Twin Quads beats P3... ;-)
More seriously though, Cheetah's offer sounds long-term safer in respect to he is already running a web page and server associated stuff that is already up-to-spec, managed and well-capable.
Double-bonus if the old Chameleon Kaleidoscope can be just restored from archive. Most of the Skunkworks pages are still in place, just not linked from the front page. The Links section of the group still has links into sections such as the staff page and By The Tail, so may be able 'pick up' the original pages, plus set up new albums and similar - something for someone with a clue about web page layout (I'm a 'back office' type support, not web development).
With respect to the www.skunked.com, that could be purchased and relocated, but I am not sure how long it is tied up for - this report suggests it is overdue for renewal, but it may be the current host has some other funny agreement - maybe something Cheetah could chase, as I suspect he can then answer questions about transferring it to his server? www.skunked.com was still up when I checked today...
Domain Name: SKUNKED.COM
Registrar: NEW DREAM NETWORK, LLC
Whois Server: whois.dreamhost.com
Referral URL: http://www.dreamhost.com
Name Server: NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server: NS2.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server: NS3.DREAMHOST.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 01-aug-2013
Creation Date: 01-aug-1998
Expiration Date: 31-jul-2014
Don't think we'd be able to get acess to JMH's hard drives, as that would allow access to all the saved fanart, latest versions of web pages he had compiled and any other art he may have saved. Cheetah, any chance you could contact Pauline? 'Old' computers left lying around can quickly get thrown out if no one expresses interest! Spare hard drive in a drawer - junk to 99% of people...
Thank-you to all who have offered hosting - it shows many of us believe preserving Jim's work is a worthwhile cause.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, quiet confidence in a successful plan.
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>Quite honestly I could just offer hosting on TJA’s servers, they’re a pair of 2u Twin Quads with an Unlimited Backbone.. No reason to go and put it on an older machine with security issues, I think I still HAVE the old D.Lee site in archives, I can always just put it back up. I can let you guys n gals build Jim’s site any way you deem fit.. If you want to purchase a url , I’d be happy to host that for free as well.
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>Jim/Cheetah - TJA
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Received on Tue Sep 16 2014 - 23:22:11 CDT