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MTM Link at top of forum broken

#1 Post by Neil » Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:59 pm

I've notice that the MTM link leads to...nothing, for the last couple of days. Does anyone know if this is temporary, or has the individual that was hosting the site taken it down?
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#2 Post by rkawakami » Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:17 pm

The last time I used it was on Friday and it was working. It is still down according to a couple of the "is it down or just me"-type of diagnostic sites. I have noticed in the past that the site may not be accessible for a few hours but nothing lasting a couple of days.
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#3 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:54 pm

Just checking on the German TPF: http://thinkpad-forum.de/threads/178429 ... ost1916998

The hosting company "Netghost" has temporarily shut down that MTM-server due to the heat (not further specified).

It's German TPF forum member netghost78 who runs that MTM-server from home.
Apparently it got hot in the room where that server was located.
He also just moved house, hence the downtime.

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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#4 Post by Sudevan » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:27 pm

It was on for a bit yesterday, but now it's off again.

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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#5 Post by bit_twiddler » Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:07 pm

Someone (perhaps a poster in this thread) put together a spreadsheet version of the MTM lookup database;
does anybody remember how to download it? I'm a little fuzzy on how we did that - did we use a torrent?
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#6 Post by rumbero » Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:55 pm

bit_twiddler wrote:Someone (perhaps a poster in this thread) put together a spreadsheet version of the MTM lookup database;
does anybody remember how to download it?
sites.google.com/site/twisteroidambassador/thinkpads/mtm-lookup-table

I once prepared a reduced text copy of that spread sheet and use following script to search it locally (line breaks in search results are added manually here):

Code: Select all

# tpspecs 6460-8VU 2007-QPG

ThinkPad T61 (6460-8VU) T7700(2.4GHz) 2GB RAM 160GB 7200rpm HD 15.4in 1920x1200 \
LCD 256MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M CDRW/DVDRW Intel 802.11agn Bluetooth Modem 1Gb \
Ethernet UltraNav Secure chip Fingerprint reader WinXP Pro

ThinkPad T60 (2007-QPG) Based 2007-GCJ: T7200(2GHz) 1GB RAM 120GB 5400rpm HD 15in \
1400x1050 LCD 128MB ATI Radeon X1400 CDRW/DVDRW Intel 802.11abg wireless Bluetooth/Modem \
1Gb Ether UltraNav Sec Chip FPR 6c Li-Ion batt WinVista Business

# cat /usr/local/bin/tpspecs
#! /bin/bash

PRG=$(basename $0)

MTMDB=/usr/local/share/ThinkPad/MTM-All.txt 

if [ "$#" = "0" ]
then
    echo ""
    echo "Usage: $PRG <PRODUCT-ID>"
    echo ""
    echo "The PRODUCT-ID (or TYPE) refers to the 4 plus 3 character code"
    echo "separated by a hyphen, which is usually shown on an adhesive"
    echo "label at the bottom side of any Thinkpad, and also in the BIOS"
    echo "as the first 7 characters of the 'System-unit serial number'."
    echo ""
    exit 0
else
    if [ -f "$MTMDB" ]
    then
    for MODEL in "$@"
        do 
           echo ""
           grep \("$MODEL"\) "$MTMDB"
        done
        echo ""
    else
        echo ""
        echo File "$MTMDB" not found
        echo ""
    fi
fi

exit 0
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#7 Post by dcai777 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:48 pm

Fixed yesterday for me.
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#8 Post by emeraldgirl08 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:52 am

Working fine for me this morning whereas yesterday I would get a page load error.
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#9 Post by Sudevan » Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:28 am

Not working as of today, August 15th 2015, 8:30 AM (US Central Time).

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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#10 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:24 pm

I just received the info that the MTM-data are to be transferred from someone's private server to a server from www.Thinkwiki.org
The WHEN is not known yet, but shouldn't take too long.
As soon as known, the MTM link at the top of this page will be updated.

Due to the current hot weather in Germany, the private server is not online.
HTH.

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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#11 Post by Dekks » Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:20 am

Is the MTM link gone now? I know it has its ups n down but its been down for a week now.
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#12 Post by rkawakami » Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:26 am

I've noticed the same thing over the last few days.
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#13 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:05 am

Until further notice you can use this: http://thinkpadder-id.com/mtm/
Not as good, but at least it works.
If the other one stays off, maybe we should change the MTM-link...
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Re: MTM Link at top of forum broken

#14 Post by Dekks » Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:04 am

Its back.
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