You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-tech and runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you're talking about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to have at
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
On a sidenote: anyone on here via Terminal on a vintage Mac (e.g. ZTerm?) Does
that even still work for accessing Usenet?
In article <info-5263FF.15382419042024@news.individual.de>, Sebastian
P. <info@cornica.org> wrote:
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-tech and >> runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you're talking
about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to have >> at
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
Agreed. I actually, as we speak, have an article in draft for vintageapplemac.com where I'm encouraging Mac users to hit Usenet up,
now that "Eternal February" is with us post-Google, Usenet could be a
real boon for vintage computer users, almost our own enclave! I will be posting it at the weekend, if I manage to entice a single vintage Mac
user to take a look here, that'd be a win.
On a sidenote: anyone on here via Terminal on a vintage Mac (e.g. ZTerm?)
Does
that even still work for accessing Usenet?
No clue, sorry, I'm using YA-NewsWatcher.
scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes:
In article <info-5263FF.15382419042024@news.individual.de>, Sebastian
P. <info@cornica.org> wrote:
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-tech >> and
runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you're
talking
about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to
have
at
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
Agreed. I actually, as we speak, have an article in draft for vintageapplemac.com where I'm encouraging Mac users to hit Usenet up,
now that "Eternal February" is with us post-Google, Usenet could be a
real boon for vintage computer users, almost our own enclave! I will be posting it at the weekend, if I manage to entice a single vintage Mac
user to take a look here, that'd be a win.
Good luck!
On a sidenote: anyone on here via Terminal on a vintage Mac (e.g. ZTerm?) >> Does
that even still work for accessing Usenet?
You could use ZTerm to connect to a Unix system via serial or modem,
then run a command-line newsreader. Not very Mac-ish, of course.
No clue, sorry, I'm using YA-NewsWatcher.
If you've got a minute, I'd be interested to hear a comparison between
the various versions of NewsWatcher, e.g. YA-, MT-, VA-
john
Usenet is really vintage friendly, indeed. And there's plenty of
newsreaders around that work really well. I'm using MT-NewsWatcher to
write this on my PowerBook G4 Titanium.
Let's hope for a UseNet renaissance!
Usenet is really vintage friendly, indeed. And there's plenty of
newsreaders around that work really well. I'm using MT-NewsWatcher to
write this on my PowerBook G4 Titanium.
scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes:>
No clue, sorry, I'm using YA-NewsWatcher.
If you've got a minute, I'd be interested to hear a comparison between
the various versions of NewsWatcher, e.g. YA-, MT-, VA-
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-techand runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you're talking about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears tohave at
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes:
On a sidenote: anyone on here via Terminal on a vintage Mac (e.g. ZTerm?) >>> Does
that even still work for accessing Usenet?
You could use ZTerm to connect to a Unix system via serial or modem,
then run a command-line newsreader. Not very Mac-ish, of course.
In article <info-5263FF.15382419042024@news.individual.de>, "Sebastian P." <info@cornica.org> wrote:
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-techand runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you'rehave at
talking
about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
Agreed, however in usenet terms this froup is very new, and has only
existed since 2018 or 2019. It takes a while to get a good base of
posters, especially as it was formed during the darkest period of
horrendous Google postings (spam, trolling, etc)...
Mike Dee wrote:
In article <info-5263FF.15382419042024@news.individual.de>, "Sebastian P." >> <info@cornica.org> wrote:
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-techand runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you'rehave at
talking
about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
Agreed, however in usenet terms this froup is very new, and has only
existed since 2018 or 2019. It takes a while to get a good base of
posters, especially as it was formed during the darkest period of
horrendous Google postings (spam, trolling, etc)...
I have archives for comp.sys.mac.vintage that go back to 2013, ten years
ago.
https://macgui.com/usenet/?stats=117
On Tue, 7 May 2024 20:27:52 -0000 (UTC), D Finnigan[...]
<dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
Mike Dee wrote:
In article <info-5263FF.15382419042024@news.individual.de>,
Agreed, however in usenet terms this froup is very new, and has
only existed since 2018 or 2019. It takes a while to get a good
base of posters, especially as it was formed during the darkest
period of horrendous Google postings (spam, trolling, etc)...
I have archives for comp.sys.mac.vintage that go back to 2013, ten
years ago.
https://macgui.com/usenet/?stats=117
Same here. I don't know how long the group was around before I
discovered it, but in 2013 there was an attempt (Stephen Cole) to
create a FAQ, but I didn't see any follow-ups.
In article <864jbp14pz.fsf@building-m.net>,
John <john@building-m.simplistic-anti-spam-measure.net> wrote:
scole <vintageapplemac@gmail.com> writes:
On a sidenote: anyone on here via Terminal on a vintage Mac (e.g. ZTerm?) >>>> Does
that even still work for accessing Usenet?
You could use ZTerm to connect to a Unix system via serial or modem,
then run a command-line newsreader. Not very Mac-ish, of course.
FWIW, that's basically what I sometimes did from the Macs in the basement of my dorm back in the day, except it was a telnet client connecting over the campus network. Other times, I'd dial in from the IIe in my room, but the computers in the basement lab didn't keep the phone line tied up while they were in use.
(Of course, back then, "UNIX system" meant anything from a NeXTcube on up to some seriously big iron. Nowadays, a Raspberry Pi would stomp any of them while providing a similar experience. :) )
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-tech and runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you're talking about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to have at
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
On a sidenote: anyone on here via Terminal on a vintage Mac (e.g. ZTerm?) Does
that even still work for accessing Usenet?
Mike Dee wrote:
In article <info-5263FF.15382419042024@news.individual.de>, "Sebastian P." <info@cornica.org> wrote:
You'd think Usenet is just perfect for vintage Mac fans - it's low-techand runs
fine on a Mac Plus. You can post right from the very machines you'rehave at
talking
about. If I check other vintage computers, their newsgroups appears to
least some more traffic. So why isn't this place more lively?
Agreed, however in usenet terms this froup is very new, and has only existed since 2018 or 2019. It takes a while to get a good base of
posters, especially as it was formed during the darkest period of horrendous Google postings (spam, trolling, etc)...
I have archives for comp.sys.mac.vintage that go back to 2013, ten years
ago.
https://macgui.com/usenet/?stats=117
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