kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) (08/23/84)
xxx Is there any interest in starting a net.micro.msdos newsgroup to discuss microcomputers that run generic MS-DOS (not IBM PC-DOS)? There are quite a few machines like this, like the Zenith Z100, DEC Rainbow, NEC, NCR, Sanyo, etc. Most of these machines are discussed in net.micro or net.micro.pc. I think a more specific newsgroup would be much more appropriate. An alternative would be a net.micro.8088 that would cover other operating systems for the 8086 family (like CP/M-86, VENIX, Concurrent, etc.). -- Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB wb3g!kfl or hoxna!kfl
indra@utai.UUCP (Indra Laksono) (08/25/84)
Yeah! I second that.
broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) (08/27/84)
I vote 'yes'.
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...decvax!watmath!wateng!broehlchip@t4test.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) (08/28/84)
--- REFERENCED ARTICLE --------------------------------------------- >Subject: how about a net.micro.msdos? >Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.micro,net.micro.pc >From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) >Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 07:38:00 PDT > >An alternative would be a net.micro.8088 ..... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please, no more newsgroups whose names are numbers. I remember quite well the day our news fritzed out over net.micro article number 432. -- Chip Rosenthal, Intel/Santa Clara { idi|intelca|icalqa|kremvax|qubix|ucscc } ! t4test ! { chip|news }
haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (08/28/84)
Here's my vote! Tom Haapanen (watmath!wathdcsu!haapanen)
indra@utai.UUCP (Indra Laksono) (08/29/84)
I vote yes too.
indra@utai.UUCP (Indra Laksono) (08/29/84)
My vote too.
pmg@aplvax.UUCP (08/30/84)
I vote yes!!! -- P. Michael Guba ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!pmg ...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!pmg
kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth) (08/31/84)
How come net.micro.pc isn't good enough?
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Kurt Guntheroth
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
{uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!kurtindra@utai.UUCP (Indra Laksono) (09/04/84)
Because :
[1] Not every msdos user is rich enough to get an IBM PC
[2] Not every msdos micro is *that* compatible to --- --
[3] IBM owners get their own net, why not other msdos users.
And don't talk to me about copy cat or clones.
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(Indra Laksono @ U of Toronto, Ontario)furuta@uw-june (Richard Furuta) (09/04/84)
Please, it is good etiquette to *mail* your responses back to the person who proposed setting up the group rather than *posting* them to the net (I realize he didn't *ask* for them to be mailed to him but it is good etiquette on his part to count those responses if he's really interested in getting the group started). Speaking of net.micro.foo, whatever happened to the results from the recent poll on formation of net.micro.macintosh (no, fa.info-mac does not substitute)? I suppose I could muse about how funny it is that people residing in a group with such an overwhelmingly general name as "net.micro.pc" feel that it excludes them. Maybe I'll suggest that the Macintosh discussions be switched into net.micro.pc (yes, I'm kidding)! --Rick
dmimi@ecsvax.UUCP (09/05/84)
I should think that a net.msdos group would help both ibm-pc people and other msdos people. IBM-PCDOS owners would not have all (though they still might have some) general msdos stuff applying to other machines to read and other msdos people would KNOW that net.msdos would apply to their machine rather than always having to evaluate whether or not it does. Mimi Clifford
paulsc@tekecs.UUCP (Paul Scherf) (09/08/84)
I vote for net.micro.msdos, so we can get all the "I want net.micro.msdos" articles out of net.micro. Paul Scherf, Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA paulsc@tekecs.UUCP