Comp.sys.amstrad.8bit - Revision history

Arnoldemu at 13:41, 10 March 2018

2018-03-10T13:41:59Z

Arnoldemu at 13:39, 10 March 2018

2018-03-10T13:39:09Z

Arnoldemu at 13:38, 10 March 2018

2018-03-10T13:38:54Z

MacDeath at 01:40, 17 December 2010

2010-12-17T01:40:03Z

ChaRleyTroniC at 20:42, 25 September 2006

2006-09-25T20:42:35Z

Gryzor: Traffic note

2006-09-16T14:19:14Z

Traffic note

195.149.50.59 at 18:28, 15 September 2006

2006-09-15T18:28:40Z

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Commonly known as 'csa8', this newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8 bit machines, including the PCW range and GX4000. Most traffic is CPC-related.

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 Established at a time when there were few CPC websites and no discussion boards, the group enabled CPC news to be broadcast instantly (such as [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.amstrad.8bit/msg/a8df8e41e94fa545 the closure of Amstrad Action]) and even, in a modest way, played its own part in CPC affairs in later years (such as [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.amstrad.8bit/browse_thread/thread/4f963b9173039b49/de01c21181ab4f04?tvc=2&q=lets+get+it+together+group%3Acomp.sys.amstrad.8bit the resignation of Paul Dwerryhouse from WACCI]).
-Though traffic is reduced from its heyday, the newsgroup is still active. Traffic can go up and down in an unpredictable manner; sometimes days will pass by without a single message, sometimes there'll be several messages within the same day. So don't ever assume it's dead - it's merely resting.
+The newsgroup is now, in 2018, almost inactive, in it's heyday it had many messages per day, but now traffic can go up and down in an unpredictable manner; sometimes weeks will pass by without a single message, sometimes there will be several messages within the same day. So don't ever assume it's dead - it's merely resting.
 A spin-off IRC channel, #csa8, was briefly in existence.

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 Informally known as 'csa8', this Usenet newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8-bit machines, including the PCW range, GX4000 and NC100/200.
-The group came into being in 4th August 1994. The RFC and CFV were written by [Genesis_8|Emmanuel Roussin] after an idea by [[LDC|David Long]] and [[Marco Vieth]].
+The group came into being in 4th August 1994. The RFC and CFV were written by [[Genesis_8|Emmanuel Roussin]] after an idea by [[LDC|David Long]] and [[Marco Vieth]].
 Since then, most traffic has consistently been CPC-related. Contributors have included [[Cliff Lawson]] from [[Amstrad]] and [[Richard Clayton]] from [[Locomotive Software]], numerous demo coders and fanzine editors, and several magazine writers.

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 Informally known as 'csa8', this Usenet newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8-bit machines, including the PCW range, GX4000 and NC100/200.
-The group came into being in 4th August 1994. The RFC and CFV were written by [[Emmanuel Roussin]] after an idea by [[LDC|David Long]] and [[Marco Vieth]].
+The group came into being in 4th August 1994. The RFC and CFV were written by [Genesis_8|Emmanuel Roussin] after an idea by [[LDC|David Long]] and [[Marco Vieth]].
 Since then, most traffic has consistently been CPC-related. Contributors have included [[Cliff Lawson]] from [[Amstrad]] and [[Richard Clayton]] from [[Locomotive Software]], numerous demo coders and fanzine editors, and several magazine writers.

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	Informally known as 'csa8', this Usenet newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8-bit machines, including the PCW range, GX4000 and NC100/200.		Informally known as 'csa8', this Usenet newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8-bit machines, including the PCW range, GX4000 and NC100/200.

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+Informally known as 'csa8', this Usenet newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8-bit machines, including the PCW range, GX4000 and NC100/200.
-Commonly known as 'csa8', this newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8 bit machines, including the PCW range and GX4000.  Most traffic is CPC-related.
+The group came into being in 4th August 1994. The RFC and CFV were written by [[Emmanuel Roussin]] after an idea by [[LDC|David Long]] and [[Marco Vieth]].
-Traffic on this newsgroup seems to go up and down in an unpredictable manner; sometimes days will pass by without a single message, sometimes there'll be several messages within the same day. So don't ever assume it's dead - it's merely resting.
+Since then, most traffic has consistently been CPC-related. Contributors have included [[Cliff Lawson]] from [[Amstrad]] and [[Richard Clayton]] from [[Locomotive Software]], numerous demo coders and fanzine editors, and several magazine writers.

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	Commonly known as 'csa8', this newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8 bit machines, including the PCW range and GX4000. Most traffic is CPC-related.		Commonly known as 'csa8', this newsgroup is devoted to all Amstrad 8 bit machines, including the PCW range and GX4000. Most traffic is CPC-related.
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		+	Traffic on this newsgroup seems to go up and down in an unpredictable manner; sometimes days will pass by without a single message, sometimes there'll be several messages within the same day. So don't ever assume it's dead - it's merely resting.