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Jobf Junior Member United Kingdom 162 Posts	Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 07:31:41 Again, the fabled ASP database error kept the forums out of action for a few hours this morning, along with 2 or 3 outages at least yesterday. To me guys, this is just no good. I wonder how many people (potential valuable members) have tried to access the forums over the past couple of months, only to be greeted with the error, then never to return to the site again.. It's time it was sorted..
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 08:47:37 The biggest challenge is finding the money and labor to relocate and host this site. Perhaps ~Coxy could enlighten us on exactly how much storage and bandwidth is required by the 68kMA, so we could research the costs of alternatives. I, too, don't like the outages, but considering the price of the service, its a bargain! G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
Stryder Junior Member USA 382 Posts	Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 09:26:51 I agree that it can become a bit of a headache. I just recently went back to basics at Stryder's Community because of all sorts of problems I was having with another form of the code. The thing with an opensource program is it's never really in a complete commercial form. In trying to add or change features, it's not hard to miss a command in the coding that will wreck havok throughout. ~Coxy works hard on keeping things straight here to provide us with a wonderful place to share ideas. The costs to upkeep it require fundage and I notice when most of these glitches happen, they come when an ad is being placed to help offset that debt. If we could work it out where he can place the ads on an html page that we make sure to click on periodically, that would allow him to replenish his funds without him having to alter the forums themselves. There needs to be a commitment on our part to help. Juggling this place around the rest of his busy life has got to be difficult and frustrating. Complaining isn't helping him or us. Ideas for solutions is what should be coming from us that are appreciative for this site. Another alternative could be for someone to help provide some webspace for him to beta-test his changes at before making them effective here. I feel some patience and tollerance are due here. It's really not that easy to reconfigure perfectly. That's why the coding is always under development. "One slip and down the hole we fall" Stryders Community
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 21:57:06 IIRC it's mostly litclassics that is having lots of problems... one of the times we were truly in dire trouble, at least it was litclassice Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 26 Mar 2003 : 22:21:53 iStill think we need to move to PHPbb or some other sort of non-Mordor$oft based solution. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 27 Mar 2003 : 17:54:01 Money, money, money. If I got enough member donations to pay for a proper host for a year, then we could move. Firstly, I doubt that that'll ever happen, and secondly, I don't want this place moving to some two-bit service. I can get two-bit service for free. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
Jobf Junior Member United Kingdom 162 Posts	Posted - 28 Mar 2003 : 01:42:19 quote: Money, money, money. If I got enough member donations to pay for a proper host for a year, then we could move. How much storage do the forums use, and how much bandwidth per month (on average)? If we know these figures, then us members can at least have a look around at other hosting options. Jobf.
Alien Junior Member Netherlands 269 Posts	Posted - 28 Mar 2003 : 05:34:39 I might have enough bandwidth and a spare server soon enough to host the thing. I'll get back to you on that. ,xtG .tsooJ -- RTFM
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 28 Mar 2003 : 05:45:18 The storage isn't the problem, really; it's the 3 or so GB per month. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
Alien Junior Member Netherlands 269 Posts	Posted - 28 Mar 2003 : 09:41:39 I can piss away 100 GB a month with my provider, so that part's covered. The real question is when I'll have my servers set up, as I'm still renovating the house. ,xtG .tsooJ -- RTFM
raWr Junior Member Tuvalu 491 Posts	Posted - 31 Mar 2003 : 09:56:54 Might I suggest the shack? :O -raWr Fleet Covert Ops

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