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Title: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on February 03, 2010, 02:53:53 AM
Fingers crossed!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: dreamcast270mhz on February 03, 2010, 03:37:39 AM
Same here... Double crossed
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Matt_H on February 03, 2010, 03:56:34 AM
:D
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tron2k2 on February 03, 2010, 04:16:29 AM
Amiga.  Doublecrossed.  Hahahahahaaaa!!!!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: amigakid on February 03, 2010, 04:24:00 AM
HAHA just tried it still down.  Wow can't even pay for a bloody website, what a bunch of loosers!!!!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Hell Labs on February 03, 2010, 07:31:33 AM
What were you doing there anyway? looking at the wonderful programs they have, like "snowman maker"?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Argo on February 03, 2010, 07:47:33 AM
From their secret base under the Canadian Shield, they are uploading a new website at 300bps which will unveil their new killer device. The AmiSlate!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: chiark on February 03, 2010, 07:58:32 AM
Perhaps it's like when the apple store goes down... Maybe there's a new product launch?  

Or maybe they just inept at web hosting.

Which  is more likely I wonder? ;)
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: motorollin on February 03, 2010, 09:04:31 AM
I wouldn't get excited just yet. The whois record form amiga.com states that the domain expires in June 2011. So I suspect that this is most likely a temporary problem with the hosting provider rather than them failing to maintain their hosting.

Pinging amiga.com results in inconsistent replies for me:

Code: [Select]
PING amiga.org (174.120.31.90): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 174.120.31.90: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=153.263 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
64 bytes from 174.120.31.90: icmp_seq=4 ttl=47 time=184.400 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
64 bytes from 174.120.31.90: icmp_seq=7 ttl=47 time=215.050 ms
^C

so I suspect this is a routing issue or maybe even somebody carrying out a DDOS.

--
moto
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Bamiga2002 on February 03, 2010, 09:42:22 AM
And i SO was considering buying Telnet Force from their shop. Superb app! ;)

Now, let's get some fireworks, beer & popcorn ready :banana:
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Pete_Noir on February 03, 2010, 10:09:07 AM
Quote from: Bamiga2002;541322
And i SO was considering buying Telnet Force from their shop. Superb app!

I hear they had so many people rushing to buy Telnet Force, it overloaded the server and it blew up.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: redrumloa on February 03, 2010, 01:12:25 PM
Must be all that traffic from Europe. "Amiga" is the 3rd most recognized brand in Europe, don't you know?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: motorollin on February 03, 2010, 01:14:43 PM
Quote from: redrumloa;541350
Must be all that traffic from Europe. "Amiga" is the 3rd most recognized brand in Europe, don't you know?


That's true actually. It's just behind Microsoft and Coca Cola. It just beat Disney to third place thanks to the media frenzy surrounding the release of Telnet Force.

--
moto
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: LoadWB on February 03, 2010, 02:54:08 PM
Quote from: Argo;541310
From their secret base under the Canadian Shield, they are uploading a new website at 300bps which will unveil their new killer device. The AmiSlate!


Using this:
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: TheGoose on February 03, 2010, 03:02:33 PM
You know those fools were messin around with that telnet FORCE! Was so powerful it likely blew the roof of that place, POOOWWWWW!

:roflmao:



Quote from: Bamiga2002;541322
And i SO was considering buying Telnet Force from their shop. Superb app! ;)

Now, let's get some fireworks, beer & popcorn ready :banana:
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: JC on February 03, 2010, 03:11:27 PM
Quote from: motorollin;541318
I wouldn't get excited just yet. The whois record form amiga.com states that the domain expires in June 2011. So I suspect that this is most likely a temporary problem with the hosting provider rather than them failing to maintain their hosting.

Pinging amiga.com results in inconsistent replies for me:

Code: [Select]
PING amiga.org (174.120.31.90): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 174.120.31.90: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=153.263 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
64 bytes from 174.120.31.90: icmp_seq=4 ttl=47 time=184.400 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
64 bytes from 174.120.31.90: icmp_seq=7 ttl=47 time=215.050 ms
^C


so I suspect this is a routing issue or maybe even somebody carrying out a DDOS.

