Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a place
of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a place
of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
On 2026-10-26, Dave Shevett <shevett@pobox.com> wrote:
Sup, ya'll?
Hang out for a while, you'll find out soon enough.
Welcome back.
Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a place
of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:59:31 -0000 (UTC), Dave Shevett wrote:
Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a
place of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
You know Google Groups is out, yes?
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:17:17 +0100, s|b wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:59:31 -0000 (UTC), Dave Shevett wrote:
Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a
place of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
You know Google Groups is out, yes?
Yaazzzz. My "i am learning all that happened" scope says that when Groups detached from Usenet it returned to some semblance of sanity.
I guess what I'm trying to do now is find out if what is reborn now can be
a community I can hang in and be my nerdself and look forward to seeing
ya'll in.
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:17:17 +0100, s|b wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:59:31 -0000 (UTC), Dave Shevett wrote:
Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a
place of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
You know Google Groups is out, yes?
Yaazzzz. My "i am learning all that happened" scope says that when Groups detached from Usenet it returned to some semblance of sanity.
I guess what I'm trying to do now is find out if what is reborn now can be
a community I can hang in and be my nerdself and look forward to seeing ya'll in.
I guess what I'm trying to do now is find out if what is reborn now can
be a community I can hang in and be my nerdself and look forward to
seeing ya'll in.
Welcome to alt.folklore.computers. Here we seem to mostly talk about
VAXen, so how's your VAX? I presume you have one.
On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:38:52 +0800, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
I guess what I'm trying to do now is find out if what is reborn now can
be a community I can hang in and be my nerdself and look forward to
seeing ya'll in.
Welcome to alt.folklore.computers. Here we seem to mostly talk about
VAXen, so how's your VAX? I presume you have one.
I do not in fact have a VAX. I have 4 PDP11's (out in the dark reaches of youtube, there's a whole series of me restoring my PDP 11/73+ back to bootability and useability.)
I have an Alpha! Does that count?
I have an Alpha! Does that count?
On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:38:52 +0800, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
I guess what I'm trying to do now is find out if what is reborn now can
be a community I can hang in and be my nerdself and look forward to
seeing ya'll in.
Welcome to alt.folklore.computers. Here we seem to mostly talk about
VAXen, so how's your VAX? I presume you have one.
I do not in fact have a VAX. I have 4 PDP11's (out in the dark reaches of >youtube, there's a whole series of me restoring my PDP 11/73+ back to >bootability and useability.)
I have an Alpha! Does that count?
Heh, I just got my PDP 11/23 booted to RT-11 today. It probably
hasn't much of anything in 20 years (judging by the service dates on
the RL01 Drives).
On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:45:14 -0000 (UTC), Mechanicjay wrote:
Heh, I just got my PDP 11/23 booted to RT-11 today. It probably hasn't much >> of anything in 20 years (judging by the service dates on the RL01 Drives).
Not sure if Dave Cutler had anything to do with RT-11, but he was
certainly involved with RSX-11, VAX/VMS, and then Windows NT.
On Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:27:58 -0000 (UTC), Dave Shevett wrote:
I have an Alpha! Does that count?
An architecture which is still supported in the current Linux kernel,
decades after the last one was made??
Of course it counts. ;)
On Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:27:58 -0000, Dave Shevett <shevett@pobox.com>
wrote:
I do not in fact have a VAX. I have 4 PDP11's (out in the dark reaches
of youtube, there's a whole series of me restoring my PDP 11/73+ back to >>bootability and useability.)
Heh, I just got my PDP 11/23 booted to RT-11 today. It probably hasn't
much of anything in 20 years (judging by the service dates on the RL01 Drives).
Welcome to you and your Alpha!
On Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:49:40 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:27:58 -0000 (UTC), Dave Shevett wrote:
I have an Alpha! Does that count?
An architecture which is still supported in the current Linux kernel,
decades after the last one was made??
Of course it counts. ;)
_happy sounds_
I mean, in all openness, my Alpha is a hot mess. It's an Alphaserver (so >the big boxy thing) and is probably missing components. I got it from a >recycler and it's been sitting in my storage unit for a couple years. >Honestly not sure what I'm going to do with it.
nowadays it takes a Unix-type system, of the type he studiously
avoided his entire career, to bring life back into some of his
historic creations.
Forgive me usenet, for I have sinned.
It has been 20 years since I posted. All had gone dark, I was in a place
of shadow and sadness.
I'm weak and weary now, the bones creak, the colors fade, but the fans
still spin, the disks do rattle, the network lights do blink.
Sup, ya'll?
On Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:25:52 -0800, Daniel wrote:
Eventually, I found an article that rated the best usenet services out
there and have been with them since. It's worth a few dollars -
expecailly since my internet cost had gone down in the ensuing years.
I've used individual.net for years but they are dropping usenet in 2027.
I'll cross that bridge when it burns or something.
On 11/5/2026 2:30 PM, rbowman wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:25:52 -0800, Daniel wrote:
Eventually, I found an article that rated the best usenet services out
there and have been with them since. It's worth a few dollars -
expecailly since my internet cost had gone down in the ensuing years.
I've used individual.net for years but they are dropping usenet in 2027.
I'll cross that bridge when it burns or something.
There are still free Usenet services, the
ÿ https://www.eternal-september.org/
On 11/4/26 23:54, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
On 11/5/2026 2:30 PM, rbowman wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:25:52 -0800, Daniel wrote:
Eventually, I found an article that rated the best usenet services out >>>> there and have been with them since. It's worth a few dollars -
expecailly since my internet cost had gone down in the ensuing years.
I've used individual.net for years but they are dropping usenet in 2027. >>> I'll cross that bridge when it burns or something.
There are still free Usenet services, the
ÿ https://www.eternal-september.org/
Another vote for Eternal September. Free, and it just works.
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