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"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
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Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:38 GMT


I joined Google usenet groups and the format is kinda nice. You
have to join but it's easy (as are others). Now to remember the flt
sim binaries group to see if it exists.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim

Hi boB... Well the two that I know are:

alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots
alt.binaries.games.microsoft

I noticed you had posted pics on the latter. Good show.


Cheers!


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BillW50 wrote:

> "boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
> news:Od64e.25394$ij5.18741@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:38 GMT
>
>
> I joined Google usenet groups and the format is kinda nice. You
> have to join but it's easy (as are others). Now to remember the flt
> sim binaries group to see if it exists.
>
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim
>
> Hi boB... Well the two that I know are:
>
> alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots
> alt.binaries.games.microsoft
>
> I noticed you had posted pics on the latter. Good show.
>
>
> Cheers!

Now how did you figure it out that I posted the pics? :)

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"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
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Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 08:35:38 GMT

BillW50 wrote:

> "boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
> news:Od64e.25394$ij5.18741@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:38 GMT
>
>
> I joined Google usenet groups and the format is kinda nice. You
> have to join but it's easy (as are others). Now to remember the
> flt sim binaries group to see if it exists.
>
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim
>
> Hi boB... Well the two that I know are:
>
> alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots
> alt.binaries.games.microsoft
>
> I noticed you had posted pics on the latter. Good show.
>
>
> Cheers!

Now how did you figure it out that I posted the pics? :)

Hehehe... Say I pulled some strings for you and I believe you should now
be able to get:

alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots

Although you may have to reset your newsgroup list to see it. Let me
know if you now get this one?


Cheers!


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Bob,

I've used this (Google) a few times in the past but it tends to be slow
updating posts. Sometimes you can be a day behind the action. Funnily
enough I've just bought a new news provider service tonight. I'm currently
with a UK ISP called Demon Internet but tomorrow I'm changing to something
faster (Hopefully 4Mbs or in reality a bit slower). They previously
provided a reasonable newsgroup service so I needed to find another. After
a small amount of research I've gone for "AllTheNewsGroups.com". They offer
a free three day trial if you want one. For me about $6 per month is worth
it for a fast comprehensive news service. I tried it a few weeks ago in
advance of this changeover and it seems pretty good to me.

Regards

Geoff


"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
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> BillW50 wrote:
>
> > "boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
> > news:Od64e.25394$ij5.18741@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> > Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:38 GMT
> >
> >
> > I joined Google usenet groups and the format is kinda nice. You
> > have to join but it's easy (as are others). Now to remember the flt
> > sim binaries group to see if it exists.
> >
> > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim
> >
> > Hi boB... Well the two that I know are:
> >
> > alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots
> > alt.binaries.games.microsoft
> >
> > I noticed you had posted pics on the latter. Good show.
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
>
> Now how did you figure it out that I posted the pics? :)
>
> --
>
> boB
>
> U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
> Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)
 
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Too bad about Individual.net. As they were free until the 1st of April.


Cheers!


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-- written and edited within Word 2000





"GeoffC" <geoff_noise@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:34:41 +0100

Bob,

I've used this (Google) a few times in the past but it tends to be slow
updating posts. Sometimes you can be a day behind the action. Funnily
enough I've just bought a new news provider service tonight. I'm
currently with a UK ISP called Demon Internet but tomorrow I'm changing
to something faster (Hopefully 4Mbs or in reality a bit slower). They
previously provided a reasonable newsgroup service so I needed to find
another. After a small amount of research I've gone for
"AllTheNewsGroups.com". They offer a free three day trial if you want
one. For me about $6 per month is worth it for a fast comprehensive news
service. I tried it a few weeks ago in advance of this changeover and it
seems pretty good to me.

Regards

Geoff


"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
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> BillW50 wrote:
>
> > "boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
> > news:Od64e.25394$ij5.18741@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> > Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:38 GMT
 
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Some things I'll pay for if it's good.

