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From: indra@utai.UUCP (Indra Laksono)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.news.group
Subject: Re: Pet Peeve - net.micro.*
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Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 22:44:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  5 22:44:07 1985
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> 
>   I am not interested in APPLES, PCs, CPM and a whole bunch of
> other specialty sub-groups, but by subscribing to just net.micro
> I seem to have to wade through the junk from the subgroups anyway!
> Must people always send a copy to net.micro when posting to a 
> specialty subgroup -- can they not think first if it is of
> "general" micro interest or not covered by a subgroup???
> And if cross-posting a LARGE article (gt. one screenfull) does seem 
> necessary, couldnt a "pointer" note to the large article in the
> specialty group be just submitted to the more general net.micro?
> 
> A small sampling from the last 2 or 3 days...
>   Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
/* a bunch of other newsgroups */

I'm afraid it's not as simple as that.  Take my case, I've found out
about GEM running on the Sanyo mbc 555.  Who should I post to?
	1. Since the sanyo is ibm compatible net.micro.pc
	2. Since first system with GEM is the Atari 5?? ST, net.micro.atari
	3. Since the Sanyo has no true section, net.micro

I didn't send it to net.micro.atari as no sanyo user would try to find out
info on their machines in there.  When, I got my micro, I looked only at
net.micro and net.micro.pc for relevant material.  Hence the two posting.

Having a pointer was useless in my case as my posting was about 20 lines
In fact, this followup article of what someone else has written is a lot
longer than my article.  If you still won't forgive me, then blame it on
itchy fingers.  OK???



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