Well,
we finally have a proper domain name, you can visit us at
www.commodore128.org
The site is undergoing building & there's still some "stuff"
missing, but it's mostly there. The forum software has been migrated to
the hosted site, I'm currently doing testing to ensure it works
correctly (there are a few bugs) prior to discontinuing the old link.
The filebase is also being ported over, the first part of the move
entails HTMLing everything & getting the base off Olate Download
Centre, although statistics will no longer be available, the
descriptions look cleaner (PHP stuffs up apostrophes big time).
As part of the move, you can now also get a commodore128.org
email address, PM me on the forums (
link) with
your name, required username & password & I'll set things up
& send you the details. There's no charge for this & storage is
10 megabytes.
A reminder that our second coding competition is active, this one is
open to all original game compositions - the info can be seen at this
thread.
No entries yet, but you have until December to get 'em in!
I'm looking for submissions for the new site. Any old software
you might have, manual scans (GIF, JPG , text or PDF) are welcome. Not
just Commodore manuals but software manuals too. I'm hoping to expand
on this & add a review system for commercial 128 releases
eventually - including box scans, so if you have thos send 'em in.
Contact details are on the site.
As an aside, we recently celebrated our 19th birthday on the 16th of
October. In some form or another we've been around for the best part of
two decades. Next year marks our 20th anniversary & there will be
year long 'celebrations' including prizes & give-aways.
I have to say I'm amazed at the wealth of information that's appearing
on the forums - my next major task is to collate & distill this
into a knowledgebase so that information is easy to find for the C128
users. As part of this there is also a C128 FAQ available on the main
site, please help this out by contributing on the page.
You'll also see that I've added a C128 adverts page. If you have any
scans of magazine ads, please send those in for inclusion - they'll be
put up & naturally you'll be credited.
Some stats for the board up to today (bracketed figures are from
August's newsletter):
Members : 81 (54)
Posts : 917
(536)
Topics : 245 (135)
That's it for this month, happy computing on your Commodore 128!