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Terabytes of Old Usenet Articles since 1980s Restored in 471,000 News Groups

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40406863

I love treasure hunting. Sometimes Usenet feels like the dusty old thrift store of the Internet. If you have ever found a thrift store with rows of shelves chock full of books, old compact discs, and ancient cassette tapes, then you know what I mean.

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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And how many of those terabytes are porn?

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not enough for me, 36 hours alone, and a handful of cialis

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Back then, porn only got from a printed page or developed photograph to an electronic format if you had a scanner - and those weren't cheap. Only a corporation or weird uncle had such tech, so the best "porn" I used to see was a fuzzy picture of the Budweiser girls or Cindy Crawford in a 1-piece swimsuit.

If I remember right, textual porn was a bigger thing. People world circulate Penthouse Forum letters they copied from the magazine.