Michael Black wrote:

And you could do it for some time. Dejanews started in 1996, and
when
google took over their remains, got that archive. Then google was
able
to incorporate some older archives, likely incomplete, going back to
the beginning of Usenet in 1979 or so.

This has nothing to do with the interface that they introduced this
week.

True...I use google quite a bit. I'm not too keen on the new format. I
prefer the
old. Why does someone always feel the need to bugger up something that
works just
fine as is....This new format is a PIA. MK