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friends with a common shared interest, and a source of useful
information as well. In that I think it has succeeded. A lot of
subscribers to ZXir QLive Alive! newsletter, run quarterly from 1991
to 2003 (Thank you Abed!), also participated in the list. We
currently have 197 subscribers according to the administrative panel.
The timexsinclair.org website has been pretty much static for some
time. As you can imagine, it takes some efforts to run a website,
keep it updated, pay for the domain registration, etc. I thought
about setting up a forum, the setting up part would be trivial,
really, but the upkeep is what has kept me from doing it. I don't
want to setup something that will die because of lack of attention.
If you're not careful with the upkeep of those sort of forum tools,
the potential to get hacked or have the service abused is really high.
The last thing I want is for timexsinclair.org to be used to spam
others, or worse.
I think, and I hope you will agree, that we've managed to deliver a
positive experience, free of spam messages.
With regards to searching for information, I wonder what bit of info
you were looking for that didn't show up. Examples would be useful.
I will agree that the file space issue on Yahoo Groups needs to be
addressed. If you have specific html+content you'd like to host on
timexsinclair.org, I can upload that no problem, and link it to the
front page. For example, Alvin Albrecht's Sinclair and Timex Projects
Page is hosted within timexsinclair.org.
Regarding the idea of having an ftp server - all for it. I just want
to set it up so that the content that's uploaded gets indexed and
becomes available on the website. Over the past few years I've thrown
together an 'Unsorted' directory where piles of stuff I've not indexed
is downloadable, but this is not an ideal solution.
Regarding the level of excitement and interest: ts1000 is a much more
popular computer than the ts2068, simply in numbers manufactured. I
think it'd be fairer to compare ts2068 fandom to that of the Sinclair
QL, except quite more global in reach.
I'll look into finding an alternative file distribution mechanism this weekend.
Regards,
Louis
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