Feedback on the new forum

[Ciderhead]

@Ciderhead, be careful, I might delete some of your posts as soon as you get over 10... 

I thought you IT types didn't have a sense of humour...

In the late 70s when I worked on a compiler project for ICL  ( to compile a HLL version of the microcode into M/c code) we DIDN't release the version "V. 01/04/79".

This update had an interesting feature in that once it had compiled into machine code, it randomly picked an instruction location (not data) and then randomly inverted one of the bits in the instruction word (so either op code, register or dat location would be corrupted).

This would only happen if you ran the compiler on April 1 in any given year!

Ho Ho Ho

QED

[delzep]

@Ciderhead, be careful, I might delete some of your posts as soon as you get over 10... 

I thought you IT types didn't have a sense of humour...

In the late 70s when I worked on a compiler project for ICL  ( to compile a HLL version of the microcode into M/c code) we DIDN't release the version "V. 01/04/79".

This update had an interesting feature in that once it had compiled into machine code, it randomly picked an instruction location (not data) and then randomly inverted one of the bits in the instruction word (so either op code, register or dat location would be corrupted).

This would only happen if you ran the compiler on April 1 in any given year!

Ho Ho Ho

[newToBrew]

forum looks slick guys - well done - haven't played about that much with it tbh - feels slightly faster though - couple of things

1. take down the old forum or stick up a redirect - I have been hitting that the last few days and getting the maintenebce message - it only dawned on me today that it wouldnt take that long to move and I went in throughthe site link

2. I had to set my email to "non view " - as in dont email me or something - I noticed it was viewable to everyone who clicked on my profile - not sure this was the case before - maybe make people aware of it ?

3.  I had come to rely on the "view  last 20 - 40 posts "  i presume view new is the same?

not criticisms at all - well done guys  - it takes a massive efort to move to a new system and keeping all posts is great

[newToBrew]

scratch 3 - found the new posts thingy on each section - thats nice !!

[newToBrew]

doh !!

I only read the text in bold !!!!
oh well theres no coding for stupidity !!!

been arsing about last half hour - looks good shane - well done to all involved

[Will_D]

ICL System 10? (Used to be owned by Singer)
We used to have one of those.
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System 10 was a wimpy attempt at a mini-computer ( designed in Bracknell:  Aka. The softy south)

I worked in the Industrialheartland of the North, was called West Gorton in Manchester, Just down 't'road fom Uni. of M/Cr where they invented the first computer ( E'ff off Oxbridge and the Yanks Mancunians compute 010010100)

We were working on the new (and last) BIG mainframes the 2980 series!! It was HUGH (quote: Dempsey)

[Ciderhead]

Anyone know how to turn on email notifications to PMs?

Also, my Sent PMs aren't getting saved. Is anyone else having that problem?

Tube these are both options you can switch on under, Profile >Modify Profile >Personal Messaging

[johnrm]

Is CH doing support now? 

[JimmyM]

also, im nearly sure that there's a little tick box when you are sending a message to say save the mesage - i think its unticked by default.

[johnrm]

 In message preferences tick 'save messages by default'.

[Cathal O D]

Wasnt there a page for "Reserved Group Buys" on the old forum? Is this gone?

[Cathal O D]

I thought i was a member?

[delzep]

FAO Techies...can't upload Excel files to the forum

[johnrm]

I've added xls (I'll add xlsx too).
Any reason not to?