Icrontic

[tmh88]

Ive been here for a while, but I was never a member of icrontic. I'm assuming it was a previous website to this, but I dont really know.

could anyone fill me in on what icrontic was, and why everyones here now. thanks, just occured to me when i saw that thread keebs posted about buydomains.com

[Kwitko]

It's all right here (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21089):).

[tmh88]

thanks, so what exactly happened when it was hacked. Did they delete everything, add virus's or what?

that sucks, but hey, S-M is awsome

[profdlp]

thanks, so what exactly happened when it was hacked. Did they delete everything, add virus's or what?

that sucks, but hey, S-M is awsome
I went to get on the old Icrontic one day and saw a plain screen with the message "In yer box". I can't remember if there was anything else. A few minutes later I couldn't connect at all. After several days had passed I Googled the names of some of the old Icrontic folks and that led me to AmdMB's (now pcperspective) website.

It was ALL gone...

[reelbigfish]

yeah it sucked. I remeber not getting on, and my roommate from college told me to goto AMDMB. Very sad.

[tmh88]

jeez, any idea how these guy(s) did it?

i read something about someone slacking, but does anyone know exactly what happened?

[TheSmJ]

Icrontic wasn't the only one hit by these hackers at the time. Thrax and I Googled around and found a handfull of other sites hit by them as well.

[Thrax]

Yeah, that team hit a <i>bunch</i> of tech websites in a relatively short period of time. The Googleverse was crawling with the little bastards, but I think Icrontic was the only one in tenuous enough a position to topple, sadly.

[Lincoln]

thanks, so what exactly happened when it was hacked. Did they delete everything, add virus's or what?

Replaced front page. Everything else looked ok.
Server started acting funny. Rebooted.
Bam. Whole things when down in a pyre of hellish flames. Everything gone.
Looked for backups and found... basically nothing.


that sucks, but hey, S-M is awsome
I guess, in the end, the community did well with a virtual reboot anyway. :)

[GHoosdum]

This reminds me, my S-M FAQ (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39523) is long overdue... I'd better get crackin' on it!

[tmh88]

what do you think they did? send virus's to the server or something.

[primesuspect]

remote exploit.... As they say "hacked"

[tmh88]

well sorry to hear that, but since short-media is a success, im guessing you guys have mostly gotten over it (except the owners maybe)

[Lincoln]

well sorry to hear that, but since short-media is a success, im guessing you guys have mostly gotten over it (except the owners maybe)
There's no good way to say this... Icrontic's original owner passed away some months ago. Here is the related thread (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22333) :(

It's quite a long saga, actually, when you try to explain everything that has happened since Icrontic... a very rich history full of both the amazing and the tragic.

This reminds me, my S-M FAQ (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39523) is long overdue... I'd better get crackin' on it!
Indeed! If you'd like to collaborate at all, let me know. In any case, let me know as it progresses; I'll find it an official home and all that when it's done.

[GHoosdum]

Indeed! If you'd like to collaborate at all, let me know. In any case, let me know as it progresses; I'll find it an official home and all that when it's done.

Yup, I'm welcoming collaboration! Post in the thread or PM me if you've got any suggestions.

[Aranyic]

Icrontic holds a special place with me (and Keith (Mortin) also even though he is no longer with us). I found Icrontic when I was probably 14 or 15, at that point I gamed and that was it. I wanted to mess around with computers a little but wasn't sure about them at all, they were still a mystery.

I found Icrontic through the 'cool link' portion of overclockers.com. I immediatly felt at home there is what I do remember. The place was fun and informative at the same time. I learned quite a bit about computers just reading the forums and Pauls FAQ, I didn't have a abit board at that point but it was still informative.

After a while I started posting news and working on a general FAQ for the site. It was something that never really took off. Eventually I became an admin on the forums. At that time I have been a member of the site for probably 2/3 years and tried as best at I could to help the site however I could. At that point I'll be honest, I was probably 17 and not able to do it right. I could install vbulletin mods and moderate the forums though.

