D.M.Chapman wrote:
Ok, end of this month is the end of an era - UKC will be shutting down it's
news service :-(

Seems hardly any universities run news services anymore so our upstream
feeds have reached EOL and won't be being replaced so we will be effectively
cut off. Given we would have to find (pay) for a new feed and also replace
our existing machine (Sun E250 - ancient) it's not going to happen :-(

Sad given the history etc but more importantly, I'll lose access! (I'm one
of the few people still using it!).

Given this, I need to find another news server I can use. I know people
on here have recommended stuff before - is news.Individual.net still a good
option?

Not interested in much beyond uk.d-i-y tbh :-) Recomendations?

Darren

albasani is ok ish.

irritates the **** out of me if you want to post to two newsgroups and
they decide its got to have a followup set, but is OK for text.


Sad that UKC is closing down..must be the oldest setup in the country.

Pretty sure my first ever post sometime about 1986 went through UKC..

green screen VAX, UUCP connection IIRC.