Until the creation of the Usenet newsgroup alt.collecting.8-track-tapes in 1995, the only Internet resources for those curious about the continuous-loop cartridge format called 8-track tape were stuck with a list of Beatles 8-tracks and a few home page mentions of music collections. There were no 8-track tape home pages and no way for 8-track collectors to find each other.
So, alt.collecting.8-track-tapes was born. Its original intention was to provide a sounding board for 8-track tape collectors. The proposal was written by Malcolm Riviera and submitted to Usenet in March of 1995. Through much cooperation from the online tracker community, the newsgroup was approved and put online in April of 1995.
The easiest way I've found to access alt.collecting.8-track-tapes is through http://groups.google.com: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&group=alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
If you want to post to the group, just register with Google. You can also access the newsgroup through AOL, and from your internet provider. You may be able to connect Usenet directly if you have your browser configured properly by clicking here: alt.collecting.8-track-tapes. Not all newsgroup servers carry alt.collecting.8-track-tapes.
Click here to read the original proposal for the newsgroup:
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