[Coco] CoCo Forums Was something else.

[Jim Cox]

Hi Mike:

Knowing both Charlie and Manny, I believe that they may 
have been talking about the CoCo Forums on CoCo3.com which 
is way better than Google IMHO   Roger has done a great 
job.

BTW, the chat section there is also a great resource for 
"oldbies" like me who are trying to get back in the CoCo 
scene.  Rodney, Bob D, Bob E, Charlie, Manny, Roy, etc 
have been very helpful.  I'm hoping to have more chats 
with them as I dive into NitrOS-9.  Some may find it a 
little slow, but it works  for me.

Cheers!

-Jim

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:18:24 EST
  KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 3/21/05 11:58:27 PM Eastern Standard 
>Time,  
> chazbeenhad at hotmail.com writes:
> 
>>Manny, I wish coco fans would learn to use FORUMS.
>>Nice web  interfaces, organized and pretty.
>>But what do I know  :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Nice looking, SLOW, clunky, error-prone Web interfaces. 
> 
> With lots of ads in the sidebars loaded along with the 
>content, in order to  
> make it even slower.
> 
> Mailing lists, with their pure ASCII, are much more 
>efficient in use of  
> computer resources, as well as human resources (as in: 
>your time).  
> 
> I know how clunky Web-based discussions systems are from 
>using Goggle's  
> Netnews interface (more below), and some music forums.
> 
> And why have I tried Google's new reader?  Because AOL 
>shut down its  Netnews 
> newsgroup service.  In fact, I read some posts on Gogle 
>to the  effect that 
> Netnews is dying off -- fewer and fewer sites want to 
>support it,  since no 
> money can be made off it.  I really miss newsgroups -- 
>been using  them since the 
> early '80s -- but there seemed to be fewer and fewer 
>worthwhile  posts on the 
> ones I was following anyway.  And yes, the spammers have 
>found  them.
> 
> With newsgroups dying, this bit.listserv stuff sounds 
>like a place to  
> migrate away from, not to.  Dennis' list works just fine 
>for me, just like  the old 
> Princeton reflector.  If he needs funds to keep it up, 
>we will pay  for it.  
> But I don't think anything we could do will keep 
>newsgroups alive  much longer.
> --Mike K.
> 
> 
> 
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