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John Geoffrey
Sep 3, 2012, 7:11:43 PM9/3/12
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I thought this might be of interest for at least some people here:
I recently came across http://olduse.net/ which is a sort of historical
exhibit. It basically posts Usenet posts as they were posted exactly 30
years ago. The whole thing is also available as nntp.olduse.net,
emulating the whole thing as a real time news server.
The interesting thing for me here is the roleplaying group:
net.games.frp (yes, it emulates the group structure before the great
renaming as well). What we have here is, basically, the first internet
forum about fantasy roleplaying.
Most of these things are of course available in the google groups
archives (I guess), but the server is nice for slowly reading the whole
discussion as it happens, already with a lot of interesting topics, and
a cute charm long before the big satanic panic.
Right now it slowly is picking up, it had some nice tables for AD&D
posted on it, some people were discussing the merits of AD&D against
other systems like C&S and RQ, and other people were asking confused
what C&S and RQ actually meant. [meanwhile in net.sf-lovers someone had
to ask what LOTR stood for, and another person was looking forward to
new Xanth books]
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J.E.Geoffrey
Stuffed Crocodile Weblog
http://gmkeros.wordpress.com
I recently came across http://olduse.net/ which is a sort of historical
exhibit. It basically posts Usenet posts as they were posted exactly 30
years ago. The whole thing is also available as nntp.olduse.net,
emulating the whole thing as a real time news server.
The interesting thing for me here is the roleplaying group:
net.games.frp (yes, it emulates the group structure before the great
renaming as well). What we have here is, basically, the first internet
forum about fantasy roleplaying.
Most of these things are of course available in the google groups
archives (I guess), but the server is nice for slowly reading the whole
discussion as it happens, already with a lot of interesting topics, and
a cute charm long before the big satanic panic.
Right now it slowly is picking up, it had some nice tables for AD&D
posted on it, some people were discussing the merits of AD&D against
other systems like C&S and RQ, and other people were asking confused
what C&S and RQ actually meant. [meanwhile in net.sf-lovers someone had
to ask what LOTR stood for, and another person was looking forward to
new Xanth books]
--
J.E.Geoffrey
Stuffed Crocodile Weblog
http://gmkeros.wordpress.com
Ben Finney
Sep 3, 2012, 10:56:17 PM9/3/12
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John Geoffrey <gmk...@gmail.com> writes:
> I recently came across http://olduse.net/ which is a sort of
> historical exhibit. It basically posts Usenet posts as they were
> posted exactly 30 years ago. The whole thing is also available as
> nntp.olduse.net, emulating the whole thing as a real time news server.
Yes, it's a great project, and a testament to keeping communications in
> I recently came across http://olduse.net/ which is a sort of
> historical exhibit. It basically posts Usenet posts as they were
> posted exactly 30 years ago. The whole thing is also available as
> nntp.olduse.net, emulating the whole thing as a real time news server.
federated services like Usenet instead of proprietary information silos.
> Most of these things are of course available in the google groups
> archives (I guess)
<URL:http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html>.
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Ben Finney
John Geoffrey
Sep 4, 2012, 2:44:30 AM9/4/12
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On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:56:17 +1000
Ben Finney <bignose+h...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > Most of these things are of course available in the google groups
> > archives (I guess)
>
> According to Google's site, their horizon for Usenet is 1981
> <URL:http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html>.
If I understood it correctly on the page this also is the timeframe for
Ben Finney <bignose+h...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > Most of these things are of course available in the google groups
> > archives (I guess)
>
> According to Google's site, their horizon for Usenet is 1981
> <URL:http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html>.
this particular project. It seems to have started with a timeline in
1981, and by now is in 1982.
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