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From: emigh@ncsugn.ncsu.edu (Ted H. Emigh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,news.groups
Subject: Re: Dividing comp.sys.att
Message-ID: <2861@ncsugn.ncsu.edu>
Date: 31 Dec 87 20:03:46 GMT
References: <167@mcmi.UUCP> <1870@netsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: emigh@ncsugn.UUCP (Ted H. Emigh)
Organization: Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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In article <167@mcmi.UUCP> denny@mcmi.UUCP (Dennis Page) writes:
>Isn't it about time that comp.sys.att spawned comp.sys.att.3b1?
>The idea being to separate discussions of the 3b1/7300 machines (which
>are much more oriented toward personal computer use), from those of the
>3b2s, 3b5s, etc. (oriented toward business/development use).


In article <1870@netsys.UUCP> len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose,NetSys) writes:
> I have wanted to suggest this for quite some time,and I am sure others feel
> as Dennis does.. Does anyone want to volunteer to collect votes and move this
> over to news.groups(?) I have often wished the discussions here were more
> technical in nature.The amount of installed base of 3B2/3B5 systems out there
> would seemingly indicate that this is a viable goal.With a little bit of
> organization,this effort should succeed.
>
> I am sure that we can manage to please both unix pc owners and ourselves with
> this move..
>

As Kathy Vincent has mentioned, it doesn't make sense creating a new
newsgroup for a dead product.  In addition, the 7300 has more in common
with the 3B2 than does a 6300.  Our site has both 7300s and 3B2s so we
have no problem with both in the newsgroup -- and I have noticed that
there is less 6300 traffic than there used to be -- maybe it has gone
to comp.sys.ibm.pc.

I have taken stuff from unix-pc.sources and ported it to the 3B2, and I
have used 7300 material in comp.sys.att for the 3B2 -- I see very little
reason to make the split.  Splitting off the ibm clones on the other
hand ...

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Ted H. Emigh, Dept. Genetics and Statistics, NCSU, Raleigh, NC
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