I gradually became inactive on the site and forums just because I found other things to occupy my time (computer games were my weakness ;)). Then icrontic was hacked and Keith sold the site on ebay. At that point I attempted to get back into the but my heart really wasn't in it. I eventually faded out of the site again and it sad semi-dormate for the past year or so.

Citrix just sold the site again and the timing was right for me. I've been working full time for a while (and I'm single :D) so the means were there to be able to purchase the site. I've had the bug to do some coding and get back into the website for a few months now. Everything just sort of fell into place. I've rambled on long enough now (sorry I'm a few beers * a couple jager bombs into celebrating my new website already tonight).

But to wrap up I'm not sure I would even be into computers like I am now, or have gone to college for 2 years for CIS (even though I am a business major at a different school now :P) had it not been for icrontic. I love short-media and everyone here, don't get me wrong. But Icrontic will always be special for me.

-Aranyic

[tmh88]

I remember when I first found short-media. I was trying to get advice on building the computer im using now, and I stumbled across a few sites. The other one I came upon was abxzone.com, but I got my first reply from someone here at SM and I ended up staying here.

I know this is a longshot, but anyone have a screenshot that they saved from icrontic? I just wanna see what it looked like.

[profdlp]

...I know this is a longshot, but anyone have a screenshot that they saved from icrontic? I just wanna see what it looked like.
Internet Archive has some cached pages. (http://web.archive.org/web/*/icronticforums.com/*) Most are incomplete for one reason or another, but it will give you some idea. :)

[Aranyic]

Since you ask, I'll give you all a sneak peak, http://web.archive.org/web/20010331053858/http://www.icrontic.com/ is the retro look that icrontic will end up with.

I'm working on a site themed simliar to that.

[profdlp]

Since you ask, I'll give you all a sneak peak...
Thanks!

That sure brings back memories - check out the poll and the "current" price list along the left-hand side! :D

[Aranyic]

lol, I go back and look at the old icrontic pages probably once a month ;).

The old prices are great, give you an idea of how far it's come in a few years.

[profdlp]

That blazing fast T-Bird 1.33GHz CPU cost about the same as the Athlon64 3500+ I bought a year ago. :eek:

[Lincoln]

This is the Icrontic I knew for most of my tenure: http://web.archive.org/web/20030212030747/http://www.icrontic.com/

I prefer the retro look, myself. Method was a great coder and helped in a pinch, but he needed to work on the design a bit. :-/

[tmh88]

Pentium 4 1.5 GHZ.......$510

lol

[profdlp]

Is Spuds (Spudz?) going to make a comeback? :headbange

[primesuspect]

Man, i'll say it again. I'm SO glad aranyic bought the site :D this is gonna rock.

[airbornflght]

hey that picture really rings a bell from back in 7th grade. I had a friend (trevin wilson) not sure of his username, but he was on it quite a bit, not sure though

[QCH]

ICRONTIC Rulz!!!! Go aranyic... You need a staff, I drop this place like a bad penny. Just double the salary.... oh, I don't get paid... double Zero... of crap, that advanced math stuff makes my nose bleed....

No really, I would put some time into getting her up!!! :thumbsup:

[airbornflght]

the clock screwed up again shorty. i posted after qch

[tmh88]

ICRONTIC Rulz!!!! Go aranyic... You need a staff, I drop this place like a bad penny. Just double the salary.... oh, I don't get paid... double Zero... of crap, that advanced math stuff makes my nose bleed....

No really, I would put some time into getting her up!!! :thumbsup:


getting what working? did someone buy icrontic again or something?

[Lincoln]

getting what working? did someone buy icrontic again or something?
It's been said in this thread, but also check out the simulataneous thread in News: http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42543

[tmh88]

sweeeet!!!

didnt see that, dont know how i missed it. So once its done is everyone gonna go back to icrontic?

