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by Canalboy
Thu Aug 28, 2025 10:59 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 50990

Re: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

Sorry Alastair I did agree with you although I probably should have made myself clearer. The thing that makes me laugh is the fact they say that this is temporary. If they are predicating the restoration of how things were on some kind of granularity whereby they systematically examine hordes of Web ...
by Canalboy
Mon Aug 25, 2025 3:08 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 50990

Re: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

Which is an unnecessary censure too many. In a country where you now have to provide a photograph and an email address to withdraw euro currency we are moving away from the thin end of the totalitarian wedge.

Just put the word "crisis" after any issue and you can ride rough shod over the remains ...
by Canalboy
Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:51 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 50990

Re: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

Why not block the entire World Wide Web? You can't be too careful eh?
by Canalboy
Wed Aug 06, 2025 11:58 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 50990

Re: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

Ifdb.org has been restricted.
by Canalboy
Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:09 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 50990

Re: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

Yes I had thought of the work around. It is more the principle of the thing and what they might get up to next. O2 for instance block archive.org unless you request access and can prove you are over eighteen years of age. A rather odd conceit considering much of what they seem to consider admissible.
by Canalboy
Fri Aug 01, 2025 7:46 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 50990

Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

It is extremely annoying that one cannot download any software from the above web site from the U.K. at the moment. To quote the www.gov.uk web site:

Due to the UK Online Safety Act, all games on the IF Archive are currently unavailable to users in the United Kingdom.

This broad restriction is ...
by Canalboy
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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The version on spectrumcomputing.co.uk crashes with some screen dumps after the first few moves. At 127k it is really pushing the memory envelope. There may be other versions floating around the internet which are more stable.
by Canalboy
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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I suspected something along those lines. Or, as I was following a young woman at the time, maybe the cyber police were to blame. Get the kicking boots on Sarge.
by Canalboy
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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The version on spectrumcomputing.co.uk crashes with some screen dumps after the first few moves. At 127k it is really pushing the memory envelope. There may be other versions floating around the internet which are more stable.
by Canalboy
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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I suspected something along those lines. Or, as I was following a young woman at the time, maybe the cyber police were to blame. Get the kicking boots on Sarge.
by Canalboy
Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:25 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: A Forgotten Game
Replies: 0
Views: 17360

A Forgotten Game

For some unaccountable reason I recently recalled a fragment from a (I think) DOS game played back in the early noughties, although I suspect it was from back in the eighties/early nineties originally. I became irrevocably stuck on a problem based around a dog inside a bush, which resisted all ...
by Canalboy
Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:57 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Search Error In CASA
Replies: 2
Views: 9309

Search Error In CASA

The below error is thrown up when searching for games:

General Error
Illegal use of $_GET. You must use the request class to access input data. Found in /var/www/solutionarchive.com/public_html/includes/pages/list.php on line 353. This error message was generated by deactivated_super_global ...
by Canalboy
Fri Feb 07, 2025 5:19 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Adam Atkinson
Replies: 2
Views: 21772

Re: Adam Atkinson

I knew about his illness as I had always informed him of my progress in the Phoenix games over the years - including the odd bug like the freezing of objects in Parc. He helped me over the line with Acheton too back in the day. A very decent, self effacing individual and a sad loss.
by Canalboy
Tue Dec 10, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Broken Review Links
Replies: 3
Views: 11551

Broken Review Links

As indicated above.
by Canalboy
Mon Dec 09, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Cranston Manor For The North Star
Replies: 0
Views: 18755

Cranston Manor For The North Star

The .nsi file for Cranston Manor (cranst.nsi) appears to be corrupted. I downloaded the 88kb single density file from two separate web sites bu they both appear to be buggered. I have the text only version for the Atari (and the split text/graphics version for the Apple II) which I can run via ...