Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: mod.newslists,mod.announce.newusers,news.groups Subject: Changes to List of Active Newsgroups Message-ID: <7107@gatech.EDU> Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 00:24:48 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.7107 Posted: Mon Dec 1 00:24:48 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Dec-86 20:24:06 EST Expires: Mon, 22-Dec-86 00:24:46 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 346 Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU Xref: mnetor mod.newslists:439 mod.announce.newusers:79 news.groups:43 *** old/active.n Sat Nov 1 16:45:49 1986 --- src/active.n Sat Nov 29 18:51:16 1986 *************** *** 1,6 **** ! Newsgroups: mod.newslists,mod.announce.newusers,net.news.group Expires: 21days ! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET ! [Most recent change: 31 October 1986 by spaf] --- 1,6 ---- ! Newsgroups: mod.newslists,mod.announce.newusers,news.groups Expires: 21days ! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by spaf@gatech.edu] *************** *** 7,32 **** The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of ! 1 December 1986. There are three basic subcategories of netwide ! newsgroups: "net", "mod" and the new categories. The "net" groups ! are based on the old naming convention for newsgroups, and these are ! graducally being phased into the new classification categories of ! "news", "soc", "talk", "misc", "sci", "comp" and "rec". The "talk" ! classification is fully established as of this publication, and the ! "soc," "sci," and "misc" groups now exist in parallel with their old ! "net" counterparts. "sci" newsgroups are intended to be technical in ! nature, and relate to the sciences. The "misc" groups address themes ! not easily classified under any of the other headings. "soc" groups ! address social issues. "talk" groups are largely debate-oriented, and ! tend to feature long discussions without either resolution or large ! amounts of useful information. "news" groups concern the news network ! and software itself. "rec" are recreation and hobby-oriented groups. ! The "mod" groups will eventually undergo conversion into the same name ! space. ! "net" groups consist of USENET bulletin-board newsgroups that are ! (usually) circulated around the entire USENET -- this implies ! world-wide distribution. Not all "net" groups actually enjoy such wide ! distribution, however. The European Usenet sites (Eunet) take only a ! selected subset of the more "technical" groups, and controversial ! "noise" groups are often not carried by many sites in the US and Canada. "mod" groups are moderated or are monitored mailing lists. They can --- 7,37 ---- The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of ! 1 December 1986. There are two basic subcategories of netwide ! newsgroups: "world" and "mod". The "world" groups are divided into ! seven broad classifications: "news", "soc", "talk", "misc", "sci", ! "comp" and "rec". Each of these classifications is organized into ! groups and subgroups according to topic. ! The "comp" classification includes topics of interest to computer ! professionals and hobbyists, including topics in computer science, ! software source, and information on hardware and software systems. The ! "sci" newsgroups are intended to be technical in nature and relate to ! the established sciences. The "misc" groups address themes not easily ! classified under any of the other headings or which incorporate themes ! from multiple categories. The "soc" groups address social issues and ! socializing. The "talk" groups are largely debate-oriented, and tend ! to feature long discussions without resolution and without appreciable ! amounts of useful information. The "news" groups concern the news ! network and software itself. The "rec" groups are recreation and ! hobby-oriented groups. An eventual goal is to include the current ! "mod" groups into the same seven category naming scheme sometime in ! 1987. + The "world" and "mod" newsgroups are (usually) circulated around the + entire USENET -- this implies world-wide distribution. Not all groups + actually enjoy such wide distribution, however. The European Usenet + sites (Eunet) take only a selected subset of the more "technical" + groups, and controversial "noise" groups are often not carried by many + sites in the US and Canada (these groups are primarily under the "talk" + and "soc" classifications). + "mod" groups are moderated or are monitored mailing lists. They can *************** *** 33,39 **** only be posted to by mailing submissions to the coordinator (provided ! in a companion posting). Some of the "mod" groups are gatewayed to ! USENET from the ARPA Internet and appear as "mod" groups to facilitate ! distribution and posting from the Usenet. ! Some of the "net" groups are bidirectionally gatewayed with ARPA Internet mailing lists; items submitted from the ARPA side to --- 38,46 ---- only be posted to by mailing submissions to the coordinator (provided ! in a companion posting). Some selected sites provide automatic ! remailing in support of 2.11 news -- posting to a mod group ! automatically mails the article for the poster. Some of the "mod" ! groups are gatewayed to USENET from the ARPA Internet and appear