64 bit Newsreader

[Ken Blake]

Agreed but... when the transition fro 16-bit to 32-bit computing was
happening, the same argument was raised. Now all programs are 32-bit,
nobody in his or her right mind would release a 16-bit version. The
same thing will eventually happen with 64-bit computing.

I agree completely, but since newsgroups are dying, it may also be
that nobody in his or her right mind would release a newsreader of any
"bitness."

 

[Char Jackson]

I agree completely, but since newsgroups are dying, it may also be
that nobody in his or her right mind would release a newsreader of any
"bitness."

Text-based discussion groups may be showing signs of slowing, but the
binary groups are growing at a tremendous pace. Last I heard, there
was over 6 Terabytes of new binary data uploaded every day and the
continued growth is astounding.

 

[Ken Blake]

Text-based discussion groups may be showing signs of slowing, but the
binary groups are growing at a tremendous pace. Last I heard, there
was over 6 Terabytes of new binary data uploaded every day and the
continued growth is astounding.

Interesting, thanks. I didn't know that.

 

[Sunny Bard]

Alt.binaries.boneless is a high volume newsgroup, which it seems
Giganews dropped.
In response to a$$hole Andy, if you try to download more than 3,500,000
headers, XNews chokes and freezes.

I suspect at this point, most people clinging on to usenet don't give a
toss about people wanting binary froups ..

 

[Yousuf Khan]

I don't know what "boneless" is but I do know a fair amount about
computers and you will NEVER need what a 64 bit program does for reading
and replying to news in usenet.

Binary groups can easily overflow a 32-bit newsreader's database. The
database files can easily go over 4GB.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if there is a 64 bit Newsreader for Windows 7 64 bit?

My old 32 bit Reader is slow.

John

Don't know if they are 32-bit or 64-bit, but these are the ones
recommended by Giganews.

Giganews - Newsreader Specials
http://www.giganews.com/newsreader_specials.html

Yousuf Khan

 

[Char Jackson]

I suspect at this point, most people clinging on to usenet don't give a
toss about people wanting binary froups ..

I suspect most people these days are here for the binaries. Web forums
(yuck) and other means of communicating have steadily eaten away the
Usenet text discussion groups.

 

[Turtle]

Hi,
OL, I see it now.


Thanx!
John

 

[Leythos]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if there is a 64 bit Newsreader for Windows 7 64 bit?

My old 32 bit Reader is slow.

I use an old x32 program called Gravity on Win 7 x64 and it's just as
fast as it was under XP.