Commodore 128 Alive!

SMF is now running on the site.

A couple of things:

When you first log in to the new software all messages will appear as new. The first time you do a "mark all topics as read" will take a little while.

Internal links to old forum postings are broken.

If you encounter any problems, post to this thread, if you can't post contact me by email at landover (at) tpg.com.au

I strongly recommend you modify your profile.

Enjoy the new features :)

cheers,

Lance

Wow, it's so... w-i-d-e. (without a sidebar) :)

Looks good, though!

Any way you can import PMs? I have a couple with information I should have saved offline but didn't.

Quote from: nikoniko on January 10, 2008, 08:04 PM
Wow, it's so... w-i-d-e. (without a sidebar) :)

Looks good, though!

Any way you can import PMs? I have a couple with information I should have saved offline but didn't.

No - but I can retrieve 'em from the old database.

cheers,

Lance

Whoa. It is going to take some time to adjust to the change.

Hi Lance

Perhaps you can fix the internal links by running a search & replace on the appropriate column in the database?

Just a thought.

Quote from: StyleCHM on January 10, 2008, 08:14 PM
Hi Lance

Perhaps you can fix the internal links by running a search & replace on the appropriate column in the database?

Just a thought.

You volunteering ? :)

Lance

MySQL? No problem, just give me a login :)

Quote from: StyleCHM on January 10, 2008, 08:25 PM
MySQL? No problem, just give me a login :)

MySQL yes.

You reckon you can do it ?

Lance

Yeh, shouldnt be a problem - gimme 15 minutes to find the database schema documentation and write a query to test my theory (without updating the database first)

Would be good to hit it now before people have posted much more, unless you can easily backup and restore (just in case).

Quote from: StyleCHM on January 10, 2008, 08:32 PM
Yeh, shouldnt be a problem - gimme 15 minutes to find the database schema documentation and write a query to test my theory (without updating the database first)

Would be good to hit it now before people have posted much more, unless you can easily backup and restore (just in case).

Just checking a thread elsewhere by someone else with the same problem - might be easily solvable.

Lance

it would just be a case of extracting the relevant links from the old database (ie, in the old format), translating them into identifying keys for the old database (ie, which record in the "posts" tables do they point at), translate identifying information (maybe the subject?) to find the records in smf_messages, grab the keys and rewrite the URL :D

Nothing really :D

EDIT: Come to think of it, if you had both the old and new tables in the same database, it would really be quite trivial. Since the tables would have different prefixes, you could do that quite easily, at least temporarily

Not too bad.. Will take some getting used to, but all in all, I think its pretty nice.  I do like the fact that you can now add attachments to posts.  Maybe consider kicking it up just a bit more than 128k though?  Maybe the size of a D81 image?

<--Do we really need horoscopes? The text on them is all mushed up, anyway. Except for mine, which is short.

Also, there are two email icons over there.

Quote from: Mark R. Brown on January 11, 2008, 02:24 AM
<--Do we really need horoscopes?

I'm not seeing those. I am seeing two broken image links. :(

Yours seems to say "Pisce8elf-Existing".  :)

Quote from: xlar54 on January 10, 2008, 11:10 PM
Not too bad.. Will take some getting used to, but all in all, I think its pretty nice.  I do like the fact that you can now add attachments to posts.  Maybe consider kicking it up just a bit more than 128k though?  Maybe the size of a D81 image?

Increased as requested.

Quote from: Golan Klinger on January 11, 2008, 03:05 AM

Quote from: Mark R. Brown on January 11, 2008, 02:24 AM
<--Do we really need horoscopes?

I'm not seeing those. I am seeing two broken image links. :(

Was part of a mod - removed.

Quote from: Mark R. Brown on January 11, 2008, 04:09 AM
Yours seems to say "Pisce8elf-Existing".  :)

Ah, now we finally have proof that the Pisce8 Elf species exists! Never expected them to look like cats... no wonder they've been so elusive! :D

I think the new software is much nicer than the old personally.

Can I smite him for that opinion? I really, really want to use the 'smite' link, but I'm afraid of setting off a 'Smite War'. :)

I think I will need some time to acclimate.

WTE

P.S. We are missing some of the smilies from the old board, didn't we? Also the new smilies do have a broad edge.

I may have to read the documentation. I was worried it would come to this.

Oh, the horror! :o

On the old system, I had it set with a very dark theme with a black background.  There doesn't seem to be any way to do this now, unless I'm missing something?

Also...  No more country flags?  I thought that was a nice addition.  :)

-Andrew

heheh... boy Lance, you know we will nitpick this for awhile too ;)  I hope our gripes are welcome and dont sound too whiny.

Too much lavender or whatever that background color is.  My eyes start watering after a few minutes.  Can you darken it a bit?

Quote from: xlar54 on January 11, 2008, 02:04 PM
heheh... boy Lance, you know we will nitpick this for awhile too ;)  I hope our gripes are welcome and dont sound too whiny.

I don't want to come off sounding like I'm nitpicking...  It's just constructive criticism, and I'm sure Lance will take it that way.  In all, I like the new layout.  I gave it a "Yes" on the poll.  ;)

Quote from: steggy on January 11, 2008, 02:33 PM
Too much lavender or whatever that background color is.  My eyes start watering after a few minutes.  Can you darken it a bit?

Here here!  Dark!  Make it dark!  buahahahahahahaha  8)

-Andrew

Yeah, yeah - it'll all be fixed :)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on January 11, 2008, 11:24 AM
On the old system, I had it set with a very dark theme with a black background.  There doesn't seem to be any way to do this now, unless I'm missing something?

No - I'm yet to install other themes.

QuoteAlso...  No more country flags?  I thought that was a nice addition.  :)

Flag mod installed - add it in your profile.

cheers,

Lance

Thus far I like it. It could be a case of just liking it better than the old one. Of course I wasn't at the old one very long so there's not really anything for me to get used to here since I wasn't used to the old one.

Quote from: Lance Lyon on January 11, 2008, 07:04 PMFlag mod installed - add it in your profile.

Yippie!  :D

BTW - I noticed that we don't have the clickable smilies above the message editor anymore.  Is there a list somewhere of available smilies?  For example, I wanted to put the smilie with the devil horns next to my "buahahahaha" above, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.  On Lemon64, it's "::twisted::", but that didn't work here.

-Andrew

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on January 12, 2008, 07:34 AM

Quote from: Lance Lyon on January 11, 2008, 07:04 PMFlag mod installed - add it in your profile.

Yippie!  :D

BTW - I noticed that we don't have the clickable smilies above the message editor anymore.  Is there a list somewhere of available smilies?  For example, I wanted to put the smilie with the devil horns next to my "buahahahaha" above, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.  On Lemon64, it's "::twisted::", but that didn't work here.

-Andrew

I'll add the mod in.

cheers,

Lance

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on January 12, 2008, 07:34 AM

BTW - I noticed that we don't have the clickable smilies above the message editor anymore.  Is there a list somewhere of available smilies?  For example, I wanted to put the smilie with the devil horns next to my "buahahahaha" above, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.  On Lemon64, it's "::twisted::", but that didn't work here.

-Andrew

Restored - but I need to add more sets.

Lance

Bloody hell Lance! What a change! I like it though!

My thoughts on the new forum software:

1. The forum now displays real names rather than logins and it is proving more difficult to adjust to than I expected.

2. Avatars are down below all the other user information and that whole sidebar is way too busy.

3. Still no access to our old PMs.

4. The "Preview" function is borked. It shows a single line of the post and there's no scrollbar on the box so I can't see the rest of my post without clicking in the preview box and manually scrolling. Ugh.

Unfortunately I don't have anything positive to report as the above are tainting my experience. :(

Quote from: Golan Klinger on January 13, 2008, 07:52 AM
My thoughts on the new forum software:

1. The forum now displays real names rather than logins and it is proving more difficult to adjust to than I expected.

Go into your profile & change your display name to fix this one.

Quote2. Avatars are down below all the other user information and that whole sidebar is way too busy.

Noted - will work on this.

Quote3. Still no access to our old PMs.

I can export these, as PM's weren't part of the 'core' PunBB installation they didn't come across on the import. This is a manual job, but can do & PM the flat text file across to you.

Quote4. The "Preview" function is borked. It shows a single line of the post and there's no scrollbar on the box so I can't see the rest of my post without clicking in the preview box and manually scrolling. Ugh.

This one's odd, I'm not experiencing it on FF 2, anyone else having this problem ?

cheers,

Lance

Quote from: BlacklordGo into your profile & change your display name to fix this one.

I know who I am. :)

QuoteI can export these, as PM's weren't part of the 'core' PunBB installation they didn't come across on the import. This is a manual job, but can do & PM the flat text file across to you.

That would be appreciated. I had a few I hadn't gotten around to replying to. :(

QuoteThis one's odd, I'm not experiencing it on FF 2, anyone else having this problem ?

I'm running Safari v3.0.4.

