12 O'Clock High Forum

[Pips]

Anyone else have trouble accessing this forum?
Has it been hacked?

Has been offline for several days.

[R Leonard]

Noticed that, too. No idea what's going on.

[wekusta]

Hi,

TOCH has had some serious issues.

I last heard, via a third party, a few days ago that Ruy Horta (the owner) was waiting for his Web Hosts support team to contact him.

When I attempted to connect using Firefox I received an error indicating a database connection issue - others have received different error responses.

[Larry D.]

Re: TOCH:

Also see Posts #5 to 11 here:

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=259240

L.

[wekusta]

This was posted on the RAFCommands Forum



To Twelve O’Clock High members,



According to Ruy Horta, TOCH's founder and administrator, there has been a serious corruption of the site's database. He cannot make any predictions about when or if he can fix it.



My own experience was there was no problem around 0800 British Summer Time on Wednesday 22 September but by about 1030 all I got was error messages



Please pass this information on to anyone who asks. I’m sorry not to have more positive news at the moment.


(TOCH Moderators)

[Pips]

Thanks for heads up guys. Guess we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope it gets sorted.

[VtwinVince]

Does not sound promising.

[Joda]

Yeah no way to access anymore…now I understand… hope it will be restored soon ….

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Guys,

I hope 12 O'Clock High survives this, along with its invaluable database. It is too good to lose.

Which leads to the question: Does AHF back up its database?

Sid.

[ewest89]

Hi,

This is Ed West, a frequent poster to 12 O'Clock High. I would like a recommendation to a different but related site.


TIA,
Ed

[RudiS]

Hi Ed,

You can try the following:
https://www.luftwaffe-research-group.com/
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/

Regards,
Rudi

[ewest89]

Hi Rudi,

Good to hear from you. The LRG is not accepting new members at this time so I'll try the other site.

Thanks and regards,
Ed

[Larry D.]

Hi Ed -

Increasingly, it appears TOCH will not be coming back. On the recommendation of one of the most favored original members who is a close personal friend of one of the managers at TOCH, I sent said manager a very nice e-mail politely asking for whatever amplification he could provide. It has been nearly a week and no reply. And I've been an active member there since 2000 with a total of 7,000+ posts under two different screen names. So things do not look promising.

Larry deZeng

[ewest89]

Hi Larry,

Here we see an example of what may be a bad sign for all internet forums. Without a dedicated, timed backup to a secure device/cloud location, decades of research can be lost. I still have some hope and will not speculate. I will continue where I can. My best to you and yours.

Ed

[Larry D.]

Roger that, Ed.