[Zuntar]

Is Spuds (Spudz?) going to make a comeback? :headbange
MAAANN, spuds commin back would sooooooooo rock:Rocker:

ICRONTIC Rulz!!!! Go aranyic... You need a staff, I drop this place like a bad penny. Just double the salary.... oh, I don't get paid... double Zero... of crap, that advanced math stuff makes my nose bleed....

No really, I would put some time into getting her up!!! :thumbsup:
SWEEEET!!!!!!111!11111!:clap:

Any one else????:nudge:

[Thrax]

sweeeet!!!

didnt see that, dont know how i missed it. So once its done is everyone gonna go back to icrontic?


No.

[csimon]

The last image of Icrontic that went through my screen was goat** ...then absolutely nothing. I remember cause I was at work and I kept thinking it was some kind of a sick joke (of course it was) and then I thought ...maybe it's not coming back. For days we wondered through the desert lost and alone ....

[RWB]

The last image of Icrontic that went through my screen was goat** ...then absolutely nothing. I remember cause I was at work and I kept thinking it was some kind of a sick joke (of course it was) and then I thought ...maybe it's not coming back. For days we wondered through the desert lost and alone ....


This is true, after being bored for days on end I learned to always have a backup life in case of emergencies such as a forum outage.

But that is merely a last resort :buck:

[LIN]

cheers, Aranyic :cheers: :cheers:


LIN

[MrBill]

I found an old picture with Icrontic on the monitor. :) I just got my old KT7A-R with 1.2 tbird back up and running and this picture (among others) was on it. File date is 3/29/2002.

Congrats Aranyic!!

[Tex]

Icrontic holds a special place with me (and Keith (Mortin) also even though he is no longer with us). I found Icrontic when I was probably 14 or 15, at that point I gamed and that was it. I wanted to mess around with computers a little but wasn't sure about them at all, they were still a mystery.

I found Icrontic through the 'cool link' portion of overclockers.com. I immediatly felt at home there is what I do remember. The place was fun and informative at the same time. I learned quite a bit about computers just reading the forums and Pauls FAQ, I didn't have a abit board at that point but it was still informative.

After a while I started posting news and working on a general FAQ for the site. It was something that never really took off. Eventually I became an admin on the forums. At that time I have been a member of the site for probably 2/3 years and tried as best at I could to help the site however I could. At that point I'll be honest, I was probably 17 and not able to do it right. I could install vbulletin mods and moderate the forums though.

I gradually became inactive on the site and forums just because I found other things to occupy my time (computer games were my weakness ;)). Then icrontic was hacked and Keith sold the site on ebay. At that point I attempted to get back into the but my heart really wasn't in it. I eventually faded out of the site again and it sad semi-dormate for the past year or so.

Citrix just sold the site again and the timing was right for me. I've been working full time for a while (and I'm single :D) so the means were there to be able to purchase the site. I've had the bug to do some coding and get back into the website for a few months now. Everything just sort of fell into place. I've rambled on long enough now (sorry I'm a few beers * a couple jager bombs into celebrating my new website already tonight).

But to wrap up I'm not sure I would even be into computers like I am now, or have gone to college for 2 years for CIS (even though I am a business major at a different school now :P) had it not been for icrontic. I love short-media and everyone here, don't get me wrong. But Icrontic will always be special for me.

-Aranyic

awesome dude! Hopefully you can restore the site. I couldnt stand to even visit anymore. It was pathetic.

Best wishs and best of luck always

your buddy

Tex

[bikerboy]

i cant wait till the site is up and running. i wish i coulda seen the original but i wasnt into computers back then.

bikerboy

[Flintstone]

awesome dude! Hopefully you can restore the site. I couldnt stand to even visit anymore. It was pathetic.

Best wishs and best of luck always

your buddy

Tex

My thoughts exactly! If not for Icrontic..................................................