--
moto


well, your ping says amiga.org not amiga.com  Am i the only one who noticed this?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: motorollin on February 03, 2010, 03:12:27 PM
Quote from: JC;541366
well, your ping says amiga.org not amiga.com  Am i the only one who noticed this?


Oops! Can't ping amiga.com at all.

--
moto
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: TheGoose on February 03, 2010, 03:20:46 PM
Kuhbaaammm !!!

(http://i.bnet.com/blogs/img002613.jpg)



Quote from: motorollin;541368
oops! Can't ping amiga.com at all.

--
moto
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: arttu80 on February 03, 2010, 06:53:31 PM
I hope this Amiga.com will stop and disappear,they serve no purpose to Amiga "brand". The "products" they offer, well I can't see any sense in these. They're pathetic!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Karlos on February 03, 2010, 07:17:31 PM
Quote from: motorollin;541368
Oops! Can't ping amiga.com at all.


Me neither.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: spihunter on February 03, 2010, 08:53:16 PM
I'm going to be really dissapointed when it re-appears.........It would be just too awesome for them to be gone for good.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: haywirepc on February 03, 2010, 09:54:22 PM
Don't get excited it will be back up, once Silly Billy finds new investors to
steal working capital from.
 
Silly Billy was surfing porn sites on their server again and crashed it.
  -PERSONAL ATTACK REMOVED- Maybe he will sell coupons or T-shirts so he can afford to hire a pc tech to fix it.
 
God forbid Silly Billy get a real job, and stop living off the amiga community
while providing nothing in return for us.
 
I hope it stays down, but I think its just down so they can add snowman maker 2.0 to their list of incredible next generation applications.
 
Steven
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: JC on February 03, 2010, 10:29:29 PM
Quote from: haywirepc;541422
Don't get excited it will be back up, once Silly Billy finds new investors to
steal working capital from.
 
Silly Billy was surfing porn sites on their server again and crashed it.
-quoted PERSONAL ATTACK REMOVED- Maybe he will sell coupons or T-shirts so he can afford to hire a pc tech to fix it.
 
God forbid Silly Billy get a real job, and stop living off the amiga community
while providing nothing in return for us.
 
I hope it stays down, but I think its just down so they can add snowman maker 2.0 to their list of incredible next generation applications.
 
Steven

snowman maker 2.0, isn't that just a box of crayons for 2yr. 0lds
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: arnljot on February 03, 2010, 10:30:47 PM
@haywirepc

Real classy...

@mods

What hashappened with amiga.org lately, has the moderation team went on holliday?

It's just no fun reading these kind of remarks, we'll all be glad if the current incarnation of Amiga Inc dissapears, but come on.

-quoted PERSONAL ATTACK REMOVED-

haywirepc, doesn't Bill McEwen have kids too which you can drag into this?

Where is the proportion in this?

Are the site posting rules just for show?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on February 03, 2010, 10:53:44 PM
Quote from: arnljot;541424
@haywirepc

real classy...

@mods

what hashappened with amiga.org lately, has the moderation team went on holliday?

It's just no fun reading these kind of remarks, we'll all be glad if the current incarnation of amiga inc dissapears, but come on.

-quoted PERSONAL ATTACK REMOVED-

haywirepc, doesn't bill mcewen have kids too which you can drag into this?

Where is the proportion in this?

Are the site posting rules just for show?

pfffffffffffft!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: inoel on February 03, 2010, 11:02:05 PM
was saving up for snowman maker lol
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: redrumloa on February 03, 2010, 11:05:28 PM
Quote from: arnljot;541424

@mods

What hashappened with amiga.org lately, has the moderation team went on holliday?
 

