Index to archive of comp.* newsgroups

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comp.ai*

comp.ai (FTP)
comp.ai (HTTP)
comp.ai [NPAC]

comp.ai.alife (HTTP)
comp.ai.alife (FTP)

comp.ai.edu

comp.ai.fuzzy

comp.ai.games

comp.ai.genetic (HTTP)
comp.ai.genetic (FTP)

comp.ai.jair*

comp.ai.jair.announce (FTP)
comp.ai.jair.announce (FTP)
comp.ai.jair.announce (HTTP)
comp.ai.jair.announce (gopher)

comp.ai.jair.papers (FTP)
comp.ai.jair.papers (FTP)
comp.ai.jair.papers (HTTP)
comp.ai.jair.papers (gopher)

comp.ai.nat-lang

comp.ai.neural-nets
comp.ai.neural-nets [NPAC]

comp.ai.nlang-know-rep [CMU.EDU]
comp.ai.nlang-know-rep (HTTP) [sunnyside.com]
comp.ai.nlang-know-rep (FTP) [sunnyside.com]

comp.ai.philosophy
comp.ai.philosophy [NPAC]

comp.ai.shells

comp.ai.vision [cmu.edu]
comp.ai.vision This archive insists on JavaScript.

comp.answers

comp.arch [NPAC]

comp.ai*

comp.archives [sterling.com]
comp.archives [usf.edu]
comp.archives [Toronto]
comp.archives [cs.dal.ca]
comp.archives [WUSTL]
comp.archives [Sunsite UK].

Recent announcements for comp.archives.msdos.announce are archived on a rotating basis for the two major newsgroup contributors (SimTel and Garbo). The pointers to the respective storages are given in ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/camfaq.zip.

comp.benchmarks [NPAC]

comp.binaries*

comp.binaries.amiga [neosoft.com]
comp.binaries.amiga [EU.net]
comp.binaries.amiga [wustl.edu]

comp.binaries.atari.st [kddlabs.co.jp]
comp.binaries.atari.st [EU.net]
comp.binaries.atari.st [wustl.edu]

comp.binaries.cbm (FTP)
comp.binaries.cbm (HTTP)

comp.binaries.geos [umdnj.edu]
comp.binaries.geos

comp.binaries.ibm.pc [iij.ad.jp]
comp.binaries.ibm.pc [mu.edu]
comp.binaries.ibm.pc

comp.binaries.mac

comp.binaries.ms-windows [Sunnyvale, California]
comp.binaries.ms-windows [wustl.edu]
comp.binaries.ms-windows [Japan 1]
comp.binaries.ms-windows [Japan 2]

comp.binaries.newton [wustl.edu]
comp.binaries.newton [kddlabs.co.jp]

comp.binaries.os2 [Japan 1]
comp.binaries.os2 [EU.net]
comp.binaries.os2 [Japan 2]
comp.binaries.os2 [Japan 3]

comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes

comp.cad.autocad. Also, <listproc@listproc.hcf.jhu.edu> offers a listserv interface to monthly logs of all postings.

comp.compilers*

comp.compilers (iecc.com home archive; updated daily)
comp.compilers [unige.ch]
comp.compilers (by email)

comp.compression [RICE.EDU]
comp.compression [NPAC]

comp.compression.research [RICE.EDU]
comp.compression.research [NPAC]

comp.constraints [cmu.edu]
comp.constraints [city.ac.uk]

The JCC Resource Search Engine indexes comp.databases.*, along with a few mailing lists and other newsgroups.

comp.databases [NPAC]

comp.databases.ibm-db2 [NPAC]

comp.databases.informix [NPAC]

comp.databases.ingres [NPAC]

comp.databases.ms-access [NPAC]

comp.databases.object [NPAC]

comp.databases.olap [NPAC]

comp.databases.oracle [NPAC]

comp.databases.paradox [NPAC]

comp.databases.sybase [NPAC]

comp.databases.xbase.fox [NPAC]

comp.dcom*

comp.dcom.cell-relay [NPAC]

comp.dcom.frame-relay [NPAC]
comp.dcom.frame-relay [lr.ttu.ee] moribund?
comp.dcom.frame-relay [indiana.edu] This archive apparently stopped operation after April 1996, but it's valuable for searches before then.

