Question for Bobby Binder re: VCP

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Matt

Barry - what do you click on to start your Browser each day?

Matt,

He's using a Commodore 64. Does it matter what browser it's running?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Matt,
He's using a Commodore 64. Does it matter what browser it's running?

The first programs I wrote were for a Commodore 64

[barrysloate]

I guess there is a joke in Commodore 64 but it went over my head.

Matt- I don't have an AOL account; can it still be an AOL browser? Also please note that Bobby's site worked fine for me for a few years. Only in the last month or so has this happened. At this point it's too difficult for me to use the site at all.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I guess there is a joke in Commodore 64 but it went over my head.

Matt- I don't have an AOL account; can it still be an AOL browser? Also please note that Bobby's site worked fine for me for a few years. Only in the last month or so has this happened. At this point it's too difficult for me to use the site at all.

Commodore 64 was one of the first personal computers - 20+ years ago.

When you executed the Alt-H and then A command earlier, was Net54 open? If not, make sure net54 is open and then try it. It sounds like someone created a Windows desktop shortcut for you to Net54 that opens your browser and loads Net54. My guess is that you're using an older browser and perhaps VCP made some site changes recently that aren't supported by that old browser so you'd need to upgrade your browser to get it working again.

[barrysloate]

Yes, my wife set up all these short cuts for me, and my computer is really old. I should get a new one but I resist. Do you think the fact it is old is part of the problem? And I tried the ALT H A on Net54 several times and nothing at all happened.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Yes, my wife set up all these short cuts for me, and my computer is really old. I should get a new one but I resist. Do you think the fact it is old is part of the problem? And I tried the ALT H A on Net54 several times and nothing at all happened.

I don't think you need a new computer - perhaps just have your wife upgrade your browser.

[barrysloate]

Thanks Matt. Maybe when Bobby comes on he can corroborate that.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I guess there is a joke in Commodore 64 but it went over my head.

Matt- I don't have an AOL account; can it still be an AOL browser? Also please note that Bobby's site worked fine for me for a few years. Only in the last month or so has this happened. At this point it's too difficult for me to use the site at all.

Sorry Barry. Small joke at your expense. Commodore 64 was one of the first personal computers introduced back in early 1982. The 27+ year break is pretty incredible. Today, just about any cell phone, or even your average car, has more computing power than the Commodore 64 did. But at $599, we all thought it was pretty amazing.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

At this point it's too difficult for me to use the site at all.

I've also had to stop using VCP for a while.

Paypal, Bobby and I don't "play nice" together, I guess. (That, and I'm very stubborn.)

It's a little inconvenient, but I'll make do.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Matt

The first programs I wrote were for a Commodore 64

How old are you???

I was the Buyer of Electronics for G. Fox in Hartford, CT (May Company in Cleveland, Straus in Akron, and O'Neils in Youngstown were our sister stores back then) when that came out. We had trouble getting delivery on them for a long time.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

May Company in Cleveland

That's a blast from the past - did the Commodore 64 become obsolete before May Company went out of business?

[BobbyVCP]

Barry,

Which search by are you using? Sounds like the keyword, try using the search by "players last name" and tell me the results you are getting. It is the second field down from the top.

If you are using AOL it should not bother searches you would have log in problems because of the ever changing IP addresses.

[barrysloate]

Hi Bobby- thanks for coming on. As you know I have been using your site for a few years without any trouble, so this is something new. I always go to the field that asks for the player's last name, and I type it in. Once the full name is in the box, I hit search and it just takes me to the same page every time, the one that starts with Jordan & Co. and continues through Joseph Halls and other assorted 19th century sets. It's happened to me so many times that I've pretty much given up using it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Hi Bobby- thanks for coming on. As you know I have been using your site for a few years without any trouble, so this is something new. I always go to the field that asks for the player's last name, and I type it in. Once the full name is in the box, I hit search and it just takes me to the same page every time, the one that starts with Jordan & Co. and continues through Joseph Halls and other assorted 19th century sets. It's happened to me so many times that I've pretty much given up using it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

A thought - are you clicking the search button associated with the "Last Name" field, or the one at the bottom of the page?

Each field has it's own search button and you have to click the one associated with the field you're typing into.

It seems like you might be clicking the search under the "Card Type" field, which by default takes you to a list of cabinet card types.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Matt

The first programs I wrote were for a Commodore 64

Me too! I used to make little animations...I once made the Griswold Family Truckster rolling along the highway. I made a little penguin that would waddle across the screen. And I spent many thousands of hours typing in code from Compute's Gazette Magazine. I loved my C64!