> any good public way to search usenet archives no, you just hope google groups is nice to you (it wasn't the last time you and i had this discussion on hn).

> any good public way to search usenet archives no, you just hope google groups is nice to you (it wasn't the last time you and i had this discussion on hn). but this time it is: the posted copy is of the message https://groups.google.com/g/alt.lang.asm/c/bl21J0NYzBY/m/BjP1EjE2QDkJ https://groups.google.com/g/alt.lang.asm/c/bl21J0NYzBY/m/BjP... from "Jan 31, 1995, 7:17:40 AM". it references an earlier, much shorter post https://groups.google.com/g/alt.lang.asm/c/ZNZp2K-SqhY/m/plKcr9R_aSoJ https://groups.google.com/g/alt.lang.asm/c/ZNZp2K-SqhY/m/plK... from "Jul 5, 1992, 8:13:26 PM" so the (1992) is not wrong, but most precisely it's (1995). also, a mention on hn that came up whilst looking into this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12596371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12596371