comp.dcom.isdn [caltech.edu]
comp.dcom.isdn [NPAC]

comp.dcom.lans.fddi [NPAC]

comp.dcom.lans.misc [NPAC]

comp.dcom.net-management This is part of the excellent NetMan site.
comp.dcom.net-management [NPAC]

comp.dcom.servers [NPAC]

comp.dcom.sys.cisco [colorado.edu]
comp.dcom.sys.cisco [NPAC]

comp.dcom.telecom [mit.edu]
comp.dcom.telecom [Sunsite UK].
comp.dcom.telecom [NPAC]

comp.dcom.videoconf [NPAC]

comp.dsp [RICE.EDU]

comp.emacs.xemacs
comp.emacs.xemacs

comp.graphics*

comp.graphics.api.opengl

Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, this interface at UCI.EDU also archives comp.graphics.algorithms, comp.graphics.animation, comp.graphics.api.inventor, comp.graphics.api.misc, comp.graphics.api.opengl, comp.graphics.api.pexlib, comp.graphics.apps.alias, comp.graphics.apps.avs, comp.graphics.apps.data-explorer, comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot, comp.graphics.apps.iris-explorer, comp.graphics.apps.lightwave, comp.graphics.apps.pagemaker, comp.graphics.apps.photoshop, comp.graphics.apps.softimage, comp.graphics.apps.wavefront, comp.graphics.misc, comp.graphics.opengl, comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio, comp.graphics.packages.alias, comp.graphics.packages.lightwave, comp.graphics.raytracing, comp.graphics.rendering.misc, comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing, comp.graphics.rendering.renderman, comp.graphics.research, and comp.graphics.visualization.
Recent articles from comp.graphics.visualization are available at NPAC.

comp.infosystems*

comp.infosystems [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.announce [Sunsite UK].

comp.infosystems.gis [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.kiosks

comp.infosystems.www

comp.infosystems.www.advocacy [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.announce [Sunsite USA].
comp.infosystems.www.announce [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.misc [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.servers.mac [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows [NPAC]

comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix [NPAC]

comp.internet*

comp.internet.library [neosoft.com]
comp.internet.library [wustl.edu]

comp.internet.net-happenings [Cornell]
comp.internet.net-happenings [EU.net]
comp.internet.net-happenings [University of New Hampshire]
comp.internet.net-happenings [Internic.net]
comp.internet.net-happenings [Indiana University]

comp.lang*

comp.lang.awk

comp.lang.basic.visual.database [NPAC]

comp.lang.basic.visual.misc [NPAC]

comp.lang.beta

comp.lang.c [NPAC]

comp.lang.c++ [NPAC]

comp.lang.clos

comp.lang.dylan

comp.lang.eiffel [WUSTL--always busy]
comp.lang.eiffel [UK] (page down a bit to see the archive)

comp.lang.fortran [NPAC]

comp.lang.lisp*

comp.lang.lisp (FTP)
comp.lang.lisp (HTTP)

; this latter apparently includes material from January 1990-March 1993, and September 1994-April 1997. comp.lang.lisp.franz

comp.lang.lisp.mcl

comp.lang.lisp.x

comp.lang.java [NPAC]
Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.lang.java archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.

comp.lang.ml

comp.lang.modula3 [Sunsite UK].

comp.lang.oberon [NPAC]

comp.lang.perl*

comp.lang.perl Be aware: connecting to this location at the University of Florida entails transferring on the order of a megabyte of directory information.
comp.lang.perl (FTP) [ftp.loria.fr]
comp.lang.perl (HTTP) [www.loria.fr]
Finally, see the appropriate Perl FAQ for related information.

comp.lang.perl.announce
comp.lang.perl.announce
comp.lang.perl.announce
comp.lang.perl.announce [NPAC]
Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.lang.perl.announce archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.

Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.lang.perl.misc archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.
comp.lang.perl.misc [USF.EDU]
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.perl.misc [NPAC]

Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.lang.perl.tk archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.

comp.lang.perl.tk

comp.lang.prolog

comp.lang.python This is an excellent archive: fast, well-organized, complete, literate. It appears to be typical of Guido's work.

comp.lang.rexx [NPAC]

comp.lang.scheme
comp.lang.scheme

comp.lang.smalltalk

comp.lang.tcl When it's working, this archive means well, but is nearly unusable, and has a severely bloated (close to a megabyte) entry-way. The best approaches to it are probably through FTP. In October 1997, a decision was made to invest no more in this archive.
comp.lang.tcl [olive.kek.jp] was last updated in April 1997.
comp.lang.tcl (FTP) [ftp.loria.fr] truly does have the articles, but they're not organized for convenient FTP access.
comp.lang.tcl. This Australian site covers only 1993.
comp.lang.tcl (HTTP) [www.loria.fr] appeared to be current in September 1997, but now appears dormant again.
Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.lang.tcl archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU-- when the interface is working at all.

comp.lang.tcl.announce

comp.lang.vrml

comp.mail*

Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.mail.eudora.mac archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.

Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.

comp.mail.list-admin.policy

comp.mail.list-admin.software

comp.mail.maps

comp.mail.mime

comp.mail.misc
comp.mail.misc

comp.mail.pine. I like this archive: it's fast, and organized.

comp.mail.sendmail
comp.mail.sendmail

comp.multimedia [NPAC]

comp.music The newsgroup comp.music was set up to distribute the Music Research Digest into Usenet, but it was never marked as moderated and it now carries a wider range of contributions--"noise", to some. The Music-Research Digest is archived, but the other postings in comp.music are not.

comp.newprod (HTTP)
comp.newprod (gopher)

comp.object

comp.object.logic

comp.org.cpsr.announce

comp.org.eff.talk

comp.org.lisp-users

comp.os*

comp.os.386bsd*

comp.os.386bsd.announce [Sunsite UK].
comp.os.386bsd.announce [neosoft.com]

comp.os.386bsd.apps [Sunsite UK]
comp.os.386bsd.apps [neosoft.com]

comp.os.386bsd.bugs [Sunsite UK].
comp.os.386bsd.bugs [neosoft.com]

comp.os.386bsd.development [Sunsite UK].
comp.os.386bsd.development [neosoft.com]

comp.os.386bsd.misc [Sunsite UK].
comp.os.386bsd.misc [neosoft.com]

comp.os.386bsd.questions [Sunsite UK].
comp.os.386bsd.questions [neosoft.com]

comp.os.linux [Sunsite UK].

comp.os.linux.admin [Sunsite UK].

comp.os.linux.announce [Sunsite UK].
comp.os.linux.announce [Sunsite unc.edu]
comp.os.linux.announce [leo.org von Muenchen]
comp.os.linux.announce
comp.os.linux.announce

comp.os.linux.answers
comp.os.linux.answers

comp.os.minix [Sunsite UK].

comp.os.ms-windows.announce

comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc [NPAC]

comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools [NPAC]

comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 [NPAC]

comp.os.ms-windows.setup [NPAC]

comp.os.os2.announce

comp.os.os2.multimedia

comp.os.parix

comp.os.research

comp.os.vms. comp.os.vms is the intellectual heir to the old INFO-VAX mailing list, which this site in fact archives, back as far as September 1990. Note that the archive consists of uncompressed (approximately) weekly concatenations of all postings. The files are big, typically 500 kB and up.
comp.os.vms [ucl.ac.uk] DECUS-UK makes available this edited version of the archive. It's a chronologic list of thread topics.