Did you report it? Moderation is not a paid job and the moderators don't live here 24/7.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: redrumloa on February 03, 2010, 11:11:16 PM
Guys & Gals,
Please remember that one man's humor is another man's personal attack. Things like reference to a spouse's appearance should be off limits, per site TOS. I hate moderating and I rarely do it, I like free flowing free speech. Don't make me moderate things :-/
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on February 03, 2010, 11:24:36 PM
Quote from: redrumloa;541433
Guys & Gals,
Please remember that one man's humor is another man's personal attack. Things like reference to a spouse's appearance should be off limits, per site TOS. I hate moderating and I rarely do it, I like free flowing free speech. Don't make me moderate things :-/


Ah for Jesus sake lighten up.  There's far too much moderation on amiga.org. This site is getting dull enough as it is.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: redrumloa on February 03, 2010, 11:29:26 PM
Quote from: Tension;541435
Ah for Jesus sake lighten up.  There's far too much moderation on amiga.org. This site is getting dull enough as it is.

There are TOS and they are fairly liberal. If we don't enforce them, people get upset. If we do enforce them, people get upset. No win situation, the website is intended to be family friendly, so the TOS is enforced.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on February 03, 2010, 11:31:35 PM
-Edited for personal attack-
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: redrumloa on February 03, 2010, 11:35:29 PM
Quote from: Tension;541439
-Edited for personal attack-

If you have an issue with me, take it to PM or report it to the site administrator.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on February 03, 2010, 11:44:43 PM
You seem to get off on throwing your weight around.  

Wind your neck in and get a life.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: redrumloa on February 03, 2010, 11:47:42 PM
Quote from: Tension;541442
You seem to get off on throwing your weight around.  

Wind your neck in and get a life.

I have moderated 3 posts in the last year iirc, yours was #3. I suggest you read the Posting Guidelines (http://www.amiga.org/index.php?pageid=posting_guidelines) and get on with enjoying yourself.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Karlos on February 03, 2010, 11:55:59 PM
Quote from: arnljot;541424
@mods

What hashappened with amiga.org lately, has the moderation team went on holliday


It may surprise you to learn that moderators are basically just users like yourself and aren't surgically wired into the site :) Seriously though, there is a "report post" feature. If you see something out of order, use that and then all the moderators are alerted.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: danwood on February 04, 2010, 03:03:12 AM
Oh dear, no need
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: haywirepc on February 04, 2010, 05:38:24 AM
I apologise for my "Personal attack" is really was meant to be humerous but I see that it was pretty mean spirited on reflection.
 
STILL...
 
I thought silly billy was exempted from personal attacks in the tos from what I have seen posted here before, it sure seems like he is.
 
Besides this, Silly Billy has owed me a t-shirt for years. I think until he gives me the t-shirt, I should be allowed to attack him personally all I want, but I don't want to cause any trouble here so I will just say that he is a less than good person that has done nothing useful for our community for years and years and years, other than trying to make a living off the amiga name and trademarks.
 
He has tried to stop amiga os4 development, tried to screw hyperion out of years or work, tried to make a living off the back of the community, and more. None of this is personal attacks, they are simply facts.
 
I hope he gets a real job and stops trying to suck the amiga name, trademark, patents and legacy dry for his own benefit.
 
Enough said...
 
Steven
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: obscurepanic on February 04, 2010, 06:52:30 AM
Amiga.com still down.

Things are getting interesting.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Bamiga2002 on February 08, 2010, 09:24:07 PM
I hope they STAY down, until someone who really cares comes along and obtains the domain name.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Gulliver on February 08, 2010, 09:41:53 PM
It could be a great domain name for the long evicted lesbians that tryed to buy Amiga.org a long time ago ;)

I believe this thread has caused too much Tension to some :)
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: NovaCoder on February 14, 2010, 10:38:44 PM
I think they must be down for good?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: ZeBeeDee on February 14, 2010, 10:47:10 PM
We can but hope!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on February 15, 2010, 01:21:35 AM
larga vida a las lesbianas español!

viva as lésbicas Português!

(Thanks Google Translate)
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: johnklos on February 15, 2010, 01:49:25 AM
Might this have anything at all to do with http://www.amigaos4.com/ being down, too?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: palemoon on February 16, 2010, 07:27:39 AM
I just did a quick whois search on amiga.com and got this:

Quote
amiga.com
This domain name has been suspended due to invalid Whois information.

