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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups,news.announce.newusers
Subject: Changes to Alternative Newsgroup Hierarchies
Message-ID: <3127@arthur.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 3 Feb 88 23:20:23 GMT
Expires: 24 Feb 88 23:20:22 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of 
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.  New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** old/altgroups.n	Fri Jan  1 15:41:12 1988
--- src/altgroups.n	Tue Feb  2 23:25:13 1988
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*** 5,7 ****
  Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 31 December 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
--- 5,7 ----
  Original-from: hoptoad!gnu (John Gilmore) and spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
! [Most recent change: 31 January 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
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*** 64,68 ****
  sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or
! "wanted" newsgroup for your area (e.g., in the San Francisco Bay Area,
! it's "ba.wanted").  If no sites nearby are getting them, you can get
! them from uunet.
  
--- 64,67 ----
  sites you connect to, or post something to a local "general" or
! "wanted" newsgroup for your area .  If no sites nearby are getting
! them, you can get them from uunet.
  
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*** 110,113 ****
  ------
! The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems.  Current groups
! include:
  	pubnet.sources		pubnet.unix
--- 109,112 ----
  ------
! The "pubnet" distribution is for public-access systems and was originated
! by Bill Wisner.  Current groups include:
  	pubnet.sources		pubnet.unix
***************
*** 116,119 ****
  Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
! there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed:
! 	chinet, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, qetzal, and tapa.
  
--- 115,119 ----
  Currently, the following sites receive the group, and the system admins
! there can be contacted for more info or to establish a feed:  chinet,
! dasys1, ddsw1, gryphon, icus, igloo, killer, ncoast, netsys, qetzal,
! and tapa.
  
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*** 128,130 ****
  them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
! mit-eddie, psuvax1, sdcsvax and ukma are well-known sites getting these
  groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
--- 128,130 ----
  them, you need to contact a site already getting them; ihnp4, gatech,
! mit-eddie, psuvax1, ucsd and ukma are well-known sites getting these
  groups and the admins there may be willing to help find a feed should
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*** 137,138 ****
--- 137,160 ----
  unix-pc.test 		Test group.
+ 
+ usrgroup
+ --------
+ The usrgroup hierarchy is sponsored by /usr/group and consists of groups
+ devoted to discussion of topics relating to POSIX/Unix.  uunet carries
+ these groups, as do rutgers and ukma.
+ 
+ usrgroup.distfile       Distributed File System extensions.
+ usrgroup.graphics       Graphics/windows extensions.
+ usrgroup.internat       Internationalization extensions.
+ usrgroup.netinter       Network Interface extensions.
+ usrgroup.perfmeas       Performance Measurements.
+ usrgroup.realtime       Realtime extensions.
+ usrgroup.security       Security extensions.
+ usrgroup.supercom       Supercomputing extensions.
+ usrgroup.technical      General /usr/group Technical Committee discussions.
+ 
+ Further info on the efforts of /usr/group can be obtained from:
+ 	     /usr/group
+ 	     4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
+ 	     Santa Clara, CA  95054
+ 	     408-986-8840
  
-- 
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf