Holding a discussion in alt.binaries is a bit like having a picnic under the sewage outflow pipe and then complaining about all the crap falling on your head. Sorry folks, from my point of view, it's an alt.binaries group and is going to have large volumes from time to time.
Here's the archive of the creation control messages for abse
From snipped-for-privacy@frackit.com Tue Mar 4 16:19:43 1997
>Control: newgroup alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.binaries.schematics.electronic.ctl
>Path:
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From: snipped-for-privacy@frackit.com (Usenet News Admin)
>Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>Message-ID:
>Approved: News @ frackit
>Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 22:55:41 GMT
>Organization: Data Factory Services, Harrisburg, Pa.
>Lines: 39
>Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:2233
>For your newsgroups file:
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic Binary postings of electronic schematics
>Newsgroup: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>
>CHARTER: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>The purpose of this newsgroup is to create a forum for discussing,
>posting, requesting and using schematics.
>Postings may include, but will not be limited to:
>1 Graphic Images [Any Form}
>2 Request for specific or general schematics
>3. Discussion of schematics posted or needed.
>The group is unmoderated.
>END CHARTER.
>RATIONALE: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>
>Many people are hobbyist, and as such, they create electronic designs
>that are not for profit. These people do, from time to time, create web
>and ftp sites to share electronic schematics.
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic would be the place for all people to
>uploaded/download/request/critique/and discuss schematics.
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic. would also be great because in many
>existing newsgroups people do ask for a place to get schematics often.
>Specifically sci.electronics.basics has several messages per week on
>that very idea.
>The new hierarchy created by this creation will provide a jumping off
>point for other groups that deal with schematics.
>From snipped-for-privacy@frackit.com Fri Mar 14 19:54:05 1997
>Control: newgroup alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.binaries.schematics.electronic.ctl
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From: snipped-for-privacy@frackit.com (Usenet News Admin)
>Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>Message-ID:
>Approved: snipped-for-privacy@frackit.com
>Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 02:21:41 GMT
>Organization: Data Factory Services, Harrisburg, Pa.
>Lines: 41
>Xref: news.isc.org control.newgroup:2554
>[BOOSTER]
>For your newsgroups file:
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic Binary postings of electronic schematics
>Newsgroup: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>
>CHARTER: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>The purpose of this newsgroup is to create a forum for discussing,
>posting, requesting and using schematics.
>Postings may include, but will not be limited to:
>1 Graphic Images [Any Form}
>2 Request for specific or general schematics
>3. Discussion of schematics posted or needed.
>The group is unmoderated.
>END CHARTER.
>RATIONALE: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>
>Many people are hobbyist, and as such, they create electronic designs
>that are not for profit. These people do, from time to time, create web
>and ftp sites to share electronic schematics.
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic would be the place for all people to
>uploaded/download/request/critique/and discuss schematics.
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic. would also be great because in many
>existing newsgroups people do ask for a place to get schematics often.
>Specifically sci.electronics.basics has several messages per week on
>that very idea.
>The new hierarchy created by this creation will provide a jumping off
>point for other groups that deal with schematics.
>From snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com Sun Jan 11 21:30:14 1998
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From: snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Crash Knorr)
>Newsgroups: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic,alt.config
>Subject: Cmsg newgroup alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>Control: newgroup alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
>Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 23:27:13 -0500
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>For your newsgroups file:
>alt.binaries.schematics.electronic Binary postings of electronic schematics
>- booster -
>Potentially worthwhile newsgroup, created 4 March 1997, has some
>propagation problems. Sysadmins, please add this group.
>