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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.funny.kibo.loogie 1 1
net.games 1,720 3,036
net.games.board 73 219
net.games.board.ctl 8 8
net.games.chess 140 338
net.games.chess.ctl 14 14
net.games.ctl 6 6
net.games.dip 3 5
net.games.emp 365 589
net.games.emp.ctl 7 7
net.games.frp 1,116 2,545
net.games.frp.ctl 6 6
net.games.go 182 282
net.games.go.ctl 6 6
net.games.hack 634 1,533
net.games.hack.ctl 6 6
net.games.pacm 2 2
net.games.pacman 61 68
net.games.pacman.ctl 4 4
net.games.pbm 381 594
net.games.pbm.ctl 3 3
net.games.rog 1 1
net.games.rog.ctl 1 1
net.games.rogu 110 136
net.games.rogu.ctl 1 1
net.games.rogue 2,157 3,715
net.games.rogue.ctl 6 6
net.games.role 1 1
net.games.rolepla 1 1
net.games.roleplaying.advocacy My game is better than yours! 11 12
net.games.roleplaying.announce Roleplaying game-related news. 33 46
net.games.roleplaying.general Undifferentiated tabletop & live action gaming 47 80
net.games.roleplaying.marketplace Roleplaying games bought and sold. 38 48
net.games.roleplaying.theory Contemplating the essence of gaming. 42 62
net.games.triv 20 26
net.games.triv.ctl 1 1
net.games.trivia 1,354 2,854
net.games.trivia.ctl 6 6
net.games.vide 6 10
net.games.video 318 674
net.games.video.ctl 5 5
net.games.wanted.ctl 3 3
net.garden 550 1,145
net.garden.ctl 3 3
net.gdead 9 14
net.general And stuff. See. 6,283 8,284
net.general.ctl 244 291
net.genre.config 1 1
net.genre.other For genres not already covered. 92 100
net.genre.sf.babylon5 Our last, best hope for a fifth season 10 47
net.genre.sf.books 2 6
net.genre.sf.config 1 1
net.genre.sf.fandom Fans and fandom. 5 20
net.genre.sf.movies Science fiction and fantasy related movies 3 9
net.genre.sf.other Other science fiction and fantasy discussion 1 3
net.genre.sf.star-trek Boldly going forwards because we can't find reverse! 5 8
net.genre.sf.star-wars Use the Net, Luke! 2 5
net.genre.sf.tv 3 4
net.genre.sf.tv.babylon5 1 1
net.genre.sf.written Science fiction and fantasy in print 9 73
net.graphics 1,018 1,967
net.graphics.ctl 4 4
net.groups 3 3
net.groups.control 2 3
net.groups.control.ctl 1 1
net.ham-radio 3,165 4,022
net.ham-radio.ctl 3 3
net.ham-radio.packet 155 209
net.ham-radio.packet.ctl 9 9
net.happenings 2 2
net.history.general Anything about history 153 181
net.humo 2 2
net.humor 1 1
net.humour.bawdy "Off colour" sidekick of net.humour.funny. (Moderated) 47 48
net.humour.config Metadiscussion about the net.humour hierarchy. 4 11
net.humour.funny "General" humour newsgroup. (Moderated) 48 50
net.humour.off-colour Unmoderated, anything goes. You've been warned. 9 9
net.humour.religion Your "higher source" for humour! (Moderated) 153 153
net.humour.talk 1 1
net.info-micro 6 10
net.info.micro 1 2
net.info-micro.ctl 1 1
net.info-tenews.ctl 1 1
net.info-terms 573 1,110
net.info.terms 2 2
net.info-terms.ctl 3 3
net.info.terms.ctl 1 1
net.internat 47 397
net.internat.ctl 12 13
net.internet.dns.names Domain Name System naming issues 28 69
net.internet.dns.policy Domain Name System policy 108 601
net.invest 585 1,303
net.invest.ctl 4 4
net.jobs 1,655 2,184
net.jobs.ctl 7 7
net.jobs.d 2 2
net.joke 11 12
net.joke.ctl 2 2
net.jokes 12,017 19,912
net.jokes.ctl 11 11
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