[NetBehaviour] Usenet, Unsung Hero of the Internet, Amateur Computerist, 1998

[Alan Sondheim]

Usenet, Unsung Hero of the Internet, Amateur Computerist, 1998

http://www.alansondheim.org/amatcomp.txt

Far too important not to be read and reread at this point.

my use of tin, from 5/6/99, posted:

# Summary of mailed/posted messages viewable by 'W' command
from within tin.
05-06-99|f|panix.chat|Re: Smarmy love letter to panix
16-08-99|w|rec.arts.anime.info|Kyoko Date
16-08-99|w|rec.arts.anime.fandom|Kyoko Date
16-08-99|w|rec.arts.anime.music|Kyoko Date
18-08-99|w|linux.redhat.install|Compaq 5204
22-10-99|w|comp.sys.mac.misc|Mac Centris 650 - HELP! -
Blank Screen
26-10-99|w|comp.sys.mac.system|Mac Centris 650 - HELP! -
Blank Screen
17-01-00|w|soc.culture.korean|Diki
07-04-00|f|comp.sys.handhelds|Re: Connecting Palm IIIc to AOL
04-05-00|r|comp.sys.handhelds|Re: LG Phenom will not connect
to internet
12-05-00|f|comp.sys.handhelds|Re: LG Phenom recharge problems
25-07-00|f|comp.sys.handhelds|Re: Going online from a motel -
possible??
25-08-00|w|panix.questions|X Window
24-02-01|w|comp.os.linux.hardware|Linux on HP 3250 Pavillion
Laptop
27-02-01|w|comp.sys.laptops|HP 3250 Pavilion
01-03-01|w|comp.sys.laptops|HP 3250 Pavilion
03-03-01|r|panix.announce|Re: Filters: seeking feedback
regarding problem domains
06-05-01|w|comp.unix.solaris|axil monitor with 13W3 connector
09-06-01|w|rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic|Cortley guitar
08-09-01|w|alt.os.linux.suse|SuSE 7.2 on Dell Inspiron 8000

...

N   17        free.uk.amateur-radio
N   18        mozilla.dev.b2g
N   19        alt.religion.christian.biblestudy
N   20        uk.radio.amateur.moderated
N   21        panix.chat.politics.archive
M   22    20  panix.announce
     23  5018  panix.upgrade
     24   424  rec.radio.shortwave
     25  1117  alt.folklore.computers
     26     5  alt.society.neutopia
     27   270  panix.internet
     28     2  fj.life.in-japan
     29   218  panix.user.marketplace
     30 149 k  panix.questions
     31     1  comp.sys.handhelds
     32    46  alt.flame

...

tin search with upgraded tin

$ tin Reading config file... [1;24r [?7h [?1h [22Btin 2.4.4
release 20191224 ("Millburn")  [1Areader2.panix.com InterNetNews
NNRP server INN 2.3.3 ready (posting ok). [1AReading keymap
input history global attributes groups from active newsrc
Checking for new groups... Processing attributes... filter [12A
[1;68HYou have mail [1;22H [0;7m Posted articles 08-09-01 w
alt.os.linux.suse [3;48HSuSE 7.2 Dell Inspiron 8000 09-06-01
rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Cortley guitar 06-05-01
comp.unix.solaris [5;48Haxil monitor with 13W3 connector
03-03-01 r panix.announce [6;48HRe: Filters: seeking feedback...
01-03-01 comp.sys.laptops [7;48HHP 3250 Pavilion 27-02-01
[8;48HHP 24-02-01 comp.os.linux.hardware [9;48HLinux HP
Pavillion La... 25-08-00 panix.questions [10;48HX Window
25-07-00 f comp.sys.handhelds [11;48HRe: Going online a motel...
12-05-00 [12;48HRe: LG Phenom recharge problems 04-05-00
[13;48HRe: will not connec... 07-04-00 [14;48HRe: Connecting
Palm IIIc AOL 17-01-00 soc.culture.korean [15;48HDiki 26-10-99
comp.sys.mac.system [16;48HMac Centris 650 - HELP! Bla...
22-10-99 comp.sys.mac.misc [17;48HMac 18-08-99
linux.redhat.install [18;48HCompaq 5204 [3;48HHP [4;48HHP
[5;48HLinux [6;48HX [7;48HRe: [8;48HRe: [9;48HRe: [10;48HRe:
[11;48HDiki [12;48HMac [13;48HMac [14;48HCompaq 16-08-99
rec.arts.anime.music [15;48HKyoko Date rec.arts.anime.fandom
[16;48HKyoko rec.arts.anime.info [17;48HKyoko 05-06-99
panix.chat [2;18r [2;1H [3;1H03-03-01 [3;48HRe: [24;58H
[3;1H06-05-01 [3;48Haxil [24;69H 0%) [18/20] [3;1H09-06-01
[24;68H 85%) [17/20] [3;1H08-09-01 [16/20] [1;29H [18;48HRe:
Smarmy love letter panix [72D^P=line up; ^N=line down; ^B=page
^D=page g=top; G=bottom [21;18H/=search forwards; ?=search
backwards; q=quit --More--(100%) [20/20] --More--(95%) [19/20]
Group Selection (news.panix.com 23 R) M 1 20 [4;6H 2 5018
panix.upgrade [22D3 424 rec.radio.shortwave [28D4 1117
alt.folklore.computers [31D5 5 alt.society.neutopia [29D6 270
panix.internet [23D7 fj.life.in-japan [25D8 218
panix.user.marketplace [31D9 149 k [25D10 [28D11 46 alt.flame
[19D12 38 sci.math.symbolic [27D13 28 [27D14 90 alt.computer
[22D15 53 [27D16 8 [39D<n>=set current n; n=next unread;
g,/=search pattern; c=catchup [68D^N=line ^P=line h=help;
m=move; q=quit; r=toggle all/unread s=subscribe; S=sub
u=unsubscribe; U=unsub y=yank in/out[24;30H*** No description
***Do you really want quit? (Y/n) Y [24;36H [JSaving... [?1l
[24;1H $ pico jj [1;1H UW PICO 5.09 New Buffer[23;1H Get
HelpWriteOutRead FilePrev PgCut TextCur PosExitJustifyWhere
isNext UnCut To Spell[3;1H [22;1H [22;33H [ file ] [22;30H has
long line [22;17H doesn't end newline.  Adding one. [22;31H 3012
lines File:  usage: [-cs] string1 string2 [-c] -d -s -ds exit
done 14:10:31

23tin 24 fg 25 pico zz 26 tin 27 fg 28 typescript jj 29 script
jj 30 tr -d < jj > kk 31 pico kk 32 strings kk > jj 33 pico jj
34 perl a/eliminate.pl < jj > kk 35 pico kk 36 stty cols 73; fg

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