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macguru212

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Not sure if any old timers out there recall a great tech site for Macs: xlr8yourmac.com

It has been down for a couple of days now.
Mike, the author and creator of the site for ~28 years has either retired, or worse... I really don't know.

Mike's site has helped so many hardcore Apple fans over the years, my first encounter with him and xlr8yourmac.com was upgrading a 7200 PM with a new processor (NewPowr)... And a few more times with other CPUs, Video Cards, math co-processors on a variety of old school PowerPC hardware. I never failed to visit the site, even on vacation, just to peek in on what was happening.

I only only hope Mike is ok, but his site is 'offline' Other tech sites and forums report that he only retired, but I'm shocked nothing is here, seems so abrupt for retirement.

I'll peek in every now and then to see if anyone has any news, I'm traveling and have my nose the grindstone, but am concerned. cheers all
 
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I returned from a trip a few days ago and I notice XLR8yourmac.com was gone.

Strange days, I suppose. Barefeats.com still remains yet is in archive mode…
 
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