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Usenet access.

Started bypeter@easthope.ca
First post2022-01-17 21:30 +0100
Last post2022-01-19 15:20 +0100
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  Usenet access. peter@easthope.ca - 2022-01-17 21:30 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2022-01-17 21:40 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-17 21:50 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name> - 2022-01-17 22:20 +0100
      Re: Usenet access. Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-18 00:30 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2022-01-17 23:00 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2022-01-18 13:50 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. 황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2022-01-18 13:50 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-01-18 17:40 +0100
      Re: Usenet access. Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-18 18:40 +0100
        Re: Usenet access. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-01-19 17:10 +0100
      Re: Usenet access. Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-01-19 11:20 +0100
        Re: Usenet access. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2022-01-19 17:10 +0100
      Re: Usenet access. Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2022-01-19 17:20 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2022-01-18 19:50 +0100
    Re: Usenet access. Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2022-01-19 15:20 +0100

#244136 — Usenet access.

Frompeter@easthope.ca
Date2022-01-17 21:30 +0100
SubjectUsenet access.
Message-ID<DGGNz-5nX-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Hi,

Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
access without tedious complications.

Thx,           ... P.

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#244137

FromEmanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>
Date2022-01-17 21:40 +0100
Message-ID<DGGXh-5r3-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
peter wrote:

> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for
> access to sci.electronics.repair. I'd be happy to pay
> a small subscription for access without
> tedious complications.

Emacs Gnus and nntp.aioe.org free of charge:

  K    174: sci.electronics.basics
  K     13: sci.electronics.cad
  K     10: sci.electronics.components
  K  18780: sci.electronics.design
  K      0: sci.electronics.equipment
  K     18: sci.electronics.misc
  K    703: sci.electronics.repair

Dressed up ... as themselves :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asaCQOZpqUQ

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https://dataswamp.org/~incal

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#244138

From"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com>
Date2022-01-17 21:50 +0100
Message-ID<DGH6W-5vm-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
On Monday 17 January 2022 03:09:27 pm peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
> access without tedious complications.
> 
> Thx,           ... P.
> 

They're on groups.io:

https://groups.io/g/Sci-Electronics-Repair/

-- 
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space,  a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed.  --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James 
M Dakin

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#244141

FromThomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
Date2022-01-17 22:20 +0100
Message-ID<DGHzY-5Xc-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
peter@easthope.ca schrieb:

> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> sci.electronics.repair.

<https://www.eternal-september.org/> - free
(private one-man show, but very reliable)

<https://news.individual.net/> - 10 EUR/year (about 11,40 $)
(offered by the Computer Centre of the Free University of Berlin)

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#244155

FromDan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Date2022-01-18 00:30 +0100
Message-ID<DGJBM-7lb-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244141
Thomas Hochstein wrote: 
> peter@easthope.ca schrieb:
> 
> > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> > sci.electronics.repair.
> 
> <https://www.eternal-september.org/> - free
> (private one-man show, but very reliable)
> 
> <https://news.individual.net/> - 10 EUR/year (about 11,40 $)
> (offered by the Computer Centre of the Free University of Berlin)

I use both of these with leafnode. Recommended.

-dsr-

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#244143

FromJoe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Date2022-01-17 23:00 +0100
Message-ID<DGIcF-6dc-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
I've been using eternal-september.org for well over a decade.

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#244177

FromJoe <joe@jretrading.com>
Date2022-01-18 13:50 +0100
Message-ID<DGW5Y-7eW-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:09:27 -0800
peter@easthope.ca wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
> access without tedious complications.
> 

Depends on usage. Note the paid subscriptions often do a data block
plan which they may not advertise prominently. I use about one 10GB
block a year:

https://www.tweaknews.eu/en/usenet-plans

I did use NewsDemon, with which I was very happy, until one day it just
stopped working with my setup and I was unable to restore a connection.

https://www.newsdemon.com/usenet-access

Note that some block plans expire after a time limit.

