Re: ProTERM 3.1: "Please insert the PROGRAM disk (flip disk) andpressR

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

PZ wrote:
> On Aug 19, 6:03 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Mike Maginnis wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:08:00 +0200, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > sfahey wrote:
> >
> > > > > To: Michael J. Mahon
> > > > > Re: Re: ProTERM 3.1: "Please insert the PROGRAM disk (flip disk) andpressR
> > > > > By: Michael J. Mahon to comp.sys.apple2 on Wed Aug 15 2007 03:09 pm
> >
> > > > > > > comp.sys.apple2.comm appears dead because everyone sees little traffic
> > > > > > > in it and assumes it is dead and posts to comp.sys.apple2 instead.  :-)
> >
> > > > > > Yep--that's pretty much the definition of dead...
> >
> > > > > All in favor of renaming it comp.sys.apple2.comm-atose, say aye.
> >
> > > > I'd have no problem with shutting down the .comm and the .usergroups,
> > > > both are effectively useless, and I don't really see a great revival
> > > > happening in some unknown future. The other four a2 groups seem lively
> > > > enough.
> >
> > > I see about the same amount of traffic in .gno as I do in .usergroups.
> > > In fact the last post I have in .gno (other than free ipods and naked
> > > women) is from May; usergroups has posts as recently as July.
> >
> > Yes, the size of the Apple II community has dwindled to the point that
> > splitting out "special" topics is no longer justified.
> >
> > -michael
> >
> > NadaNet file server for Apple II computers!
> > Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
> >
> > "The wastebasket is our most important design
> > tool--and it's seriously underused."
>
>
> Although comp.sys.apple2.programmer gets a reasonable amount of
> action.

Yes, I think the triad of csa2, csa2.marketplace, and csa2.programmer
still provide a useful separation of posts.  And comp.emulators.apple2
also represents a distinct active community.

GNO has, unfortunately, fallen pretty much by the wayside, and modern
networking is so pervasive that "comm" is now more likely to be about
moving data/images between an Apple II and a modern computer than to
BBSing.

-michael

NadaNet file server for Apple II computers!
Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."