If you are the registrant of this domain name please contact us at: mailto:(http://source.domaintools.com/email.pgif?md5=ad206854c3f6f862d6308f0856729e71&face=arial&size=9&color=000000&bgcolor=FFFFFF&face=arial&size=9&color=0000FF&bgcolor=FFFFFF&format[]=underline&format[]=transparent&format[]=transparent) (http://www.domaintools.com/registrant-search/?email=ad206854c3f6f862d6308f0856729e71)>(http://source.domaintools.com/email.pgif?md5=ad206854c3f6f862d6308f0856729e71&face=arial&size=9&color=000000&bgcolor=FFFFFF&face=arial&size=9&color=0000FF&bgcolor=FFFFFF&format[]=underline&format[]=transparent&format[]=transparent) (http://www.domaintools.com/registrant-search/?email=ad206854c3f6f862d6308f0856729e71).

amiga.com is also listed as being available for purchase. All the "whois" info shows "UNKNOWN" so who knows. Hopefully they are gone. :)
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: tokyoracer on February 16, 2010, 07:32:25 AM
Would be nice to see it taken over by a group (or person) who takes the "Amiga" name seriously for once and will bring something good to the scene.
The ssite that was online beforehand was tacky as hell and quite frankly p**s useless.

Totally agree with Bamiga2002.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on February 16, 2010, 08:56:41 PM
Their contacts all had Amiga.com addresses, a bad move, especially when they couldn't maintain a mail server for more than a couple days.  They were evicted from the rental space and their phone service disconnected.  There is no real way to get in contact with Amiga Inc that doesn't involve mediums and Ouija boards...

Quote from: palemoon;543435
I just did a quick whois search on amiga.com and got this:



amiga.com is also listed as being available for purchase. All the "whois" info shows "UNKNOWN" so who knows. Hopefully they are gone. :)
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: sim085 on February 16, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
Could it be that the guys who came out with the X1000 are going to put something on amiga.com? maybe part of the agreement?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: koaftder on February 16, 2010, 09:33:26 PM
Quote from: sim085;543555
Could it be that the guys who came out with the X1000 are going to put something on amiga.com? maybe part of the agreement?


I wouldn't bet on it. Then again, I wouldn't bet on the X1000 actually ever being available for sale.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: jorkany on February 16, 2010, 09:36:51 PM
Quote from: sim085;543555
Could it be that the guys who came out with the X1000 are going to put something on amiga.com? maybe part of the agreement?

Think about it for a minute, they can't even get something going on their own website.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: spihunter on February 16, 2010, 09:42:25 PM
Wow! still down! I starting to think that their gone for good.......
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: sim085 on February 16, 2010, 09:45:00 PM
Quote from: jorkany;543557
Think about it for a minute, they can't even get something going on their own website.


Yes you are right :) that site pretty sucks - but maybe they are keeping the best for the later ;)
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Pentad on February 16, 2010, 09:59:18 PM
Some changes recently:

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: AMIGA.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS1.HARDHATHOSTING.NET
Name Server: NS2.HARDHATHOSTING.NET
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientHold
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 11-feb-2010
Creation Date: 25-jun-1994
Expiration Date: 24-jun-2011

>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:57:23 UTC <<<
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on February 17, 2010, 04:10:59 AM
If McBill doesn't claim it soon GoDaddy will put it on the auction block, wonder how much Spanish Lesbians are willing to pay?
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: PPC on February 17, 2010, 06:37:17 AM
Quote from: persia;543610
If McBill doesn't claim it soon GoDaddy will put it on the auction block, wonder how much Spanish Lesbians are willing to pay?


LOL! that one really got me laughing!