Flint

[tmh88]

icrontic was pathetic towards the end of its days or something? or do you mean that you were upset when it was hacked.

[csimon]

icrontic was pathetic towards the end of its days or something? or do you mean that you were upset when it was hacked.

I think he was referring to the latest Icrontic ...at least that's the way I perceived it.

[tmh88]

I think he was referring to the latest Icrontic ...at least that's the way I perceived it.

lol im an idiot.

[rapture]

icrontic was pathetic towards the end of its days or something? or do you mean that you were upset when it was hacked.

Nah, Tex seemed kinda upset that Icrontic existed without him, see thats how it seemed for those of us that used to frequent the boards. Obviously knowledgable, just not the kind of attitude you wanted around, you know?

[Tex]

icrontic was pathetic towards the end of its days or something? or do you mean that you were upset when it was hacked.

It was hacked by a Icrontic admin. And then citrix wouldnt cut his butt loose because he was developing a gaming site for Icrontic as a branch off deal.. He hacked THIS site also and was reading the admins private forum section. I wanted him gone. Citrix didnt. So I split. I am sorry but integrity and honesty still mean something to me. Maybe not to everyone but it still means a lot with me anyway. My agreement with citrix when we started the new Icrontic was that I was in charge of the site. The little phucking ahole that we had coding the new Icrontic website hacked both our sites by using a password hacking program to steal shortys password and he was reading the admins forum and posting their private forum out on the internet). I banned his sorry azz as soon as I found out. But citrix couldnt let him go as he wanted the gaming site finished coding and stuff. End of story. I was out. Really pretty simple. What happened to Icrontic after that day has nothing to do with me in any way or form. I bet I have not visited more then 20 times since.

No it was pathetic to visit the site knowing what it was at one time and see that it had been 27 days since the last post in general hardware. When we used to get 100 in one day for example. 47 days since the last post in hard drives etc... Thats pathetic. And it wasnt just me that left Icrontic. It was MOST the serious hardware guys. And for a good reason.

But in the end the result was pathetic and it had NOTHING to do with me leaving. There was no good hardware guys left. So some of my posts may of seemed harsh but you had a lot of just crap being posted. I mean I would read some of the "answers" given to problems (and I use the term "answer" in a very loose sorta term here) and was just like ... WTF??? OMG !!!!

The only section getting posts was the off topic section. I was a hardware guy. I wasnt into the "babe" thread and that was the only thing on the site getting posts anymore. Sorta evolved into a bunch of little kids chatting. And thats fine but thats not what Icrontic started as or what it was about when I was there.

I didnt mean this as an attack on anyone! It was just sad watching a once vibrant active HARDWARE site (with serious skilled hardware guys) sink into the toilet like that.

Cheers

Tex

[Tex]

Nah, Tex seemed kinda upset that Icrontic existed without him,?

Yeah it was run into the ground until the only thing left was kids posting in OT mostly.

Icrontic ceased to be a hardware site. So I didnt visit often. I certainly wasnt upset that it went into the toilet. Wasnt my fault in any way or form. The site just went into another direction that focused on kids chatting in off topic, a babe thread and a adult picture section versus computer hardware and software. And that had nothing to do with me.

No I wasnt upset just sad. Because I remember the old Icrontic.

Tex

[Leonardo]

Tex, you said it all for me. Before I started at Icrontic/Apushardware (1999) and Paul Howland's KT motherboard guides there, the most advanced hardware feat for me had been one hard drive upgrade and adding RAM modules. I cut my teeth at Icrontic learning from the hardware gurus - such as you. I quit Icrontic a long time ago completely just for the reasons you stated about the focus changing. Hardware just went to sleep there.

[Tex]

And leo I didnt mean anything I said bad either. I am what I am, and thats a hardcore hardware guy. I visit and post at serious hardware sites.

I love aranyic and am thrilled he has the site now, it couldnt be in better hands. I hope its not a dead site after all thats happened and I would be glad to help him with articles or guides just like I would here.

