[Discussion] eCS Memory Limit?

[Thomas Clayton]

I owe you a reply that time does not permit me towrite now.


--- Jon Harrison <jharrison at seadog.reno.nv.us> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:54:29 -0800 (PST), Thomas Clayton wrote:
> 
> >
> >Secondly, what a RESOURCE (the URL in your letter)! Then I went
> >'investigating' and found there were / are other 'groups' at Google
> >that have OS/2 - eCS as their subject base. WOW! Thanks, again!
> 
> Thomas:
> 
> These are not really "groups at google".  They are newsgroups (aka
> usenet), which were around long before html took over the web. 
> Google merely links to them, just as it links to most everything
> else.
> 
> If you use a newreader (or some browsers) you can access newsgroups
> directly through a newserver.  Some free one's exist but they are
> generally limited in scope.  For $6/mo I subscribe to a server that
> gives access to everything out there, and believe me, there is a
> LOT out there....in every imaginable topic (I'm not referring only
> to computing).  There are at least 20 NG's in comp.os.os2.* that
> are os2 specific, some are quite active while others are full of
> poison.  A notable difference from the yahoo groups is that it most
> are not moderated.
> 
> Google for 'free nntp server' to find a server and see what is
> available, you download a list of NG's (last time I checked there
> were around 100k groups).  Hope you have a LOT of spare time
> available.  Using a full blown newsgroup reader is much more
> efficient than a browser.
> 
> Have fun,
> jon
> 
> 
> 
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