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Re: "http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??
« on: December 15, 2005, 08:53:21 AM »
I really hope Ian is gonna give us an answer soon about the why question ...

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Re: "http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2005, 08:55:43 AM »
When I clock on the link and on a date I get something that looks a bit like the Big Book but when I click on some subjects I get often :

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Re: "http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2005, 09:32:56 AM »
Don´t know how many mails he got already but I have sent Ian a mail with a few questions and shall report when he writes back ...

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Re: "http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2005, 12:43:39 PM »
Perhaps he could add a "Make a donation for the dog" as Amiga.org already asks for a donation for the cat  :-)

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Re: "http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2005, 05:31:44 PM »
I just got a mail back from Ian :
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>        I don´t know how many mails you have received already
> about the subject but there´s panic going on at several
> forums. Can you give a comment to this to assure the scene
> it will be up soon ?? Is there any way people can help ??
> Is money an issue ?? Can you add "Add a donation for this board"
> function to solve some problems ???
 
Thanks for your concern Frank, luckily it's not a money related issue. The site is down so I can review the contents and remove
anything that might cause this to happen in the future. Hopefully then I can bring it back up.
 
Cya
Ian

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Re: "http://www.amiga-hardware.com" is Down??
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2005, 12:55:16 AM »
Just got another mail from Ian, in the middle of the night :
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On Thursday 15 December 2005 17:30, you wrote:
 
> nice to hear again from you. Meanwhile I have heard of your 2nd
> text you got displayed. As you can read on the threads below people
> would like to know the name of the owner of the driver who caused
> you the trouble  :-)
 
I think it would be unfair of me to name the author because I don't want to
risk them getting flamed, or risk myself being pulled into arguments about
it. I will say though that as far as I'm aware the author does not work for
any currently active Amiga company and it was reference an old driver. Many
people have suggested it might be companies such as Elbox or Eyetech but that
is not the case.
 
> Actually your board being down is almost like
> London without the Twin Towers, people really take this serious !!!
> Can you give a date when it will be up ???
 
I cannot give an exact date, but if I would like the site to be back up as
soon as possible. Obviously it will take some time to review the contents and
how submissions are handled and all being well I can bring it back. With it
being close to Christmas, it does mean other things will have to take
priority but hopefully before the New Year.
 
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Re: "http://amiga.resource.cx/" is Down??
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2005, 10:18:28 AM »
The two biggest hardware boards down. Anybody got a perfect backup of the AmigaHardwareDatabase that is less than a year old ???  :-?