stargate@stargate.com (06/26/88)
Several persons have asked in these groups whether the deletion of the
news.stargate newsgroup was intentional. It was. In various earlier
articles in news.stargate, we at Stargate Information Services (the
organization that operates the stargate data project) suggested that
we no longer needed an entire newsgroup, since we now conduct the bulk
of our correspondence via direct mailing lists and there are other
news.* groups that would be appropriate for occasional netnews postings
about stargate that needed to reach a wider audience. The news.stargate
group simply was not needed, and was gradually turning into a place
where various people were posting joke messages about eniac computers,
punched tape and cards, and other similar topics. None of those postings
were from persons connected with the actual stargate project.
The backbone had earlier discussed with stargate the appropriateness of
deleting the news.stargate group, and the decision was made that the
correct time had arrived and the backbone performed the deletion.
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While the news.stargate group was no longer needed, stargate itself
is alive and working toward the expansion of existing services and
the establishment of new services.
Stargate is a continuing project involving the transmission of data
directly to subscribers using satellite, cable TV, and other video-based
technologies (the primary data feed at this time is on Superstation TBS).
Rather than repost technical information here which has been posted before
(and fairly recently), persons interested in details should please
directly contact:
steve@stargate.COM
or:
{osu-cis,uiucdcs,rutgers}!stargate!steve
or call/send physical mail to:
Stargate Information Services
4067 Hardwick St. #252
Lakewood, CA 90712
(818) 359-0964
Thank you.