History (Usenet)

History Sites:

20 Year Archive on Google Groups 20 Year Archive on Google Groups: Highlighted links of historically significant Usenet posts from Google Groups archive. (History) http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html The Old news.groups.reviews Home Page The Old news.groups.reviews Home Page: Archived reviews from news.groups.reviews, a newsgroup carrying reader-written reviews of other newsgroups. Covers 1994-1999. (History) http://www.bauser.com/news.groups.reviews/ Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies: News item about the death, in 2001, of Jim Ellis, who helped create Usenet. (History) http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-06-29-ellis-usenet.htm Meow Meow: An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" on usenet. Newsgroup invasions, large numbers of posts, net kooks. (History) http://www.gwu.edu/~trivia/meow.html Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet: Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net, such as the Internet, ARPANET, and Usenet. Attempts to help readers understand the origins of the Net, so they might help preserve its value t (History) http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook/ Old Usenet Articles Old Usenet Articles: First thread after 11 Sep 2001. First mentioning of Microsoft, announcement of Linux, and many others. (History) http://home.tiscali.be/rutgerclaes/usenet/ USENET Software: History and Sources USENET Software: History and Sources: A Usenet post by Gene Spafford, archived 9 February 1998 by the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences. A useful historical summary, particularly in terms of the software used for usenet. (History) http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/usenet/software/part1.html I Remember Usenet I Remember Usenet: Brad Templeton recalls the early days of the Internet and the rise of Usenet. (History) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/12/21/usenet.html The Geeks Who Saved Usenet The Geeks Who Saved Usenet: Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups. [Salon.Com] (History) http://salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/07/saving_usenet/index.html Usenet History Usenet History: Covers many historical points of the evolution of Usenet, including "The Great Renaming" and the "explosion" of the Net. (History) http://www.vrx.net/usenet/history/ Interview with Brad Templeton Interview with Brad Templeton: Brad Templeton was the founder, publisher and CEO of ClariNet the electronic news service on the Internet. (History) http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds2-3/templeton.html SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet: Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest. (History) http://www.yak.net/combee/soup12.html The Great Renaming, 1985-1988 The Great Renaming, 1985-1988: Lee S. Bumgarner's concise and lively history of the 1986 renaming of Usenet groups, and other events from this period. (History) http://www.vrx.net/usenet/history/rename/