You guys have all been my friends for what seems like forever. Sorry I seem like an ass to some I guess. I have known most the admins and post at both sites and been an admin at Icrontic under both the new and old ownership also. Sorry if I offend some folks.

Tex

[Leonardo]

Sorry if I offend some folks. If you offended anyone, it would probably be someone who never knew Icrontic in its heyday.

[airbornflght]

yeh, i was at icrontic in 7th grade, but not for long (you know how long a 7th graders attention span is, i might have been active for a month) see here, im a junior now, its 2006, so i was there mid 7th grade, so yeh, around 2000-2001.

I got the site from a friend trevin wilson, hes a member here but hasnt posted in a few years. He was a mod at icrontic (i think) so yeh, i remember a pretty bustling site. but i was too young to know very much. i was just poking around, and asked a few questions.

[rapture]

If you offended anyone, it would probably be someone who never knew Icrontic in its heyday.

Sorry but you are way off the mark.

Tex, looking at your post now I can see your point, I just thought that some of your Icrontic posting were well below those I was used to and kind of expected. Either way I totally misjudged what you were saying.

[profdlp]

I would have to agree with Leonardo, but let's not lose sight of the fact that it is a moot point now. I can assure everyone that all the new and the old Icrontians are thrilled to see it getting a rebirth.

This cat has nine lives! :D

[tmh88]

I would have to agree with Leonardo, but let's not lose sight of the fact that it is a moot point now. I can assure everyone that all the new and the old Icrontians are thrilled to see it getting a rebirth.

This cat has nine lives! :D


8 now(if your referring to icrontic) :rockon:

[Leonardo]

Sorry but you are way off the mark. Perhaps I am, perhaps I'm not. Either way, I respect your opinion. But here's where my perspective comes from:

I joined Icrontic before it was Icrontic, when it was still "Apushardware", 1999, if I remember correctly. Approximately 2001 (2000?) I became a moderator there, at such position I remained until the big crash in early 2003. After that, under new site ownership, I was not staff but still maintained membership and was active until sometime in 2004. I still kept popping back in every now and then to check things out. It just seemed to me that site was taking a pretty steep slide into a nondescript social hangout, which is just fine, but not of interest to someone looking for a computer hardware community.

[Nomad]

This is a happy thread.

[Leonardo]

This is a happy thread. I think so too. I'd love to see a resurgent, focused Icrontic rise again.

Nomad, is that you writing, Sunofwolf, or an actor portraying Nomad? :eek3:

[GHoosdum]

I think so too. I'd love to see a resurgent, focused Icrontic rise again.

Me too. I never joined the new icrontic mainly because the folding team wound up here, but I would still love to see that phoenix rise again.

If anyone can accomplish the task, it's Aranyic. :thumbsup:

[tmh88]

so what happened with the rest of the guys at icrontic? whered they go off to?

[Tex]

A lot of the OC guys split off to xtremesystems.org. Some just grew
up and got a real life and moved on I guess. (grin)

Most still hang here. We still in a day do not get near the pure hardware posts here that Icrontic did when I was a mod there and it was at it's prime. Thats why I post at several sites also but have so many friends here I still check in once or twice a day. So much of this site revolves around folding now AND THATS A COOL THING ! But I must admit I miss the pure hardware focus at times. Man Icrontic on a good day would have as many posts just about raid and hard drives as we still get in all the hardware sections here now in a day. And I AM NOT knocking S-M. I like it here and your all my friends.

Tex

[Nightwolf]

I love you too Tex.

[Tex]

hopefully only in a very manly sort of way...

Tex

[Nightwolf]

hopefully only in a very manly sort of way...

Tex
*cough *ahem *cough *cough...of course Tex...the manly kind of way...

[csimon]

Ok either cut the brokeback hardware talk or get a room! j/k

Yeah I'd like to see a good hardcore hardware sight as well with at least one good review per month.

