Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!mips!swrinde! network.ucsd.edu!weber.ucsd.edu!bjones From: bjo...@weber.ucsd.edu (Bruce Jones) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.org.usenix Subject: Old Usenet News on CDROM(s) Message-ID: <11l9kiINN3k3@network.ucsd.edu> Date: 16 Jun 92 17:50:10 GMT Organization: U.C.S.D. Department of Communication Lines: 62 NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu For the past two years or so I have been working on a history of usenet. As part of the project I have accumulated a large collection of old news and miscellaneous closely-related maps, mail, papers and the like. In concert with a number of other folks like Henry Spencer, Kent Landfield and possibly Usenix, there are plans afoot to put this archive on a number of CDROM disks. The disks would contain old usenet news with the readers that existed during the period the disk covers. (A-News and A+ News on the first disk.) There will likely be a history piece describing the layout of the net's structure and a little of what it was like on usenet then. The first disk will also include as many of the papers etc. about the beginning of the net as we can find and get permission to include. The disks would also include an indexing method such as WAIS or lqtext to allow for access to the data without having to use a news reader (no joy for those who remember the A-News reader :-). This article is a short survey to determine things like approximate market, format of the disks, and etc. Please take a moment to respond. NOTE: People who wish to discuss the implications/ramifications/ copyright issues related to publishing oldnews on CDROMs *PLEASE* indicate CLEARLY in the Subject line of your response. Questions: Would you purchase CDROM disks of old news? [YN] (I realize that this question begs the question of how much - guess-timates run $35 to $50 per disk). Which years' news would you be most interested in purchasing: (Please rate #1, 2 and 3) 1981-1984 1985-1987 1988-1990 What format would be most useful: ISO Rockridge Other (name it) Would you be willing to place a deposit before the pressing (perhaps $10) in return for a discount when the CDs become available? [YN] Are you a member of Usenix? [YN] Are you a member of Sun User Group ? [YN] Please send responses via *MAIL* to bjo...@ucsd.edu Thanks, Bruce Jones Graduate Program in Communication bjo...@ucsd.edu/bitnet University of California, San Diego (619) 534-0417/4410 9500 Gilman Drive FAX (619) 534-7315 La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0503 -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=-
Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers! network.ucsd.edu!weber.ucsd.edu!bjones From: bjo...@weber.ucsd.edu (Bruce Jones) Newsgroups: misc.misc Subject: Old News on CDROM(s) Message-ID: <11nlllINNqv2@network.ucsd.edu> Date: 17 Jun 92 15:27:49 GMT Organization: U.C.S.D. Department of Communication Lines: 62 NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu For the past two years or so I have been working on a history of usenet. As part of the project I have accumulated a large collection of old news and miscellaneous closely-related maps, mail, papers and the like. In concert with a number of other folks like Henry Spencer, Kent Landfield and possibly Usenix, there are plans afoot to put this archive on a number of CDROM disks. The disks would contain old usenet news with the readers that existed during the period the disk covers. (A-News and A+ News on the first disk.) There will likely be a history piece describing the layout of the net's structure and a little of what it was like on usenet then. The first disk will also include as many of the papers etc. about the beginning of the net as we can find and get permission to include. The disks would also include an indexing method such as WAIS or lqtext to allow for access to the data without having to use a news reader (no joy for those who remember the A-News reader :-). This article is a short survey to determine things like approximate market, format of the disks, and etc. Please take a moment to respond. NOTE: People who wish to discuss the implications/ramifications/ copyright issues related to publishing oldnews on CDROMs *PLEASE* indicate CLEARLY in the Subject line of your response. Questions: Would you purchase CDROM disks of old news? [YN] (I realize that this question begs the question of how much - guess-timates run $35 to $50 per disk). Which years' news would you be most interested in purchasing: (Please rate #1, 2 and 3) 1981-1984 1985-1987 1988-1990 What format would be most useful: ISO Rockridge Other (name it) Would you be willing to place a deposit before the pressing (perhaps $10) in return for a discount when the CDs become available? [YN] Are you a member of Usenix? [YN] Are you a member of Sun User Group ? [YN] Please send responses via *MAIL* to bjo...@ucsd.edu Thanks, Bruce Jones Graduate Program in Communication bjo...@ucsd.edu/bitnet University of California, San Diego (619) 534-0417/4410 9500 Gilman Drive FAX (619) 534-7315 La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0503 -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=-