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Re: Amiga UseNet archives - only one copy left now
« on: January 17, 2006, 03:58:34 PM »
Many newsgroups posts were archived on CDs, for example Net News Offline, which contain thousands messages (more than 217,000 in Net News Offline volume 2). I remember back in the days, where Google restored all the available archives, they used such CDs, because some of the archives at DejaNews where already deleted.

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Re: Amiga UseNet archives - only one copy left now
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2006, 06:22:15 AM »
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Would you happen to know which Amiga UseNet postings would have been included on the NetNews offline CD's ? Do you know of any other such collections ?

I have NetNews Offline Vol.2 and it have 3 months of published articles since the release of NetNews Offline Vol.1

Here are the contents from the backcover:

comp.sys.amiga.*:          83.087 articles.
com.unix.amiga:               887 articles.
rec.games.video.cd32:         507 articles.
comp.sys.cbm                5.955 articles.
de.comp.sys.amiga.*:       14.535 articles.
de.comm.software.ums:         838 articles.
fide.ger.{amiga|amiprog}:   2.721 articles.
z-netz.rechner.amiga.*:    23.427 articles.

and some others not directly amiga related like comp.perphs.scsi, comp.lang.rexx.

The newsgroups post archives were archived by the

CD Publishing Corporation.

   NetNews on CD's -- USENET Newsfeed and Archive US$20-US$34

    NetNews on CD's is the premier USENET News on CD-ROM's product from CD Publishing. This subscription oriented product provides an archiving and distribution mechanism for USENET news, along with effective software search tools for quick and easy access to this huge base of valuable information. NetNews on CD's makes the wealth of information on USENET available when you need it, where you need it. NetNews on CD's alleviates the requirements for excessive disk storage and tape archival/retrieval facilities. It also removes the limitations of communication link speeds and prohibitively high newsfeed and/or telephone charges. Issues in this series are produced as soon as they are full, and can be purchased on a single issue or multi-issue subscription basis. NetNews on CD's is currently produced in ISO 9660 format.

also InfoMagic:
   The following products are available to ISOC members from InfoMagic. Address your orders to: info@infomagic.com or phone 609-683-5501 or FAX 609-683-5502. USENET CD-ROM List $20.00 ISOC Members $15.00 Assorted archives of the USENET news groups, including the following comp.sources groups: misc, games, reviewed, sun, unix, x containing source code for UNIX(tm), Sun, and X-Windows. Also includes the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions Lists) for many other groups. ISO-9660 format with Rock Ridge extensions.

Other newsgroups post were on other CDs for example CPM posts in the Walnut Creek CD ROM archive and many other.