Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple2:3334 news.announce.newgroups:522 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,news.announce.newgroups Subject: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: comp.sources.apple2 Keywords: new newsgroup for Apple // sources Message-ID: Date: 2 Jul 90 15:37:02 GMT Sender: lear@turbo.bio.net Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2 Distribution: na Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 31 Approved: lear@turbo.bio.net The current setup of comp.sys.apple2 and comp.binaries.apple2 leaves no place for distribution of sources, hindering the distribution of source code. For instance, I have a number of programs that would be of benefit to Apple // users. The C programs include a simple desk calculator, convert tabs to/from spaces, a version of more, a regular expression pattern matcher and a fairly complete C compiler for the 6502. I also have a Lisp interpreter written in Applesoft and a version of the TECO editor for the 6502. But since there really is no appropriate place to post Apple // sources I haven't. comp.sources.misc is not the appropriate since the Apple // source postings are only of interest (and use) to the Apple // people. The regular newsgroup is full enough as it is; adding more traffic would only make the group more cluttered. Thus, I would like to propose a new group: comp.sources.apple2 to be used for the purpose of distributing Apple // related sources. This group would contain both sources and discussion of sources and will be moderated. I volunteer the time and the disk space has been ok'ed. This is just a call for discussion. Please, please, do not send me your votes yet. The discussion period is a minimum of 2 weeks followed by a voting period of 21 days. There will be a posting when the voting begins. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac