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I didn't think I would ever do this, but the time has come. A little over a year ago I was in a very bad car accident that should've killed me. Instead, I got a second chance on life. It really made me reevaluate my priorities and look at where my life was headed.

Computers and programming were fun for me but there's so much more I want to do. I've had a great 8 years online with this community but it's time for me to move on to other endeavors.

I have updated Phat Code with my last project, a BIOS for XT computers. The site will remain online but will no longer be updated. The forum will be disabled to prevent spam.

All currently hosted sites will remain online, including freebasic.net. I will still accept new accounts and provide support for hosted accounts, although I cannot promise a prompt response. If I am no longer able to maintain hosting in the future, arrangements will be made to transfer phatcode.net/freebasic.net to a responsible individual.

If you need to contact me, you can still email me at plasma@phatcode.net and I will reply when I am able to.

I wish you all the best!

-Jon

The following features have been added in Version 1.1:

• EMS Magic will now load itself into UMBs by default, unless the /L switch is specified. This should save
  7K conventional memory on most systems with limited free UMBs. Previously LOADHIGH was needed to load EMS Magic into UMBs, which required 64K+ free initially.
• MAX option added to the /RAM switch. Specifying /RAM=MAX will use all available XMS for EMS.
• /BEST switch added. This forces EMS Magic to use the "best fit" memory allocation strategy when loading, rather than the default "last fit". This is needed for some programs that expect the upper end of conventional memory to be available.

You can download the new version here.

Unless a major bug is found, this will likely be the final release. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback.

I am not dead. Updates will be coming soon.

Also, we have reached 100,000+ visits. Booya.


That is all.

Grab it here. Noteable changes are:

• Relaxed license
• Compatible with PHP 5.x
• Added ability for admin to edit posts
• Added option for auto subject line (re: ...)
• Added option to allow/disallow <code>, <b>, <i>, <u>
• Fixed bookmarks (#) in autolinking
• Added word filters
• Added spambot protection
• Encoded field names
• Trigger phrases
• Trap field
• Timed forms
• Link verification (LinkSleeve)

That's right, it's finally finished.

A couple of months ago I threw together a new logo and put it up as a test. I've decided I like it better than the old one, so I touched it up and it's staying.

I updated the 88x31 button, so if you link to Phat Code please use the updated one at: http://www.phatcode.net/images/button.png. Also, the favicon has been updated, so clear your browser cache if you want to see the new one.

The tagfile (phatcode.exe) hasn't been updated yet because I'm adding some animation to it, but that should be updated soon.

All hosted accounts with 50 MB space have been upgraded to 100 MB, enjoy.

Phat Code passed the 10,000 visitor mark yesterday, in less than a year. My last site took 2 years to reach 10k, so I'd say that's an improvement. :)

(and yes, that's "visitors", not "hits"...page hits are obviously much more...)

I also uploaded a short 96k intro that I wrote for a compo over at qbasic.com. It's pretty crappy, but I think I actually like it better than Digital Reality. Seems to "flow" better.

Thanks to everyone who tested beta 1. I've implemented the last two functions ("Alter Page Map & Jump" and "Alter Page Map & Call") and partially optimized the code. I've also found and removed a lot of bugs, including the 32K sample bug with Impulse Tracker and the graphics corruption with GYAN-E-B-GYAN.

My main focus now is getting programs which are 95% or less working as best I can. I have a much better debugging system now that records interrupt activity to a logfile, so that should make things somewhat easier.

There may or may not be a second beta. If there is, it probably won't be public. But if you're interested, as always, you can contact me to try it out.

phatcode.net, freebasic.net, and all hosted sites have been moved to the new server. The average server load is much lower, which means you should see improved performance on all sites.