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Re: Magazines being given away

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Sebastian  from Cornica <info@cornica.org> wrote:
> In article <b244361e-89bc-46f6-8629-d0c1b650d077n@googlegroups.com>,
>  KP KP <jungletrain@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday, August 22, 1990 at 10:12:51 PM UTC-7, Tom Limoncelli wrote:
> > > I am giving away my magazine collection. Yes, GIVING AWAY. FREE. You
> > > pay shipping. Buy a large fraction of them and I'll throw in something
> > > else (make suggestions). I'm flexible on how it is paid for and I will
> > > accept hardware/software trades (no pirated software!).
> > > They are all in pretty good condition and they are quite old. Cataloging
> > > them to make this post brought back a lot of good (and bad) memories about
> > > the microcomputer industry in it's beginning. Lots of historical value in
> > > these. Sort of breaks my heart to let them go.
> > > There are computer and non-computer magazines.
> > > Summary of what's available (detailed listing later):
[...]
> > > If you are interested, please send me email or call me. My email addresses
> > > are in my .signature and my phone number is +1 201 408 5389.
> > > -Tom
> > > ---
> > > tlim...@drew.edu ...if you like FQDN's. Tom Limoncelli
> > > tlim...@drew.Bitnet ...if you like NJE. Drew University
> > > tlim...@drew.uucp ...if you like maps. (That's Nuuu Joisey!)
> > Have the magazine?
> 
> Given it's been 33+ years, the chances are probably slim :-)
> 
> That said, that collection would probably be worth quite something these 
> days. (apart from the fun of reading them)
> 
> I wonder, how do you get to find such old posts from 1990? Most of the 
> providers I know just keep stuff for a couple of years and claim 
> "they're not an archive". What are you using?

  As you can see from the headers of 'KP KP's article, but also from
your own attribution lines

Sebastian  from Cornica <info@cornica.org> wrote:
> In article <b244361e-89bc-46f6-8629-d0c1b650d077n@googlegroups.com>,
>  KP KP <jungletrain@outlook.com> wrote:

he (the user 'KP KP') is posting from Google Groups. Google keeps groups
for extended times ('forever'?). Especially for old/dormant/little-used/
<whatever> groups like this one (comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc), the storage
needs are peanuts for a giant like Google.

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