Actually, you can retrieve 'em yourselves - the old forum is still here (http://landover.no-ip.com/128/backupforum).

I've simply locked all the boards so no posting can be done.

cheers,

Lance

Quote from: Blacklord on January 13, 2008, 09:10 AM
Actually, you can retrieve 'em yourselves - the old forum is still here (http://landover.no-ip.com/128/backupforum).

I've simply locked all the boards so no posting can be done.

cheers,

Lance

After using this for a few days I've decided that it isn't to my liking.  The colors are difficult for me (I have blue-green color blindness), the arrangement of the messages is confiusing, especially with scroll bars for longer messages, after a post I find myself  up one level from where I was, which means I have to renavigate to the subforum into which I had posted, the editing window for posting is too small -- there are other problems as well.  As far as I'm concerned, if this is going to be the forum software for the future I won't come back.

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur
After using this for a few days I've decided that it isn't to my liking.  The colors are difficult for me (I have blue-green color blindness)

There are other themes that can be used (go to profile > look & layout preferences > current theme > change) - they can be previewed before changing. There will be others added.

As to the future, yes, I'll be using this software for a few reasons:

PunBB had a couple of major security holes that haven't been corrected (the old forum was hacked at least twice in the last month - no user details were taken I should point out).

This software allows easy mod integration & warns if one mod will conflict with another - PunBB  will happily break installed mods.

PunBB is shortly about to become closed-source.

As far as the editing window is concerned, I'm in partial agreement with you. However, this has a wider windows & punBB has a deeper window. I'll look at dropping in fckeditor (which is what I had added to PunBB) to restore the 'old' editor feel.

cheers,

Lance

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on January 13, 2008, 11:50 AM
after a post I find myself  up one level from where I was, which means I have to renavigate to the subforum into which I had posted

This is changeable in your profile :

Profile > Look & Layout > Return to topic after posting (unselect checkbox).

cheers,

Lance

Quote from: BlacklordThere are other themes that can be used (go to profile > look & layout preferences > current theme > change) - they can be previewed before changing. There will be others added.

I tried all the other themes and I found that functionality was lost. For example, most of the top links like members and downloads etc. weren't there. The themes appear to be more than just window dressing.

I'm not loving the new forum software at this point either but I think it's premature to judge because it always takes time to adjust to change. In Lance's defence, he's still getting things configured and the change was necessary. Besides, most of my objections are superficial. The people and the discussions are the same and that's what I'm here for.

Quote from: Golan Klinger on January 13, 2008, 04:01 PM

Quote from: BlacklordThere are other themes that can be used (go to profile > look & layout preferences > current theme > change) - they can be previewed before changing. There will be others added.

I tried all the other themes and I found that functionality was lost. For example, most of the top links like members and downloads etc. weren't there. The themes appear to be more than just window dressing.

I'm not loving the new forum software at this point either but I think it's premature to judge because it always takes time to adjust to change. In Lance's defence, he's still getting things configured and the change was necessary. Besides, most of my objections are superficial. The people and the discussions are the same and that's what I'm here for.

Yep, I need to add the 'extras' in to the other themes - there's a tool to do this so that'll be done shortly.

cheers,

Lance

Ok, I'll toss mine into the ring... because I have a softspot in my heart for the arts :)  ... will we be seeing the C=128 banners returning soon?  The banner rotation script was pretty cool as well. At your convenience of course - im sure thats way down on a to-do list somewhere.

Quote from: xlar54 on January 13, 2008, 05:15 PM
Ok, I'll toss mine into the ring... because I have a softspot in my heart for the arts :)  ... will we be seeing the C=128 banners returning soon?  The banner rotation script was pretty cool as well. At your convenience of course - im sure thats way down on a to-do list somewhere.

Yup, rotating banners will be back.

Lance

Quote from: Blacklord on January 13, 2008, 04:56 PMYep, I need to add the 'extras' in to the other themes - there's a tool to do this so that'll be done shortly.

I'm sure you'll get it all sorted out...  But just remember:  You can't please everyone all the time.  ;)

BTW - I haven't had much trouble adjusting...  Probably because this software is already being used on the Vintage Computing and Gaming Forum (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/forum/), so I've already used it...  :)

-Andrew

What's happening this weekend:

1) Complete all the file categories & sub-categories & start adding the files in (via the Download) link on the menu bar
2) Modify the secondary theme templates to include the mods added to the main theme
3) Install Debian onto the (new) database machine (currently running Windows Server 2003 is running on the db host machine)

Whew! Hard work!

