https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
A lot of colleges & universities provided students with "news" accounts.
See also: Eternal September
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Eternal%20September
I got a job with a computer company in November 1994 and they introduced
me to the internet. Before that I had used dial-up message boards (BBS
systems) and Usenet was very similar. Nowadays that function is kind of
served by BLOG comments (those blogs that still allow comments).
Many ISPs did away with their "news" servers in the mid-2000s. Time
Warner did in 2006. Losing those discussion groups was kind of what led
me to PDML.
But Usenet is mostly dead now, although there is still a good binaries
group where fans will post Dr Who episodes.
PS: Fun Fact - Usenet was originally invented by a couple of CS grad
students at Duke University in Durham, NC where I grew up ... so they
could trade messages with CS grad students over at UNC in Chapel Hill.
On 1/10/2023 5:07 PM, Comcast wrote:
Usenet is a relatively ancient system for posting information, messages and the
like. It was originally phone based relying on dial up modems. It’s now
internet based. It’s very basic and straightforward. Although you need an
access app, you don’t have to subscribe to a service like Facebook. It’s rather
inelegant but old timers embrace it as a computer geek badge of honor.
Paul
On Jan 10, 2023, at 4:32 PM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote:
If I knew what a UseNet was it might help ;-)
The PDFG now has 25 members and is an extension of this list - not a
replacement! I will try and drive traffic to the list where I can, and promote
the PUG, but to be honest it’s mostly PDML members.
Sent from my flu-ridden bed!
Cot
On 10 Jan 2023, at 21:27, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
What about starting a Pentax UseNet group?
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