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The 20s have not been very happy so far. Maybe we can turn that around.

It's 2020. I'm still here. That is all.

Thanks to Luis Felipe Antoniosi (Retro Canada) for pointing out the 5150 config switch issue.

Version 3.1 is here.

The massive database of QBASIC games, created and mantained by Lachie, is available once again!

It was previously hosted at qbasic.com, which has been offline for a couple years now. It is now available at games.phatcode.net.

It's been almost 9 years since an official update...but old school never dies.

I released the Super PC/Turbo XT BIOS 3.0 a couple weeks ago and I thought I should dust off the site and give it a little design facelift.

I also fixed the Scene News page and updated all the broken external links. Turns out a lot of websites move and disappear over a decade, hmm.

And...the forum is back!

The following features have been added in Version 1.1:

• EMS Magic will now load itself into UMBs by default, unless the /L switch is specified. This should save
  7K conventional memory on most systems with limited free UMBs. Previously LOADHIGH was needed to load EMS Magic into UMBs, which required 64K+ free initially.
• MAX option added to the /RAM switch. Specifying /RAM=MAX will use all available XMS for EMS.
• /BEST switch added. This forces EMS Magic to use the "best fit" memory allocation strategy when loading, rather than the default "last fit". This is needed for some programs that expect the upper end of conventional memory to be available.

You can download the new version here.

Unless a major bug is found, this will likely be the final release. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback.

I am not dead. Updates will be coming soon.

Also, we have reached 100,000+ visits. Booya.


That is all.

Grab it here. Noteable changes are:

• Relaxed license
• Compatible with PHP 5.x
• Added ability for admin to edit posts
• Added option for auto subject line (re: ...)
• Added option to allow/disallow <code>, <b>, <i>, <u>
• Fixed bookmarks (#) in autolinking
• Added word filters
• Added spambot protection
• Encoded field names
• Trigger phrases
• Trap field
• Timed forms
• Link verification (LinkSleeve)

That's right, it's finally finished.

A couple of months ago I threw together a new logo and put it up as a test. I've decided I like it better than the old one, so I touched it up and it's staying.

I updated the 88x31 button, so if you link to Phat Code please use the updated one at: http://www.phatcode.net/images/button.png. Also, the favicon has been updated, so clear your browser cache if you want to see the new one.

The tagfile (phatcode.exe) hasn't been updated yet because I'm adding some animation to it, but that should be updated soon.