I am sorry about the delay in posting here for people who might be trying to get into the Annexe but we have been trying to find out what the problem is, and when the system will be restored.

Our ISP had problems with a DNS server and swapping a faulty hard disk. Apparently their initial plan of restoring the system failed and they are now having to do a "remote backup" which is taking a long time. The news is that some of the sites they host are now up and running and others will be restored as soon as possible.

I apologise for this but the situtation is out of our control. We don't even have email access to reply to any messages that may have been sent to pip@jonbanjo.com, etc. or to contact the ISP.

On the subject of downtime, if the system ever needs to be taken down for maintainence or updates, I will continue Jon's policy of giving advanced notice in the forum and having a temporary home page keeping people up to date while any such work is carried out. Unfortunately this is not possible when the ISP crashes!

Pip