Re: Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

Kerr-Mudd, John

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Jan 31, 2024, 4:14:28 AMJan 31

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On 31 Jan 2024 02:58:33 -0400
Mike Spencer <m...@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

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> Vir Campestris <vir.cam...@invalid.invalid> writes:
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> > On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
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> >> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?
> >>
> >> I see that comp.lang.c gets a fair bit of daily traffic. I heard that a
> >> few "retrocomputing" groups still have activity, but I can't easily
> >> determine which ones.
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> comp.os.cpm has a steady trickle of on-topic posts.
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> (I just look in occasionally to see if anybody else is keen to
> reminisce about the Osborne I. Not many.)
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> > comp.arch has some traffic. I only found it recently.
>
I shall subscribe at once!
The first 'PC' I used was a NewBrain (I think?) - it ran CPM anyhow.

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Ahem A Rivet's Shot

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Jan 31, 2024, 5:30:04 AMJan 31

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"Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> I shall subscribe at once!
> The first 'PC' I used was a NewBrain (I think?) - it ran CPM anyhow.

I don't think it was a NewBrain then, running CP/M was a goal but I
don't think it was ever achieved.

The NewBrain was a tiny thing in beige and brown just big enough
for a properly spaced keyboard with tiny keys and a 16 character
alphanumeric (15 segment IIRC) vacuum fluorescent display. The whole thing
about two inches thick. It was designed to be extended with stacking
extension packs - floppies and CP/M were (low) on the todo list when the
project moved from Newbury Labs in Cambridge (where I got involved as a
student) to Grundy.

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Kerr-Mudd, John

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Jan 31, 2024, 7:46:39 AMJan 31

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Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:14:26 +0000
> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
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> > I shall subscribe at once!
> > The first 'PC' I used was a NewBrain (I think?) - it ran CPM anyhow.
>
> I don't think it was a NewBrain then, running CP/M was a goal but I
> don't think it was ever achieved.
>

Sorry, it wasn't that name I was grasping for, the device I had some
access to was a dual floppy monochrome thing. It ran Supercalc,
dBaseII and WordStar.

aha!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbrain

Ahem A Rivet's Shot

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"Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> Sorry, it wasn't that name I was grasping for, the device I had some

I thought so, the Newbrain seemed unlikely it was fun to work on
but it really missed the direction of the market totally.

> access to was a dual floppy monochrome thing. It ran Supercalc,
> dBaseII and WordStar.
>
> aha!
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbrain

Ah yes that was a much nicer piece of kit.

Andy Burns

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Feb 2, 2024, 4:13:26 AMFeb 2

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Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbrain

I remember the "chong" noise when you simultaneously hit the two red
reset buttons at the corners of the main keyboard and the disc drives
tried to knacker your floppy ...