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Upgrading the forum / new host... stranger things!
« on: June 08, 2022, 10:33:48 AM »
Heys guys,
My web host provider urge me to move this website onto new servers, which also force me to upgrade this forum as it still running on a very looooow php version, long time out of support  :ghost: . So that's what I did since yesterday morning with almost no sleep  :roll:
Migration is almost done as you can see, and of course with side effects (lost of forum themes, gallery gone,...).
I currently working on that, so expect to see some strange things happened  :roll: ;D
In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact me if you experience bugs or anything else:::

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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2022, 04:38:29 PM »
Thanks for keeping this great forum alive. :spaceace:

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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2022, 06:11:53 PM »
Thanks for keeping this great forum alive. :spaceace:

Thanks :spaceace: so many things happened here ...The arcade scene during the 2000s was the best era for me! Impossible to let all that stuff goes away... a duty of conservation! Forums are still there for us, the dinosaurs of the arcade scene...  ;D I'm kind of lost between all these youtube channels & social networks...  :pac:  :ghost: :ghost: :ghost: :ghost:


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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2022, 12:27:41 AM »
Thanks, much appreciated!,

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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2022, 03:55:07 PM »
Huge thanks for taking the effort to undertake that work and keep everything online and looking great.  Its NO small feat, thank you thank you.

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« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2022, 01:42:32 PM »
thx so much, would be a shame if everything was lost!!!
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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Re: Upgrading the forum / new host... stranger things!
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2022, 03:28:07 PM »
I haven't been on for a while, great to see this new update to the site  :D
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Re: Upgrading the forum / new host... stranger things!
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2022, 09:23:48 PM »
It's nice to see some of you still coming here from time to time  :-* ...even if the place is now quite quiet  :oops: Well, I should rename this forum "the sea of tranquility"?  :lol:

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Re: Upgrading the forum / new host... stranger things!
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2023, 11:06:55 PM »
Ok guys, this site is now using an SSL certificate (https). Let me know if you see some issue accessing the website/forum  8)

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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2023, 09:18:08 AM »
I just got an error message with my old url link ( but you could still browse on the website ) - updated it and it works fine, thx!

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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2023, 09:33:28 AM »
I just got an error message with my old url link ( but you could still browse on the website ) - updated it and it works fine, thx!

Thanks for the feedback  :). My main concerns is the display the pictures inside the forum, as they are all still 'hard tagged' to 'htttp', but it seems that all browsers see now that there is a certificate and convert the image link to https. All the check I've done are good (after browser refresh or cache clear), but still looking for your feed back to know if I missed something.  8)

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Re: Upgrading the forum / new host... stranger things!
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2023, 08:53:11 AM »
Same error here. Solved by refreshing and logging in.
Some of my pics are gone, but I think is because in the meantime hosts sites I used have gone.
Thanks Bruno for keeping this alive: I can still find my 10+ years old posts and recently I needed one of them for a "memory refresh"  ;D

This site was there in the golden days of the hobbie, youtube was not  :spaceace:
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« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2023, 08:58:32 AM »
Same error here. Solved by refreshing and logging in.
Thanks Bruno for keeping this alive: I can still find my 10+ years old posts and recently I needed one of them for a "memory refresh"  ;D

Yeah...everything must be preserved, as much as possible  :) ...which is not so easy in this crazy digital world we are living now  :-\
Great to see you still around mate  ;)

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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2023, 10:49:19 PM »
Great to see the good old forum still getting some love - keep up the good work Bruno, much appreciated  :)
A lot of memories stored here over the years!!!  :spaceace: :spaceace: