RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 29, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2011 Hi Does anyone know what become of his index of model railway articles? http://www.bmschofield.com/ Last entry is. Brian Schofield CITP MBCS MSc Christian, Retired Computer Professional, Hobbies: Model Railways, Photography and family history **News** **May 2011** Magazine index abandoned due to lack of interest. /> Last Modified: April 2011 Copyright: 2011 :Brian M Schofield Edit. Since no one has commented on this topic, I'll ask a different way. Does anyone know about the status of this index & is it worth reviving, if its possible? It seems a shame that such as resource has disappeared. From memory of it there are indexes that are better (the Model Railway Journal one for example), but Brian's covered a much larger range of magazines & articles. Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 When I have looked I have found it helpful, but like he said it needed updating. I seem to recall he asked (on the site) if anyone was interested in taking it over. Khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 6, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2012 When I have looked I have found it helpful, but like he said it needed updating. I seem to recall he asked (on the site) if anyone was interested in taking it over. Khris Thanks Khris I don't recall seeing that. Must have missed it. Judging by the underwhelming response so far, it would seem that Brian's index wasn't used that much. I'd still be interested in looking at the database, with the view of taking it over if anyone knows how to contact Brian Schofield. Regards Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Kevin, try this address : webmaster@bmschofield.com Got it from the Internet archive. It may or may not work. Khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 7, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2012 Kevin, try this address : webmaster@bmschofield.com Got it from the Internet archive. It may or may not work. Khris No good Khris ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <webmaster@bmschofield.com> (reason: 550 unknown user) Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 15, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2012 No good Khris ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <webmaster@bmschofield.com> (reason: 550 unknown user) Kevin Martin I tried this address brian@bmschofield.com It hasn't bounced, but no reply either. Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian.at.rest Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Sorry Guys, I forgot to put a contact on the current website. the index had an average of over 1000 hits per month, Very Seasonal! The index was advertised for over six months and that I wanted someone to take it over. I had one contact in Australia, but I suspect that he was put off by the sheer volume of coding involved. I abandoned the project because I had other things to do, and there was no response to take over. I was bored with it too. there was over 100 pages of coding and over 6000 entries. The project was started in 1980 on an old Apple using MS Word. I had all the magazines that were listed - approaching 2000 i think, but due to lack of contacts they were all recycled. I managed to re-establish the index in 1991 on our return from Canada. I still have all the sql which sould enable someone to pick it up. Although it is much out of date, I think it would still be useful. Regards to all Brian Schofield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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