OT: Newsreader for Windows

[Grant Taylor]

On 4/1/21 10:34 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
> Considering my original USENET access was at $6 per hour, I’m not 
> entirely sure I agree. :-)  Then again that’s also why we used to be 
> able to download and upload messages for offline reading.

I was referring to being connected while reading.

Seeing as how dumb terminals / emulators couldn't do anything without 
being connected, you had to pay while reading.

Downloading messages for offline reading without being connected is 
contrary to the quintessential mainframe as I understand it throughout 
the 90s.

Yes, people paid for access to Usenet.  But that's not the same thing as 
paying for screen time to read.



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Grant. . . .
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