I like most of it.  And since it improves admin and security it's a definite win.  The only complaint I have is the code blocks in posts.  The font-size is too small.  I have good eyesight but I find it very difficult to read!  If you could fix that one thing it would be perfect.  I do like the monospace font and the convient 'copy text' link so don't change that, ok? :)

P.S. I haven't tried different styles so maybe one of those has a larger code font?

Edit
I tried updating my profile as suggested earlier in this thread.  Now at the top of the page it states "If you aren't comfortable with sharing some information, simply skip it - nothing here is required. "  I changed only one thing, the "Custom Title" just to see what it would and after I click submit (err, Change Profile) I get the error "You must select the country that you visit us from."  So some things are required!

They never let me do QA because a product would never ship :)  I can find bugs everywhere!  Maybe that's Microsoft's philosophy?

I tried the "English Steel" theme and the code font is larger but its not monospace :( Plus the entire layout is not as wide (wide is good) and lot of the icons are missing/invalid.  Oh well, maybe someday...

Anyway, just want to say again I like most it and understand these things take time to iron out.
/Edit

Quote from: hydrophilic on January 25, 2008, 12:16 PM

I tried updating my profile as suggested earlier in this thread.  Now at the top of the page it states "If you aren't comfortable with sharing some information, simply skip it - nothing here is required. "  I changed only one thing, the "Custom Title" just to see what it would and after I click submit (err, Change Profile) I get the error "You must select the country that you visit us from."  So some things are required!

That's actually an external modification, so is 'exempt' from the board rules.

Lance

I really like this new forum software... :) Good job, Lance!

Anyone knows if it's possible to have your profile picture animated (through an animated gif)? :)

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on December 17, 2008, 10:36 PM
Anyone knows if it's possible to have your profile picture animated (through an animated gif)? :)

Sure can - just upload your own pic.

I did, but it didn't "animate"... :( It just showed the first picture in the animated gif. Any special demand on the gif, regarding framerate etc?

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on December 17, 2008, 10:54 PM
I did, but it didn't "animate"... :( It just showed the first picture in the animated gif. Any special demand on the gif, regarding framerate etc?

Ok, sounds like the forum is resizing your avatar - if that happens, then the animation is clobbered.

To prevent SMF from resizing an avatar (& then converting it to PNG) - it must not be larger than 65 x 65 pixels.

cheers,

Lance

Lance, you da man!  :D

Cool :)

hmm...  I thought maybe the system was rejecting it because it's an Amiga bouncing ball animation.  ;)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 19, 2008, 01:46 PM
hmm...  I thought maybe the system was rejecting it because it's an Amiga bouncing ball animation.  ;)

Oi! Hardly! The Amiga always was (& still is) my favourite computer ever!

Quote from: Blacklord on December 19, 2008, 03:35 PMOi! Hardly! The Amiga always was (& still is) my favourite computer ever!

That's one computer that I still haven't had the priviledge to own...  But one day...  One day...  ;)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 19, 2008, 03:37 PMThat's one computer that I still haven't had the priviledge to own...  But one day...  One day...  ;)

Should I get you of the free A500's being given away at Saturday's TOGA meeting?

                 Truly,
                 Robert Bernardo
                 Fresno Commodore User Group
                 http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                 The Other Group of Amigoids
                 http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
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Quote from: RobertB on December 19, 2008, 04:48 PMShould I get you of the free A500's being given away at Saturday's TOGA meeting?

If you're offering to give me a free A500, then I gladly accept!  :)

I love the Amiga too but having to choose one Commodore as my favourite would be difficult. I do have some amazing memories (thanks for them?) of the early Amiga days though...

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 19, 2008, 04:49 PMIf you're offering to give me a free A500, then I gladly accept!  :)

According to president Randy, he "will be bringing two Amiga 500s to give away along with 3 Amiga monitors, one external floppy drive, Four 8GB IDE hard drives, 1 IDE 52x CD Burner, etc.."
     I will get there early and try and grab an A500 as soon as he puts one on the table.

               Truly,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 19, 2008, 01:46 PM
hmm...  I thought maybe the system was rejecting it because it's an Amiga bouncing ball animation.  ;)

Mind you mr Wiskow, this is NOT an Amiga animation!   ;)

In fact, it is from the demoprogram for the 1750 REU. So it's 100% truly genuine C128-ware. :)

Quote from: me on December 19, 2008, 05:06 PMI will get there early and try and grab an A500 as soon...

