cherry@mgh-coffee.Harvard.EDU (Mike Cherry) (12/21/89)
For the past few months I have been the moderator of the Sun386i mailing list. This mailing list currently has 285 subscribers many of which are redistribution points. I wish to begin discussion on the creation of a moderated newsgroup called comp.sys.sun.386i. This group like the present mailing list will deal specifically with issues concerning the Sun Microsystems 386i models (a.k.a. RoadRunner). I volunteer as moderator of this new group. Mike Cherry Sun386i mailing list moderator cherry@mgh-coffee.harvard.edu
cherry@mgh-coffee.uucp (Mike Cherry) (12/23/89)
I have just learned that the first character of newsgroup name can not be a number. Thus the name comp.sys.sun.386i would be illegal. Is this correct? If that name is not exceptible may I suggest comp.sys.sun.sun386. Mike Cherry
Svante.Lindahl@front.se (Svante Lindahl) (12/24/89)
> I have just learned that the first character of newsgroup name can not be > a number. Thus the name comp.sys.sun.386i would be illegal. Is this correct? Really? I have comp.sys.nsc.32k and comp.bugs.4bsd at this site, and I get articles in them too. I doubt that they are aliased from some other groups somewhere between here and wherever the articles are posted. It may be good idea to avoid creating any new groups with this property though. Svante
dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) (12/24/89)
In article <3474@husc6.harvard.edu> cherry@mgh-coffee.uucp (Mike Cherry) writes:
#I have just learned that the first character of newsgroup name can not be
#a number. Thus the name comp.sys.sun.386i would be illegal. Is this correct?
#If that name is not exceptible may I suggest comp.sys.sun.sun386.
Huh? We had a comp.sys.intel.432 for years (originallly net.intel.432 I
think, it was that far back). It was eventually dropped when the 432
ceased to be of interest. The news group worked - no alpha characters
at all. If the article count in the parent group had ever reached 432
then inews would have just 'stepped over' the directory name.
I don't know if notes etc. could cope, but I don't recall anyone else on the
net at the time having technical problems with the group name so I guess it
could.
Regards, "None shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity"
David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK
dww@stl.stc.co.uk <or> ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww <or> PSI%234237100122::DWWdavidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (12/27/89)
In article <3474@husc6.harvard.edu> cherry@mgh-coffee.uucp (Mike Cherry) writes: | I have just learned that the first character of newsgroup name can not be | a number. Someone has just lied to you. There is no such restriction. Newsgroups are not FORTRAN variable names. There are many such groups already. The name proposed is perfectly fine and descriptive, let's not let folklore interfere with facts. From my active file: comp.bugs.2bsd 00030 00030 y comp.bugs.4bsd 00101 00101 y comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes 00000 00000 m comp.sys.atari.8bit 00113 00113 y comp.sys.nsc.32k 00014 00014 y -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (12/28/89)
In <3474@husc6.harvard.edu> cherry@mgh-coffee.uucp (Mike Cherry) writes: > I have just learned that the first character of newsgroup name can not be > a number. Thus the name comp.sys.sun.386i would be illegal. Is this correct? > If that name is not exceptible may I suggest comp.sys.sun.sun386. I suggest comp.sys.sun.i386 to stay consistent with the extant comp.unix.i386. Dave -- (setq mail '("tale@cs.rpi.edu" "tale@ai.mit.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))
cherry@mgh-coffee.Harvard.EDU (Mike Cherry) (12/30/89)
This message was forwarded from the Sun 386i mailing list: ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 89 22:32:44 EST From: "Alan Bleier, Brigham & Women's Radiology, Physics Div. 732-7986" Subject: RE: Call for Discussion: comp.sys.sun.386i Yes, please start the proposed newsgroup about Sun 386i's. There are many users of these systems who need this information and also need to come together to get Sun to support these systems properly. Regarding the name, I propose that it be comp.sys.sun.intel, or something similar, to reflect the fact that there are now 486i's and that 386i's can be upgraded. Thanks a lot! Alan Bleier bleier@husc3.harvard.edu