68kmla MIA
- Thread starter vtgearhead
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really sucks to see whats become of it, maybe one day they'll pass the torch onto someone competent (doubtful, but we can hope)
I've been looking for a card with an unobtanium, last revision ROM on it for freakin' YEARS!
Pulling batteries of every kind from every Mac I ran across it packed up in a random box in a storage drawer just now . . .
. . . and I can't even let him know! =8-P
edit: back up, message sent!
Pulling batteries of every kind from every Mac I ran across it packed up in a random box in a storage drawer just now . . .
. . . and I can't even let him know! =8-P
edit: back up, message sent!
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Well, at the very least, if I am involved in any transactions that generate from over there, I will try to move those conversations over here or into some other pipeline, rather than wondering when the comms lines might go down next. Unreliable. I experienced it myself recently in the longer outage, and had to find alternative ways to communicate, and we had to find each other. One person had to get through signing up here first to be able to communicate, and is now a member.
Hello everyone. I decided to stop by and create an account, not because I am worried about the MLA going anywhere, but to say that I’m glad to see some very familiar names still active in the scene, and to voice my frustration with leadership over there as well.
I have been an MLA member since 2001. It’s sad to see it run like this. I am not interested in a moderator position there at all but I have voiced my feedback as y’all have seen and it just falls on deaf ears. Additionally I really don’t feel very welcome there and have not for quite a few years. There is a clear (and necessary) policy against politics but it’s obvious that one side can post veiled comments to their heart’s content and it’s fine but one step in the other direction gets the thread locked or nuked. Tolerance is very one sided. That has contributed a lot to my absence from the MLA and thus my interest in the hobby has waned quite a bit too.
I will try to drop in here periodically, I’m pretty active on forums in general and love to see new options. Hope Cory can see that change over there needs to happen immediately before it’s too late.
I have been an MLA member since 2001. It’s sad to see it run like this. I am not interested in a moderator position there at all but I have voiced my feedback as y’all have seen and it just falls on deaf ears. Additionally I really don’t feel very welcome there and have not for quite a few years. There is a clear (and necessary) policy against politics but it’s obvious that one side can post veiled comments to their heart’s content and it’s fine but one step in the other direction gets the thread locked or nuked. Tolerance is very one sided. That has contributed a lot to my absence from the MLA and thus my interest in the hobby has waned quite a bit too.
I will try to drop in here periodically, I’m pretty active on forums in general and love to see new options. Hope Cory can see that change over there needs to happen immediately before it’s too late.
Glad to see you here, Brett. You joined the MLA about 4 years before I did. I was an active participant there until I left in July 2021, which was the summer we created TinkerDifferent. I haven’t posted in the public forum over there since my departure.
Even though both forums use XenForo software, TinkerDifferent provides meaningful benefits like Editing your posts for as long as you like, choice of Light or Dark mode, the ability to Like posts with cute little Mac icons (remember when we had similar at the MLA?), and the most important of all… fantastic UPTIME with excellent protection of the content you post here.
TinkerDifferent is able to offer all that because it is community run and led by more than just one person and a server guy. There are no perpetual kings here, which makes us open to change. Board members on TinkerDifferent are elected and serve limited terms. Ears are open to hearing ideas from forum members. And those ears who listen are empowered to act, and they do act to make things better where possible.
I look forward to seeing your posts in our forum. You are very welcome here. Indeed, everyone is welcome. And if you have any ideas to make this form better, we want to hear them via PM or in our Feedback section.
Lastly, our aim has always been to create a friendly forum run incredibly well and open to change. It’s all about the user experience. We want everyone to feel at home here and truly enjoy our vintage computing hobby.
Have fun!