[RADA]

sweeeet!!!

didnt see that, dont know how i missed it. So once its done is everyone gonna go back to icrontic?

Nope, staying here.

Being a voracious reader, I knew about the long, colorful, and sometime tragic history of Icrontic.

I'll help in any way I can to get the new Icrontic up and running, but S-M will remain my home on the net.

[wb22rules]

I remember when I first found short-media. I was trying to get advice on building the computer im using now, and I stumbled across a few sites. The other one I came upon was abxzone.com, but I got my first reply from someone here at SM and I ended up staying here.

I know this is a longshot, but anyone have a screenshot that they saved from icrontic? I just wanna see what it looked like.
Had this image in my cache from the old site , I keep it in my pile of online nonsense out of respect for what once was one the coolest HW sites ever :rockon: .
http://wb22rules.home.mindspring.com/_uimages/icrontic.gif

[primesuspect]

Hi wb22rules! :) Long time no see

[XZGohan]

Funny to come across this thread :)
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.apushardware.com

Good old days, kind of neat to see a lot of familiar names here after so long. Tex for one, which I haven't seen in years.

[wb22rules]

Hi wb22rules! :) Long time no see
:)
I crawl out of a Ravenshield server every once in a while :D

[Lincoln]

Hey wb :)

XZ logged in too! Wonders never cease! :D

Good to see both of you.

[gtghm]

Kinda wierd that someone would bring it up after all this time...?

[Leonardo]

Tex, yes, I also miss the hardware-centric days back then. We're making progress here at S-M. Although we are multipurpose here, we are still centered around hardware. There are changes in the works that will transform the S-M front pages - more than in appearance. We are also looking to get more articles, guides, and short hardware write-ups from members.

Glad you are active here. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

[Aranyic]

Well after a slight delay by the mail service (took 12 days do get a check from Ohio to canada :/) I should have the site back up tonight.

[csimon]

Well after a slight delay by the mail service (took 12 days do get a check from Ohio to canada :/) I should have the site back up tonight.
Cool ...will we have to reregister?

[Tex]

Well after a slight delay by the mail service (took 12 days do get a check from Ohio to canada :/) I should have the site back up tonight.

excellant my friend!

Tex

[Aranyic]

Won't have to register, getting all the databases this afternoon

[LIN]

Well after a slight delay by the mail service (took 12 days do get a check from Ohio to canada :/) I should have the site back up tonight.
funny, i had just checked there before coming here.

great news, aranyic! :cool:


LIN

[Hawk]

Glad to hear the good news Aranyic. :thumbup I'll be sure to check in on a daily basis.
Ha, I did the same thing Lin! I keep checking a couple of times a day.

[LIN]

dang.. i've been getting a 404 for the last 2 days :(


LIN

[Aranyic]

I'm still waiting on domain transfers to be approved and dns servers changed in the mean time :/.

[LIN]

I'm still waiting on domain transfers to be approved and dns servers changed in the mean time :/.
much obliged for the update!


LIN

[Zuntar]

It's killin me man!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!

[dragonV8]

It's killin me man!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!

Bit like being on a holiday in a trailer park.;D

You just want to be home.:smiles:

Hope your old home will be back up and running soon.:cool:

[tmh88]

so how soon is soon?

[dragonV8]

As soon as Aranyic gets the domain transfers approved and DNS servers changed. Nothing he can do but wait for the powers to be.:(

[QCH]

~~ NEWS ~~
I just saw this...... Getting closer?

http://short-media.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=19568&stc=1&d=1143044836

:headbange

[primesuspect]

yup :) We're getting there

(i host the site now, that's my placeholder page)

[Zuntar]

:rockon:

[QCH]

IT LIVES (http://www.icrontic.com/showthread.php?t=5973)... Icrontic Lives again!!!!

http://short-media.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=19583&stc=1&d=1143172648