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Subject:Re: computer HW forum From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:14:06 -0800
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 20:03:37 +0200, Sylvia Braunstein wrote:
>Does anybody knows of a forum (like this one) where HW related questions
>are discussed?
If you have access to an NNTP server (aka Usenet or newsgroups; Netscape
calls them "Discussion Groups") there are lots there, both general and
specialized. The signal-to-noise ratio tends to be a little lower than
with mailing lists, since access to them is rarely controlled (meaning
potentially more spam/junk/twits/etc.) but because they're generally
easier to access than listservs, they tend to have a broader knowledge
base as well. Worth looking into, at any rate. I'd start with the
comp.hardware.* hierarchy.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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