MM61 project suspended?

ixfd64 · 2007-07-30, 22:42

The MM61 website seems to be down. Does anyone know what happened to it, and when it will be back?

Jens K Andersen · 2007-08-02, 04:06

The whole of Tony Forbes' site at http://www.ltkz.demon.co.uk has been down for around a month and his demon account is gone. He expects to open a new site at another location but it may take a while. I don't know when or where, or what is happening with MM61.

The Wayback Machine has archived the site at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://...kz.demon.co.uk

Xyzzy · 2007-08-02, 11:20

If he needs a place we have room on the forum's server here, and it would be free.

jasong · 2007-08-03, 01:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jens K Andersen

The whole of Tony Forbes' site at http://www.ltkz.demon.co.uk has been down for around a month and his demon account is gone. He expects to open a new site at another location but it may take a while. I don't know when or where, or what is happening with MM61.

The Wayback Machine has archived the site at http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://...kz.demon.co.uk

I was not aware of that site until now. How do they decide what to archive?

jasonp · 2007-08-03, 02:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasong

I was not aware of that site until now. How do they decide what to archive?

They have an FAQ; basically they crawl the web every 6 months and save everything website owners let them see. It's both immense and awesome.

PS: If you've wondered about the blurb under your username, compare side-by-side with mine. Methinks the hamsters are getting really subtle.

Xyzzy · 2007-08-04, 04:13

Gerbils, dammit!

(Edit: We have no idea where that outburst came from…)

jasonp · 2007-08-04, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

Gerbils, dammit!

(Edit: We have no idea where that outburst came from…)

Maybe the GERBILS sent it?

Jens K Andersen · 2007-09-01, 22:32

Tony Forbes' site including the MM61 project has reopened at http://anthony.d.forbes.googlepages.com/adf.htm
The old location is dead and does not link to the new.

alpertron · 2007-09-02, 16:19

The problem is that old DOS program with extender. Given that the new Windows versions have problems with these executables, the best way to get more people into the project is to convert it to a Win-32 console application, which is not difficult. Unfortunately I don't have time to do it.

akruppa · 2007-09-10, 13:02

This was just sent to the NMBRTHRY list:

Quote:

Greetings all,

The web site which was at www.ltkz.demon.co.uk has been rebuilt at

http://anthony.d.forbes.googlepages.com/adf.htm

This includes the prime k-tuplets list and the MM61 project.

Apologies for the excessive delay in setting this up.

Sincerely,

-- Tony Forbes

Alex

2007-07-30, 22:42	#1
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 2³·3·103 Posts	MM61 project suspended? The MM61 website seems to be down. Does anyone know what happened to it, and when it will be back?

2007-08-02, 04:06	#2
Jens K Andersen Feb 2006 Denmark 11100110₂ Posts	The whole of Tony Forbes' site at http://www.ltkz.demon.co.uk has been down for around a month and his demon account is gone. He expects to open a new site at another location but it may take a while. I don't know when or where, or what is happening with MM61. The Wayback Machine has archived the site at http://web.archive.org/web//http://...kz.demon.co.uk Last fiddled with by Jens K Andersen on 2007-08-02 at 04:09 Reason: Link archive*

2007-09-02, 16:19	#9
alpertron Aug 2002 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1454₁₀ Posts	The problem is that old DOS program with extender. Given that the new Windows versions have problems with these executables, the best way to get more people into the project is to convert it to a Win-32 console application, which is not difficult. Unfortunately I don't have time to do it. Last fiddled with by alpertron on 2007-09-02 at 16:22

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