(04.09.2025, 11:27 AM)Eric Pearson Wrote: POWERBASIC.COM 

• Registry Expiration: 2025-10-13 04:00:00 UTC
  

Hmm.

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It doesn't matter if the domain registration expires if we are using a Hosts entry 
The problem will be when the vBulletin hosting expires 

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(04.09.2025, 11:58 AM)Eric Pearson Wrote: Just an idea: Would it be possible to get in touch with the content's owner of the PB forum, in order to obtain a full backup of the VBulletin database? 

I've contacted Gary privately to find out whether he can do that since he seems to have some sort of access to the database. If he can, then setting up a new site is certainly do-able.  

Starting a new site hosted by someone like NameCheap or Hostinger from scratch using myBB or vBulletin would not be very expensive.   (If we cant get a dump of the current database, then a new forum could host a downloadable copy of Gary's gbThreads for people wanting to grab the old content.)

VBulletin costs $179 for a permanent licence.
Namecheap hosting costs  $38.77 for the first two years and currently $91.88 for subsequent two years.
Domain name costs about $15 p.a.  (PBUsers.com is currently available)