Ah, because you are an Amiga newbie, I'll try and get that external floppy drive for you, too.  Certain Ami programs use multiple disks and can use multiple floppy drives.  :)  Later, you can figure out if you want to be more advanced and get a hard drive for the A500.

               The old software,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on December 19, 2008, 05:07 PMMind you mr Wiskow, this is NOT an Amiga animation!   ;)

In fact, it is from the demoprogram for the 1750 REU. So it's 100% truly genuine C128-ware. :)

Ah!  Yes, I've seen that before!  It's on the 1750 Test/Demo disk.  I stand corrected.  :)

Quote from: RobertB on December 19, 2008, 05:17 PMAh, because you are an Amiga newbie, I'll try and get that external floppy drive for you, too. 

Many thanks, Robert!  :)

Once I've had time to play with it and learn it, I'll have a better idea what people are talking about at the SCCAN meetings.  ;)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 19, 2008, 06:56 PMOnce I've had time to play with it and learn it, I'll have a better idea what people are talking about at the SCCAN meetings.  ;)

The next SCCAN meeting is planned for the second Sunday in January.  :)

                Are you a quick study? ;)
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                http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                The Other Group of Amigoids
                http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
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Quote from: RobertB on December 20, 2008, 01:51 PMThe next SCCAN meeting is planned for the second Sunday in January.  :)

So, January 11th?  I'll try to clear my schedule on that day.  :)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 20, 2008, 04:28 PMSo, January 11th?  I'll try to clear my schedule on that day.  :)

That's great.  I will bring the Amiga stuff with me, if I'm able to grab them.

               Truly,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: RobertB on December 20, 2008, 04:30 PMThat's great.  I will bring the Amiga stuff with me, if I'm able to grab them.

Great!  While you're in a giving mood...  Would you happen to have a spare 1541-II/1581 power supply?  You did still owe me a 128 power supply, but if you have one of those, I'd like to make a switch.  :)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 20, 2008, 04:38 PMWould you happen to have a spare 1541-II/1581 power supply?

Yes.

               Truly,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: RobertB on December 20, 2008, 04:44 PM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 20, 2008, 04:38 PMWould you happen to have a spare 1541-II/1581 power supply?

Yes.

Great!  I picked up a 1581 that doesn't have a power supply.  I've seen the things all the time on eBay in the past, but wouldn't ya know it, now that I need one, I haven't seen a single one listed over the past month that I've been keeping my eye out.

Now, just make sure you pick my ticket for that 128D at the CommVEx raffle, and you'll make me the happiest Commodore guy ever!  :D

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 20, 2008, 04:47 PMNow, just make sure you pick my ticket for that 128D at the CommVEx raffle, and you'll make me the happiest Commodore guy ever!  :D

Remember?  I don't pick the tickets, but little Connor Krantz does.  :)

                  Truly,
                  Robert Bernardo
                  Fresno Commodore User Group
                  http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                  The Other Group of Amigoids
                  http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
                  Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
                  http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: RobertB on December 20, 2008, 04:52 PMRemember?  I don't pick the tickets, but little Connor Krantz does.  :)

Ah, of course...  ;)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 20, 2008, 04:47 PM
Great!  I picked up a 1581 that doesn't have a power supply.  I've seen the things all the time on eBay in the past, but wouldn't ya know it, now that I need one, I haven't seen a single one listed over the past month that I've been keeping my eye out.

Mr Wiskow, if Robert won't manage get you a power supply for the 1581 here's one for you on ebay: 250344390361.

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on December 20, 2008, 08:38 PMMr Wiskow, if Robert won't manage get you a power supply for the 1581 here's one for you on ebay: 250344390361.

Thanks for the tip on that...  I'll hold out for the one from Robert though...

I hadn't seen that one on eBay, and now I know why...  It's listed in Vintage Computing > Other, instead of Vintage Computing > Commodore, like it ought to be.  And his description says "hard to find".  I guess that goes not only for the item he's auctioning, but for his auction page, too.  ;)

:D Yeah, sometimes you wonder if people really want there auctions to be found. I searched for "Commodore 1581" in all categories and ebay globally, it's a better way to search I believe. At least as long as it is as specific as "Commodore 1581". I also found a power supply from a guy in Germany, ebay item number 350138103658 (beware - the auctiontext is in german :)). But let's hope that Robert finds you one.

By the way, that guy in Germany also has an auction on a C64 for 200 Euros (almost 300 US dollars). Dream on...

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 20, 2008, 09:43 PMI'll hold out for the one from Robert though...

Thanks.  No problem in getting a 1581 p.s..

