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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Topic started by: BinoX on July 01, 2012, 11:01:49 PM

Title: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: BinoX on July 01, 2012, 11:01:49 PM

AmiBench is back!

After a long period of hibernation, the original Amiga marketplace is back online. We've got a new developer on board, so expect a lot of new features over the coming months, as well as an updated look for modern browsers.

http://www.amibench.org/ (http://www.amibench.org/)

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: Ryu on July 03, 2012, 11:01:03 AM

Yay! AmiBench is back online. Used to be one of those sites I'd check every single day way back, glad to see it back online and looking just as it did before.

Please don't update it too much, it's simplicity was half of it's charm!

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: jj on July 03, 2012, 11:53:40 AM

Quote from: BinoX;698628

AmiBench is back!
 
After a long period of hibernation, the original Amiga marketplace is back online. We've got a new developer on board, so expect a lot of new features over the coming months, as well as an updated look for modern browsers.
 
http://www.amibench.org/

Was that an enforced period of hibernation

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: Ryu on July 03, 2012, 12:05:56 PM

Hi

From my memory they decided to close the site due to a lack of progression with the site itself and Andrew (Techno) Wilson had pretty much left the Amiga scene.

Of course I could be wrong on the above, but I am quite sure it was something like that.

P.S this is my 1000 post!!!! :-)

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: jj on July 03, 2012, 03:27:56 PM

Sorry was getting confused with amibay :)

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: persia on July 03, 2012, 03:59:01 PM

(http://download.lifechurch.tv/images/Its_Alive_312x212_587x327.jpg)

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: tone007 on July 03, 2012, 07:03:57 PM

Wow, so clean, simple and easy to use!

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: lorddef on July 03, 2012, 09:55:48 PM

Blast from the past.  I sourced so much stuff from amibench back in the day, buying stuff from other amiga people was almost always a pleasure, unlike on ebay.

Great to see it back!

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: Akiko on July 03, 2012, 10:07:58 PM

I always found that board was pretty dead.

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: haywirepc on July 03, 2012, 10:39:20 PM

Looks pretty dead now.... But its nice to have another place to check for gear. Hope the  traffic and ads increase...

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: motrucker on July 04, 2012, 01:36:29 AM

More competition should help a lot in  this area! I hope it works out.

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: x56h34 on July 04, 2012, 03:11:38 AM

Wow, a blast from the past.

I hope it gains some momentum. This site used to be uber-important for all your Amiga trades, back in the day. :)

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: tft666 on July 04, 2012, 12:28:03 PM

Is this site closed to certain countries or something? The link has been dead for me since the news was posted. Never seen it work.

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: BinoX on July 04, 2012, 03:06:59 PM

Quote from: tft666;698998

Is this site closed to certain countries or something? The link has been dead for me since the news was posted. Never seen it work.

It shouldn't be... Try http://www.amibench.net instead

Title: Re: AmiBench - It's Here! Again!
Post by: kronuz on July 04, 2012, 05:32:40 PM

tft666: no problems here :)

I like the site as it is, but would like user registration and elaborate rules and guidelines asap, for everybodys protection.

Any plans for a lightweight version of the site-to-come, as well as the jiffyed up one ?