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It's libre software. With Win 3.11 you can even set networking and read HN at gopher://hngopher.com Also, with an IRC client and the public servers from https:/bitlbee.org you can connect most modern protocols such as Jabber/Mastodon/Discord and the like and still be communicated. Usenet it's usenet, still wor", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["usenet access"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655905", "title": "Usenet Archives", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041540", "title": "IRCv3", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370291", "title": "Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47496221", "title": "Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 800677568, "item_id": 50042348, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042348", "by": "cowlevel", "date": "2026-10-11", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Still is, but a bit empty.", "excerpt": "Still is, but a bit empty. https://eternal-september.org/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "IRCv3"}, {"id": 774135488, "item_id": 48383468, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383468", "by": "chadgpt3", "date": "2026-06-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Usenet. https://eternal-september.org/", "excerpt": "Usenet. https://eternal-september.org/", "context": "", "use_case": "Usenet access", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History"}, {"id": 762542000, "item_id": 47658875, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658875", "by": "cykros", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "last I checked there was still some activity on comp.misc", "excerpt": "https://eternal-september.org/ last I checked there was still some activity on comp.misc after Slashdot pissed everyone off with their Beta a decade or so ago (same time Soylent News spun off as well). Definitely a few others with a handful of posters. But yes, it's definitely small islands in a sea of spam or just dead groups.", "context": "", "use_case": "Usenet access", "switched_from": "", "story": "Usenet Archives"}, {"id": 762541680, "item_id": 47658855, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658855", "by": "cykros", "date": "2026-04-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "this is free for anyone for text based Usenet (no binaries)", "excerpt": "https://eternal-september.org/ Not the one you were replying to, but this is free for anyone for text based Usenet (no binaries).", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Usenet Archives"}, {"id": 760003027, "item_id": 47500189, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500189", "by": "anthk", "date": "2026-03-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "still works with http://www.eternal-september.org", "excerpt": "Install Windows 3.11 and Calmira Desktop, it will give you a Win95 like taskbar and maybe a better explorer. It's libre software. With Win 3.11 you can even set networking and read HN at gopher://hngopher.com Also, with an IRC client and the public servers from https:/bitlbee.org you can connect most modern protocols such as Jabber/Mastodon/Discord and the like and still be communicated. Usenet it's usenet, still wor", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive"}]}