> This, on the other hand, is probably going to be watched eagle-eyed by > people who were actually around at the time and have some idea what > they're talking about. Provided there's some feedback mechanism (and > it's okay to have a single point of contact now, because all the > software is legit) that should provide some quality-control in itself. > Perhaps such feedback could take the form of a webboard associated with > each particular page of software? Or in fact, the entire site could > probably be composed of a wiki. Yeah, a wiki is a great idea for some parts of the site.
> Use gzip rather than zip, then SimCoupe can load them directly. What does anyone else think about this? > Well, SimCoupe's already got one format (sdf), but if you have plans to > prefer different, more standardised one I think the archive needs to be > using the latest format. This is something I need some input on because I've used a real SAM much more than an emulator so am only really familiar with .dsks - I don't think I've ever used anything else! I'd like it to be as easy as possible to transfer any images to an actual SAM disk though. > Has anything been started on the design of the web pages? I think the > page for each piece of software should also include cover art, where > possible, and details like author, publisher, original publishing date > where known etc. I assume the proposed hosting will allow you to run > custom php and/or cgi? Beyond planning it in my head, nothing has been done yet in terms of design, although I've a fair idea of what I'd like it to look like - of course, we can play with the design quite a bit for the first three months. I would definitely like to see the cover art plus scans of any instructions etc included along with the details you mentioned. Yep, the hosting allows us to use custom php and cgi and pretty much anything else we want. Gavin