comp.os.vxworks is bidirectionally gatewayed to a mailing list which has nice archives dating back to 1991.

comp.parallel [hensa.ac.uk]
comp.parallel [NPAC]

comp.parallel.mpi [hensa.ac.uk]
comp.parallel.mpi [NPAC]

comp.parallel.pvm [hensa.ac.uk]
comp.parallel.pvm [NPAC]

comp.protocols.appletalk

comp.protocols.tcp-ip [NPAC]

comp.protocols.time.ntp

comp.research.japan

comp.risks*

comp.risks (FTP)
comp.risks (HTTP)
comp.risks (FTP) [SRI].
comp.risks [UU.NET]
Lindsay Marshall's Web-ified comp.risks [NCL.AC.UK]

comp.robotics. Warning: this archive is "flat"; transferring just the directory information takes over half a megabyte. I have yet to figure out an effective search method for finding particular articles.
comp.robotics

comp.security.announce
comp.security.announce
comp.security.announce

comp.security.misc [neosoft.com]
comp.security.misc
comp.security.misc
comp.security.misc [NPAC]

comp.security.unix
comp.security.unix
comp.security.unix

comp.simulation

comp.society.cu-digest

comp.society.privacy (FTP)
comp.society.privacy (gopher)

comp.soft-sys.cde

comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica

comp.soft-sys.matlab

comp.soft-sys.sas

comp.soft-sys.spss

comp.software-eng [NPAC]

comp.software.testing This is a great archive: complete, fast, and understandably indexed.
I have a second pathway to what I believe is the same NASA i-node.

comp.sources*

There is an abundance of comp.sources.* archives. I'm slowly indexing them.
comp.sources.3b1

comp.sources.acorn

comp.sources.amiga [ftp.uu.net]
comp.sources.amiga [EU.net]
comp.sources.amiga [neosoft.com]
comp.sources.amiga [sterling.com]

comp.sources.apple2

comp.sources.atari.st
comp.sources.atari.st [EU.net]

comp.sources.bugs

comp.sources.d

comp.sources.games [UU.NET]
comp.sources.games [Sunsite UK].
comp.sources.games [neosoft.com]

comp.sources.hp48 [wuarchive.wustl.edu]

comp.sources.hp48 [Sunsite UK].

comp.sources.mac

comp.sources.misc [sterling.com]
comp.sources.misc[UU.NET]
comp.sources.misc [Sunsite UK].
comp.sources.misc [neosoft.com]
comp.sources.misc [EU.net]
comp.sources.misc [digital.com]

comp.sources.postscript [UU.NET]
comp.sources.postscript [sterling.com]
comp.sources.postscript [Sunsite UK].

comp.sources.reviewed [UU.NET]
comp.sources.reviewed [sterling.com]
comp.sources.reviewed [Sunsite UK]
comp.sources.reviewed [digital.com]

comp.sources.sun [rutgers.edu] This was last updated in 1990.
comp.sources.sun [UU.NET]
comp.sources.sun [Sunsite UNC].
comp.sources.sun [Sunsite UK].
comp.sources.sun [neosoft.com]

comp.sources.unix [vix.com]
comp.sources.unix [UU.NET]
comp.sources.unix [EU.net]
comp.sources.unix [Sunsite UK].
comp.sources.unix [neosoft.com]
comp.sources.unix [digital.com]
comp.sources.unix [NPAC]

comp.sources.x [neosoft.com]
comp.sources.x [EU.net]
comp.sources.x [sterling.com]
comp.sources.x [UU.NET]
comp.sources.x [Sunsite UNC].
comp.sources.x [Sunsite UK].

comp.specification.z This seems to be an archive of only a few of the posted articles.

