tep392 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 You do not need to read a PM, to read it. The PM is mostly contained in the email notification, unless it is a mile long, which mine are not. Ah, I've never used the e-mail notifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Ah, I've never used the e-mail notifications. That explains why it takes you forever to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I usually check my PM's all the time with my phone. But I wait to respond until I'm in front of my computer because I hate typing on the phone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) How can a thread with no new posts since DEC 6 be "HOT"??? Everyone clicking here to see if there is an actual update? Edited January 23, 2016 by Zonie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 How can a thread with no new posts since DEC 6 be "HOT"??? Everyone clicking here to see if there is an actual update? Because it's where all the cool kids hang out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 How can a thread with no new posts since DEC 6 be "HOT"??? Everyone clicking here to see if there is an actual update? I think a thread is marked .HOT. when it gets 50 replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nope. I did a sort by new content and see a thread with 7000+ replies (Intellivision eBay roundup) and there's no "HOT" designation on the topic. I'm using the deflection color scheme so I dunno if there's something else you guys are seeing that I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nope. I did a sort by new content and see a thread with 7000+ replies (Intellivision eBay roundup) and there's no "HOT" designation on the topic. I'm using the deflection color scheme so I dunno if there's something else you guys are seeing that I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The "HOT" label is based solely on the number of posts in a topic, there's nothing more complex about it (for better or worse). The "HOT" designation does not appear everywhere, though. For instance, it's not displayed when using View New Content. I would consider this an omission. Not sure if the new version of this forum software changes this behavior at all. Hmm, a quick glance shows that the "HOT" label has been removed, but it will show "Popular Now" topics that have a certain amount of activity within the last hour, but it doesn't show that tag when using "View New Content" (which, itself, is completely different in 4.x. Oh boy is that going to be fun when I upgrade the site). ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Thanks for the clarification. It never shows up for me. @Albert I remember some time last year you tried to update the forum software and there was a chatbox for existing members to discuss it. After some time, the site was back up with changes reverted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Thanks for the clarification. It never shows up for me. That's the View New Content page I mentioned above. It does not show up there, but the "HOT label is visible in the topic listing when you visit a specific forum directly, as demonstrated in the screenshot Random Terrain posted. @Albert I remember some time last year you tried to update the forum software and there was a chatbox for existing members to discuss it. After some time, the site was back up with changes reverted. Yeah, what should have been a relatively simple (and minor) forum upgrade turned into a big mess when the upgrade script failed and left the forum in an unusable state. I had to revert the changed files and restore the database. The upcoming upgrade for 4.x will be significantly more involved and I will be testing it heavily on a completely separate server before the live site is upgraded. ..Al 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 That's the View New Content page I mentioned above. It does not show up there, but the "HOT label is visible in the topic listing when you visit a specific forum directly, as demonstrated in the screenshot Random Terrain posted. Ah, got it. I typically browse by date when looking for content and skip the ones that don't interest me. I only use the sub-forums if I'm searching something specific. Keep us posted on the update. Hopefully the forums don't break like last time. Also maybe you could fix it so the forum doesn't go offline for 15-20 minutes or so every night at 2am? It can be annoying for us night owls if we try to post something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Ah, got it. I typically browse by date when looking for content and skip the ones that don't interest me. I only use the sub-forums if I'm searching something specific. I usually use View New Content (or some variation) when reading, and I also use the Activity tab as well, which updates in real time. Keep us posted on the update. Hopefully the forums don't break like last time. Also maybe you could fix it so the forum doesn't go offline for 15-20 minutes or so every night at 2am? It can be annoying for us night owls if we try to post something. Well, the intent is to not break the forum. Almost always such things have gone smoothly. In the period of 15 years the forum has been online, it's only been knocked offline a few times, and nearly every one of those was something different (one time there was an explosion and fire in the data center that took the site offline for three days!) As for the forum going down in the middle of the night, that is caused by the daily database backup. I would like to fix this, but it will require a fair bit of work on my part and an additional server. I may put up a "Daily Maintenance" page when this happens, though, so at least people aren't wondering why the forum seems to be down. ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I have a brief update. Curt just sent me a bunch of info on the hardware and BIOS features. He will also be sending me an XM soon for testing. I've been tracing through the BIOS and have a good idea what's it's doing now. I'm going to be able to utilize a lot of the key pieces of code from Mark's version. That's basically the hardware management stuff that run's when you boot the machine. But I will be rebuilding the test menu and high level stuff from scratch. It will be faster than trying to disassemble and modify that part of the code. Regards,Perry 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thank for the update, Perry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I have a brief update. Curt just sent me a bunch of info on the hardware and BIOS features. He will also be sending me an XM soon for testing. I've been tracing through the BIOS and have a good idea what's it's doing now. I'm going to be able to utilize a lot of the key pieces of code from Mark's version. That's basically the hardware management stuff that run's when you boot the machine. But I will be rebuilding the test menu and high level stuff from scratch. It will be faster than trying to disassemble and modify that part of the code. Regards, Perry Is it done now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Fantastic! Thanks for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Is it done now? No. I don't know what work remains on the hardware. I'm at a point now where I can start coding the BIOS. I don't think it will take too long but I won't be able to judge how long until I start making some progress on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 So how bout now? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 So how bout now? I just finished it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I just finished it. I saw the prototype unit on ebay, nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 But in all seriousness, I have made some good progress. Here's what I have done so far. ;*********************************************************************** ;**** 7800 Expansion Module BIOS ;*********************************************************************** 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 But in all seriousness, I have made some good progress. Here's what I have done so far. ;*********************************************************************** ;**** 7800 Expansion Module BIOS ;*********************************************************************** Needs more asterisks **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I find my method more efficient: ;========================================================= ;==== 7800 Expansion Module BIOS ;========================================================= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I find my method more efficient: ;========================================================= ;==== 7800 Expansion Module BIOS ;========================================================= I'd say it's... equivalent. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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