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FORUMS--Usenet
- Computer/Comm: Computer and Communications related Usenet news groups, list from Advanced Telecommunications Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, emphasis on telecommunications and technical issues, well-organized with links to FAQ as well as group (http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/usenet.html)
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Data comm/Networking: (http://www.racal.com/dcom/dcomgroups.html)
Selected newsgroups
- Beginners: for people new to USENET (news:news.announce.newusers)
- Computer Archives: (news:comp.archives)
- Computer BBS: (news:comp.bbs.misc)
- Cu-Digest: Computer Underground Digest (news:comp.society.cu-digest)
- Cyberpunk: cyberpunk/cyberspace culture and literature (news:alt.cyberpunk)
- Email: (news:comp.mail.misc)
- FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) (news:news.answers)
- Gopher: (news:comp.infosystems.gopher)
- Groupware (CSCW): (news:comp.groupware)
- Hackers: (news:alt.hackers)
- ISDN: (news:comp.dcom.isdn)
- Information Systems: (news:comp.infosystems)
- Internet Access: (news:alt.internet.access.wanted)
- Internet BBS: (news:alt.bbs.internet)
- Internet Best: (news:alt.best.of.internet)
- Internet Culture: (news:alt.culture.internet)
- Internet Library: (news:comp.internet.library)
- Interent.media-coverage: alt.internet.media-coverage Charter and FAQ (http://www.dorsai.org/~tristan/AIMC/)
- Internet Protocols: (news:comp.protocols.tcp-ip)
- Internet Relay Chat: (news:alt.irc)
- Internet Services: (news:alt.internet.services)
- Internet Talk Radio: (news:alt.internet.talk-radio)
- Lists of Information: (news:news.lists)
- MUDS: Multiple User Dialogues (news:rec.games.mud.announce)
- New Newsgroups: (news:news.announce.newgroups)
- Internet News (announcements): (news:misc.news.internet.announce)
- Internet Happenings (announcements): (news:comp.internet.net-happenings)
- Internet News (discussion): (news:misc.news.internet.discuss)
- Newsgroups: (news:news.groups)
- PostScript Net Maps: (news:news.lists.ps-maps)
- Technical Reports: (news:comp.doc.techreports)
- Telecomm: (news:clari.nb.telecom)
- Telecomm: (news:comp.dcom.telecom)
- Undernet: an alternative to the current EFNet IRC system (news:alt.irc.undernet)
- USENET Culture: (news:alt.culture.usenet)
- USENET Humor: (news:alt.humor.best-of-usenet)
- USENET Recovery: (news:alt.usenet.recovery)
- USENET University: (news:alt.uu.future)
- WAIS: (news:comp.infosystems.wais)
- WWW Usenet Groups: a listing of the World Wide Web related newsgroups, with descriptions and links to charters (http://boutell.com/~grant/web-groups.html)
Usenet newsgroups are sometimes a rich source of information about the Internet, networks, and CMC issues. This section lists newsgroups in which topics related to networks, the Internet, or CMC are discussed. Watch for FAQ = periodic posting of Frequently Asked Questions in these groups.
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