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🗃️ 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
fa.interviews 1 1
fa.irc.operlist 215 620
fa.isabelle 5,218 15,716
fa.iso10646 3 6
fa.jfrn3rv.1n307j8 4 4
fa.jum78vv.l6a8c 196 196
fa.k4a5f7v.c1gr29 8 8
fa.kerberos 150 188
fa.laser-lovers 622 644
fa.laser-lovers.ctl 6 6
fa.linux.680x0 2,803 12,121
fa.linux.680x0. 1 2
fa.linux.alert 8 11
fa.linux.apps 546 1,107
fa.linux.debian 9,668 9,908
fa.linux.doc 9 11
fa.linux.gcc 414 936
fa.linux.ggg 1 1
fa.linux.hams 2,763 7,720
fa.linux.i18n 1 1
fa.linux.ibcs2 178 353
fa.linux.kernel 324,168 2,053,792
fa.linux.kernel. 333 435
fa.linux.laptops 6 6
fa.linux.linuxss 1 1
fa.linux.mca 3 5
fa.linux.msdos 1,234 2,349
fa.linux.net 2,049 4,943
fa.linux.pkg 2 3
fa.linux.scsi 1,525 3,952
fa.linux.security 236 395
fa.linux.serial 376 798
fa.linux.smp 467 1,130
fa.linux.sound 655 1,531
fa.linux.sparc 2,733 6,995
fa.linux.standards 2 4
fa.linux.tape 1,128 3,035
fa.linux.word 1 1
fa.linux.x11 393 817
fa.ljcupnv.1ghotjk 2 2
fa.l-math 2 2
fa.lout 1,781 3,934
fa.macintosh.tcl 1 1
fa.maple 2,047 2,059
fa.mathematica 182 349
fa.mcluhan 100 112
fa.mh-workers 4 4
fa.mmatrix-l 106 110
fa.modesty-blaise 837 2,217
fa.motif-talk 3 3
fa.msg.ctl 5 5
fa.mttjluv.1o2c1hd 10 10
fa.music.4ad 473 661
fa.music.bel-canto 242 331
fa.music.ecto 16,789 31,561
fa.music.eddi- 1 1
fa.music.eddi-reader 2,086 2,760
fa.music.jimi-hendrix 3 3
fa.music.queen 1 1
fa.music.space-music 1,287 1,807
fa.music.sugarcubes 1,001 1,160
fa.music.tangerine-dream 4,908 7,235
fa.music.u2 11 11
fa.n2h1fcf.glurhf 1 1
fa.n39h5dv.gkqopd 2 2
fa.na 301 323
fa.netbsd.bugs 27,125 91,194
fa.netbsd.current-users 18,244 55,350
fa.netbsd.current-users. 3 5
fa.netbsd.current.users 1 1
fa.netbsd.help 9,361 27,747
fa.netbsd.ports.alpha 4,490 11,977
fa.netbsd.ports.general 212 389
fa.netbsd.ports.m68k 331 806
fa.netbsd.ports.x68k 40 95
fa.netbsd.source-changes 124,737 130,036
fa.netbsd.tech.install 453 1,761
fa.netbsd.tech.kern 5,278 39,609
fa.netbsd.tech.net 4,010 20,381
fa.netbsd.tech.ports 113 223
fa.netbsd.users 4,753 15,561
fa.nitjhnv.528vpb 13 13
fa.nsfnet 1 10
fa.ntp 11 22
fa.nujke2v.13n0vht 191 191
fa.oa9ld7v.gk65b0 3 3
fa.oldnorsenet 803 902
fa.openbsd.announce 231 238
fa.openbsd.bugs 1,404 1,552
fa.openbsd.ipv6 264 578
fa.openbsd.misc 8,755 24,412
fa.openbsd.ppc 1,023 2,344
fa.openbsd.source-changes 145,150 147,637
fa.openbsd.tech 22,975 62,955
fa.openbsd.tech. 1 3
fa.openbsd.www 15,557 17,989
fa.openbsd.www. 23 23
fa.philo-l 18 18
fa.philos-l 47,026 55,973
fa.philosophy.analytic 1 1
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