Usenet is actually such a lovely place for discussing retro computers,
since you can access it from both modern gear and the very retro gear
itself. Like I'm posting this from a Mini running Mac OS 9!
Usenet is actually such a lovely place for discussing retro computers, since you
can access it from both modern gear and the very retro gear itself. Like I'm posting this from a Mini running Mac OS 9!
Given services like eternal september give free Usenet access these days, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to "rejuvenate" comp.sys.mac.vintage. Question remains - how to do it?
Any ideas? Let's brainstorm! :-)
Usenet is actually such a lovely place for discussing retro computers,
since you can access it from both modern gear and the very retro gear
itself. Like I'm posting this from a Mini running Mac OS 9!
Given services like eternal september give free Usenet access these days, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to "rejuvenate" comp.sys.mac.vintage. Question remains - how to do it?
Any ideas? Let's brainstorm! :-)
Sebastian P. <info@cornica.org> wrote:
Usenet is actually such a lovely place for discussing retro computers,
since you can access it from both modern gear and the very retro gear
itself. Like I'm posting this from a Mini running Mac OS 9!
I'm reading it on a beige G3 running OS 8.6 which is still my daily work computer.
On 09/05/2025 18:56, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
Sebastian P. <info@cornica.org> wrote:
Usenet is actually such a lovely place for discussing retro computers,
since you can access it from both modern gear and the very retro gear
itself. Like I'm posting this from a Mini running Mac OS 9!
I'm reading it on a beige G3 running OS 8.6 which is still my daily work
computer.
Have you ever pondered going to System 9.xx?
Just wondering if that might give you any advantages?
In article <vvlogg$308rh$2@dont-email.me>, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Sebastian P. <info@cornica.org> wrote:
Any ideas? Let's brainstorm! :-)
More posts. ;)
This is very much a truism of Usenet; if you want to see activity in a
group, get posting! It will often lead to replies, as this thread demonstrates!
Usenet has been in a long decline for a long time, but it'll still be
around for a good long time yet - even after the hobbyist/free servers go offline I reckon the commercial binaries/warez-focused servers will
persist as long as there is money to be made.
Retro-computing has exploded over the last decade and I've often argued
that Usenet is the perfect venue for us obsessives to put our old gear to productive use using period software that works just as well with the
medium as it did 30 years ago! I do subscribe to a bunch of groups and regularly read them on this PowerMac G4 but I'm only in the habit of regularly posting to rec.autos.sport.f1. I should take my own advice and
get posting elsewhere more often!
Re comp.sys.mac.vintage, it does feel like a shame that there are
communities on the web with hundreds (maybe thousands in some cases) of Macintosh enthusiasts posting regularly but none of them motivated enough
to fire up Usenet on their olde Macs and show up here. I doubt there's
much we can do to bring them here, other than mention it from time to time and see if we can plant some seeds.
On 09/05/2025 18:56, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
Sebastian P. <info@cornica.org> wrote:
Usenet is actually such a lovely place for discussing retro computers,
since you can access it from both modern gear and the very retro gear
itself. Like I'm posting this from a Mini running Mac OS 9!
I'm reading it on a beige G3 running OS 8.6 which is still my daily work computer.
Have you ever pondered going to System 9.xx?
Just wondering if that might give you any advantages?
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