As people can now see, when a site like Pinside has technical problemsI think the big hurdle for most is just accessing Usenet groups. Many here use Google Groups. I remember when there was that front end, I think it was called RGP Archive, I used that. Something like that which would read and post to Usenet but would be accessible to regular people without a Usenet reader might increase traffic. If it hosted pics or posted them to a binary group that would be cool too.
the whole thing goes up in electronic smoke. I'm sure it will be back
fairly soon, but it is owned and run by perhaps one person, what will
folks do when he gets bored or moves on?
Usenet on the other hand isn't owned by anyone and chugs along in the background of the Internet as long as the 'net works...
Perhaps linking a binary usenet ground to rgp would help for folks that
want to post pictures, etc. that was what used to happen for a number of technical usenet groups.
John :-#)#
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On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 1:30:54 PM UTC-7, John Robertson wrote:--- Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
As people can now see, when a site like Pinside has technical problems
the whole thing goes up in electronic smoke. I'm sure it will be back fairly soon, but it is owned and run by perhaps one person, what will folks do when he gets bored or moves on?
Usenet on the other hand isn't owned by anyone and chugs along in the background of the Internet as long as the 'net works...
Perhaps linking a binary usenet ground to rgp would help for folks that want to post pictures, etc. that was what used to happen for a number of technical usenet groups.
John :-#)#I think the big hurdle for most is just accessing Usenet groups. Many here use Google Groups. I remember when there was that front end, I think it was called RGP Archive, I used that. Something like that which would read and post to Usenet but would be accessible to regular people without a Usenet reader might increase traffic. If it hosted pics or posted them to a binary group that would be cool too.
--
(Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
As people can now see, when a site like Pinside has technical problems
the whole thing goes up in electronic smoke. I'm sure it will be back
fairly soon, but it is owned and run by perhaps one person, what will
folks do when he gets bored or moves on?
Usenet on the other hand isn't owned by anyone and chugs along in the background of the Internet as long as the 'net works...
Perhaps linking a binary usenet ground to rgp would help for folks that
want to post pictures, etc. that was what used to happen for a number of technical usenet groups.
John :-#)#
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