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.

Thanks,
--Anthony Cuozzo

In article <jH_nN.52168$TSTa.25961@fx47.iad>,
Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us> wrote:
>Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

comp.sys.apple2 still sees a bit of traffic.

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On 1/11/2024 18:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> --Anthony Cuozzo

comp.os.cpm gets a decent amount of traffic.

On 2024-01-11, Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us> wrote:

> 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.

comp.sys.raspberry-pi is pretty active. Some groups, e.g.
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, have been overrun by
spammers. I use slrn, and have added stanzas like this
to ~/News/Score:

[comp.*.*]
Score: =-9999
Expires: 9/14/2024
Injection-Info: google*
Newsgroup: comp\.*\.*

[comp.*.*.*]
Score: =-9999
Expires: 9/14/2024
Injection-Info: google*
Newsgroup: comp\.*\.*\.*

This get rid of the spam, but in most groups there is
almost nothing left.

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2024-01-11, Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us> schrieb:
> 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.

comp.lang.python
comp.misc
comp.os.linux.misc
comp.sys.raspberry-pi

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"We're through being cool."

alt.sys.pdp10

In article <jH_nN.52168$TSTa.25961@fx47.iad>, anthony@cuozzo.us says...
>
> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

comp.os.vms was still alive until overrun with spam recently.

Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us> writes:

> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

Take note of comp.lang.lisp.

On 2024-01-11 18:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

alt.folklore.computers
comp.compilers (moderated)
comp.arch
comp.arch.embedded
comp.lang.ada
comp.lang.forth
comp.lang.scheme
comp.text.tex

As usual, traffic varies with the seasons and postings.

>
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> --Anthony Cuozzo

Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> --Anthony Cuozzo

comp.lang.tcl

On 2024-01-12 3:04 a.m., David Goodwin wrote:
> In article <jH_nN.52168$TSTa.25961@fx47.iad>, anthony@cuozzo.us says...
>>
>> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?
>
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
> comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
>
> comp.os.vms was still alive until overrun with spam recently.
>
>
Still is if you're on the right server.

David Goodwin <david+usenet@zx.net.nz> writes:

> In article <jH_nN.52168$TSTa.25961@fx47.iad>, anthony@cuozzo.us says...

>> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

> comp.os.vms was still alive until overrun with spam recently.

Simple spam filters have kept c.o.v very much alive, TYVM.

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On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> --Anthony Cuozzo

comp.arch has some traffic. I only found it recently.

Andy

On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:18:37 -0500, Anthony Cuozzo <anthony@cuozzo.us>
wrote:

> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

There was a new post in alt.comp.os.windows-98se today.

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Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
<
>> 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.

comp.os.cpm has a steady trickle of on-topic posts.

(I just look in occasionally to see if anybody else is keen to
reminisce about the Osborne I. Not many.)

> comp.arch has some traffic. I only found it recently.

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

>
> Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> writes:
>
> > On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
> <
> >> 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.
>
> comp.os.cpm has a steady trickle of on-topic posts.
>
> (I just look in occasionally to see if anybody else is keen to
> reminisce about the Osborne I. Not many.)
>
> > 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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On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:14:26 +0000
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@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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On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:23:14 +0000
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:14:26 +0000
> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@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.
>
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

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On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:46:36 +0000
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@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.

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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 ...

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:19:31 +0000, Vir Campestris
<vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --Anthony Cuozzo
>
>comp.arch has some traffic. I only found it recently.
>
>Andy

comp.answers
comp.lang.fortran
comp.os.vms
comp.sys.raspberry-pi

All have new posts today

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On Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:35:41 +0000, "wibble@bibble.com.invalid"
<wibble@bibble.com.invalid> wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:19:31 +0000, Vir Campestris
><vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --Anthony Cuozzo
>>
>>comp.arch has some traffic. I only found it recently.
>>
>>Andy
>
>
>comp.answers
>comp.lang.fortran
>comp.os.vms
>comp.sys.raspberry-pi
>
>All have new posts today

Comp.risks too.
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"wibble@bibble.com.invalid" <wibble@bibble.com.invalid> writes:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:19:31 +0000, Vir Campestris
> <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
>>> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

[...]

> comp.answers

Not in eternal-september.org.

Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:

> "wibble@bibble.com.invalid" <wibble@bibble.com.invalid> writes:
>
> > On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:19:31 +0000, Vir Campestris
> > <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >>On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
> >>> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?
>
> [...]
>
> > comp.answers
>
> Not in eternal-september.org.

It's there in E-S's list

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snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) writes:

> Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
>
>> "wibble@bibble.com.invalid" <wibble@bibble.com.invalid> writes:
>>
>> > On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:19:31 +0000, Vir Campestris
>> > <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> >
>> >>On 11/01/2024 23:18, Anthony Cuozzo wrote:
>> >>> Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > comp.answers
>>
>> Not in eternal-september.org.
>
> It's there in E-S's list

Sure, but it's not getting daily messages as claimed.