>> >
>> > comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
>> >
>> > has the odd interesting posts, as does the open VMS group
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> > > -Original Message-
>> > > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Al Kossow
>> via
>> > > cctalk
>> > > Sent: 29 July 2020 21:21
>> > > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>> > > Subject: Re: Comp.lang.forth: banned on google groups?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > I wonder if it's time to set up some NNTP mirrors
>> > > Usenet is a rotting corpse now.
>> > > The right time to do this was decades ago now.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
rners that have not totally
> > succumbed.
> >
> > comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
> >
> > has the odd interesting posts, as does the open VMS group
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: cctalk On Behal
half Of Al Kossow via
> > cctalk
> > Sent: 29 July 2020 21:21
> > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: Comp.lang.forth: banned on google groups?
> >
> >
> > > I wonder if it's time to set up some NNTP mirrors
> > Usenet is a rotting corpse now.
> > The right time to do this was decades ago now.
>
>
>
020 21:21
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Comp.lang.forth: banned on google groups?
>
>
> > I wonder if it's time to set up some NNTP mirrors
> Usenet is a rotting corpse now.
> The right time to do this was decades ago now.
Comp.lang.forth taught me that flame wars were fun and all I needed to
enjoy them was popcorn.
It also showed me how every person writing their own version of a language
and the associated flame wars actually damaged the the community. I
suspect much of Forths lack of traction can be attributed
P.S. I just downloaded (from the internet archive) and looked at the
comp.lang.forth archives and they seem to cover 2003 through 2014.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 1:42 PM Joseph S. Barrera III
wrote:
> Right now it's (temporarily?) hidden, not deleted. Hopefully it will be
> restored. (I used to
Right now it's (temporarily?) hidden, not deleted. Hopefully it will be
restored. (I used to be a member of the Google Groups project.) Banned
groups aren't deleted for some number of weeks in case the ban was a
mistake.
There are also some backups at https://archive.org/download/usenet-comp.lang
I wonder if it's time to set up some NNTP mirrors
Usenet is a rotting corpse now.
The right time to do this was decades ago now.
I was looking for an old post on comp.lang.forth, and was surprised to discover
that the group doesn't appear to be hosted on google groups any more.
Searching the group pulls up a "banned group" message, and selecting the
"continue to the group" button shows 0 messages in the group. This
