Top Document: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5 Previous Document: Next Document: See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge The newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer is the old name of the modern newsgroup comp.os.msdos.programmer, and the old name has been obsolete since September 1990; however, some systems may not have removed the old group, or may have removed it but aliased it to the new name.This means that some people still think they're posting to comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer even though they're actually posting to comp.os.msdos.programmer. You can easily verify the non-existence of comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer by reference to the "List of Active Newsgroups" posted to news.groups. It's available at: <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/> (For RTFM usage instructions see <Q:01.13> [Where are FAQ lists archived?]) User Contributions:Top Document: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5 Previous Document: Next Document: Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: jeffrey@carlyle.org (Jeffrey Carlyle)
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