Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On 31 Jan 2024 02:58:33 -0400

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Which other computing-related newsgroups are still alive?
I see that comp.lang.c gets a fair bit of daily traffic. I heard that a
few "retrocomputing" groups still have activity, but I can't easily
determine which ones.

comp.os.cpm has a steady trickle of on-topic posts.
(I just look in occasionally to see if anybody else is keen to
reminisce about the Osborne I. Not many.)

comp.arch has some traffic. I only found it recently.

I shall subscribe at once!
The first 'PC' I used was a NewBrain (I think?) - it ran CPM anyhow.

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:14:26 +0000

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
I shall subscribe at once!
The first 'PC' I used was a NewBrain (I think?) - it ran CPM anyhow.

I don't think it was a NewBrain then, running CP/M was a goal but I
don't think it was ever achieved.

The NewBrain was a tiny thing in beige and brown just big enough
for a properly spaced keyboard with tiny keys and a 16 character
alphanumeric (15 segment IIRC) vacuum fluorescent display. The whole thing
about two inches thick. It was designed to be extended with stacking
extension packs - floppies and CP/M were (low) on the todo list when the
project moved from Newbury Labs in Cambridge (where I got involved as a
student) to Grundy.

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:23:14 +0000

Post by Ahem A Rivet's Shot
On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:14:26 +0000

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
I shall subscribe at once!
The first 'PC' I used was a NewBrain (I think?) - it ran CPM anyhow.

I don't think it was a NewBrain then, running CP/M was a goal but I
don't think it was ever achieved.

Sorry, it wasn't that name I was grasping for, the device I had some
access to was a dual floppy monochrome thing. It ran Supercalc,
dBaseII and WordStar.

aha!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbrain

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:46:36 +0000

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
Sorry, it wasn't that name I was grasping for, the device I had some

I thought so, the Newbrain seemed unlikely it was fun to work on
but it really missed the direction of the market totally.

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
access to was a dual floppy monochrome thing. It ran Supercalc,
dBaseII and WordStar.
aha!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbrain

Ah yes that was a much nicer piece of kit.

[Andy Burns]

Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbrain

I remember the "chong" noise when you simultaneously hit the two red
reset buttons at the corners of the main keyboard and the disc drives
tried to knacker your floppy ...