Re: New comp.sys.apple2 groups!

[philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <C8D3tp.354@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bazyar@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:

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>  Phil! You're missing the point.  You can get a personal newsfeed from
>any of a number of sites.  Is your NeXT connected via SLIP to the
>campus network? If so, you can read these groups by negotiating with
>an off-site newsfeed to get the groups you want.
>  Even if you're not hooked up with SLIP, there are also public-access 
>newsfeeds, in that you can instruct newsreaders like rn & nn to grab 
>news from a particular site. An Ohio State University site carries 
>all newsgroups.

The campus computing situation here is very odd. SLIP is political so the
anaswer to that part of your question is maybe!
 
As for public-access newsfeeds, etc...how on earth do you expect me to UUCP
my NeXT to other places, when I have trouble dealing with my own situation?
I'd be more than happy if someone were to freely offer mail and newsgroups,
and dial-in capabilities.
 
All this may be possible. I really don't know. On campus I have access to
our Departmental system, period! We appear to function on a profit or at
least a break even basis. I doubt if anyone will give me an account that has
micro newsgroup access. It's tyranny by the Unix systems' people and it's 
very political. It's also one reason I eagerly await the day when Unix will
finally be done in.
 
Sorry about all the newsgroups. I hadn't noticed I was replying to every
newsgroup on earth!
 
-- 
Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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