-- 
Joe

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#244178

From황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz>
Date2022-01-18 13:50 +0100
Message-ID<DGW5Y-7eW-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
peter@easthope.ca writes:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
> access without tedious complications.

+ september with Gnus!

Sincerely, Byung-Hee

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#244195

Fromsongbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Date2022-01-18 17:40 +0100
Message-ID<DGZGy-ZZ-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
> access without tedious complications.

  i really liked individual.net and gladly paid them for
the service, it wasn't much, but then they stopped taking
overseas payments so i had to find another service.

  eternal-september works well for my use now, but it does
have hiccups here or there.  so it's good to be patient
and go read a book or something here or there.


  songbird

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#244201

FromDan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Date2022-01-18 18:40 +0100
Message-ID<DH0CB-1zq-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244195
songbird wrote: 
> peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> > sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
> > access without tedious complications.
> 
>   i really liked individual.net and gladly paid them for
> the service, it wasn't much, but then they stopped taking
> overseas payments so i had to find another service.

They will take PayPal internationally; I don't know if it's
worthwhile for you to deal with PayPal just for them, though.

-dsr-

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#244219

Fromsongbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Date2022-01-19 17:10 +0100
Message-ID<DHlH5-69p-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244201
Dan Ritter wrote:
> songbird wrote: 
...
>>   i really liked individual.net and gladly paid them for
>> the service, it wasn't much, but then they stopped taking
>> overseas payments so i had to find another service.
>
> They will take PayPal internationally; I don't know if it's
> worthwhile for you to deal with PayPal just for them, though.

  it wasn't back then when the switch came up.  if things
for me change i'll look into it.


  songbird

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#244210

FromAnssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Date2022-01-19 11:20 +0100
Message-ID<DHgel-2OQ-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244195
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:

>   eternal-september works well for my use now, but it does
> have hiccups here or there.  so it's good to be patient
> and go read a book or something here or there.

What kind of hiccups? I haven't noticed but I see in my Gnus config file
there have been issues connecting via SSL in 2014 and 2017 but even then
the plain connection worked fine.

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#244220

Fromsongbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Date2022-01-19 17:10 +0100
Message-ID<DHlH5-69p-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244210
Anssi Saari wrote:
> songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:
>
>>   eternal-september works well for my use now, but it does
>> have hiccups here or there.  so it's good to be patient
>> and go read a book or something here or there.
>
> What kind of hiccups? I haven't noticed but I see in my Gnus config file
> there have been issues connecting via SSL in 2014 and 2017 but even then
> the plain connection worked fine.

  some periods of time where i couldn't post or times
when there were no articles coming in.  eventually it
gets resolved.


  songbird

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#244221

FromJoe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Date2022-01-19 17:20 +0100
Message-ID<DHlQK-6cT-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244195
songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:

> peter@easthope.ca wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
>> sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
>> access without tedious complications.
>
>   i really liked individual.net and gladly paid them for
> the service, it wasn't much, but then they stopped taking
> overseas payments so i had to find another service.
>
>   eternal-september works well for my use now, but it does
> have hiccups here or there.  so it's good to be patient
> and go read a book or something here or there.

What sort of hiccups?  It's been years and years since I've noticed any
sort of outage.

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#244204

FromRichmond <richmond@criptext.com>
Date2022-01-18 19:50 +0100
Message-ID<DH1Il-2c7-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
peter@easthope.ca writes:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to 
> sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for 
> access without tedious complications.
>
> Thx,           ... P.

news.aioe.org has it

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#244214

FromJonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land>
Date2022-01-19 15:20 +0100
Message-ID<DHjYC-54D-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#244136
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:09:27PM -0800, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
>Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to
>sci.electronics.repair.  I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for
>access without tedious complications.

https://www.eternal-september.org is a private, but free text-only
Usenet service. It offers the sci.* hierarchy and carries the group you
want.

-- 
Please do not CC me for listmail.

👱🏻	Jonathan Dowland
✎	 jmtd@debian.org
🔗	https://jmtd.net

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