Dark Bit Factory & Gravity
GENERAL => General chat => Topic started by: DrewPee on July 03, 2008
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Hello again,
Just to let you know, a good friend of ours . . . Shockwave (Nick) has started work on my new website . . . and its looking bloody fantastic!
If any of the members here would like to become a member of my new site that would be fantastic - In fact I would be honoured! The main website is still being coded at the moment but . . . the forums are up and running and ready to be used! Please feel free to drop in.
Regards
DrewPee (Andy)
www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk (http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk)
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Hmm, well actually the code is a little bit further on from what Drewpee says here..
The portal is nearly completely coded now, I have written it entirely in php, css and mysql.
The whole thing is database driven and integrates fully with the forum.
The "LIVE" version is running on my home computer, the forum was activated to allow people to register and actually it would help me to get some test data if people who are interested in this site do register.
This site is the main reason I havent been here much lately.
Code will be finished for RCM before the end of next week, in the mean time please do feel free to help Drewpee out and register over there, here are a few screens of the portal that is nearly finished for the site..
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hehe cool! looks like Shockwave jumps on any project that has the word "retro" in it :D
ok ok..bad joke!
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lol, I am retro man.
See me at any nightclub with my sideburns and flares. :P
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Great work Shocky that must have taken a fair bit of work it is really in the spirit of the scene to help someone else out like that and worth a double karma (i ll karma up again in a while) So far as I could tell all the buttons I would use work exactly as expected except that the shadow text does not seem to work
is this text in Shadow format? If not then it dont work here either
Really looking forward to seeing the site finished and I am happy to be able to jump in at the start :)
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Sounds like a really cool project.
@Shocky:
PHP, SQL, CSS ? Cool to hear that you are diving deeper
and deeper into webdevelopment. I remember that you
thought about working in it as a profession ? Is this still
your aim ?!
Anyway, good luck with retro comp museum !!!
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Thanks guys :)
Yes, the site is written with php , mysql and css. I've got quite a lot of experience already with database driven websites, actually I've focussed almost totally on it lately. I'm pleased to apply this to Drewpee's site.
There are still a few little things to sort out but it's just a matter of time now, it should be working 100% in the next few days.
Rain, the problem is browser related, and because of SMF, not my code :)
I didnt code the forum, I altered some of the scripts, my code is the front-end of the site, although I have coded it so that it integrates with SMF, I can even use the SMF functions in my own scripts :)
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Well, www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk is now finished!
The code is anyway, it's up to Drew to make a success of the site now :)
I will be back around here more now that this site is coded, my apologies for not being here too much these last couple of weeks.
Good luck with your new website Andy and family.
Actually finishing this one feels a little bit more wierd than usual.
Normally when I finish a project it is a matter of sitting back and seeing how it does at intro inferno and pouet, but this time it is not up to me to add the content..
The site has a fairly empty database, it's not up to me to collate the information and put it into the site so it's a good emotion, but strange.
I can completely reccomend php coding to anyone, it's damned addictive... I am already looking for my next project :)
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Congratz Shocky. Good job. Site looks very solid and
well-structured. Just visit your juicy page - I'll keep
my finger crossed for you - that some nice commercial
offers fly into your mailbox.
Good luck Andy and family with your new website!
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It certainly is a niche market, but a big niche. There are many who used those early (and not so early) machines who would love to see them in action again.
If I were an investor, or at least, if I had a lot of money, I'd fund this.
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It is a worthy cause indeed :)
Andy still has a lot of photographs to take though if he is going to fill that database!
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@Combatking0
Cheers - you have captured exactly what I am trying to do, I love computers, I love old and new computers - I can't be the only one! Can I?
@benny!
Thanks for the kind words - It means a lot to us!
@Shockwave
You really have done a brilliant job on the website - very easy to use, understand and update! Cheers!
To everybody else - keep looking - more updates coming soon!
Regards
Andy
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Hi DrewPee / Andy
have you seen this: http://www.silicium.org/ ?
I'm afraid it's in french, but maybe you can get in touch with them?
best
Stormbringer
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Hello again,
Just thought I would update you all again.
We are thinking of holding an open day - to see if there is as much interest as I hope there is??
The date in question looks like it is going to be Sunday, November 16th. There will be a small entrance fee to pay for the hire of the hall. The venue will be a local Hall (well local to me) in Swannington which is right next to Coaville, Leicestershire, UK.
There will be old systems to play on, such as Sinclair Spectrums, Commodore 64s, Amstrad CPC464, Sega Dreamcast, Sony PS One, Sega Megadrive, Nintendo NES, Nintendo N64 etc etc. hopefully something for everyone as there will be around 20 or so (space and tv availability permitting). There will also be available some of Linda's (my wife's) famous Wheat Free Cakes and some refreshments (tea, coffee etc). If anybody might/will be interested can they either post on here, post on our website (www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk) or send me an email to:-
andyrcm@live.com
thanks guys!
Andy (aka DrewPee)
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Great idea :)
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Very good website..... :)
:cheers:
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Found a mistake....
Commodore Amiga 2000 Technical Specifications.
CPU: Motorola 68EC020 @ 7.09Mhz
Thats wrong, the standard A2000 is equipped with Cpu: 68000 @ 7,09Mhz, no 020 in there, but i guess it´s an Copy and Paste Error. ;)
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@premium^prd
oops yes matey - you are right - thanks for the heads up - I will change right now!!
Andy
ps - what did you think of the site in general though?
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I saw your promotion for the open day on Teletext while I was on holiday.
Unfortunately, I forgot to write it down. I'll check for the details on your website...
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Have you got Commodore SX-64 as it like C64 laptop.
:cheers:
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Maybe these comments would be more useful on Retro Computer Museum? ;)
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@Hotshot . . . no unfortunately not!
@Shockwave . . . yes I agree . . . !
Andy
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More than just a useless bump, I'd like to ask all webmasters reading this to add the following code to their sites to promote the RCM Open Day:
<div id="RCMPromo">
If you cannot see the poster, please enable JavaScript!
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://watch.barcodebattler.co.uk/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.embedSWF("http://watch.barcodebattler.co.uk/flash/OpenDay.swf", "RCMPromo", "745", "266", "8.0.0");
</script>
Tweek it as you wish to fit the formatting of your site(s).
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It's a really nice banner. I'll happily add it but you need to give me a couple of weeks as something is going on with the site template at the moment :)
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I hope you get a PC-Engine soon. Those things had some rocking shooting games. Also is there a Vectrex on the horizon?
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Vectrex... Hmm.
Go here;
http://vectrex-emu.blogspot.com/ (http://vectrex-emu.blogspot.com/)
This blog belongs to an old friend of mine, Franc "parabellum" Chevassu. He loves the vectrex and has built one of the best emulators I have ever seen in my life in Java, for the Vectrex.
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A friend of mine has a vectrex that is up for grabs - unfortunately at the moment I am trying to save some money - so I have asked him to keep it a little longer, another friend has a couple of CDTVs that my mum and dad have just brought for me. He also has a Sam Coupe but wants a lot of money for that . . . maybe when we have the museum up and running?
Andy
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In the meantume check Parabellum's page, that emulator rocks :)
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Already been - it is superb! A very handy item to have.
I may use this in the museum - instead of leaving the 'real' machine on!
Andy
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Just to let you know - our RCM Gaming Event went very well - we had over 70 visitors! :)
You can find out more information at www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk
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You had more visitors than at Sundown :) Well done.