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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 ▾
net.religion.jewish 932 3,039
net.games 1,720 3,036
fa.linux.tape 1,128 3,035
net.micro.atari 1,573 2,949
net.micro.atari16 1,597 2,920
net.games.trivia 1,354 2,854
net.comics 1,490 2,804
net.kids 817 2,769
net.aviation 1,488 2,767
fa.music.eddi-reader 2,086 2,760
fa.info-vax 2,678 2,751
net.lang 920 2,736
net.origins Evolution vs. creation (sometimes hot!) 909 2,730
net.micro.cbm 1,574 2,609
net.motss 910 2,587
fa.cdplus-l 1,853 2,586
net.games.frp 1,116 2,545
net.abortion 718 2,515
fa.femuscle 1,021 2,485
net.travel 1,403 2,476
net.bugs.4bsd 1,246 2,471
net.sport.baseball 1,038 2,459
net.wanted.sources 1,166 2,434
net.video 981 2,395
fa.linux.msdos 1,234 2,349
fa.openbsd.ppc 1,023 2,344
net.emacs 1,521 2,332
fa.modesty-blaise 837 2,217
fa.cisco 1,589 2,213
net.cycle 1,138 2,207
net.jobs 1,655 2,184
net.rec.photo 1,157 2,171
net.dcom 919 2,160
net.micro.68k 511 2,065
fa.maple 2,047 2,059
net.tv.drwho 826 2,049
net.bicycle 914 2,040
net.mail 600 2,000
net.graphics 1,018 1,967
net.rumor 416 1,877
net.religion.christian 370 1,859
net.bizarre This is not a newsgroup. 620 1,817
fa.music.space-music 1,287 1,807
net.politics.theory 254 1,794
net.jokes.d 712 1,769
fa.netbsd.tech.install 453 1,761
mod.music.gaffa 1,653 1,733
net.lan 730 1,675
fa.info-mac 1,630 1,666
mod.protocols.tcp-ip 1,230 1,637
net.pets 731 1,633
fa.info-cpm 1,625 1,628
net.micro.att 609 1,626
net.news.b 950 1,618
net.config Janitorial duties in the nice new net. 194 1,600
net.puzzle 493 1,554
fa.openbsd.bugs 1,404 1,552
net.works 1,083 1,551
net.sport.football 732 1,537
net.games.hack 634 1,533
fa.linux.sound 655 1,531
fa.psyche.d 529 1,515
net.music.classical 568 1,500
net.text 703 1,457
net.poems 1,190 1,432
net.sci 144 1,380
mod.ai 1,208 1,335
net.suicide 807 1,331
net.college 427 1,308
net.invest 585 1,303
net.taxes 497 1,302
net.social 249 1,283
net.sources.mac 1,016 1,273
net.astro 628 1,242
net.news.newsite 1,151 1,230
net.lang.ada 809 1,212
net.subculture.usenet Who we are, what we do, why we do it. 59 1,211
net.nlang.india 502 1,169
net.net-people 865 1,161
fa.music.sugarcubes 1,001 1,160
net.periphs 509 1,160
net.garden 550 1,145
fa.linux.smp 467 1,130
net.sources.bugs 449 1,119
net.info-terms 573 1,110
fa.linux.apps 546 1,107
net.lang.lisp 494 1,084
net.news.config 758 1,047
fa.pro-cite 403 1,023
fa.unix-wizards 1,011 1,016
net.records 638 1,010
net.music.synth 480 1,005
net.micro.6809 512 1,003
net.news.adm 281 1,000
net.bugs 389 989
net.sexuality.bondage Bondage, Dominance, submission and S&M 916 987
net.sources.games 513 986
net.railroad 612 979
net.chess 756 950
fa.freebsd.announce 922 938
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