Hi Jules,
> You're going to hate me for this... but... why? There are already usenet
groups
> for different machines which work perfectly well. There's classiccmp as a
> central resource for questions. Doesn't another forum just dilute things
even
> further? I certainly don't have time to read classiccmp, newsgroups, and
> several web forums as I doubt do many others.
True there are NG's & lists like these, but NG's are mostly unmoderated &
oft times conversations degenerate into flame wars & name calling.
The problem with a general-purpose list (like classiccmp) is that sometimes
you have to wade thru a lot of posts to find something you're interested in.
For example, there's a lot of discussion on PDP's on this list, a machine
that I have no interest in, and I spend quite some time culling these posts
out to find the ones I'm interested in (for the record: CP/M, obscure
operating systems, CBM PETs & MSX machines). The gems do turn up from time
to time in amongst all the other stuff :-)
>
> If you must run a forum too, I suggest you make sure that posts to your
forums
> are mirrored on the classicmp list and vice-versa automatically - for the
good
> of the hobby and all that. Although given the way the web forum is split
up
> into different sections I'm not sure how you'd do that without user
> intervention :-(
Not a good idea - think of the moderation problems :-)
cheers,
Lance
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