Classsic Computing Newsgroup revisited

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Sun Jun 22 18:53:09 1997

On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote:

> About a month or two back we were discussing starting a newsgroup for
> classic computer collectors. I just wanted to mention there is a
> somewhat related newsgroup on the net that could use some activity:
>
> alt.technology.obsolete
>
> I am for it, I have it on my news sites to check and in the last few
> months I have maybe seen three messages in it (two being multi-newsgroup
> spams)
>
> Whaddya guys (and gals) think?

Sounds lie a plan. The trick is to get the word out. Perhaps a
carefully placed message in alt.computers.folklore will get some people
to check it out and start contributing. Larry, perhaps you could post a
message proclaiming that you are commandeering alt.technology.obsolete
for the discussion of old computers and if nobody objects, its ours.

Sam
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