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From: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Dividing comp.sys.att
Message-ID: <72@sialis.mn.org>
Date: 2 Jan 88 17:52:42 GMT
References: <167@mcmi.UUCP> <16915@gatech.edu> <169@mcmi.UUCP>
Reply-To: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin)
Organization: The Board of Irresponsible People
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>>Our site receives several unix-pc.* groups. Perhaps you should check with
>>your local news guru about getting them.
>
>We receive quite enough 3b1 articles already.

Well, gee.  Those of us who are seriously using 3b1's (or trying to
:-) are receiving quite enough 3b2 articles already, so why don't we
create a group just for 3b2's?  :-)

Sarcasm off.  Probably because a lot of things (not all, but it won't
be for ny machine either) that apply to a 3b1, also apply to the 3b2,
3b15, 3b20, ad infinitum.  Just because a person screams "I have a
problem with a 3b2!" doesn't mean that that problem doesn't exist on a
3b1.  Neither does it imply that it _must_ exist on a 3b15.  If
anything doesn't fit perfectly, it's the 6300 discussions.  But I
opposed moving that anyways, even though they can go to other groups
as well.  

Anyways, doesn't a group with the name "comp.sys.att" follow the same
rules as other similarly named groups, and that being for general
discussions?  Terminals, peripherals, hardware, complaints about
warranty honors [:-)], software, etc belong in their specific groups,
should one exist.  (gee, I just gave some reasons to make more
subgroups... :-)  but one needs the volume first.  There isn't enough
volume.  This group has a very _low_ volume compared to a lot of other
groups.

>>Au contraire (sp?). I support several 7300s and 3b2s in our microprocessor
>>design lab.
>
>Read comp.sys.att and comp.sys.att.3b1 then.  You'll receive the same
>stuff you do now.  However, those who are not interested in both are
>given a choice and won't have to wade through the entire mass.

See above.

I'm very happy with the unix-pc* groups.  I get more info there than I
do here, for the most part, but not all of it.

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