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From: johnsuth on 2 Jul 2010 19:32
In <vq2dnVaEpe2SZbDRnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d(a)posted.grandecom>, "R. C. White" <rc(a)grandecom.net> writes:
>Hi, Vjekoslav.
>
>Yes. But that Forum is NOT dedicated to 64-bit computing. Users of WinXP
>x64 will not feel at home there, and users of Vista x64 might feel like
>stepchildren.
>
>AND that is a FORUM, not a newsgroup, even though we can access it with a
>newsreader by using an NNTP Bridge. But many of us feel that the Forum
>interface is awkward, even when accessed via the bridge, and just not as
>friendly as this newsgroup format. If you are comfy with the Forum
>interface, you can access all of them with your browser, starting at:
>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx
>
>Microsoft has provided TWO NNTP Bridges. One handles the forums in the
>Microsoft Answers "brand"; the other is for forums in the MSDN, TechNet,
>Expression and Microsoft brand forums.
>
>MVP Jochen Kalmbach has written the Community NNTP Bridge which handles all
>the Forums accessible by both the Microsoft bridges - and adds many useful
>improvements. Jochen released v.1 of his bridge on May 25, 2010, and
>updated it several times a day at first, mostly adding features that we
>requested. But Build 38, released June 14, has been stable for the past
>couple of weeks. You can get it free at:
>Community Forums NNTP bridge
>http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/
>
>The Community NNTP Bridge is not officially supported by Microsoft, but many
>of us are using it. (I started with Build 9, as I recall.)


I access newsgroups from an "other than Windows" operating system. My interests
are eclectic. XPx64 is just one of the OSs I use. NNTP is best for me.


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