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by Mike Davies
Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:44 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

1. Gather some really short and strong facts together in one place (sticky-topic here on forum?). 2. Every time you meet new accusations or old myths, just leave the comment with link. This way Lee will have to spend more efforts for slandering than you for defenses. These are great ideas. This sou...
by Mike Davies
Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:22 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Fogarty: Ok, time to clear this up. After god knows how many pages of discussions, nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all. Fogarty says: "Nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all". But I see 22 posts from Einar in one thread "New WOS and ZXDB" in the Updates channel, which is ...
by Mike Davies
Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:53 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

He took ZXDB, ignores any attempt to resolve this matter and I’m sure he laughs at all of us and feels untouchable. He can laugh as much as he likes. The community around ZXDB gets better every day, with no backwards steps. ZXDB is up-to-date, freely downloadable, multiple sites based on it, each p...
by Mike Davies
Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:27 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Lee Fogarty from WoS Facebook Group: ... From what I can make out, the claim is that we are using the ZXDB database. Totally untrue - the WoS db was created a long time before - using the original data files. The claim is: the current version of WoS is showing data that wasn't in Martijn's WoS data...
by Mike Davies
Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:42 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Lee Fogarty I think it needs clearing up exactly what "created by" means. And another reason the data has to go is some of the changes are dubious or un-needed. This is why WoS always wanted to credit people submitting changes, and list them on the whats new page. From what I can make out...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:31 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

PHP-FPM can be used instead of mod_php. Mod_php is an Apache extension that put the full PHP runtime into each Apache child process. I don't think SC uses PHP-FPM, but HHVM instead. Which is a facebook-optimised PHP runtime. But you still need some http server, whether it is FPM or mod_php. And it ...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

2. PHP-FPM cannot be used instead of Apache. It can be used with Apache OR with nginx (or with any other web server). Am I wrong with this one? PHP-FPM can be used instead of mod_php. Mod_php is an Apache extension that put the full PHP runtime into each Apache child process. I don't think SC uses ...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:22 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

So I just don't see how serving files through PHP-FPM and then through Apache can be more effective than just through Apache. I'm not telling something is slow here, just wanted to clarify. Apache concurrency is limited to how many child processes you are running. 10 child processes, 10 concurrent ...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

For the record, I have recently received some communications. For the record, no-one from the WoS admin team has responded fully to Einar's concerns in the same manner Einar raised them. And that same team is quite content to slander Einar and his work at every turn. That same team can pull its fin...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:57 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Note: SC doesn't use Apache to serve up static assets, and I believe it's using PHP-FPM -- which is why SC is still quick loading when dealing with traffic levels multiple times higher than what currently takes WoS down. Is it really so? As far as I can see, at least logo (which is a truely static ...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:43 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

That is something else that has nothing to do with the forums. You're obviously confused. This is the Spectrum Computing form. This section is ZXDB discussion, so this thread - about the use of ZXDB on WoS - is perfectly on topic. The WoS forum, too, is even more so on topic. Remember when Fogarty ...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:09 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

[ test changes in a development or staging area before pushing them out To be honest this also happens on SC sometimes. I know since I've done it myself :lol: On our hobby- and side-projects we all do it, until we get burned enough, then we evolve to deploying things in a more battle-tested way. :-...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:00 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

There is no valid reason why new WoS can't support the ZXDB-minted id for titles that weren't in old WoS, thus preserving the ZXBD id. That's already been seen, as new titles not in old-WoS that briefly appeared in new WoS had the same id as those in ZXDB. When did the new titles get added to WoS? ...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:28 am
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

@Mike Davies Lee will never confess that WoS is using ZXDB. his ego won't allow him. it is like you were telling people that Einar stole the data, and ZXDB is crap, and then suddenly saying that ZXDB is better than your work. and now you have publicly apologize to Einar and other ZXDB-connected peo...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:44 am
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

WoS seems to be down.... It's a syntax error in the PHP script -- so Fogarty doesn't test changes in a development or staging area before pushing them out to a production server. Interestingly enough, the file being edited is the software details page. If past behaviours continue, perhaps he's addi...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:28 am
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: Desert Rats 128k loading screen
Replies: 6
Views: 7543

Desert Rats 128k loading screen

I noticed in my recent spate of cassette tape testing that the 128k version of Desert Rats (on the B-side of Desert Rats) has two variants. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1357/ZX-Spectrum/Desert_Rats On the entry page for it, it shows a binoculars picture for the 128k version, which is correc...
by Mike Davies
Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:23 am
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Now that it's irrefutable that the new WoS is using ZXDB, and that Fogarty is making changes direct to the database to bypass the changes/versioning layer of his CMS, and that the new titles added to ZXDB that briefly appeared on new WoS with their ZXDB minted ids: There is no valid reason why new W...
by Mike Davies
Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:53 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Einar, the Will Smith of the Spectrum community:

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBgeCZW3upg[/media]
by Mike Davies
Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

Regarding the useful gold mine of information on the forums, is there a plan (even if it's covert?) that's underway to somehow mine this, err, gold so that it doesn't get lost due to Lee's incompetence? Obviously, if it's covert then no-one's going to say anything... so I'll take that as proof that...
by Mike Davies
Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:58 pm
Forum: ZXDB Discussion
Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
Replies: 258
Views: 58216

Re: New WoS and ZXDB

It turns out new WoS is using ZXDB ! More precisely ZXDB version 1.08 released on September 2, 2018. This is a remarkable piece of investigative work. Exemplary. I guess WoS now needs to acknowledge that it's powered by ZXDB, like every site using data from it. If that can be done in good faith - t...
by Mike Davies
Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Replies: 158
Views: 29110

Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)

Sly Spy Secret Agent (Hit Squad release) crashes on completion of loading the 128k side using a +2A's Tape Loader option. 48k version on the other side works fine. I tried the 128k version again by going into 128k basic, entering USR 0. 128k side loads fine, and I'm at the menu along with 128k music...
by Mike Davies
Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:52 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Replies: 158
Views: 29110

Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)

It’s likely the malformed TZX file. There are a few floating around that prose problems loading on real hardware. Incidentally, M.A.S.K. is one of them. This is loading the original cassette. I know for sure the original Gremlin cassette fails on the +2A, and worked okay with a Sony TCM 939 cassett...
by Mike Davies
Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Replies: 158
Views: 29110

Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)

I'm having a problem getting Gremlin's M.A.S.K to load on a +2A Spectrum. Today I've tried the Byte-Back version which looks to use the same loader as the original Gremlin release. It's the green & black stripey loader, where the loading screen loads line by line from the bottom upwards. The Byt...
by Mike Davies
Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:00 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Replies: 158
Views: 29110

Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)

Two recent games for me that don't seem to work on a +2A, but worked fine on a 128k: Bedlam Original GO! release: Game loads, but noticeable graphics corruption on the menu, and crashes when starting a new game. I haven't tried the Sinclair User cover-tape version. Guerilla War Original Imagine rele...
by Mike Davies
Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:34 pm
Forum: Website
Topic: New Upload & Edit Facility
Replies: 55
Views: 11325

Re: New Upload & Edit Facility

Ok, first question. If I want to remove a game from a group, for example, I want to remove https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=2778 from "vector graphics" group, how I must proceed? Seems to me that a "no group" option should be present at the top? Or a check...