Usenet Newsgroups

Usenet is the original 'net' forum. It goes back more than 20 years. Nowadays you can find newsgroups that cover just about any topic you want. Google runs a great Usenet search tool∞ with archives that go back a full 20 years!

Binary Newsgroups

There are many active binary newsgroups that offer music (mp3, ogg, etc), movies (dvd, vcd, DiVX), applications (Windows, Mac, Linux), and games. There are also literally hundreds of picture newsgroups. To get a good idea of what binary files are out there right now, go to Newzbin∞ and do some browsing.

Accessing Binary Newsgroups from Windows

For accessing binary newsgroups, you will want a few tools:

1. a good news reader, like newsbinpro∞ ($35.00);
2. a news aggregation service, like Newzbin∞ ($0.50 a week); and
3. a reliable news server that retains messages for 30 days, like Usenet Monster∞.

So, you have the parts, now what? First, you install newsbinpro∞ and set it up for your news server, (i.e. Usenet Monster∞). Then you browse Newzbin∞ and find the posts you want, save the .nzb file, and open it with newsbinpro∞, which will automatically download, organize, and reconstitute the files.

Once your download is done, you will need to uncompress it (.zip, .rar, .r00, etc). For that, you will want Winzip and/or Winrar.

Accessing Binary Newsgroups from Linux

Accessing Binary Newsgroups from MAC

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