Usenet Archives

🗃️ Utzoo / Early Usenet Newsgroups (1981–1991)

The Utzoo archive tapes preserved early Usenet from before the Great Renaming of 1987. These net.*, fa.*, mod.* and to.* hierarchies represent the earliest days of online discussion.

All (378,027) 🗃️ Utzoo Alt (151,236) Rec (16,151) Comp (16,078) Microsoft (12,768) Soc (11,869) Free (6,677) Misc (6,442) Sci (4,598) De (4,491) Fido7 (4,203) News (4,116) It (3,130) Uk (2,858) Fido (2,555) Talk (2,546) Es (2,365) Biz (2,204) Aol (2,167) Msn (2,117) Fj (2,105)
1,409 groups in utzoo.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
net.tools 3 4
net.travel 1,403 2,476
net.travel.ctl 2 2
net.triangle 2 2
net.trivia 424 586
net.trivia.ctl 2 2
net.tv 1,698 4,322
net.tv.ctl 4 4
net.tv.da 47 106
net.tv.da.ctl 3 3
net.tv.drwho 826 2,049
net.tv.drwho.ctl 6 6
net.tvro 1 1
net.tvro.ctl 1 1
net.tv.sctv 5 5
net.tv.soaps 535 827
net.tv.soaps.ctl 3 3
net.ucds 11 25
net.ucds.ctl 2 2
net.unix 3,588 9,215
net.unix-bitches 1 1
net.unix.ctl 6 6
net.unix-wizar 170 217
net.unix-wizar.ctl 4 4
net.unix.wizar.ctl 1 1
net.unix-wizard 10 14
net.unix.wizard 2 2
net.unix-wizard.ctl 1 1
net.unix.wizard.ctl 1 1
net.unix-wizards 11,260 21,160
net.unix-wizards. 1 1
net.unix.-wizards 1 1
net.unix.wizards 5 20
net.unix_wizards 1 2
net.unix-wizards.ctl 16 16
net.unix.wizards.ctl 1 1
net.usenix 362 725
net.usenix.ctl 3 3
net.usoft 31 114
net.usoft.ctl 1 1
net.usoft.s 20 36
net.usoft.s.ctl 2 2
net.uucp 1 1
net.uvacs 2 2
net.veg 350 891
net.veg.ctl 5 5
net.video 981 2,395
net.video.ctl 2 2
net.vlsi 4 15
net.vvs 5 11
net.vvs.ctl 5 5
net.vwrabbit 3 3
net.wanted 5,406 9,843
net.wanted.ctl 4 4
net.wanted.sources 1,166 2,434
net.wanted.sources.ctl 14 14
net.warp-net.allgemeines 1 1
net.wine 2 2
net.wines 448 881
net.wines.ctl 3 3
net.wobegon 332 635
net.wobegon.ctl 6 6
net.women 2,736 9,295
net.women.ctl 7 7
net.women.only 168 348
net.women.only.ctl 7 7
net.works 1,083 1,551
net.works.apollo 16 24
net.works.apollo.ctl 3 3
net.works.ctl 2 2
net.writing 2 2
net.writing.general Stuff you've written and comments thereon. 27 51
net.writing.roleplaying.in-character.misc Various settings. 16 27
net.zzz 1 2
to.aecom 1 1
to.aesat 5 5
to.aesat.ctl 1 1
to.alberta 4 4
to.altair88 1 1
to.apple 1 1
to.archive 1 1
to.atm-computer.de 6 6
to.atom 1 1
to.att 1 1
to.attctc 1 1
to.babylon 1 1
to.bagend 1 1
to.bbschi 4 4
to.birds 1 1
to.bloom-beacon 1 1
to.botter 1 1
to.bu-cs 2 2
to.bucsb 1 1
to.bu.edu 1 1
to.buengc 1 1
to.buysell 1 1
to.calgary 3 3
to.canrem 1 1
to.casaba 1 1
to.caslon 1 1
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