Английская Википедия:Drobe
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Drobe (also referred to as Drobe Launchpad) was a computing news web site with a focus on the Шаблон:Nowraplinks operating system. Its archived material was retained online, curated by editor Chris Williams until late 2020.[1]
History
Drobe was founded in 1999 by Peter Price.[2] In 2001, Peter handed the site over to Chris Williams as editor.[1] After Шаблон:Nowrap, it closed as a news site in 2009. It was retained as an historical archive until 2020 when the site went offline.[3][4][5][6] A few weeks after the site's closure Williams posted articles on Micro Men, the television drama about the rivalry between Acorn and Sinclair in the 1980s. He subsequently stated that such articles may continue to appear periodically.[7]
Main features
At launch, the site featured a news feed, POP email checker and a search facility "incorporating AcornSearch.com".[2] Шаблон:As of, the site features archived Шаблон:Nowrap articles, news and other media. It also hosts an online emulator for the BBC Micro, using the Java Runtime Environment.
Registered users were able to apply for user webspace in order to host their own projects. These subsites continue to be hosted by Drobe.
See also
References
Subsites
Drobe
- BBC Micro emulator
- File archives (mirrors of popular FTP sites, etc.)
- Reference material (various Шаблон:Nowrap/Acorn hardware)
Selected user sites
- Шаблон:URL
- Шаблон:URL
- Шаблон:URL
- Шаблон:URL (ROLF (software), the Шаблон:Nowrap look and feel on Linux)
External links
- Diodesign (Editor/curator Chris Williams's website)
- Drobe article statistics
- Шаблон:URL (subdomain hosting, adopted by Drobe)
- Шаблон:Twitter
