22 Jun
1997
22 Jun
'97
2:28 p.m.
I'm against new newsgroups being created,
especially when the topics
are quite technical and already well-handled by existing newsgroups.
For example, people wanting Apple II help can go to comp.sys.apple2,
users of various CP/M systems hang around comp.os.cpm, PDP-11
users have vmsnet.pdp-11, etc.
Agreed. Off-hand I can't think of a single classic computer which is not
covered by at least one existing newsgroup. If you don't know which group
to post to, you'll find that most of them are quite friendly to
just-off-topic questions. If you find an obscure Z80 machine that didn't
ever run CP/M, I'm quite sure that a post to comp.os.cpm would get either
some help or a pointer to the appropriate newsgroup. I'd be _very_
supprised if it got a flame.
I know for a _fact_ that other early workstations have been discussed in
alt.sys.perq with no flamage.
Just be warned that most of these groups do not want off-topic postings
about mainstream modern PC's (for which there are plenty of other groups),
and certainly don't want spam :-)
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
--
-tony
ard12(a)eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill