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Atari-forum access issues. Is anybody else affected?

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mrbombermillzy wrote: 24 Jul 2026 16:46 Still weeks of absolutely no access for me still...With or without VPN. :(
Works on my PC, tablet, my house, girlfriends house, my server proxy also works :P

Just get a UA switcher, and put some random crap in it, probably work then.
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Actually, just tried switching UA. I can now get on. :lol:
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It's back up again for me.
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Now try reading a discussion which has a large number of images....
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stephen_usher wrote: 24 Jul 2026 18:46 Now try reading a discussion which has a large number of images....
Like the TT one!
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I have given up hope that the site will ever be accessible again. It's been a disaster for months now with no sign of improvement. What worked yesterday (VPN, UA), fails today. I can now only view the site pretending I'm in Hong Kong but no chance of login.
I do hope someone managed to get a recent mirror with all attachments. I know, in the long run we'll all be dead, but for the time being I would like it to be saved.
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robv wrote: 26 Jul 2026 17:05 I have given up hope that the site will ever be accessible again. It's been a disaster for months now with no sign of improvement. What worked yesterday (VPN, UA), fails today. I can now only view the site pretending I'm in Hong Kong but no chance of login.
I do hope someone managed to get a recent mirror with all attachments. I know, in the long run we'll all be dead, but for the time being I would like it to be saved.
I don't think the question of AF backups was actually answered even?
Thats the problem with running a server in 2026, it turns into a full-time job.
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I’m still seeing the issue(s) after being able to reach the forum for a few days this week.

Part of me wants to give up on it, but realistically I’m not going to quit atari-forum.com “cold turkey.” There is simply too much unique knowledge and activity there. For example, David Small, creator of the Magic Sac and Spectre GCR, is working on Spectre 4.0 under Hatari. That is pretty compelling for someone who had an Atari ST as a kid but could not possibly afford a Macintosh in the 1980s.

Hopefully whatever is causing the access problems can be resolved. In the meantime I have been able to access with Tor browser pretty consistently but it's slow.
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MEX68KECB wrote: 30 Jul 2026 18:59 I’m still seeing the issue(s) after being able to reach the forum for a few days this week.
Hopefully whatever is causing the access problems can be resolved.
The problem is, like I said previously, it's a full-time admin job to keep on top of it all, I doubt anyone there is capable of sinking in the time required. Or they just hide behind Cloudflare and hope for the best like most people do.
Part of me wants to give up on it, but realistically I’m not going to quit atari-forum.com “cold turkey.” There is simply too much unique knowledge and activity there. For example, David Small, creator of the Magic Sac and Spectre GCR, is working on Spectre 4.0 under Hatari. That is pretty compelling for someone who had an Atari ST as a kid but could not possibly afford a Macintosh in the 1980s.
Didn't know that. Was that the "gadgets by small" guy who did hardware stuff ?
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exxos wrote: 30 Jul 2026 19:04 The problem is, like I said previously, it's a full-time admin job to keep on top of it all, I doubt anyone there is capable of sinking in the time required. Or they just hide behind cloudflare and hope for the best like most people do.
Absolutely, that's why I try to minimize complaining. Nobody is getting rich doing Atari ST stuff but it makes my life more fun.

exxos wrote: 30 Jul 2026 19:04 Didn't know that. Was that the "gadgets by small" guy who did hardware stuff ?
That's him. https://atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=498160

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