Re: deja posting was Re: More Club100 Ghurkas at Eureka

devans@uneb.edu wrote:
> 
> ***
[...]
> Deja provided a web-based front end on the lists, and hosted
> archives and advertising. These "lists" are properly called
> "Usenet newsgroups" and date back about (at least) ten years
> before there was a "browser" to read the "world-wide web" with.
> The messages on newsgroups ("news") is passed around using a
> protocol called NNTP and is stored on NNTP servers. (You've
> probably noticed that the Web uses HTTP, it's at the beginning of
> every web address, or URL.)
> ***
> 
> Heavy on the 'at least'. I'm pretty certain I was reading Usenet by
'86 or
> '87. Reading from a mainframe account(VM) at that. And, didn't look
new to
> me then.

I've always assumed that it dates back way into yore, but I
vaguely recall reading a date in the early 80's. I've done some
digging online and the WWW started around 1990.

In a vague effort to drag this on-topic I suppose I'd have to
observe that rec.games.miniatures.misc seems to be of little value
lately, being mostly concerned with for sale notices of various
sorts.
 
[...]
> However, I already tried explaining this, and it sounds like Glenn's
> service may well not have a news server for him to attach to. Still,
worth
> it to him to ask.

There most be plenty of places offering equivalent
service/advertising as deja, excluding their unique news archives.

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David Brewer