whats wrong with talking about abandon ware? EDIT: why not not just put in a trading area? almost all computer related forums have one.

Can the mods please remove any sale posts i've created as people are just starting to whine! I will just leave them with eBay, Amibay and my number 1 forum EAB... where people appreciate the things i have to offer 😉

I agree with cdoublejj as it would be nice to have a trading area... i sell things but i'm also always on the lookout for new/old computer related bits too 😀

I think it's good to keep vogons uncluttered and focused on what makes it useful.

So go easy on sales pitches; this discussion only started because someone seemed to be turning the forum into their personal small ads. At least keep your old crap in one thread, and make sure it's old crap. Here's a good example of what to do: I'm getting rid of old hardware.

On abandonware: there are specialist sites for that, so go there if you want to link and download abandonware, this is not the place.

I removed posts that made it look like a market place.

Qbix wrote:

I removed posts that made it look like a market place.

Thanks for that, maybe it will stop people whining about posts they don't even have to bloody read!! I'm sure there's better things to do for the moaners than start "policing" forums. It's not like i'm forcing anyone to read my posts 😒.

Ok maybe if i had decided to sell everytthing at the same time then i suppose i could have put them in one post... but they were put up for sale at different times and i'm not sure if the thread title can be changed?

Anyway rant over 😉

cdoublejj wrote:

why not not just put in a trading area? almost all computer related forums have one.

A great idea and should not bother anyone as they can just skip that section 😀

ratfink wrote:

On abandonware: there are specialist sites for that, so go there if you want to link and download abandonware, this is not the place.

I guess thats us told in a "not so nice blunt way" from just another regular member and not a mod 😒

The people had nothing to do with my decision. I brought the matter up earlier with the moderators that I didn't like the way Milliways was turning into a private selling ground. This was just a moment to act on it.

A trading area will not be created, at least not at this time.

The abandonware stance is correct. I assumed most regulars would be familiar with it. It is no secret that it is not tolerated for our own protection.

Hope you don't mind a noob making a couple of suggestions 😅

I'm new to this site but have already taken some things from 5u3 (the items were free and I just paid postage), however I only found his thread by chance as I was looking to see what most of the forums were about. I'm always on the lookout for hardware and software and, even though I haven't been a member for long, I would rather buy from an established member of this community than from eBay. I'm definitely for having a trading area, it could be out of the way at the bottom of the list so it's not cluttering the rest of the forums.

Anyway, on another note (although slightly related), how about moving the DOSBox forum links on the main homepage up nearer the top of the page? So many DOSBox threads get posted in the DOS forums, I'm guessing because most people don't scroll all the way down the page and see the actual DOSBox category. That would probably save a lot of work for the mods and would stop me reading loads of DOSBox threads that I'm not interested in!

Qbix wrote:

The abandonware stance is correct. I assumed most regulars would be familiar with it. It is no secret that it is not tolerated for our own protection.

I've seen at least two instances here when the thread was closed for 'abandonware support' reasons but the links and context in the OP were in the form of an official shareware demo that was downloaded.

Take abandonware discussion elsewhere, tired of discussing it. Search the forums if you want a good read on VOGONS stance. If you have a problem with a thread being closed then report it, don't bitch about it years later.

Any further abandonware discussion in this thread and the posts will be deleted.

/EDIT Thread renamed

Yeah you should know.

Why don't you write a PM to DosFreak or some other mod when you
spot something like that? Surely better than a random rant about this
in a different thread. It's not like he/somebody else does that on purpose.

leileilol wrote:

Yeah you should know.

and the reason that thread is closed is because it links to a site that hosts abandonware (doesn't matter how old the game is) and also links to other abandonware sites.

Thread closed.

Qbix already mentioned that the forum will not be created at this time but possibly in the future so no point in continuing this thread anyway.