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Does anyone have backups of the cherryroms froum ? There was so much
good info in the console backup section and it would be a shame if that was forever lost! Who was administrating it anyway?

(sorry if this is a bit off-topic ..)

Yes there was lots of useful info in the hardware forum, but there was lots of redundant garbage too (partially my resonsibility). It would be nice to have the forum data rehosted somewhere in a read-only, searchable format. Maybe NesDev could obtain it and host it, again, in a searchable read-only format?

Yes this is a NES site, but the Snes has to be closely related enough to deserve a little spot over there in the corner.

Indeed, there was a poor signal to noise ratio. But there is nowhere else where most of the information exists.

Someone should get the forum database and (assuming its not in some really weird format) put up the important parts in a read-only archived sub-forum.

well does anyone know the admin of cherryroms ?

Why not try to start a new forum with even better information? 99% of Cherryroms threads were basic FAQs, a new forum could be so much more. If I had hosting I'd immediately put up a copier phpBB2.

kyuusaku:

You are right.. Well I could ask a friend of mine who has some servers
but I chances are rather slim on this..

Maybe parodius.com could host such boards? Putting a general copier
section in here would be a bit far off I suppose, but maybe on an extra
site ? admins? :-)

It doesn't seem to me that copiers (not to mention the piracy that accompanies them) fits with parodius' mission.

A flash programmer plus a cart board modified to take socketed flash is a copier. Without it, one cannot really test homebrew.

This is true but boards revolving around copiers, not homebrew, never attract homebrew, only piracy. With piracy comes a void of interesting discussion since the vast majority of the members join solely to learn how to operate their hardware.

kyuusaku wrote:This is true but boards revolving around copiers, not homebrew, never attract homebrew, only piracy.

Never? I can think of at least one major exception: Pocket Heaven Discussion Boards and PHWiki discuss the use of GBA and DS copier hardware for both homebrew and piracy.

With piracy comes a void of interesting discussion since the vast majority of the members join solely to learn how to operate their hardware.

Frequently asked questions about copiers are best answered in a wiki.

kyuusaku's arguments are probably correct. Such a forum would
attract lots of people seeking for answers on their warez/gaming
issues. Certainly that is not what I, or anyone of you would want.

Question is if/how that could be avoided or limited ? Removing
unwanted topics and banning users might work, but that would
require quite some dedication from an admin I suppose.

Bah.. can't think straight .. 03:27am.. off to bed

Still: l it would be really nice if a new forum could be started. I'd be
willing to help

Cherryroms used to have stickied FAQ threads but that for the most part didn't help. If a thread two inches from their own was too hard to find, I'm not sure how they'll make their way to a wiki.

Pocket Heaven still isn't primarily a copier oriented board, what I had in mind were boards such as the late Cherryroms, late Red #9, Success-HK forums, Tototek board, for the most part Dextrose, Generation X V64 forum and some smaller boards which have a even harder time keeping discussion legal and remotely interesting.

PDP-13 wrote:Indeed, there was a poor signal to noise ratio. But there is nowhere else where most of the information exists.

Someone should get the forum database and (assuming its not in some really weird format) put up the important parts in a read-only archived sub-forum.

I agree. Unforunately, there were some great things that people have reverse-engineered over time that I forgot to save or summarize in a text file for myself. So there is a lot of great info that is basically lost (to me at least) right now.

kyuusaku wrote:If I had hosting I'd immediately put up a copier phpBB2.

I have excess hosting space (and bandwidth) at the moment. So I'd be willing to host a backup of cherryroms (if someone knows who to ask for it), as well as hosting a new forum if you'd like.

I use a lot of forums, but I know little to nothing about how to start one successfully and manage it so it stays so. But I'd be willing to try. Kyuusaku, if you are really interested in starting such a board, let me know and maybe we can get one going.

I never really visited there, so I don't know much about it. There's only one page I could find in Google cache. There are a couple of email addresses and an AIM name you can see on that page. Not sure if any of them would know who to contact, but it's worth a shot I guess. I really don't think any of them were admin or mods on there, as it looks like there was just a bunch of arguing on that thread.

well I think getting a backup of cherryroms would be a "bonus". But
starting a new forum would be much nicer anyhow :)