              In Stockton, near the storage house,
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              Fresno Commodore User Group
              http://videocam.net.au/fcug
              The Other Group of Amigoids
              http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
              Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
              http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: me on December 20, 2008, 04:30 PMI will bring the Amiga stuff with me, if I'm able to grab them.

Amiga stuff grabbed!  The external floppy drive is a black, slim-line Roctec drive for the Amiga, and nobody wanted it, except for me.  The standard A500 was a bit tougher to get.  Another member wanted it, too, and it all came down to a coin toss.  I called heads, and I won!  The A500 seems to be in good shape, though the mouse is yellowed.  No extra RAM in the trapdoor bay.  I'll have to power it up or open it up to see if it is a 1.3 or a 2.0 machine (and thus to determine if it has Super Agnus and Super Denise chips).  Now all I have to do for you is make up some Workbench disks and some apps/games.

               Also got a Super Nintendo system with 2 carts as a gift,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
               Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 03:26 PMAmiga stuff grabbed!

Awesome!  :D

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 03:26 PMThe external floppy drive is a black, slim-line Roctec drive for the Amiga, and nobody wanted it, except for me.  The standard A500 was a bit tougher to get.  Another member wanted it, too, and it all came down to a coin toss.  I called heads, and I won!

Good thing you called it... I probably would've called tails.  ;)

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 03:26 PMThe A500 seems to be in good shape, though the mouse is yellowed.

Hmm... And to think I sent three Amiga mice to a guy in Canada free of charge because I had no use for them.  Oh well...  As long as it works, yellowing really doesn't bother me.

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 03:26 PMNo extra RAM in the trapdoor bay.  I'll have to power it up or open it up to see if it is a 1.3 or a 2.0 machine (and thus to determine if it has Super Agnus and Super Denise chips).  Now all I have to do for you is make up some Workbench disks and some apps/games.

Now you're just talking about stuff that is beyond me...  I'm glad you know what you're doing.  I'll have to figure it out as I go along.  :)

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 21, 2008, 04:17 PMNow you're just talking about stuff that is beyond me...

In general, all of the added items will give you a bit more flexibility and usability while maintaining compatibility with programs of that A500/2000 era.

             Truly,
             Robert Bernardo
             Fresno Commodore User Group
             http://videocam.net.au/fcug
             The Other Group of Amigoids
             http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
             Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
             http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 21, 2008, 04:17 PM
Oh well...  As long as it works, yellowing really doesn't bother me.

That's really easy to fix.

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 04:39 PM
     In general, all of the added items will give you a bit more flexibility and usability while maintaining compatibility with programs of that A500/2000 era.

Sounds good to me!  If I can play the Amiga version of Battle Chess, then I'll be a happy camper.  ;)

Quote from: Golan Klinger on December 21, 2008, 04:47 PMThat's really easy to fix.

Yeah...  Or I could just tell people that I got the mouse from Lord Ronin.  :D

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on December 21, 2008, 05:17 PMIf I can play the Amiga version of Battle Chess, then I'll be a happy camper.  ;)

I have the disk!

              Truly,
              Robert Bernardo
              Fresno Commodore User Group
              http://videocam.net.au/fcug
              The Other Group of Amigoids
              http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
              Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
              http://www.sccaners.org/

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 05:19 PMI have the disk!

Then a happy camper I shall be.  ;)

Quote from: RobertB on December 21, 2008, 03:26 PM
though the mouse is yellowed. 

Robert - what's your address, I have spare mice.

Lance

Quote from: Blacklord on December 21, 2008, 05:50 PMRobert - what's your address, I have spare mice.

Not necessary, Lance.  We have spare computer mice in storage (and real mice outside!).

                  Thanks,
                  Robert Bernardo
                  Fresno Commodore User Group
                  http://videocam.net.au/fcug
                  The Other Group of Amigoids
                  http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
                  Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
                  http://www.sccaners.org/

Ahem. Moving the thread back onto topic:

What is this "reputation" metric I keep seeing? I can't find anything about it in the documentation...

Quote from: Pinacolada on August 13, 2009, 06:22 AM
Ahem. Moving the thread back onto topic:

What is this "reputation" metric I keep seeing? I can't find anything about it in the documentation...

It's a mod - next to a post (on the left) there's a little hear sign - allow you to comment about a post.

Got'cha. :)

In earlier versions of the forum software it was possible to view all the posts written by a specific member. Is that at all possible in the current version of SMF?

     Heh, I can do it with your messages.  ;)  Just go to Profile, then go to Profile Info, move to Show Posts on the drop-down menu, and then go right and click on Messages.

