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From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: ALTERNATE ANSI DRIVERS (really comp.sources.ibm.pc)
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Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 10:13:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  6 10:13:08 1987
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In article <326@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, windley@iris.ucdavis.edu (Phil Windley) writes:
> 
> Many people have been posting sources to comp.bin.ibm.pc.  I know it
> supposed to be for binaries, but 've seen a lot of source roll
> through there.  The newsgroup has been inactive for several weeks, but
> nothing like a new posting to stir things up.  I also heard that
> comp.source.misc has a lot of pc code, although I haven't checked this
> out.
> 

So what do people archive for the future?  WHY is there no comp.sources.ibm.pc?
Why should IBM PC users have to scrounge around for a place to donate their
source code, when other users (of atari, mac, etc) have their own groups?

Is this a conspiracy?   :-)

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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