Next Priorities
My immediate priority is making floppy loading 100% reliable.
Once the disk subsystem is stable, I'll move on to:
Please keep in mind that this is an early preview, intended mainly for testing and feedback rather than regular use. If you do try it, I'd love to hear what works and what doesn't.
Discord policy update! We are clarifying our rules around solicitation.
In general, solicitation (posting messages offering items or services to buy or sell) is not allowed, except in the <#1177363764333514772> forum. This forum is intended for a narrow band of items related to the MEGA65, and not as a general vintage computer trading forum. We have updated <#1037417780011610182> to clarify this.
To minimize abuse, we are also restricting the creation of threads in <#1177363764333514772> to registered MEGA65 owners. We recognize that this leaves out regular contributors that are not MEGA65 owners. If you are a regular contributor but not a registered owner, and you have an item to buy or sell that would be of special interest to the MEGA65 community, please contact a moderator, and we can evaluate it and post it for you.
Please let the moderation team know if you have any questions about these changes. Thanks!
Discord organization update! We will be migrating from project channels to project forum threads.
Both options have advantages and disadvantages, but there is one disadvantage we can't get around: a Discord server has a lifetime cap on the number of channels that can be created. Forum threads have no such limit. With the recent uptick in project activity, we don't want to be in a position where we favor some projects over others. Many projects naturally taper off over time, which makes them ideal for forum threads.
Other benefits of threads:
Instead of project channels, we will use these forums:
Anyone with a project is invited to create a new thread in the appropriate forum, no sign-up needed.
With the recent excitement around alternate cores, we want to keep those discussions visible to new joiners. For now, the Commodore core projects will remain channels, in a new Alternate Cores sidebar section. Non-Commodore cores will be threads in the <#1177364456896999485> forum, also in that section. This isn't meant to be disparaging to non-Commodore cores! It's a balance to help promote the MEGA65 hardware as a multi-Commodore computer. We will revise this arrangement as fits the on-going discussions.
Existing project channels will be migrated to forum threads. All channels that are becoming threads will be made read-only in the Public Archive sidebar section. Archived channels remain searchable. New forums will be created with cross-links to the archived channel to continue discussions.
I have started migrating project channels. I'll wait until next week to migrate channels with more recent activity, to avoid more confusion than is necessary.
We will continue to invest in new ways of promoting projects within and outside the community. Everyone is encouraged to use the <#1177361609832796161> feature to promote cool ideas within the Discord: add a ⭐️ reaction to any post. Feel free to reach out to the moderators ( dddaaannn , KiDra , AmokPhaze101 , , or deft ) with any questions or concerns.
Thank you to everyone for your patience, and for your amazing projects!