It's good thing Amiga inc. is gone now, finally we can have some development going on Amiga OS without Amiga inc. holding it back as it did for years.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: obscurepanic on February 17, 2010, 06:37:59 AM
Yo, McBill! The Amiga community is not really happy for you and they'll let you finish but.... Hyperion is the best Amiga successor of all time! OF ALL TIME!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: dammy on February 17, 2010, 11:18:23 AM
Quote from: persia;543610
If McBill doesn't claim it soon GoDaddy will put it on the auction block, wonder how much Spanish Lesbians are willing to pay?


Since they are paid till 2011, I doubt GoDaddy will do anything until 2011.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: jj on February 17, 2010, 12:36:45 PM
Quote from: dammy;543641
Since they are paid till 2011, I doubt GoDaddy will do anything until 2011.

 
Why that is what that company does.  They buy and sell domains
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: sim085 on February 17, 2010, 12:55:02 PM
Quote from: JJ;543649
Why that is what that company does.  They buy and sell domains


Yes but they cannot sell a domain which is owned by another entity. The only way for amiga.com to be sold is that the current owners sell it.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on February 17, 2010, 10:43:12 PM
Nope, Godaddy is a nasty entity.  They have already charged MCBill at least US$9.95 and Amiga.com is in line for deletion.  If McBill doesn't pay up they can and do delete the domain.  Every cybersquatter will be in on this one.  It's a useful Spanish/Portuguese word.

It'll be in GoDaddy Auctions before you know it.  When the time comes we should have a contest as to the final winning bid....

Quote from: sim085;543650
Yes but they cannot sell a domain which is owned by another entity. The only way for amiga.com to be sold is that the current owners sell it.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Lockon_15 on February 17, 2010, 11:18:03 PM
A smart move for new owner(s) of amiga.org....
Amiga.com redirects to Amiga.org
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on February 18, 2010, 01:23:12 AM
Perhaps it's all part of the "most ambitious project"
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Crom00 on February 18, 2010, 02:57:32 AM
Quote from: Tension;543764
Perhaps it's all part of the "most ambitious project"


So what's the deal, does Amiga Inc. exist? Do they own the Amiga IP? Etc. Etc.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: sim085 on February 18, 2010, 09:09:19 PM
Hey!!! even winuae.net is down!!! or this was already known? Not sure, just tried to donwload WinUAE.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Hell Labs on February 18, 2010, 10:10:31 PM
Quote from: sim085;543874
Hey!!! even winuae.net is down!!! or this was already known? Not sure, just tried to donwload WinUAE.

Been like that for ages.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Tension on June 04, 2010, 06:05:42 PM
So there's still no update on what happened to Amiga Inc.?  Yes, it was no more than a shell company with some very dubious financial dealings, but I can't believe there's been no details whatsoever from anyone!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Pyromania on June 20, 2010, 07:05:38 AM
Quote from: Tension;562872
So there's still no update on what happened to Amiga Inc.?  Yes, it was no more than a shell company with some very dubious financial dealings, but I can't believe there's been no details whatsoever from anyone!


This is not really new news for you but it does remind me of Amiga Inc and what they were looking for.


http://www.izles.net/qGnCSeTArHB/austin-powers-100-billion-dollars.html
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Andre.Siegel on June 20, 2010, 08:40:34 AM
Quote from: Tension;562872
So there's still no update on what happened to Amiga Inc.?  Yes, it was no more than a shell company with some very dubious financial dealings, but I can't believe there's been no details whatsoever from anyone!

How many details do you need? The Washington-based Amiga Inc. was officially dissolved in early August 2009, about two months prior to the announcement of the legal "settlement"...

Bill McEwen is currently running a company called Amiga Development, Inc. that was incorporated in March of this year.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on June 21, 2010, 05:10:04 AM
Amiga Development India's website is up,  absolutely nothing new, but it's up.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: wakido on July 10, 2010, 08:24:52 AM
Amiga.com is resolving again...
no site but resolving.

whois is fixed...
Registrant:
   Amiga, Inc.
   15846 NE 67th Pl
   Redmond, Washington 98052
   United States

   Domain Name: AMIGA.COM
      Created on: 25-Jun-94
      Expires on: 23-Jun-11
      Last Updated on: 16-Jun-09

