chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (08/29/89)
Per the guidelines, this is an official request to start discussion on
comp.sys.mac.hw.
Name and charter: comp.sys.mac.hw (unmoderated). Discussion of hardware
issues relating to the Macintosh computer.
Justification: comp.sys.mac is now averaging 50-55 messages per day (our
spool directory has 1750 messages going back 30 days). It's getting too
large to easily deal with, so it's time to split it again. by my count,
which I tried to make conservative, hardware related messages comprice about
440 of those 1700 messages, or roughly 25% of message traffic. Hardware
related messages are also a group of messages that should not encourage
cross-posting. Previous splits of comp.sys.mac (hypercard and programmer)
have reduced traffic in comp.sys.mac and not been heavily cross-posted (2%
and 1%, respectively). At the time c.s.m.programmer was voted upon,
c.s.m.hw was also considered but deferred as being premature. I think it is
now time to create this group.
I will coordinate any necessary procedural issues (naming arguments, etc)
during the discussion. I will also, barring large-scale arguments, coordinate
the voting if this proposal comes to it. Further discussion should be in
news.groups.
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[This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.]