Actually, it does have fa.sf-lovers.
Currently taking a break from the site. See my user page for more information.
not after 27/06/81 thus far, due to :
Henry Spencer
had posted to the University of Toronto Zoology Department(utzoo) local hacknews Group on 30/06/1981 5:44 AM:
netnews cutbacks\\
I have asked Steve Daniel at Duke to adjust the news system there to
cease forwarding certain newsgroups to us. Specifically, the only
"fa" newsgroups we will now be getting will be
fa.unix-wizards
fa.info-micro
fa.info-terms
fa.printers
fa.works
The first is of obvious relevance and the rest are possibly helpful
(although I will be watching cost vs. information content of all of
them for the next while).
In particular, this means we will no longer be getting fa.arms-d,
fa.energy, fa.info-cpm, fa.human-nets, or fa.sf-lovers.
I am investigating both connecting to a closer network site than Duke
and connecting at higher speed (1200 baud) to cut connect times. If
either or both of these developments occurs, some reconsideration of
the newsgroup list will be in order. The previous offer to keep any
newsgroup open if somebody agrees to pay for it remains open.''
edited 22nd Jul '11 2:21:52 AM by mandrke
DUMB
Baud again. Man.
Anyway, Google has this to augment your experience, and you might be able to find more archives there, on Google Groups (since it inherited Deja News).
edited 22nd Jul '11 1:56:55 AM by Tzetze
[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
I'm only posting this on the forum is because someone might want to do a live blogination of this.
edited 22nd Jul '11 2:25:25 AM by mandrke
Do you want to see the beginnings of the 'net and all that jazz?
allows one to see Usenet with a thirty year delay, hence allowing you to Archive Binge usenet history. only 857 posts of the archive are released so-far
olduse.net
This is the based from the University of Toronto Zoology departments archive... so it does not contain all of usenet and so those not archived are lost to history, also lost are some of the bandwidth suckers like fa.sf-lovers.
edited 21st Jul '11 9:10:21 AM by mandrke