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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.linux.gcc 414 936
net.cse 214 929
net.auto.tech 247 908
fa.oldnorsenet 803 902
net.veg 350 891
net.analog 229 885
net.wines 448 881
net.lang.prolog 649 879
net.sport.hoops 424 863
net.computers.os.unix.linux The Linux operating system 86 858
net.sport.hockey He shoots, he scores! 442 852
mod.computers.laser-printers 681 835
net.tv.soaps 535 827
net.micro.trs-80 405 824
net.sexuality.general Discussion and chat of a sexual nature 583 823
net.rec.ski 514 823
net.cog-eng 260 820
fa.linux.x11 393 817
net.bugs.uucp 299 809
fa.netbsd.ports.m68k 331 806
net.aviation.military Military aircraft 798 804
net.crypt 274 799
fa.linux.serial 376 798
mod.telecom 712 789
fa.anarchy-list 390 784
net.sport 435 773
mod.sources 730 731
net.mail.headers 517 731
net.usenix 362 725
net.lang.mod2 428 691
fa.firearms 634 688
fa.deos 467 684
net.games.video 318 674
net.music.gdead 447 669
mod.recipes 659 667
net.lang.pascal 208 663
fa.music.4ad 473 661
fa.laser-lovers 622 644
net.wobegon 332 635
fa.irc.operlist 215 620
net.internet.dns.policy Domain Name System policy 108 601
net.games.pbm 381 594
net.games.emp 365 589
net.movies.sw 318 587
net.trivia 424 586
net.lang.f77 203 582
fa.openbsd.ipv6 264 578
mod.politics 559 563
net.bugs.usg 175 561
net.bio 127 560
net.micro.atari8 355 555
fa.telecom 536 548
net.sexuality.stories.discuss Discussion, requests, etc of n.s.s 488 528
net.sexuality.motss Members of the same sex discussing sexuality 492 524
net.rec.bridge 390 523
net.lang.forth 264 522
net.research 94 503
net.news.map 457 497
net.micro.16k 116 495
mod.newslists 489 494
net.sources.d 144 493
mod.rec.guns 435 492
mod.std.unix 262 483
net.lang.st80 239 479
net.decus 189 470
fa.psychology.cognitive 420 468
fa.wishperd 427 454
fa.tcp-ip 434 449
net.bugs.2bsd 305 441
mod.computers.apollo 383 437
fa.linux.kernel. 333 435
net.rec 129 433
net.rec.boat 263 427
net.rec.wood 213 426
net.rec.nude 201 413
fa.editor-p 408 409
fa.info-terms 404 407
net.lang.c++ 232 399
net.notes 339 397
net.internat 47 397
fa.weights 379 395
fa.linux.security 236 395
fa.netbsd.ports.general 212 389
fa.edupage 383 387
mod.mac.binaries 260 386
net.news.sa 92 378
fa.arpa-bboard 375 377
net.database 155 370
net.music.folk 147 363
net.rec.birds 225 359
fa.linux.ibcs2 178 353
fa.works 353 353
net.jokes.q 325 353
fa.mathematica 182 349
net.women.only 168 348
net.misc.coke 106 339
net.games.chess 140 338
mod.comp-soc 281 336
fa.music.bel-canto 242 331
mod.politics.arms-d 322 325
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