekend!  :eek:
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #60 on: Thu, 01 August 2019, 03:52:48 »
Lastly, RIP the 356L assembly guide.

http://blog.naver.com/PostList.nhn?blogId=elsuoo&from=postList&categoryNo=92
I found this blog years ago, lots of 356 assemblied process was uploaded.
Seems like he was quiet famous in OTD community back then
I knew he had a blog, but I didn't realise how much he'd posted there compared to on OTD :)) Looks like he had at least 5 DGEs at one point!
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #61 on: Thu, 01 August 2019, 04:59:59 »
356mini assembly guide :
PDF
Individual JPEGs
Combined JPEG (so long that it literally overrides the spoiler function here) : https://i.imgur.com/RbhIwz2.jpg

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #62 on: Thu, 01 August 2019, 07:31:58 »


356-LS
"One unusual thing was that I did a raydent coating on the surface. At that time, even if it is not in Korea
There was a lot of money in the post-processing when nobody was doing.
It is not a pooh .. I just took a look at the S version after a long time and it was an old idea.
(The radiant looks a fairly high-quality surface texture and is also good at touch. 
I do not know, but I think it is one of the recommended after-treatment methods, in contrast to a very thin film)"




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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #63 on: Thu, 01 August 2019, 07:36:48 »
https://kbdarchive.org/
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #64 on: Fri, 02 August 2019, 02:36:00 »
For reference : 356F, 356LS
All these links aren't working for me :(

Edit: suddenly works after restarting browser.

Also, if anyone needs a translation I can provide some help.
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #65 on: Tue, 27 August 2019, 05:50:02 »
Only just discovered this thread. Good **** Notflipperdan and Photekq.

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #66 on: Tue, 27 August 2019, 08:01:58 »
Only just discovered this thread. Good **** Notflipperdan and Photekq.

Man, this is THE thread to follow. :p
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #67 on: Wed, 30 October 2019, 01:28:58 »
Will this thread see completion?  :-\

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #68 on: Wed, 30 October 2019, 02:47:17 »
Will this thread see completion?  :-\

Just like all OTD wiki posts, probably it'll take a long time.  :))
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #69 on: Wed, 30 October 2019, 20:22:35 »
I just want to say thank you to Notflipperdan, Photekq and all the remaining members who are sharing info on OTD.
I like what you did/are doing. Keep sharing. I really appreciate it. Much love from Mauritius. <4

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #70 on: Mon, 21 March 2022, 17:08:46 »
hey, is this thread dead? was hoping for more information on the other boards as well :)

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #71 on: Tue, 22 March 2022, 17:39:04 »
hey, is this thread dead? was hoping for more information on the other boards as well :)

dan has been inactive in keyboards for at least few months now afaik so you can assume it is dead
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #72 on: Tue, 22 March 2022, 17:53:41 »
hey, is this thread dead? was hoping for more information on the other boards as well :)

dan has been inactive in keyboards for at least few months now afaik so you can assume it is dead
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #73 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 10:12:42 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #74 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 11:22:23 »

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #75 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 11:54:03 »
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #76 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 14:54:34 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:

Amazing effort man! There’s a bucket of nixies waiting for you in keyboard heaven.

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #77 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 17:03:33 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:
Oof. Great job!

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #78 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 17:14:57 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #79 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 18:39:05 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:

Tip my fedora! Good job and thank you for keeping history alive!  :thumb:
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #80 on: Mon, 28 March 2022, 22:32:39 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:

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Offline Puddsy

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #81 on: Sun, 03 April 2022, 11:48:03 »
Bit of an odd one, but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

A while back it came to my attention (shoutouts to yui for that) that OTD was nearing its expiry date (27th March). We immediately started worrying that eungsam wouldn't renew the domain, for all kinds of reasons. It'd been 4 years since the site's last renewal, and it's a total ghost town at this point. I also have reason to believe that eungsam is entirely separated from the hobby at this point. It also didn't instill confidence, knowing that the site had already gone down for a few months sometime last year. While OTD might be a ghost town, it's still one of the most important sources of keyboard information in my opinion. There are so many keyboards, both custom and vintage, that you won't find documentated anywhere else. And even beyond that - OTD is the origin of so many trends that we see in keyboards today. The members there, along with the members of kbdmania, were the true originators of so many things. If record of their existence were lost, it'd break my heart.

Now, eungsam did end up renewing it. He waited until the date of its expiry, but he did do it. It's good for another 3 years. So, for now at least, this was done in vain.

