• Is this group dead?

    From TRS-90@matthewmpower@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 14 05:37:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?
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  • From Speccie@someone@somewhere.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 14 08:04:14 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Matthew,

    Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I

    Thanks for the nice words, and I am still here, as are some other long time users...

    Speccie

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  • From Jeff Blakeney@CUTjeffrey_blakeney@yahoo.ca to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 14 10:40:47 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    On 2024-04-14 1:37 a.m., TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum?
    [snip]
    but is anyone even reading?
    I still read here, even though there hasn't been much activity lately.
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  • From Steve Nickolas@usotsuki@buric.co to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 14 11:32:21 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Like John Rzeznik said, I'm still here...

    -uso.
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  • From Charlie@charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 14 14:06:31 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    On 4/14/2024 1:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly..
    <snip>
    is anyone even reading?

    I'm still reading.

    Charlie

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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Apr 15 01:03:36 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?

    I'm still here!
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  • From Jeff Berntsen@Jeff.Berntsen@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Apr 15 10:02:46 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    On 4/14/24 01:37, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?

    I'm still around too.

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  • From Mousemiki@amimicki@tin.it to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Apr 15 16:14:02 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Jeff Berntsen wrote:
    On 4/14/24 01:37, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum?

    I'm still around too.

    Io continuo a leggervi tranquillamente.
    --
    I have a family and a full time job, but still have time to get
    much hours of Amiga hacking a day :-) <<<


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  • From Hugh Hood@hughhood@earthlink.net to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Apr 15 10:45:42 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum?
    While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here,
    and wondered whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer
    access rather than just to being caused by a general lack of 'red meat'
    Apple II news, this group will remain my primary method of interfacing
    with my fellow Apple II fans.

    That said, there are some interesting new Apple II projects out there
    that seem never to be discussed here. That surprises me, but what's a
    guy to do?

    I remain grateful for all our stalwarts here.




    Hugh Hood



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  • From SteveN@nelsonse48@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Tue Apr 16 10:21:46 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Greetings. I am still around too. This is my primary source of AppleII
    news. I wish I could interface with Slack on this rpi5 but I haven't discovered a way. Slack is not supported on my old Mac so that is no
    longer a viable option. Well,slack is if I want to spend $$$ on a newer
    Mac. Keep supporting comp.sys.apple2 groups. I am using Thunderbird on
    my rpi5 as a newsgroup reader. --Steve

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  • From scott@scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) to comp.sys.apple2 on Tue Apr 16 22:30:58 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    In article <EMakDMbnEObrBKhlFKcp%matthewmpower@gmail.com>,
    TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> wrote:
    but is anyone even reading?

    I'm still lurking, FWIW...been here on and off since 1989.
    --
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    (IIGS( https://alfter.us/ Top-posting!
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  • From Jerry Penner@jerry+a2@jpen.ca to comp.sys.apple2 on Tue Apr 16 23:13:43 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net> writes:

    On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum?
    While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here, and wondered
    whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer access rather than just to being
    caused by a general lack of 'red meat' Apple II news, this group will remain my primary
    method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.

    That said, there are some interesting new Apple II projects out there that seem never to
    be discussed here. That surprises me, but what's a guy to do?

    I remain grateful for all our stalwarts here.

    The Slack channels have seemed kind of slow lately too, as compared to a
    few weeks ago. Maybe it's just a lull in hobby activity?
    --
    --
    Jerry jerry+a2 at jpen.ca
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  • From D Finnigan@dog_cow@macgui.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Fri Apr 19 16:24:25 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Hugh Hood wrote:
    On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum?
    While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here,
    and wondered whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer access rather than just to being caused by a general lack of 'red meat' Apple II news, this group will remain my primary method of interfacing
    with my fellow Apple II fans.

    Nope and nope. All the intelligent Apple II users went to https://apple2infinitum.slack.com/

    Only the rubes are still posting on csa2.
    --
    ]DF$
    The New Apple II User's Guide:
    https://macgui.com/newa2guide/

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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.apple2 on Fri Apr 19 19:53:36 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote:
    Hugh Hood wrote:
    On 4/14/24 12:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum?
    While I too have been disappointed in the recent lack of traffic here,
    and wondered whether it is due to Google's decision to no longer offer access rather than just to being caused by a general lack of 'red meat' Apple II news, this group will remain my primary method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.

    Nope and nope. All the intelligent Apple II users went to https://apple2infinitum.slack.com/

    Ew. I don't like Slack. :(
    --
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  • From Oliver Schmidt@ol.sc@web.de to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 21 11:12:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Hi David,

    Hugh Hood wrote:
    [...] this group will remain my primary method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.

    [...] Only the rubes are still posting on csa2.

    Maybe I'm missing some irony here, but otherwise I think that "rube" isn't
    an appropriate name for Hugh. Something like "traditionalist" seems to fit
    way better from my POV.

    Just my two cents,
    Oliver



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  • From Hugh Hood@hughhood@earthlink.net to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 21 12:08:27 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Thanks Oliver,

    But I'm good with 'rube'. Also 'bumpkin', 'hayseed' and other
    pejoratives for males in the Southern U.S. ;-)

    If the shoe fits, ...

    Plus, I *think* David was joking. In any case, I laughed.





    Hugh Hood


    On 4/21/2024 6:12 AM, Oliver Schmidt wrote:
    Hi David,

    Hugh Hood wrote:
    [...] this group will remain my primary method of interfacing with my fellow Apple II fans.

    [...] Only the rubes are still posting on csa2.

    Maybe I'm missing some irony here, but otherwise I think that "rube" isn't
    an appropriate name for Hugh. Something like "traditionalist" seems to fit way better from my POV.

    Just my two cents,
    Oliver




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  • From James Hall@James.Hall.Ottawa@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Thu Apr 25 03:56:07 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Still Here. 73 ve3myz james

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  • From Michael J. Mahon@mjmahon@aol.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Thu Apr 25 06:41:15 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    Charlie <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> wrote:
    On 4/14/2024 1:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly..
    <snip>
    is anyone even reading?

    I'm still reading.

    Charlie



    Likewise… ;-)
    --
    -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
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  • From I3arana@barana24@hotmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Sun Apr 28 15:25:00 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    TRS-90 <matthewmpower@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r
    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this forum is/was the very best and also the one I could reach via my Apple II ( as I am doing now ). Anyone remember Atari Hat? That happened right here, totally free of social media. What a great series that was! What about the regular updates on ProDOS conversions? Is that now gone too? Forgive me, I'm ranting to a possibly empty void where no one will even read what I am writing. Much thanks to Speccie for writing the software that enables me to vomit this. Good stuff, man! I do wish for key bindings for button presses hahah! Not that I could do it... I'm still struggling with scripts that make text into 40 cols or 80 cols. Python can do that, but is anyone even reading?

    Weve gone nowhere. :)

    We farted in googles general direction, and they finally buggered off.

    Bout time :)
    A][ FOREBA.
    --
    ~Die then Soar~


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  • From Steven Hirsch@snhirsch@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Apr 29 10:35:28 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    On 4/25/24 02:41, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
    Charlie <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> wrote:
    On 4/14/2024 1:37 AM, TRS-90 wrote:
    Golly..
    <snip>
    is anyone even reading?

    I'm still reading.

    Charlie



    Likewise… ;-)


    Roger that!

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  • From Django Reinhardt@djangoswings@msn.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Tue Apr 30 08:04:34 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2

    On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:37:48 GMT, TRS-90 wrote:

    Golly... has the discontinuation of Google Groups ended this great
    forum? I understand there is discord or facef**k or whatever... but this


    I don't think so , I really like comp.sys.apple2 . Better privacy!
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  • From Speccie@someone@somewhere.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Wed May 1 08:09:36 2024
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    On 30 Apr 2024, Django Reinhardt wrote

    I don't think so , I really like comp.sys.apple2 . Better privacy!

    And all the better to hear you play your guitar with the Hot Club...

    Cheers - Speccie

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