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Old 02-13-2004, 11:07 AM
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Default 928's Forever site up and running again

I haven't seen any posts on this so forgive me if it's already been covered. Phil Tong's 928s4vr site is back up and running (it was down for a LONG time). For those unfamiliar, it has some of the best Shark info available. Thanks Phil! http://www.928s4vr.com/

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Old 02-13-2004, 11:46 AM
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Thank you Don. I gave up on asking about it a long time ago. I'm glad to have that back on the book marks.
Old 02-13-2004, 11:52 AM
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Thank You for the update...so glad it is back up again. Phil's site was one of the most informative sites I accessed as a 928 wannabe and 928 newbie (not that I'm too far beyond that now...but one IS in my garage!).
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Old 02-13-2004, 12:01 PM
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I had given up on it too and just gave it one last try. There was a post some time ago questioning what happened to it and no one knew what was going on. I sent Phil various emails when it was down with no response. His site is much appreciated. I hope it stays up 4vr!
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I think it is time to upload the entire contents onto a cd so if it goes down we still have the info
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Lizard - YES!

Anyone know Phil? I wish we could hear from him to get an update.
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Cool!, Phil's site was the first to tell me the difference about the 928's. Great site and I'm glad it's up.
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Check with Bill Ball as I think he was working on restoring the site.
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I just went through the site almost entirely...a number of dead links exist but it is fairfly functional. Perhaps Phil is still working on it? Or has someone else taken over the site on his behalf? Cheers !
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I sent Phil an email with this thread link and requested an update. Hopefully he will respond and let us know what's going on.
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The 928s4vr.com site is now hosted by Excell.Net, and Phil has passed "ownership" of the contents to the 928 Owners Club.

As some may know, I was trying to rescue this site for the past 6 month. Finally with assistance from John Veninger and Bill Ball, Phil agreed that the 928 Owners Club could have the site, so long as the site's contents were kept available to the public. Of course I readily agreed to this restriction.

I have the site on a server, and have also made a copy on another computer. Two 928 Owners Club members, Robert Smith and John Veninger, are working on updates to the site. The updated site will be presented for comments before replacing the existing site (and of course the existing site will be archived).

Thanks to Bill, John and most of all to Phil for their assistance in rescuing the 928S4vr.com site.
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Ah, memories.

Lots o' dead links though...
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It will be worked on, give it some time.
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Yeah. It is a good basis to build a more comprehensive site, that is more up to date...
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Thanks Stan!


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