Before he did this though, while it was still a very real worry that the site would go down, I started working on a scraper. And I did complete it. I've now got the entirety of OTD on my hard drive, with the exception of some sections I can't access (OTD Studio, and marketplace posts that are restricted by writing power). All images have been downloaded, and every post/comment has been scraped into a database that could easily be reconstructed into a website, allowing for full search capabilities. If a time ever comes when OTD goes down, and I want to provide this to the public - I will of course do all I can to remove/censor any personal information or photos of individuals.

I wanted to post this here just to let everyone know: 95% of the site's been backed up, there's no need to ever worry about it disappearing. Maybe nobody cares anymore, but I wanted to post just in case somebody does. I know I still do.


P.S Korean forum software from the 00s can go **** itself. It was a legitimate nightmare to do the scrape :blank:

i know you've been working on this for a while, heroic move

if anyone has access to studio and/or marketplace please get in touch with photekq, there's a lot of valuable data in those forums that would be really interesting to parse through
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Offline Photekq

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #82 on: Mon, 04 April 2022, 09:25:15 »
if anyone has access to studio and/or marketplace please get in touch with photekq, there's a lot of valuable data in those forums that would be really interesting to parse through
Oh yeah! Thanks for mentioning mate, I forgot to in my post. If anyone has access, your help would be much appreciated :-*
https://kbdarchive.org/
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Offline hineybush

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #83 on: Fri, 06 May 2022, 08:22:16 »
tyvm photokq. the hero we need and deserve

bummer that a bunch of picture links in this thread are broken

Offline Photekq

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #84 on: Fri, 06 May 2022, 13:21:59 »
tyvm photokq. the hero we need and deserve

bummer that a bunch of picture links in this thread are broken
They still work. You just have to open them in a new tab!
https://kbdarchive.org/
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Offline hineybush

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #85 on: Fri, 06 May 2022, 16:42:01 »
the humanity

Offline Photekq

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #86 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 17:17:28 »
Hiya! Here's a pretty + rare picture to grab your attention:



-----

Some of you might've noticed that, while otd.kr is still online, only the homepage is accessible. Maybe it'll get fixed in the future, but it's been like this for some time now.

This combined with previous periods of downtime has brought me to the decision to release otd_archive to the public.

I've started with the two richest sections of the website:

Album
Freeboard

Other sections will follow when I have time (reconstructing these pages is a bit time-consuming), but these two boards contain 90%+ of the posts from the site. More than enough to start with, I think.

The webpages are stripped of links (except for Album and Freeboard on the sidebar), since they would lead nowhere, but I've retained almost all of the original design.

Most importantly, the search bars found at the bottom of Album and Freeboard are fully functioning, so please use them! (and also pray that I won't have to eat my words when my server crashes)

Oh, also, clicking usernames will show you all of their posts on the board you're currently browsing.

-----

If you encounter any dead images there are two possible explanations:

  • I removed them on purpose. OTD was a very tight-knit community; members there often shared pictures of themselves, and of their family. I've done my best to remove all of the family photos and member's photos of their children, as I'm not sure how I feel about re-hosting such personal images. I've left some pictures of people - specifically pictures of the members themselves and keyboard meetups. If you have a different stance on this, I'd be open to hearing your thoughts - perhaps I'm overthinking, or perhaps I'm not thinking enough. I also might've missed some, since it's hard to manually filter through so many images without any oversight.
  • There's some ****ery going on. OTD was inconsistent when it came to handling images - some would have 'src="/folder/folder2/image.ext", others would have src="./etc", and rarely they would have src="otd.kr/etc". I've had to bodge this a bit, and I think I've handled all cases, but I could be wrong.

I say all of this to say - if you find a post with dead images or a dead thumbnail on the main Album browse page please let me know. Send an email to the address found here. Explain the problem, and include a link to the page in question.

Further to that, if you come across any other problems with the site, or any images that you think should be removed please contact me at the above link.

-----

If anyone has any requests, e.g a new search option, do let me know too.

-----

Lastly, before I go~

Total image count (without thumbnails): 77,833
Total post count: 58,345
Total comment count: 1,070,852
All figures are excluding sections I wasn't able to access.

Long live OTD. Since '08.


P.S If somebody can get me a programming job or get me a 356CL/356mini/DGE/LIMKB, lmk :cool:
https://kbdarchive.org/
github
discord: hi mum#5710

Offline Chippy

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #87 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 17:35:11 »
So sick you were able to do this!
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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #88 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 17:38:53 »
very impressive stuff photekq, thank you for your efforts!

Offline lbassett21

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #89 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 17:40:54 »
Absolutely amazing work Photekq! It is a shame that OTD is finally dead, but we are all very lucky to have you around to keep the legacy alive. Did you have any posts that stood out to you while going through and scraping the site? Would love to see what you may have dug up if anything.

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Offline kyuut

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #90 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 18:35:27 »
it's great to see such an important piece of keyboard history being maintained. lovely work photekq!!! :thumb:
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Offline ankit

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #91 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 19:40:53 »
you're the best photekq  :-*
will def put your efforts to use
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Offline Rhienfo

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #92 on: Wed, 24 May 2023, 19:57:13 »
Hiya! Here's a pretty + rare picture to grab your attention:

Show Image


-----

Some of you might've noticed that, while otd.kr is still online, only the homepage is accessible. Maybe it'll get fixed in the future, but it's been like this for some time now.

This combined with previous periods of downtime has brought me to the decision to release otd_archive to the public.

I've started with the two richest sections of the website:

Album
Freeboard

Other sections will follow when I have time (reconstructing these pages is a bit time-consuming), but these two boards contain 90%+ of the posts from the site. More than enough to start with, I think.

The webpages are stripped of links (except for Album and Freeboard on the sidebar), since they would lead nowhere, but I've retained almost all of the original design.

Most importantly, the search bars found at the bottom of Album and Freeboard are fully functioning, so please use them! (and also pray that I won't have to eat my words when my server crashes)

Oh, also, clicking usernames will show you all of their posts on the board you're currently browsing.

-----

If you encounter any dead images there are two possible explanations:

  • I removed them on purpose. OTD was a very tight-knit community; members there often shared pictures of themselves, and of their family. I've done my best to remove all of the family photos and member's photos of their children, as I'm not sure how I feel about re-hosting such personal images. I've left some pictures of people - specifically pictures of the members themselves and keyboard meetups. If you have a different stance on this, I'd be open to hearing your thoughts - perhaps I'm overthinking, or perhaps I'm not thinking enough. I also might've missed some, since it's hard to manually filter through so many images without any oversight.
  • There's some ****ery going on. OTD was inconsistent when it came to handling images - some would have 'src="/folder/folder2/image.ext", others would have src="./etc", and rarely they would have src="otd.kr/etc". I've had to bodge this a bit, and I think I've handled all cases, but I could be wrong.

I say all of this to say - if you find a post with dead images or a dead thumbnail on the main Album browse page please let me know. Send an email to the address found here. Explain the problem, and include a link to the page in question.

Further to that, if you come across any other problems with the site, or any images that you think should be removed please contact me at the above link.

-----

If anyone has any requests, e.g a new search option, do let me know too.

-----

Lastly, before I go~

Total image count (without thumbnails): 77,833
Total post count: 58,345
Total comment count: 1,070,852
All figures are excluding sections I wasn't able to access.

Long live OTD. Since '08.
(Attachment Link)

P.S If somebody can get me a programming job or get me a 356CL/356mini/DGE/LIMKB, lmk :cool:

Thank you for preserving otd, I'm glad that most of otd is archived even if the website goes down forever.

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #93 on: Thu, 25 May 2023, 01:52:35 »
Thank you this is amazing  :thumb:

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #94 on: Thu, 25 May 2023, 02:48:52 »
Thanks a lot for preserving this!

Also, > 1 million comments :eek:
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Offline Photekq

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #95 on: Thu, 25 May 2023, 18:48:47 »
Thanks to anyone who's commented or messaged me. I'm really happy to know that people will put the archive to good use other than just myself!

I've uploaded the files I used to do this task. This is only for learning purposes, or for people that were curious. Please don't use these yourself, even if OTD comes back online:

https://github.com/photekq/otd_scraper
https://github.com/photekq/otd_archive_site

Absolutely amazing work Photekq! It is a shame that OTD is finally dead, but we are all very lucky to have you around to keep the legacy alive. Did you have any posts that stood out to you while going through and scraping the site? Would love to see what you may have dug up if anything.
To be honest, while I have browsed most of OTD in the past.. I wasn't manually scraping this or anything, so I didn't have every page flash before my eyes.

I'll post some favourites here in the future, but for now I need a break from looking at OTD :p
https://kbdarchive.org/
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Offline zlobin356

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Re: [OTD] Updated Wiki
« Reply #96 on: Fri, 20 October 2023, 18:25:49 »
That sad that we cant backup 100% of, i think we lost a lot of info of OTD Projects. That's gonna be great if someone can find contacts of Eungsam/Any moderation to renew the expiration date so we can back to past. I Still want to see an info about 356F. 356ES, 356LS and other boards.  :blank:
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