Aaru Data Preservation Suite

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Releases · aaru-dps/Aaru Aaru Data Preservation Suite. Contribute to aaru-dps/Aaru development by creating an account on GitHub.

🚀 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

Release 6.0.0 alpha 11 · aaru-dps/Aaru Added - Console Add colors to all output from console, except from plugins themselves (this will come later). Fixed - Media detection Fix detection of BD-R when profile is set wrong by drive. -...

We release 6.0.0-alpha.11

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*6.0.0 ALPHA 11* From burnout to breaking point… and back to building. After decades of hiding my mental health struggles — even from myself — everything came crashing down this year. This is the story of losing the o...

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Building the library.... something is coming!!!

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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.

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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!!!