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From: albrecht@megatest.com (Dave Albrecht)
Subject: Usenet srcs/Linux/NetBSD on CDROM
Message-ID: <CJ89sq.Ksp@megatest.com>
Organization: Megatest Corporation
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 21:50:47 GMT
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I had a personal usenet site, but then I moved and didn't
want to deal with the hassle anyway.  Now I just attach to
one of those services that gives shell level access to
the same information without maintaining it myself.

Some of the earliest CDROMs I had contact with captured
various Usenet sources or sources from ftp sites.
I figured this was great, I could just buy a yearly
issue or so that would keep me up to date without
having to work at it.  However, I have since realised
that the Walnut Creek folks have no intention of
updating their Source Code CDROM since it is two
years out of date with no upate in sight.  My
other source, the Prime Time Freeware stuff is
a year old but wasn't a direct capture so thus
tended to be too picky about what they would put
on disk.  I called the NetGems people, but they
have transfered their Usenet capture business to
someone else who it is a pain to get in contact with.

Has anyone taken up the slack in this area?  I've
now missed a year and a half of sources and I'd
really like to be able to catch up.

On a completely seperate topic.  What is the
recommendation for a good linux CDROM and
(potentially separate) a good NetBSD CDROM.

Dave