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From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: New newsgroup(s) ?
Message-ID: <1892@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 1 Aug 90 18:45:29 GMT
Reply-To: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
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I was wondering...
    
    Much of the traffic in comp.arch is RISC-related, but no newsgroup exists
    dedicated to RISC-related subjects in general. Maybe no such group is
    needed, but I just wanted to check how the readers of comp.arch feel
    about creating

		comp.arch.risc  (or a similar group with a different name)

    This might help reducing the size of comp.arch a bit - the traffic 
    there is IMHO sometimes too heavy.

This is not a formal call for discussion for the creation of this group,
just an informal survey.  If you have any opinions on whether or not to
create the group, please reply to me (no need to post to comp.arch).

I will post a summary of the replies when I get back from vacation, sometimes
after Aug 10.  If the level of interest is high enough and the number of
replies arguing for the creation is considerably higher than those arguing
against it, I will post a formal "CALL FOR DISCUSSION", to be followed by a
"CALL FOR VOTES" later, according to the guidelines.  If either condition is
not met, the suggestion will just be allowed to die.

    Also, what about creating

                comp.sys.ibm.r6000 (or maybe comp.sys.ibm.s6000)

    for the new System/6000 series ?  The traffic may not be here yet,
    but it seems safe to expect it.
 
The same applies here - anyone with opinions for/against the creation of the
group is asked to send me a reply.

-frisk
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