(OT) Hello there Mr Ryckman!

He doesn't have to, Bass and Sabowitz are dead and gone which is why this newsgroup has improved

I've been here all along as many know. Just choose not to post publicly most of the time and would reply directly. I've read every message that streamed through since the group was created (except for the obvious drive by spams). Unlike some, I won't resort to using fake identities.

I think participation in newsgroups will remain low and get even lower unfortunately. Their time has come and gone and as more and more ISP's choose not to carry them it will get worse. Just like RelayNet where the ASA group started, it too will become extinct at some point. There are plenty of other alternatives out there such as forums - but most are hosted with someone's own motives in mind so the opinions expressed will be skewed. With that said, there will be an announcement shortly about something different coming down the road and why you are going to see me more visual again.

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With that said, there will be an announcement shortly about something different coming down the road and why you are going to see me more visual again.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to hear from you..

I've already gotten six meesage asking what is coming.... all I'll say is that it's been almost 22 years since this group was created back on RelayNet.

You'll find out more on Saturday.

I pulled a Sperry Univac main frame out this year it was fun tracing all the wiring etc to clear the room out for a new modern system got all kinds of adapters and such for legacy stuff I keep running.

What happened to it? Did the customer keep it?

Considering comparitive size, I presume that now there must be enough room left over to park a tractor-trailer .

But ..... when you think about it ...although they're a lot slower, an abacus is smaller yet.

I hope you're wrong (about ASA going the way of RelayNet).

FACEBOOK ???

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FACEBOOK ???

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No, better! a get together in Florida so we could all piss on someone's tombs!! ;-))

BTW its a joke..

But I predict the closing of the group for a new platform..

Group won't be closed, no sense in sending a control message that no servers will honor anyway. A 'remove group' message would be treated as spam and the folks in alt.config will send a 'booster to counter it.

I got into Rime Net and Relay Net back around 1991/1992, but I didn't read ASA back then. Still with the affordability of the internet, and the demise of bulletin boards with one or two connections and time limits it was inevitable that Usenet and the internet would stamp it out. Now that anybody can have their won website, and search engines will spider them Usenet is falling by the wayside too. I imagine it will drag on longer than the relay message groups did, but I don't think it will survive past "us."

Then again there are still some hold outs. Last time I talked to him a couple years ago Larry Wall still had Cactus Patch BBS up and running. I wonder if he is till carrying Relay Net. LOL.