Xref: utzoo alt.config:459 comp.sys.cbm:1598 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) Newsgroups: alt.config,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: comp.binaries.cbm and comp.sources.cbm (and maybe alt.whatever) Message-ID: <1129@flatline.UUCP> Date: 17 Jul 88 16:43:17 GMT References: <7377@j.cc.purdue.edu> <4855@hoptoad.uucp> <1085@umbc3.UMD.EDU> Organization: a flat near the Montrose, Houston, Tx. Lines: 17 In article <1085@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, pete@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Pete Hsi ) writes: > As a supporter for a 8-bit CBM binary or source group, I am not saying to > create a newsgroup for every machine available. Rather, I am saying to create > them as the need arises and it "done did" for 8-bit Commodore machines. How about alt.sources.cbm, moderated by someone with time, disk and interest; and use it for *all* cbm related programs. A moderator would keep the s/n ratio way down (and all the other good things) moderators do. An archive site would make it near perfect and solve the problem of 50k people saying "I need a simple program in basic that converts from PETSCII to ASCII, could you please post one?". -- Skate UNIX or go home, boogie boy... [Obscure joke goes here] J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/