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* Steven M. Bellovin, [https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf ''Netnews: The Origin Story''], [[Annals of the History of Computing]] | * Steven M. Bellovin, [https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf ''Netnews: The Origin Story''], [[Annals of the History of Computing]] | ||
| + | * Ronda Hauben, [https://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/book-pdf/CHAPTER%202.pdf The Evolution of Usenet: the Poor Man’s ARPANET] - actually about Netnews, but otherwise good | ||
* [https://groups.google.com/recent Google Groups] - Google's very large, fairly complete archive of Netnews posts | * [https://groups.google.com/recent Google Groups] - Google's very large, fairly complete archive of Netnews posts | ||
** [https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538 Google Groups ending support for Usenet] - "Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet [sic - jnc] posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable." | ** [https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538 Google Groups ending support for Usenet] - "Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet [sic - jnc] posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable." | ||
Latest revision as of 16:23, 7 April 2025
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.
See also
External links
- 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 Historical content remains viewable."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
- 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