   Administrative Contact:
      Pfeifer, Vince  
      Amiga, Inc.
      15846 NE 67th Pl
      Redmond, Washington 98052
      United States
      +1.4258852284      Fax --

   Technical Contact:
      Pfeifer, Vince  
      Amiga, Inc.
      15846 NE 67th Pl
      Redmond, Washington 98052
      United States
      +1.4258852284      Fax --

   Domain servers in listed order:
      NS1.HARDHATHOSTING.NET
      NS2.HARDHATHOSTING.NET
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: tasmanian guy on July 10, 2010, 08:47:57 AM
I registered www.amigaformat.com (http://www.amigaformat.com) and am currently waiting on permission from future publishing to release downloadable pdf versions of Amiga Format issues.
 
I think personally Amiga Inc is no more obviously, they never did anything for the Amiga anyway, just left in limbo land.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Buzzfuzz on July 10, 2010, 09:13:16 AM
Quote from: tasmanian guy;569763

I think personally Amiga Inc is no more obviously, they never did anything for the Amiga anyway, just left in limbo land.

:laughing:
If that where the case, then they should be reborn by now, you can't stay in limbo forever.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: BrainD on July 30, 2010, 09:30:23 PM
Regardless the reason for Amiga.com being. The simple fact does not bode well for anything Amiga related.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: wakido on August 28, 2010, 02:06:31 AM
http://amiga.com/ and http://amigadevindia.com/

both now going to GoDaddy parked pages.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: mongo on August 28, 2010, 03:01:49 AM
Strange. Amiga.com was working a few days ago. It was just a blank page, but it was working.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Iggy on August 28, 2010, 03:37:14 AM
We can only hope that Bill McEwen has finally given up. Its bad enough when the current owner of the Commodore name licenses it out to a furniture dealer to market low power PCs housed in a C64 look alike case, but Amiga Inc actually slowed down or prevented the development of Amiga technology.

Lets hope no one else thinks to resurrect this issue and Hyperion becomes the sole owner of the right to use the Amiga name (not that it matters to me as I'll still be using MorphOS).
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: wakido on August 30, 2010, 04:30:47 AM
Both blank pages again
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on August 30, 2010, 12:00:22 PM
Both Amiga.com and AmigaDevIndia.com resolve to 207.126.57.129.  This is an ip in the range that belongs to Xeroscape/Hard Hat Hosting.  The same company Amiga Inc has always used for hosting.

It appears that 24 A records actually "reside" on that IP:


amiga.com, amigadev.net, amigadevindia.com, boing.amiga.com, de.amiga.com, ftp.amigadev.net, intent-sharp.amigadev.net, lady.amiga.com, lists.amiga.com, mall.amiga.com, mobilezone.amiga.com, newcorp.amigadev.net, os.amiga.com, os.newcorp.amigadev.net, os4.amiga.com, shop.amiga.com, super.amiga.com, thalion.amiga.com, ww.amiga.com, http://www.amiga-anywhere.com, http://www.amiga.com, http://www.amigadev.net, http://www.amigadevindia.com, wwww.amiga.com
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: Amiga_Nut on August 30, 2010, 12:57:12 PM
Quote from: Iggy;576582
We can only hope that Bill McEwen has finally given up. Its bad enough when the current owner of the Commodore name licenses it out to a furniture dealer to market low power PCs housed in a C64 look alike case, but Amiga Inc actually slowed down or prevented the development of Amiga technology.

Lets hope no one else thinks to resurrect this issue and Hyperion becomes the sole owner of the right to use the Amiga name (not that it matters to me as I'll still be using MorphOS).


Hyperion are another bunch of idiots, they won't even release a Mac-Mini compatible version of OS4 and massively dropped the ball by not getting in on OS4 as the PS3s native 'other OS' instead of that pile of puke Yellow Dog Linux.

I'd rather they all just dropped dead tomorrow, including Cloanto who are holding up the release of KS to freeware status and fleecing innocent idiots into a £30 copy of UAE with crippled files and encrypted roms.