comp.speech [RICE.EDU]
comp.speech [UK]
comp.speech [CMU--USA]

comp.std*

comp.std.lisp [cmu.edu]
comp.std.lisp [rochester.edu]

comp.std.unix

comp.sys*

comp.sys.amiga.announce

comp.sys.amiga.reviews (product reviews for Commodore Amiga)

comp.sys.apollo (HTTP). At one time, I found this HTTP server unreliable, but it's been fine in 1995.
comp.sys.apollo (FTP)

comp.sys.atari.announce

comp.sys.hp48 [Sunsite UK].

comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

comp.sys.mac.announce

comp.sys.mac.apps (FTP)
comp.sys.mac.apps (HTTP)

comp.sys.mac.comm

comp.sys.mac.digest

comp.sys.mac.games

comp.sys.mac.graphics

comp.sys.mac.hardware

comp.sys.mac.hypercard

comp.sys.mac.misc

comp.sys.mac.portables

comp.sys.mac.system

comp.sys.mac.digest

comp.sys.newton.announce

comp.sys.newton.misc

comp.sys.next.announce

comp.sys.powerpc

comp.sys.psion [Sunsite UK].

comp.sys.sgi*

comp.sys.sgi* (FTP) [sgi.com]
comp.sys.sgi* (HTTP) [sgi.com]
comp.sys.sgi [UCI.EDU]

comp.sys.sgi.admin [UCI.EDU]
comp.sys.sgi.admin
comp.sys.sgi.admin
comp.sys.sgi.admin [neosoft.com]

comp.sys.sgi.announce [UCI.EDU]
comp.sys.sgi.announce (HTTP)
comp.sys.sgi.announce
comp.sys.sgi.announce

comp.sys.sgi.apps [UCI.EDU]

comp.sys.sgi.audio [UCI.EDU]

comp.sys.sgi.bugs [UCI.EDU]

comp.sys.sgi.graphics [UCI.EDU]
comp.sys.sgi.graphics [NPAC]

comp.sys.sgi.hardware [UCI.EDU]

comp.sys.sgi.misc [UCI.EDU]

comp.sys.sun.admin [neosoft.com]
comp.sys.sun.admin [NPAC]

comp.sys.sun.misc

comp.sys.ti.explorer

comp.sys.transputer

comp.sys.xerox

comp.text*

comp.text.interleaf

In researching comp.text.sgml, start with this well-constructed Netherlands-hosted archive. It will explain the others.
comp.text.sgml (FTP) [Norway]
comp.text.sgml (GOPHER) [Norway]
comp.text.sgml [UMB.EDU]

comp.text.tex (FTP)
comp.text.tex (HTTP)

comp.theory.cell-automata

comp.theory.dynamic-sys

comp.theory.self-org-sys

comp.unix.*

comp.unix.admin [NPAC]
comp.unix.admin
comp.unix.admin
Notice that, though the first page still mentions only comp.sgi*, comp.unix.admin archives also are available through the same interface at UCI.EDU.

comp.unix.aix [NPAC]
comp.unix.aix [washington.edu]

comp.unix.aux

comp.unix.bsd [Sunsite UK].
comp.unix.bsd [neosoft.com]
comp.unix.bsd The Readme says "This contains the Usenet news articles from comp.unix.bsd and comp.os.386bsd.* since just after 386BSD 0.1."

comp.unix.internals

comp.unix.misc [NPAC]

comp.unix.osf.misc

comp.unix.osf.osf1

comp.unix.programmer
comp.unix.programmer [NPAC]

comp.unix.questions

comp.unix.shell
comp.unix.shell

comp.unix.solaris [neosoft.com]
comp.unix.solaris [NPAC]
comp.unix.solaris
comp.unix.solaris

comp.unix.sys5.r4

comp.unix.ultrix

comp.unix.unixware

comp.virus

comp.windows.x
comp.windows.x
comp.windows.x

comp.windows.x.motif. This Australian site stops near the end of 1994.

comp.windows.x.i386unix


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