Netnews: Difference between revisions

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Netnews was a hierarchical bulletin board system, which ran on the UUCP protocol, over Usenet (an early wide area data network, roughly contemporaneous with the early Internet). It also later ran over the Internet, using the Network News Transfer Protocol.

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Steven M. Bellovin, Netnews: The Origin Story, Annals of the History of Computing
Ronda Hauben, The Evolution of Usenet: the Poor Man’s ARPANET - actually about Netnews, but otherwise good
Google Groups - Google's very large, fairly complete archive of Netnews posts
- Google Groups ending support for Usenet - "Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet [sic - jnc] posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable."
- newsgroup fa, net, etc. - reputed to be the oldest Netnews post still accessible
Usenet Historical Collection - "This historical collection of Usenet [sic - jnc] spans more than 30 years and was given to us by a generous donor."
Usenet Archives
Usenet-Rewind - "Search Usenet newsgroup archives — text posts from 1981 to present." [again confuses Usenet and Netnews]
- Active Usenet Resources
- About Usenet-Rewind
The geeks who saved Usenet - discusses the creation of the publicly-accessible archives
The rise and fall of Usenet - "How the original social media platform came to be"
The Usenet coup: how the USSR discovered the internet in 1991 - One notable historical event
- Wide-Area Collaboration - contemporary coverage

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 * [https://www.usenetarchives.com/ Usenet Archives]
 * [https://www.usenet-rewind.com/ Usenet-Rewind] - "Search Usenet newsgroup archives — text posts from 1981 to present." [again confuses Usenet and Netnews]
+** [https://www.usenet-rewind.com/providers Active Usenet Resources]
+** [https://www.usenet-rewind.com/about About Usenet-Rewind]
 * [https://www.salon.com/2002/01/08/saving_usenet/ The geeks who saved Usenet] - discusses the creation of the publicly-accessible archives
 * [https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-usenet-how-the-original-social-media-platform-came-to-be/ The rise and fall of Usenet] - "How the original social media platform came to be"