Unless someone with cash AND brains, like say Google or IBM,  buys the whole lot lock stock and barrel then please dear god let it all end and allow Amiga to rest in peace.

Enough with crap like x1000 and SAM etc etc.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: LoadWB on August 30, 2010, 03:05:21 PM
A few days ago amiga.com was "parked" by GoDaddy, a WHOIS returned no results for the domain, and this from GoDaddy's registry system: "Updated Date: 29-aug-2010."

This leads me to believe that someone allowed the domain to expire and then suddenly renewed it.  Maybe due to this thread or similar elsewhere.  The current registrant is listed as Vince Pfiefer.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: scuzzb494 on August 30, 2010, 04:12:44 PM
Quote from: LoadWB;576819
A few days ago amiga.com was "parked" by GoDaddy, a WHOIS returned no results for the domain, and this from GoDaddy's registry system: "Updated Date: 29-aug-2010."

This leads me to believe that someone allowed the domain to expire and then suddenly renewed it.  Maybe due to this thread or similar elsewhere.  The current registrant is listed as Vince Pfiefer.



If you do a search on Whois you get ................

WHOIS information for amiga.com :

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[whois.verisign-grs.com]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

   Domain Name: AMIGA.COM
   Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
   Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
   Name Server: NS31.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
   Name Server: NS32.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
   Status: clientDeleteProhibited
   Status: clientRenewProhibited
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Status: clientUpdateProhibited
   Updated Date: 27-aug-2010
   Creation Date: 25-jun-1994
   Expiration Date: 24-jun-2011

There is nothing suspiscious there. Takes a lot lot longer to change the status of a dot com. The Amiga Com page is empty. The page has been edited I would guess by the owner for what ever reason. If the domain was the property of a domain host and there was no owner then you would be redirected to the domain host website. The domain name is not for sale. There is quite a lengthy process in transferring the rights to the domain. Not sure if thats been happening. Cant see why a new owner would create an empty page with just the html tags on it. All the status lines are in the prohibited state so no transition is in place.

PS That Vince Pfeifer is the admin contact at Amiga Inc


Registrant:
Amiga, Inc.

15846 NE 67th Pl
Redmond, Washington 98052
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: AMIGA.COM
Created on: 25-Jun-94
Expires on: 23-Jun-11
Last Updated on: 16-Jun-09

Administrative Contact:
Pfeifer, Vince vince...at..vincepfeifer.com
Amiga, Inc.
15846 NE 67th Pl
Redmond, Washington 98052
United States
+1.4258852284

Technical Contact:
Pfeifer, Vince vince..at..vincepfeifer.com
Amiga, Inc.
15846 NE 67th Pl
Redmond, Washington 98052
United States
+1.4258852284

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.HARDHATHOSTING.NET
NS2.HARDHATHOSTING.NET


Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited
Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited

................................... That looks like the domain is owned by Amiga Inc so I really dont see that anything is out of order.


What will be will be.
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: persia on August 30, 2010, 04:47:45 PM
BigBenAussie posted a smiley on the aw.net thread.  Could be just a trick, but there may be Amiga branded PCs on the way....
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: 1985BMWK75 on August 30, 2010, 05:13:25 PM
Let's hope it stays down!
Title: Re: Amiga.com down
Post by: dougal on August 30, 2010, 05:47:16 PM
Quote from: Amiga_Nut;576811
Enough with crap like x1000 and SAM etc etc.

Very well said. The SAM is an overly priced piece of cr*p in my opinion. You pay all that money for a motherboard, then u need to add expensive ram, a case, a graphics card, case etc.. And once you are done, it has no other use than that of OS4.

As for the X1000, i dont see it anywhere, and even so, the keyboard and mouse for example are just simple Logitech with horrible Boing ball logos stuck on.

At least the Mac Mini (2nd hand) looks nice, its fast and its a hell of a lot cheaper than the SAM.

Other good candidates for OS4 are the Wii and the Gamecube which are both powered by PowerPC CPU's which are very similar to the G3 750FX processors used in the iMac and iBook.