6 May
1997
6 May
'97
10:48 a.m.
I agree completely Bill. Here are some reasons I can think of off the
top of my head for starting the newsgroup:
- If we look at The List that has been circulating, only about 1% of
those manufacturers have a comp.os.* group associated.
- Someone who has a classic computer in their closet doesn't want to
join a mailing list just to post a targeted for sale ad.
- We don't want posts from commercial vendors of classic
systems/software/parts filling up our mailboxes, but I'd like to
encourage them to post to the newsgroup.
- alt.folklore.computers is for discussions about folklore (did Gary
Kildall really refuse to sign that IBM nondisclosure, thus dooming
CP/M?) not buy/sell/trade activity.
- A mailing list is an inappropriate place to hold an auction
- Usenet is automatically archived and searchable via DejaNews
Kai
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From: Bill Whitson[SMTP:bill@booster.bothell.washington.edu]
Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 1997 2:52 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Wanted: Co-Proponent for RFD
rec.collecting.computers.classic
Keeping it to ourselves is counter productive.
The point is to
share the
knowledge to get more people interested to
preserve more computers.
The
point is we do this because we have passion for
the systems. Every
hobby
is going to be prostituted some time or another.
As long as your
passion
remains, its all good.
Let me clarify, just in case. Anyone with interest can join this
list.
If you guys wish to spread the word or post about it in appropriate
places be my guest.
I don't stand one way or the other on the newsgroup idea but I think
it's agood idea to take a look at groups like comp.sys.ti where the
bulk of the info comes from the mailing list reposts and almost
everything else is spam. That is the reason why I decided to go with
a
mailing list rather than a newsgroup. It seems silly to argue about
the
group if the process has already been started - if it gets created it
will
either get used or not. If it passes I'll be one of the people
reading
it as I'm sure most of you will.
Bill
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