| The_Usenet_Newbie_Project Learn everything about the Usenet in one place. How to access it, how to read posts, explanation of technical terms and acronyms and how to create your own Newsgroups. |
| Usenet_Portal Categorized links to web sites concerning technical aspects of usenet, tutorials, open usenet servers, and all aspects of usenet. Reviews and ratings of Usenet providers, articles about newsgroups, an |
| Usenet_Replayer Web-based Usenet tools, including news resources archive, news server search, posting and retrieving of Usenet messages, advertising products, and forgery cancellations. Free. |
| User\'s_Guide_to_the_Changing_Usenet Explains how RFDs (Requests For Discussion) and CFVs (Call For Votes) can be used to change a Usenet newsgroup. Gives tips on how to stay abreast of changes in newsgroups and how to be an active parti |
| W-net___Everything_About_Usenet Usenet basics. Learn about newsgroups from scratch. Learn how to get banned Newsgroups. Partial list of Newsgroups. |
| The_eBook_Community An e-mail discussion group devoted to e-books, the e-book industry, and related topics. Membership is required to access the online archives. |
| EBookFriends_com Discussions for authors, publishers, and marketers of electronic books. |
| eBooks_N\'_Bytes News, reviews, and information on titles, compilers, and publishers. |
| e-Books_org Tracks research into electronic books, and e-book products. |
| Free-Book_co_uk A directory of free online books. |
| if_book The weblog of The Institute for the Future of the Book. Thinking about the evolution of publishing, education and creative labor in the digital age. |
| Open_eBook Information on the publication specification for electronic books that will allow compatibility between different e-book devices. |
| OpenReader__Consortium A cooperative project to create a universal, open standards digital publication distribution format which will be platform-independent and capable of high typographic presentation quality. |
| Planet_eBook News, information, newsletters, discussion, and an online store. |
| Suite101_com__E-Books Selection of articles and links. |
| TeleRead Information on the initiative to bring electronic books to all people. |
| Charles_Babbage_Institute_(CBI) A research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of computing and information processing. |
| Chronology_of_Personal_Computers Timeline of microcomputers from the development of the microprocessor in the 1960s through to the present day. Includes hardware, software, peripherals, companies, and individuals. |
| Computer_History_Association_of_California Non-profit corporation, safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, internationally, nationally, and in California. They collect and archive hardware, software, and documents. |
| Computer_History_Images Pictures of many of the pioneering computers. |
| Computer_History_Museum Focuses exclusively on the history of computing. Located in Mountain View, California. Search the collection, illustrated timeline, online exhibits and select images from the collection, "This Day |
| Computer_Industry_History Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the 'Net |
| Computers,_Videogames_and_Arcade_Collector\'s_Ring A project to create the definitive list of the 1,000 key innovations and events in the last 1,000 years of information technology. |
| History_of_Computers A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections. |
| The_History_of_Computing Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech. |
| The_History_of_Computing_Project Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware, software, pioneers and references. |
| The_History_of_Computing_Science__From_the_Past_to_the_Present Lecture presented by Michelle A. Hoyle explaining how computers and computing science arose from using sticks with notches for counting, to the massive explosion of personal computers in the 1980s. |
| Jargon_File_Resources The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information. |
| The_Modern_History_of_Computing Historical survey from Babbage onward; by B. Jack Copeland from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. |
| Museum_of_the_USSR_Computers_History A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers, their characteristics, pictures, and personalities. |
| National_Archive_for_the_History_of_Computing Houses the UK's most important collection of documents relating to the history of computing, and encourages interest and study in the history of computing more generally. |
| The_Obsolete_Technology_Website Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970's and 1980's. |
| PC_History This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines. |
| Punched_Cards Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today. |
| Reflections_of_a_ModemJunkie Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000. |
| Silicon_Valley_History_and_Future Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast |
| Tools_For_Thought by Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of computing; includes Babbage, Turing, von Neumann, Engelbart, PARC, Kay, and Atari. |
| Tools_for_Thought__The_History_and_Future_of_Mind-Expanding_Technology New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters. |
| Triumph_of_the_Nerds Bios, an interactive game, and a Q&A forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site. |
| American_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_toward_Robots A site devoted to ensuring the rights of any sentient robots that may someday be developed. |
Welcome to the "Usenet RKT," the most useful starting page for learning about Usenet! No matter how much or how little you know about Usenet, these pages will direct you to some appropriate ways of learning more. And even if you already "know it all", I think you will still find this site useful as a reference.
The Usenet RKT groups the Knowledge of Usenet into three main topic areas based on audience.
For Users (including general info on Usenet)
For Providers (running news servers)
For Developers (writing and supporting software)
About the Usenet RKT
There are many other compilations of URLs and FAQs on the topic of Usenet, and I don't pretend that this one is complete. But I think you will find it most useful because it is organized for "Rapid Knowledge Transfer". You won't have to search through 200+ hits you got from a search engine to discard the information that is either too technical or too general.
The information in the Usenet RKT is provided without warranty of any kind. Usenet is the term used to describe a very large and changing system of systems and procedures. We disclaim any responsibility should any information you obtain from us proves misleading. You take full responsibility for your actions. Please help us keep the Usenet RKT current and increasingly useful by making suggestions for improvements.
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