At 6:42 am +0000 6/2/99, Martin Wilson wrote: >This mailing list is pretty active. Surely the Coupe would merit a >newsgroup of its own now. I mean you see some newsgroups and theres >practically nothing on them.
Why? This conversation has come up before, but what advantages do you see to a newsgroup over this email list? Not everyone who can read email is necessarily able to read news. Newsgroups are more subject to spambots and address harvesters. >I reckon we should annexe a newgroup which isn't being used and use that. >How about that 'Karl Malden's Nose' newsgroup surely discussions on his >nose has run its course. I usually try not to dismiss people's ideas out of hand, but to be honest I can think of nothing I would like less, than to be talking about the Sam on a newsgroup supposedly dedicated to some random person's nose. And let's suppose some people still are subscribed to that group, aren't they going to be rather miffed that a bunch of weirdos start barging in talking about something *totally* irrelevant? There would be complaints to ISPs. There would, at the very least, be a seriously major flamewar and the sam-users wouldn't have a leg to stand on. And pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk doesn't appear to carry any groups on the subject of Karl Malden's Nose, so I would be able to see any sam-users discussion on it anyway. >While I'm writing is there a site for Coupe DIY projects like extra memory, >adaptors etc. Well I don't know of any general sites, maybe you could start one. But a couple of people have posted details of their own projects, you might try looking at http://www.podboy.demon.co.uk/coupe/edwin/index.htm for example. HTH Andrew -- | Andrew Collier | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Talk sense to a | Part 2 NatSci | http://carou.sel.cam.ac.uk/ | fool and he +----------------+-----------------------------+ calls you foolish | Selwyn College Student Computer Support Team | -- Euripides
