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SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
I was just wondering if anyone can give Dave Park a nudge - it would be nice to redirect the sinclairql.com domain to point at the QL Wiki.
Alas he isn't responding to me direct because I keep reminding him about sending me some stuff he has for me!
Or does anyone else have a spare domain name we could use?
Alas he isn't responding to me direct because I keep reminding him about sending me some stuff he has for me!
Or does anyone else have a spare domain name we could use?
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Re: SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
I have a few domains but none of them related to sinclair QL.RWAP wrote:I was just wondering if anyone can give Dave Park a nudge - it would be nice to redirect the sinclairql.com domain to point at the QL Wiki.
Alas he isn't responding to me direct because I keep reminding him about sending me some stuff he has for me!
Or does anyone else have a spare domain name we could use?
But it looks like sinclairql.info is free and I can get it for less than EUR 10 the first year.
However I'll need a web server to host it on and this will cost a few euros a month (unless I host it myself, bandwidth is not a problem as I have a 100Mbit FttH connection, but it's more the hassle of setting up a system and keeping it secure).
I have a test setup of MediaWiki on my Synology NAS which is the same software that Wikipedia runs on. It would be interesting to use this for a QL Wiki (on a new machine, maybe I could use the machine that now runs the BBS if I convert to Linux and run the BBS under dosemu).
But if anyone here has a better idea I would like to know...
later, Jan.
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I don't mind it sitting on my server still - let's face it, what we need are people adding stuff to it.
The problem with adopting another wiki software now would be that the existing information would need to be re-written. When I was talking with Dave, we both had a look at converting it over to another Wiki format, but the database formats were horrendous!
The problem with adopting another wiki software now would be that the existing information would need to be re-written. When I was talking with Dave, we both had a look at converting it over to another Wiki format, but the database formats were horrendous!
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Re: SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
yes...on that AUCTION I was involved too Rich...very sad that I've not bought all...we will just have all dumped too...RWAP wrote:I was just wondering if anyone can give Dave Park a nudge - it would be nice to redirect the sinclairql.com domain to point at the QL Wiki.
Alas he isn't responding to me direct because I keep reminding him about sending me some stuff he has for me!
Or does anyone else have a spare domain name we could use?
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Re: SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
Rich, I may have something. Note sure if it will work, need to check when I'm back home from my journey, but upfront here's my proposal:RWAP wrote:Or does anyone else have a spare domain name we could use?
A new subdomain to my sinclairql.net called wiki.sinclairql.net, configured to “autoforward” to your host. Any good?
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Yes that would be good - I was thinking what we really need is one Sinclair QL Domain which would help SEO and search results.
You could then have a series of sudomains which point to the relevent sites:
wiki.sinclairql.net (pointing to the QL Wiki)
software.sinclairql.net (pointing to Dilwyn's site)
forums.sinclairql.net (pointing here)
smsqe.sinclairql.net
Possibly some other subdomains would be useful (ideas welcome).
www.sinclairql.net could then have a simple home page with some nice graphics to direct users to the correct subdomains...
You could then have a series of sudomains which point to the relevent sites:
wiki.sinclairql.net (pointing to the QL Wiki)
software.sinclairql.net (pointing to Dilwyn's site)
forums.sinclairql.net (pointing here)
smsqe.sinclairql.net
Possibly some other subdomains would be useful (ideas welcome).
www.sinclairql.net could then have a simple home page with some nice graphics to direct users to the correct subdomains...
Rich Mellor
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Re: SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
Hi,
I would be open to selling the domain if I got an interesting offer. However, I am not interested in letting it be used in the manner proposed above. I still have plans to use it some day - beyond as my email address, that is.
Dave
I would be open to selling the domain if I got an interesting offer. However, I am not interested in letting it be used in the manner proposed above. I still have plans to use it some day - beyond as my email address, that is.
Dave
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Re: SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
Hi Dave,Dave wrote:Hi,
I would be open to selling the domain if I got an interesting offer. However, I am not interested in letting it be used in the manner proposed above. I still have plans to use it some day - beyond as my email address, that is.
Dave
How is the hardware development going.
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Re: SinclairQL.com - CALLING DAVE
Oh well, yet another dead end. Looks like I will have reverse engineer everything.....Dave wrote:I am not doing anything. Everything is boxed up and in storage.
Regards,
Derek
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