Re: comp.sys.apple2.bbs

[bclark@jupiter.chi.il.us (Brian Clark)]

gberigan@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Greg Berigan) writes:

>>[ Text shorten , mentioning about the a2-bbs list ]

>There is also the comp.bbs.* groups, which could use some Apple II BBS
>discussion.  How about comp.bbs.apple2?  (Trying to create 
>comp.bbs.[metal/proline/gbbs/lluce] would be extremely difficult.)
>Or has this option been dismissed already and I joined in late?
> 
>berigan@platte.unk.edu

   Or here's another idea as well... instead of comp.sys.apple2.bbs or
comp.bbs.apple2, how about a creating either comp.sys.apple2.datacomm
or comp.sys.apple2.comm?  Fashioned somewhat after these groups:

    comp.sys.amiga.datacomm     Methods of getting bytes in and out.
    comp.sys.mac.comm           Discussion of Macintosh communications.

   I personally think a .comm would be the better than .datacomm.  But
the new group could be used for discussion of apple2 related terminal
software, bbs software, network communications (dialups, LAN, etc...),
and basically anything else that falls into communications.  It is
mabey a bit vague, but not as vague as comp.sys.apple2 and creating
too many smaller groups wouldn't seem very good either.  Thusly mabey
something like:

    comp.sys.apple2             General Discussion about Apple II computers.
    comp.sys.apple2.comm        Discussion of Apple II communications.
    comp.sys.apple2.gno         The AppleIIgs GNO multitasking enviornment.
    comp.sys.apple2.programmer  Apple II related programming issues.

   Of course we'ld also still have the binaries and sources groups as well.
Adding a comp.sys.apple2.marketplace (whatever name) could be done as well,
but the misc.forsale.computers.* groups already exist for that purpose.

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Brian Clark            bclark@jupiter.chi.il.us