Θ Computers: Usenet: History

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Interview with Brad Templeton Brad Templeton was the founder, publisher and CEO of ClariNet the electronic news service on the Internet.
The Geeks Who Saved Usenet Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups. [Salon.Com]
I Remember Usenet Brad Templeton recalls the early days of the Internet and the rise of Usenet.
USENET Software: History and Sources A Usenet post by Gene Spafford, archived 9 February 1998 by the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences. A useful historical summary, particularly in terms of the software used for usenet.
20 Year Archive on Google Groups Highlighted links of historically significant Usenet posts from Google Groups archive.
Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies News item about the death, in 2001, of Jim Ellis, who helped create Usenet.
Meow An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" on usenet. Newsgroup invasions, large numbers of posts, net kooks.
SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest.
Great Renaming from Wikipedia What the Great Renaming was, who did it, and what hierarchies were removed and created.