BTW, I just saw your signature and wonder how you manage to run FS. Is this
a different machine?

Geoff


"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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Too bad about Individual.net. As they were free until the 1st of April.


Cheers!


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-- written and edited within Word 2000





"GeoffC" <geoff_noise@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:34:41 +0100

Bob,

I've used this (Google) a few times in the past but it tends to be slow
updating posts. Sometimes you can be a day behind the action. Funnily
enough I've just bought a new news provider service tonight. I'm
currently with a UK ISP called Demon Internet but tomorrow I'm changing
to something faster (Hopefully 4Mbs or in reality a bit slower). They
previously provided a reasonable newsgroup service so I needed to find
another. After a small amount of research I've gone for
"AllTheNewsGroups.com". They offer a free three day trial if you want
one. For me about $6 per month is worth it for a fast comprehensive news
service. I tried it a few weeks ago in advance of this changeover and it
seems pretty good to me.

Regards

Geoff


"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
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> BillW50 wrote:
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> > "boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
> > news:Od64e.25394$ij5.18741@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> > Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:38 GMT
 

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BillW50 wrote:

>
> Now how did you figure it out that I posted the pics? :)
>
> Hehehe... Say I pulled some strings for you and I believe you should now
> be able to get:
>
> alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots
>
> Although you may have to reset your newsgroup list to see it. Let me
> know if you now get this one?
>
>
> Cheers!
>

Hey,

I refreshed both my Thunderbird newsgroups and the google newsgroups but
can't see either. I'll see if one of my other newsreaders will pick it
up later. Need more coffee!!!!


boB

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"GeoffC" <geoff_noise@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:25:59 +0100

Some things I'll pay for if it's good.

Yes I totally agree. Although I really hate it when you pay for it and
the developer drops support like a hot potato. That seems to happen to
me a lot. Or the software or service is just terrible.

BTW, I just saw your signature and wonder how you manage to run FS.
Is this a different machine?

While I have 5 machines here running Windows (many others that don't).
But no, this is my FS2004 and FS2002 machine. Some believe that you need
a beefy system to run FS9. And some with many times more powerful
machine sometimes complain here that they need help because their frame
rate has dropped down to 4 or 5 FPS.

Well I can't fly with that low of a frame rate. And I am not sure how
they got those powerful machines into that much trouble. But I always
had this knack for tweaking things out and have the ability to do the
same with less than most people. As my frame rates with FS9 are
generally 15 to 20 in high congestion areas. Although I don't use fancy
weather conditions which hurts a lot here. Although everything else runs
fine, including traffic and all.

Not long ago, I was using a HP PIII 533MHZ with a SiS315E video card
with just 256MB of computer RAM with FS9. While FS2002 ran very well on
this machine, FS9 would only run well in low congestion areas. So I am
not any magician or anything, as when you get too underpowered, there
are just so many tweaks you could pull off. <grin>

My Celeron 400MHZ laptops can't run anything higher than FS98 (aka
v6.1). The frame rate is generally 20FPS or higher. Although if they
used a better video card, I could improve this a lot. But most laptops
aren't upgradeable. Including these I have unless I want to use an
external monitor and a PC Video Card. But a Celeron 400MHZ running
FS2002 or FS2004? No I don't think so. I'm good, but not that good!
<grin>

Although you now have me curious. And I love to hear about your machine.



Cheers!