as ! "mod" groups to facilitate distribution and posting from the Usenet. ! Some of the "world" groups are bidirectionally gatewayed with ARPA Internet mailing lists; items submitted from the ARPA side to *************** *** 45,47 **** ! The following "net" groups have been gatewayed with the listed Arpa Internet lists. Some of them may not still be gatewayed due to --- 52,57 ---- ! "net" groups are remnants of the old naming scheme and they will soon ! be deleted or merged into the "world" group structure. ! ! The following "world" groups have been gatewayed with the listed Arpa Internet lists. Some of them may not still be gatewayed due to *************** *** 49,51 **** asterisk ("*") in the list below. Please contact me if you should know ! of their current status. Also note that the group "net.lang.forth" is gatewayed with the Bitnet discussion list "umforth@weizmann.bitnet". --- 59,61 ---- asterisk ("*") in the list below. Please contact me if you should know ! of their current status. Also note that the group "comp.lang.forth" is gatewayed with the Bitnet discussion list "umforth@weizmann.bitnet". *************** *** 71,79 **** *talk.origins evolution@kestrel.arpa ! net.ham-radio info-hams@simtel20.arpa ! net.ham-radio.packet packet-radio@eddie.mit.edu ! net.micro.amiga info-amiga@red.rutgers.edu ! net.railroad railroad@rochester.arpa ! net.sf-lovers sf-lovers@red.rutgers.edu net.sources unix-sources@brl.arpa - net.video videotech@simtel20.arpa --- 81,88 ---- *talk.origins evolution@kestrel.arpa ! *rec.ham-radio info-hams@simtel20.arpa ! *rec.ham-radio.packet packet-radio@eddie.mit.edu ! *rec.railroad railroad@rochester.arpa ! *rec.arts.sf-lovers sf-lovers@red.rutgers.edu ! *rec.video videotech@simtel20.arpa net.sources unix-sources@brl.arpa *************** *** 99,101 **** Gene Spafford ! gatech!spaf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 108,110 ---- Gene Spafford ! spaf@gatech.EDU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *************** *** 103,107 **** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - net.ai Artificial intelligence discussions. net.announce.arpa-internet Announcements from the Arpa world - net.arch Computer architecture. net.audio High fidelity audio. --- 112,114 ---- *************** *** 112,120 **** net.books Books of all genres, shapes, and sizes. - net.bugs General bug reports and fixes. - net.bugs.2bsd Reports of UNIX* version 2BSD related bugs. - net.bugs.4bsd Reports of UNIX version 4BSD related bugs. - net.bugs.usg Reports of USG (System III, V, etc.) bugs. - net.bugs.uucp Reports of UUCP related bugs. - net.bugs.v7 Reports of UNIX V7 related bugs. - net.cog-eng Cognitive engineering. net.comics The funnies, old and new. --- 119,120 ---- *************** *** 121,129 **** net.cooks Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes. - net.cse Computer science education. net.cycle Motorcycles and related products and laws. - net.database Database and data management issues and theory. - net.dcom Data communications hardware and software. - net.decus DEC* Users' Society newsgroup. - net.emacs EMACS editors of different flavors. - net.eunice The SRI Eunice system. net.games Games and computer games. --- 121,123 ---- *************** *** 140,143 **** net.garden Gardening, methods and results. - net.graphics Computer graphics, art, animation, image processing, - pattern recognition, and machine vision. net.ham-radio Amateur Radio practices, contests, events, rules, etc. --- 134,135 ---- *************** *** 144,147 **** net.ham-radio.packet Discussion about packet radio setups. - net.info-terms All sorts of terminals. - net.internat Discussion about international standards net.jokes Jokes and the like. May be somewhat offensive. --- 136,137 ---- *************** *** 148,183 **** net.jokes.d Discussions on the content of net.jokes articles - net.lan Local area network hardware and software. - net.lang Different computer languages. - net.lang.ada Discussion about Ada*. - net.lang.apl Discussion about APL. - net.lang.c Discussion about C. - net.lang.c++ The object-oriented C++ language. - net.lang.f77 Discussion about FORTRAN. - net.lang.forth Discussion about Forth. - net.lang.lisp Discussion about LISP. - net.lang.mod2 Discussion about Modula-2. - net.lang.pascal Discussion about Pascal. - net.lang.prolog Discussion about PROLOG. - net.lang.st80 Discussion about Smalltalk 80. - net.lsi Large scale integrated circuits. net.mag Magazine summaries, tables of contents, etc. - net.mail Proposed new mail/network standards. - net.mail.headers Gatewayed from the ARPA header-people list. - net.micro Micro computers of all kinds. - net.micro.6809 Discussion about 6809's. - net.micro.68k Discussion about 68k's. - net.micro.apple Discussion about Apple micros. - net.micro.amiga Talk about the new Amiga micro. - net.micro.atari8 Discussion about 8 bit Atari micros. - net.micro.atari16 Discussion about 16 bit Atari micros. - net.micro.att Discussions about AT&T microcomputers - net.micro.cbm Discussion about Commodore micros. - net.micro.cpm Discussion about the CP/M operating system. - net.micro.hp Discussion about Hewlett/Packard's. - net.micro.mac Material about the Apple Macintosh & Lisa - net.micro.ns32k National Semiconductor 32000 series chips - net.micro.pc Discussion