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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt; Subject: RFD: remove comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest, comp.sys.ibm.…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: remove comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest <br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest,<br /> comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, comp.sys.ibm.pc.classic<br /> Followup-To: news.groups<br /> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:17:18 -0700<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the <br /> newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest<br /> <br /> There have been no approved messages since December 1995. The<br /> newsgroup was a gateway for the info-ibmpc mailing list, and I can<br /> find no evidence of the existence of the mailing list after December<br /> 1995.<br /> <br /> Discussion of the IBM PC can occur in any number of groups in the<br /> comp.sys.ibm.pc.* hierarchy, as well as various hierarchies devoted to<br /> operating systems that run on the IBM PC (or clones), including<br /> comp.os.msdos.*, comp.os.ms-windows.*, and comp.os.os2.*.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup mod.computers.ibm-pc was created in October 1985 as a<br /> gateway for the ARPAnet mailing list INFO-IBMPC. The mailing list was<br /> then in its 4th year. The group was renamed to comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest<br /> as part of the Great Renaming in April 1987.<br /> <br /> Despite various hiccups with gateways, archives, and editor moves, the<br /> mailing list continued to be posted to the newsgroup until December<br /> 1995. I can find nothing that indicates what happened to the mailing<br /> list or the newsgroup after this point.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE: <br /> <br /> The full (draft) group removal procedure is documented here:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup<br /> <br /> Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should<br /> subscribe to news.groups and participate in the relevant threads in that<br /> newsgroup.<br /> <br /> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to news.groups.<br /> <br /> All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.<br /> <br /> If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion<br /> may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure that<br /> all discussion appears in news.groups as well.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups<br /> comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest<br /> comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc<br /> comp.sys.ibm.pc.classic<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2006-09-21 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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