Usenet is the newsgroup collection on the Internet. For years people
have posted their source code to various source code newsgroups.
Here is a complete collection of all that source code. You'll be able to browse expert code, learn from experts, and borrow routines. Most of these programs run under Unix.
Volume #2 contains the newsgroups:
- alt.sources: volume91, volume92, volume93
- comp.sources.games: volume13 to volume18
- comp.sources.misc: volume16 to volume34
- comp.sources.reviewed: volume01 to volume04
- comp.sources.unix: volume24 to volume26
- comp.sources.x: volume12 to volume18
Sample packages include:
- alt.sources: GDXBBS -- A unix bbs gdxbbs, unzip, MixView (X based sound editor), Word difference finder
- comp.sources.games: dominion, gnuchess, scrabble, gbp (Galactic Bloodshed), xboing,
- comp.sources.misc: perl, zsh2.00, unzip, SC Spreadsheet, pascal Compiler and Interpreter, archie.
- comp.sources.reviewed: ols - linear regression tool, lp_solve - linear problem solver, gnugrep.
- comp.sources.unix: RCS, GNU Diff, Email fax-sending package, trn, tcsh
- comp.sources.x: acm, kterm, xtroff, Motif Xclock,
You get a total of 53,320 files (8,881 news articles) in 641 megs of data. Most articles/packages are unsharred.
The CDROM is full word indexed, which means you can find the files containing your search word in seconds. The CDROM also has HTML indexes.
Due to the ability to copy CDs, no returns on computer media, all sales final.