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GeoffC wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I've used this (Google) a few times in the past but it tends to be slow
> updating posts. Sometimes you can be a day behind the action. Funnily
> enough I've just bought a new news provider service tonight. I'm currently
> with a UK ISP called Demon Internet but tomorrow I'm changing to something
> faster (Hopefully 4Mbs or in reality a bit slower). They previously
> provided a reasonable newsgroup service so I needed to find another. After
> a small amount of research I've gone for "AllTheNewsGroups.com". They offer
> a free three day trial if you want one. For me about $6 per month is worth
> it for a fast comprehensive news service. I tried it a few weeks ago in
> advance of this changeover and it seems pretty good to me.
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff

Thanks Geoff. <smile> We are trying to get 6 Akitas in Colorado
transported to California before this week-end before the Animal Control
puts them to sleep. I'll stick with my free news readers for now -
actually the thunderbird reader is pretty fast. I probably should stop
trying the others. :) You know it's bad when you send money to someone
you don't know, to keep some dogs you've never seen, safe, but won't
spend $6.00/mo for a service you can get by without. :)

--

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"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
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Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:01:40 GMT

Hey, I refreshed both my Thunderbird newsgroups and the google
newsgroups but can't see either. I'll see if one of my other
newsreaders will pick it up later. Need more coffee!!!!

Oops! I though I got Thunderbird to add it. But I guess not. Although I
did get other newservers to start carrying it. And it isn't that hard.
As all you have to do is to send a request and they will likely more
than happy to add it. It's worth a shot anyway. Although I have my
doubts if Google will do so. But you never know.


Cheers!


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On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:25:59 +0100, GeoffC wrote:

> Some things I'll pay for if it's good.

40tude Dialog is free and is pretty easy to use (once you get to know it).
It seems to host many newsgroups and posting screenshots is very easy.
Have a look at www.40tude.com/dialog/

But it does depend on your ISP and how many newsgroups they carry and how
many they are willing to add for you. Most of them add newsgroups when you
ask and do it without thinking. I think it's part of their policy.

I couldn't post any binaries via news.xs4all.nl but I got a tip from other
xs4all customers that I had to post via newszilla.xs4all.nl and that works
like a charm.

Sometimes it pays off to post a question in one of your ISP's newsgroups.
And eventually Melissa, our Kayak Queen, told me to try out Dialog. And I
did.

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FYI..

if you go here:

http://simradar.com/Screenshots_Forum_F36.html

You can read from AND post to alt.binaries.flightsims.screenshots,
unlike google groups here posts are updated every minute.

And here:

http://simradar.com/Microsoft_Flight_Simulators_F12.html

You can read and post to this newsgroup
(alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim)

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"boB" wrote in message
>
> I joined Google usenet groups and the format is kinda nice. You have to
> join but it's easy (as are others). Now to remember the flt sim
> binaries group to see if it exists.
>
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim
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>
> boB
>
> U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
> Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)

Never used Google Groups to actually post on Usenet, but have used Dejanews
(which google aquired) to search Usenet archives for many, many, years.

I absolutely despise their new format though. I find the new "text
formating" to be a major eye sore. It was so much easier to search, browse,
scan, and read the archives in plain ASCII.

Fortunetly, you can still access deja (Google Groups) with the old format
from the .UK website.
http://groups.google.co.uk/

I'm dreading the day that this website is converted over to the "new
format".

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Marcel,

Thanks I've downloaded the reader.

Regards

Geoff


"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier_nothing_here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:25:59 +0100, GeoffC wrote:
>
> > Some things I'll pay for if it's good.
>
> 40tude Dialog is free and is pretty easy to use (once you get to know it).
> It seems to host many newsgroups and posting screenshots is very easy.
> Have a look at www.40tude.com/dialog/
>
> But it does depend on your ISP and how many newsgroups they carry and how
> many they are willing to add for you. Most of them add newsgroups when you
> ask and do it without thinking. I think it's part of their policy.
>
> I couldn't post any binaries via news.xs4all.nl but I got a tip from other
> xs4all customers that I had to post via newszilla.xs4all.nl and that works
> like a charm.
>
> Sometimes it pays off to post a question in one of your ISP's newsgroups.
> And eventually Melissa, our Kayak Queen, told me to try out Dialog. And I
> did.
>
> --
>
> Marcel
> (Gear up, AP engaged...hey...what's that emergency light?)