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From: Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Apple II Newgroups and Earthlink's Discontinuance of Access
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:57:43 -0600
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On 1/25/2026 3:27 AM, Donald Lee wrote:
> 
> Similar to you, I dropped into the NBA group and there's still a few 
> people around.  comp.sys.apple2 seems a little dead though.  Lots of 
> people have migrated to a FB Apple II group from what I see
> 
> DL
> 

Although I've never had a FB account, I do peruse the Apple II Enthusiasts group from time-to-time using my wife's account; she's threatened to stop feeding me if I ever post or comment on it, and so I don't. ;-)

While there is much activity there, I find a lot of it lacks the 'meat and potatoes' that we used to find here.

At the suggestion of Joshua Bell (of A2 Desktop revival fame), I went and signed up for a Slack account and find there is quite a bit of activity on the myriad of Apple II channels. Many of those posters are quite knowledgeable, too.

Again, I'd prefer everything be on comp.sys.apple2, but then again, I'm a dinosaur. And we know what happened to them.




Hugh Hood