Greg wrote:
Jon Noring wrote:
Was the early GUTNBERG mailing list archived as well? When was that list formed? The first mention I see of GUTNBERG is January 1990. I don't believe Google has it archived, unfortunately. That would be a treasure trove of information on the early days of PG, and probably will mention, in passing, things that happened before GUTNBERG was started.
I don't think it was.
I believe our first automated list was on a LISTSERV run at uiuc (listserv.cso.uiuc.edu). That was from about 1992 or so through 1997 or earlier 1998).
Oh well. As noted in another message I just posted, a quick Google Groups search shows that it has archived 717 messages for the group bit.listserv.gutnberg. The first mention is from July 1990, and the rest start in 1991. I'm sure the early GUTNBERG list would be fascinating to follow, and itself contain historical information. Do you know when the GUTNBERG list was actually started?
I am not aware of any archives we got from the UIUC LISTSERV lists. I'm sure some folks have their own personal copies, though.
Well, hopefully someone saved the early GUTNBERG archive. If so, be sure to let Greg know. Jon