CompuServe Thread

Scott, I was a member of Amigaforum too. I am now a member of AmigaTech, AmigaArts, and AmigaVendor. Amigaforum is no longer there. The sysops may have been able to transfer all 10,000+ members over to the new forums, but they would have had to ask each one, "Which of the new forums do you want to be a member of?" Not easy to do. Considering that the new software and the forum split is rather old news to most members it appears you don't log on very often. You may have been caught in the purge that occurs every ninety days. (You don't show up in that time, you get purged, and may rejoin if you wish. That practice is _not_ restricted to this forum) If you are a long time user of CIS, you should know that using 300 baud is wasteful in any situation where you know what you're doing. It's use should be restricted to exploration of new areas and the conference area. I recommend that you download Whap!, found in Lib 16 of AmigaTech. You'll save money with it, and be pleasantly surprised at what 2400 baud can do. Simple math can demostrate why high bauds are more economical if you're knowlegable. 1200 = 4 x 300, 2400 = 8 x 300. You pay more for the hour, but get more than double information. Cut down on your wasted time and you save money. Whap! will also make you an instant expert, and let you read and compose messages offline, saving you even more. Doug

Scott, You may have "been a member of the AmigaForum for 2 years…", but if you are just now checking in to find out about the new software, I should warn you: CIS forum membership bases are _PURGED_ on a regular basis to remove inactive names from the roster. If you are going to check in this rarely, you may be frustrated to find yourself having to join each and every time, new versions notwithstanding. As has been mentioned in another reply to you, there IS no "problem". The forum of which you were a member no longer exists. It was replaced many months ago by three NEW forums. Library files were moved to the replacement forums depending on their contents. The message base and membership lists were NOT moved because there was no way to decide in what forum a given, wide-ranging thread should exist, or to determine which forum(s) a given member might like to join. Everyone had to go through the rejoining process, Scott… not just you. I am sorry you are "ticked off" at having to "watch all that stuff crawl by at 300 baud". Even if it took you 15 minutes to wade through the bulletins and join, that's about $1.75. The rearrangement of the forums should easily save you that within your first month's usage. If you are that concerned about cost, I would _strongly_ recommend you invest in a copy of Whap! and go to 2400 baud. Rick

Scott, AmigaForum split into 3 forums on July 15th. The forums are AmigaTech, AmigaArts, and AmigaVendor. We also routinely purge membership back to 90 days of inactivity. If you haven't logged on within 90 days, chances are your membership record has been purged required you to rejoin. This is done to keep from overloading system resources. With 12,000+ active members, we felt that a 90 days purge of inactive members was acceptable and necessary. -sja

Slow down! Do a little math, and you'll see that 2400 baud gets you more bytes for your buck. 300 baud is the most expensive, for bytes/$. The Forum switch took place *weeks* ago. Instead of signing you up for every section automatically, they wanted to let you choose which Forums you belonged to, on your own. What's the big deal?