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First post, by Qbix

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Over the last few weeks the following changes were made to the VOGONS forum:

  • The category + forums of VDMSound got moved to Magrathea.
  • Arcade link removed from Eddie.
  • dgVoodoo got a category + forum of its own!
  • Marvin got its own category and some more forums, including a software forum for running old software on period correct hardware.
  • Added a temporary link to the new Marvin category at the place where the old forum was located.
  • Changed permissions of the registered users group so that active topics are visible when visiting a category.

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Reply 3 of 11, by JayCeeBee64

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While I admit to disliking sudden changes like this, I can see where you're going with them Qbix and more importantly, why (Marvin was getting seriously overcrowded).

So far, so good.

Ooohh, the pain......

Reply 5 of 11, by Tetrium

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I do have to say that I'm a bit surprised to see these sudden changes, but I think that I'm actually already starting to like these a lot!

Cheers! 😁

JayCeeBee64 wrote:

While I admit to disliking sudden changes like this, I can see where you're going with them Qbix and more importantly, why (Marvin was getting seriously overcrowded).

So far, so good.

^And this 🤣

I think it's a good development, carry on! 😀

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Reply 7 of 11, by Qbix

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  • Renamed Hardware to "General Old Hardware"
  • Changed the display of the Marvin forums in active_topics. They have "Marvin :: " as prefix.

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Reply 8 of 11, by Dominus

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that prefix looks good. Thanks!

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Reply 9 of 11, by Gene Wirchenko

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I do not post often and generally go by the forum descriptions for where to post. I hope that that will be adequate to avoid misposting.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Reply 10 of 11, by Gene Wirchenko

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May I suggest a forum for those of us using DOSBox for other than games?

YES, I KNOW THAT DOSBOX IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE OTHER THAN FOR GAMES.

Some of us do so anyway. Myself, I use a couple of editors and 16-bit QBASIC and utilities I wrote in it.

It might help keep us out of your hair. Put a big disclaimer on it; fine by me.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Reply 11 of 11, by collector

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I think that would just encourage people to use it for other things than games. We would see more demands for things like supporting SHARE or FILES. Best to simply direct people to vDosPlus or a VM.

https://sourceforge.net/p/vdosplus/discussion/

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