Site outage yesterday

**Coach** · 01-27-2013, 08:47 AM

Hi guys,

If you stopped by yesterday, you probably noticed that the site was down for most of the day while I was performing some upgrades. That's me in the picture fixing the broken flux capacitor. It took a lot longer than I thought.

The good news is that the site is now up and running and should be faster than ever before. I have plans to update the forum software over the next few months as well. There is a chance that some of the old site features like the casino may not carry over. It doesn't seem like anybody uses them any more anyhow. I appreciate your patience as I try to make this forum a better place to visit.

-Coach

**whackojacko58** · 01-27-2013, 08:58 AM

Yay your awsome coach!!

**70 chiefsfan70** · 01-27-2013, 02:06 PM

Thanks for all you do for this site. Its the absolute best.

Having trouble getting on for 1 day is truely a small price to pay.

Thanks again

**kcvet** · 01-27-2013, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Coach

Hi guys,

If you stopped by yesterday, you probably noticed that the site was down for most of the day while I was performing some upgrades. That's me in the picture fixing the broken flux capacitor. It took a lot longer than I thought.

The good news is that the site is now up and running and should be faster than ever before. I have plans to update the forum software over the next few months as well. There is a chance that some of the old site features like the casino may not carry over. It doesn't seem like anybody uses them any more anyhow. I appreciate your patience as I try to make this forum a better place to visit.

-Coach

careful what you touch

**N TX Dave** · 01-27-2013, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Coach

-Coach

Now that is not to far off the first computer I worked on in the Army in '71, it was made by Ford Motor Company.

**Chiefster** · 01-28-2013, 12:39 AM

Nice job Coach! I for one would not miss the casino. Hey, anything that makes the site on this interweb thangy better!

**Chiefster** · 01-28-2013, 12:47 AM

**Eydugstr** · 01-28-2013, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by Coach

That man is going to an awful lot of trouble to play a game of "Pong". Looks more like a wine cellar than a computer!

Great website, thanks Coach!

**N TX Dave** · 01-28-2013, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Eydugstr

That man is going to an awful lot of trouble to play a game of "Pong". Looks more like a wine cellar than a computer!

Great website, thanks Coach!

That is a tube computer, I worked on the next generation all discrete components not one IC Chip they were not invented yet, it had rows and rows of 4" x 6" cards and on one of those cards were transistors, resistors, diodes and caps for two "and" of "or" gates. Programs were loaded with a punched card readers.

**kcvet** · 01-28-2013, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by N TX Dave

That is a tube computer, I worked on the next generation all discrete components not one IC Chip they were not invented yet, it had rows and rows of 4" x 6" cards and on one of those cards were transistors, resistors, diodes and caps for two "and" of "or" gates. Programs were loaded with a punched card readers.

I was weened on tubes