about IBM personal computers. - net.micro.ti Discussion about Texas Instruments. - net.micro.trs-80 Discussion about TRS-80's. - Also items of a general nature not important net.movies Reviews and discussions of movies. --- 138,140 ---- *************** *** 189,200 **** net.music.synth Synthesizers and computer music - net.news Discussions of USENET itself. - net.news.adm Comments directed to news administrators. - net.news.b Discussion about B news software. - net.news.config Postings of system down times and interruptions. - net.news.group Discussions and lists of newsgroups - net.news.newsite Postings of new site announcements. - net.news.notes Notesfile software from the Univ. of Illinois. - net.news.sa Comments directed to system administrators. - net.news.stargate Discussion about satellite transmission of news. - net.periphs Peripheral devices. net.pets Pets, pet care, and household animals in general. --- 146,147 ---- *************** *** 217,219 **** pertaining to items in net.sources - net.sources.d For any discussion on net.sources postings. net.sources.games Postings of recreational software --- 164,165 ---- *************** *** 226,228 **** net.startrek Star Trek, the TV show and the movies. - net.text Text processing. net.travel Traveling all over the world. --- 172,173 ---- *************** *** 231,236 **** net.tv.soaps Postings about soap operas. - net.unix UNIX neophytes group. - net.unix-wizards Discussions, bug reports, and fixes on and for UNIX. - Not for the weak of heart. - net.usenix USENIX Association events and announcements. net.veg Vegetarians. --- 176,177 ---- *************** *** 263,265 **** mod.human-nets Computer aided communications digest. - mod.legal Discussions of computers and the law. mod.mac Apple Macintosh micros -- info, uses, but no programs. --- 204,205 ---- *************** *** 302,304 **** mod.telecom Telecommunications digest. - mod.test Testing of moderated newsgroups -- no moderator mod.vlsi Very large scale integrated circuits. --- 242,243 ---- *************** *** 390,392 **** --- 329,392 ---- + rec.arts.books Books of all genres, shapes, and sizes. + rec.arts.comics The funnies, old and new. + rec.arts.drwho Discussion about Dr. Who. + rec.arts.movies Reviews and discussions of movies. + rec.arts.poems For the posting of poems. + rec.arts.sf-lovers Science fiction lovers' newsgroup. + rec.arts.startrek Star Trek, the TV show and the movies. + rec.arts.tv The boob tube, its history, and past and current shows. + rec.arts.tv.soaps Postings about soap operas. + rec.arts.wobegon "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show discussion. + rec.audio High fidelity audio. + rec.autos Automobiles, automotive products and laws. + rec.autos.tech Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al. + rec.aviation Aviation rules, means, and methods. + rec.bicycles Bicycles, related products and laws. + rec.birds Hobbyists interested in bird watching. + rec.boats Hobbyists interested in boating. + rec.food.cooking Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes. + rec.food.drink Wines and spirits. + rec.food.veg Vegetarians. + rec.games.board Discussion and hints on board games. + rec.games.bridge Hobbyists interested in bridge. + rec.games.chess Chess & computer chess. + rec.games.empire Discussion and hints about Empire. + rec.games.frp Discussion about Fantasy Role Playing games. + rec.games.go Discussion about Go. + rec.games.hack Discussion, hints, etc. about the Hack game. + rec.games.misc Games and computer games. + rec.games.pbm Discussion about Play by Mail games. + rec.games.rogue Discussion and hints about Rogue. + rec.games.trivia Discussion about trivia. + rec.games.video Discussion about video games. + rec.gardens Gardening, methods and results. + rec.ham-radio Amateur Radio practices, contests, events, rules, etc. + rec.ham-radio.packet Discussion about packet radio setups. + rec.humor Jokes and the like. May be somewhat offensive. + rec.humor.d Discussions on the content of net.jokes articles + rec.mag Magazine summaries, tables of contents, etc. rec.misc General topics about recreational/participant sports. + rec.motorcycles Motorcycles and related products and laws. + rec.music.classical Discussion about classical music. + rec.music.folk Folks discussing folk music of various sorts + rec.music.gdead A group for (Grateful) Dead-heads + rec.music.makers For performers and their discussions. + rec.music.misc Music lovers' group. + rec.music.synth Synthesizers and computer music + rec.nude Hobbyists interested in naturist/nudist activities. + rec.pets Pets, pet care, and household animals in general. + rec.photo Hobbyists interested in photography. + rec.puzzles Puzzles, problems, and quizzes. + rec.railroad Real and model train fans' newsgroup. + rec.scuba Hobbyists interested in SCUBA diving. + rec.skiing Hobbyists interested in skiing. + rec.skydiving Hobbyists interested in skydiving. + rec.sport.baseball Discussion about baseball. + rec.sport.basketball Discussion about basketball. + rec.sport.football Discussion about football. + rec.sport.hockey Discussion about hockey. + rec.sport.misc Spectator sports. + rec.travel Traveling all over the world. + rec.video Video and video components. + rec.woodworking Hobbyists interested in woodworking.