                 Truly,
                 Robert Bernardo
                 Fresno Commodore User Group
                 http://videocam.net.au/fcug (http://videocam.net.au/fcug)
                 The Other Group of Amigoids
                 http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/ (http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/)
                 Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
                 http://www.sccaners.org (http://www.sccaners.org)

Thanks Robert :)

There was a little "dual arrow" icon in the top right corner that I had to click in order to "uncompress" the profile page and show the Profile Info drop-down menu :)

Does anyone now why I can't see megabits older posts? Like this one:

http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?topic=2645.msg12317#msg12317 (http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?topic=2645.msg12317#msg12317)

Does it affect all of us or just me?

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on November 26, 2009, 01:42 AMDoes anyone now why I can't see megabits older posts? Like this one:

http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?topic=2645.msg12317#msg12317 (http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?topic=2645.msg12317#msg12317)

Oh, that's interesting about why the messages don't show up.  The only reason that I can fathom is that Megabit manually deleted those replies.

                 Leaving for Portland, Oregon today,
                 Robert Bernardo
                 Fresno Commodore User Group
                 http://videocam.net.au/fcug (http://videocam.net.au/fcug)

You can read those empty posts by clicking the 'quote' button and reading the source in the edit window. :)

QuoteThe only reason that I can fathom is that Megabit manually deleted those replies.

It was not me. :)

     It must be ghosts in the woodwork then!  ;)

               Truly,
               Robert Bernardo
               Fresno Commodore User Group
               http://videocam.net.au/fcug (http://videocam.net.au/fcug)
               The Other Group of Amigoids
               http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/ (http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/)
               Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
               http://www.sccaners.org (http://www.sccaners.org)

Hey Lance, is there something wrong with the way members are displayed in the members area?

It seems like the columns are out of alignment from the MSN column and onwards to the right. It says that Roberts MSN is "C128D user" and that should be in the "Position"-column and "2006-06-05" should be in the "Date Registered"-column and so on, right?

(http://www.commodore128.org.uk/images/forumpics/Members_thm.jpg) (http://www.commodore128.org.uk/images/forumpics/Members.jpg)

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on January 22, 2010, 06:31 PM
Hey Lance, is there something wrong with the way members are displayed in the members area?

It seems like the columns are out of alignment from the MSN column and onwards to the right. It says that Roberts MSN is "C128D user" and that should be in the "Position"-column and "2006-06-05" should be in the "Date Registered"-column and so on, right?

(http://www.commodore128.org.uk/images/forumpics/Members_thm.jpg) (http://www.commodore128.org.uk/images/forumpics/Members.jpg)Re: New forum software

What browser are you running ? Attached are screenshots for FireFox, IE8 & Chrome.

cheers,

Lance

That is odd... :(

I'm running IE8 (8.0.6001.18702), under Windows XP. But compare the image i attached and the one you attached from IE8, they are overall very different. It looks almost that I'm running another version of the forum software.

But that shouldn't be possible right?

Or is it the fact that I use Windows XP? Which Windows version are you running?

XP Pro

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on January 22, 2010, 06:31 PM
It seems like the columns are out of alignment from the MSN column and onwards to the right. It says that Roberts MSN is "C128D user" and that should be in the "Position"-column and "2006-06-05" should be in the "Date Registered"-column and so on, right?

Hey, I never noticed that before (well, really, I never looked into it).  Yes, I see the same misalignment when using latest Camino, ICab, and Opera browsers on the Mac.  (Safari can't even get that far... everytime you click on Members, it does nothing.)

I haven't checked with the Lynx
text browser on the C128 yet,  :)
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

Same problem here with Debian Sqeeze and Iceweasel 3.5.6 (aka Firefox).

Just checked with Safari & Opera - no issues from this end.

And under a range of screen sizes from 1580 x 960 to 1680 x 1050.

However - if I turn off Java, it looks like what you guys posted.

I noticed and reported this also.  It seems a new field "Gender" was added to the table headers, but is not included in the table data... so all the table data is off by one column.

Edit
Using XP with IE8
/Edit

Got it - you guys aren't using the SMF Curve theme.

Quote from: Blacklord on January 23, 2010, 03:47 PM
Got it - you guys aren't using the SMF Curve theme.

....   and now you should :)

Ah, all the columns are now lined up correctly.

Viewing it using ICab on the Mac,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug (http://videocam.net.au/fcug)
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/ (http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/)
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org (http://www.sccaners.org)

Quote from: BlacklordGot it - you guys aren't using the SMF Curve theme...and now you should :)

A different theme... that explains the change in appearance I noticed this time I logged in. So we can blame the problem on SMF?  I find it strange that "theme" can mess up table data or table headers... should it apply only to appearance (font, colors, etc.)?  I haven't examined source of SMF so maybe there is a good reason for this... but I suspect it is a bad reason like non-modular spagetti code. I just noticed when I use "Preview" (before "Post" response) that the preview is mal-formatted :(  All line breaks are missing! Lance, you sure have a tough job, not only must you contend with different browsers and OS's, you must also contend with different themes... thanks again for your work in bringing us this site!

Quote from: Blacklord on January 23, 2010, 03:51 PM

Quote from: Blacklord on January 23, 2010, 03:47 PM
Got it - you guys aren't using the SMF Curve theme.

....   and now you should :)

And now it works  :) Thanks Lance!

Quote from: Hydrophilic on January 23, 2010, 05:27 PM
Lance, you sure have a tough job, not only must you contend with different browsers and OS's, you must also contend with different themes... thanks again for your work in bringing us this site!

I agree! So Lance - thanks again!  :)  You are truly a great contributor to keeping the C128 alive! :)

Quote from: Hydrophilic on January 23, 2010, 05:27 PM

Quote from: BlacklordGot it - you guys aren't using the SMF Curve theme...and now you should :)

A different theme... that explains the change in appearance I noticed this time I logged in. So we can blame the problem on SMF?  I find it strange that "theme" can mess up table data or table headers... should it apply only to appearance (font, colors, etc.)?  I haven't examined source of SMF so maybe there is a good reason for this... but I suspect it is a bad reason like non-modular spagetti code. I just noticed when I use "Preview" (before "Post" response) that the preview is mal-formatted :(  All line breaks are missing! Lance, you sure have a tough job, not only must you contend with different browsers and OS's, you must also contend with different themes... thanks again for your work in bringing us this site!

Actually no - this can be blamed squarely on me - when I upgraded to this version I should have moved everyone over to the Curve theme - my bad big time  ::)

Hi there,


The new forum software has a few issues for non-IE and non-Firefox platforms


1)  Safari - Attachments (like pictures) are displayed shunted way over to the right edge of the screen.
2)  iPhone / IPod Touch Safari - the new "hover over a subject to see the text inside feature" (you know where you have the list of posts in a forum, you hover the mouse over it and it opens a window that follows the mouse as you move it along the post subject) .. that really doesn't work on my iPod, it opens the bubble window fine, but then you have to click a few times to get rid of it and into the posting proper.


Regards


Mark

Quote from: Mark Smith on January 24, 2010, 10:21 AM
Hi there,


The new forum software has a few issues for non-IE and non-Firefox platforms


1)  Safari - Attachments (like pictures) are displayed shunted way over to the right edge of the screen.
2)  iPhone / IPod Touch Safari - the new "hover over a subject to see the text inside feature" (you know where you have the list of posts in a forum, you hover the mouse over it and it opens a window that follows the mouse as you move it along the post subject) .. that really doesn't work on my iPod, it opens the bubble window fine, but then you have to click a few times to get rid of it and into the posting proper.


Regards


Mark

Attached is a screenshot using Safari 4.0.4 - I can't see the issue you're having ?


As for iPhone - sorry, don't have one so can't check - however for mobile browsing the correct URL to use is http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?wap2 (http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?wap2) rather than http://www.commodore128.org/ (http://www.commodore128.org/)
cheers,
Lance

Attached is a grab from Safari 4.0.4 on my Apple Mac Mini (OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard)


See where it's put your attachment ?


I shall try out the mobile version of the site ... any chance you could put it at an easier URL ?  (mobile.commodore128.org for example ?)  It's fiddly tapping the screen to enter long URLs :-)


Regards


Mark

Hi Mark,

Quote from: Mark Smith on January 24, 2010, 05:13 PM
Attached is a grab from Safari 4.0.4 on my Apple Mac Mini (OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard)


See where it's put your attachment ?


I shall try out the mobile version of the site ... any chance you could put it at an easier URL ?  (mobile.commodore128.org for example ?)  It's fiddly tapping the screen to enter long URLs :-)


Regards


Mark

That's just weird - it doesn't do that with the Windows version.....

As for the URL, sorry, no - your phone should be instructing the forum that it's a phone & by default it will load the "right" page (it does with my Nokia 6300). Guessing you're the only iPhone & iPod user looking at the stats for the site :)

Lance