terrysumner Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just curious who here used to be on the old usenet newsgroup rec.models.scale? That was the original meeting place for modelers on the internet way before ARC, Hyperscale and the like...... And secondly, does anyone go there now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alvis 3.1 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I thought it had burnt down in the GreatFlameWar of 2002! I started using it in the late 90s, but pretty infrequently. Alvis 3.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I was there until about 2001-2 or so. I can kind of recall a get together planned for the 2000 IPMS Nationals, but I never did find where it was being held in the hotel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aerobat Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I was a regular until my ISP closed their Usenet feed around the same time. Some pretty good info between the flame wars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenlilly106 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I was on there from about '93 till 2001or so, got tired of the flame wars and spammers, I remember the great AOL newbie flood as well. Switched over to Hyperscale after I left RMS and then came here several years later after the flaming on HS. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mumbles Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dabbled with it back in 1996-97 when I was first discovering the internet (via Netscape, who remembers that?), but was never a regular. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 It was a wonderful resource. I suspect all of the discussions are available somewhere online. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I used to go there, but when the forums like ARC became available I, like many, dropped off. I suspect all of the discussions are available somewhere online. You could check here: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.models.scale/topics Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yuri Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dabbled with it back in 1996-97 when I was first discovering the internet (via Netscape, who remembers that?), but was never a regular. Netscape and r.m.s.... I posted my first message on rms in.... uh... maybe it was late '95... we used old f.rts like Trumpet Winsock, Mosaic (Netscape granpa... even tried... uh... Cello if I remember correctly). To read the newsgroup we had a program called WinVn or something like that, then switched to Free Agent... R.M.S was a great group... then started going downhill in the late '90s... I wa there until 2002-2003 but then there were always less and less useful posts and more spam... Tried HS for some time but it wasn't really my bag... and the ARC. It was great to find most of the people I had met on RMS here... By the way... I remember my first post on RMS... it was a question about Sukhoi Su-15 and I got a reaply from Ken Flanker Duffey.. Wow! It was only 15 years ago... seems a century... uh, no... a millenium! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightymax Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I was there! Do I still use it? Well I wouldn't say use it but every once in a very blue moon, I will go over there and read some of the posts. Max Bryant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cvrle Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I was a regular back in the late '90's, early 00's. Haven't been there in a few years, though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrysumner Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hey Steve...whatever happened to the RMS FAQ? You still have it somewhere? There was a lot of good modeling info in that FAQ. Should publish it on ARC somewhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve N Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I hung out there quite a bit when I first got online in 1997, using NetScape and a 28.8 dialup modem. I gradually segued to the various website forums..RMS got to the point where there were several hundred new posts per day, and I got tired of trying to sift through them all. I doubt I've been on RMS since '01 or '02. The last time I poked my head in a few years ago, it was about 90% SPAM. SN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkeye's Hobbies Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 In the day it was the only modeling forum. Advancements have rendered it worthless. Why post to a forum platform that has no easy way of sharing images in such a visual hobby? It is filled with spam and hackers. In its day it was the best bulletin board as were others on different topics to communicate, but today...I never visit it anymore. Still have access through Google, but don't read nor post to it at all. Too many other better choices now available to communicate with fellow modeling geeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Yup, former RMS participant here, too. From something like 96 though maybe 00-01ish, until HS and ARC became the more useful venues to share info. Haven't been on RMS in years, and I still used Netscape until a couple of years ago for most general browsing and email functions. It worked for what I needed, so there was no reason to change... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Got onto it in '97 on my blazing fast 28.8 modem and was amazed at how absolutely cool it was to swap info so easily with fellow model geeks from all over the world. I know nowadays we take this all for granted but back then, it was really novel and exciting. Lots of good info and people on RMS but like everyone else, I eventually migrated to other internet sites. Also spent a great deal of time on rec.flightsim.pc or something like that. Back when flight simulators were actually popular, that was also a great resource. Good memories... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alvin5182 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I used it back in my "dial up" days! Entertaining at times and some useful info but quickly departed when ARC came along. Couldn't hack the bickering,pi--ing and moaning! Alvin5182 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric Larson Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just curious who here used to be on the old usenet newsgroup rec.models.scale? That was the original meeting place for modelers on the internet way before ARC, Hyperscale and the like...... And secondly, does anyone go there now? Spent quite a bit of time there back in the day but as others have mentioned, newer forums have rendered it obsolete. Now, here's another one. Who used to frequent the Plastic Model Forum on CompuServe? I was a member there before discovering RMS. I still have old, faded printouts of info and tips from both. Cheers, Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticWeapons Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Former RMS'er here too. It's still around? Gawd, that and AOL 1.0 bring back memories LOL! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
William G Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Used to go there along with several SciFi and Monty Python rec groups. as well as the JMS B5 and a few others. Back in the old BBS Days. an Atari 520st and my Amiga 500 Then moved to a Dauphin DTR1 (Blazing fast 486sx 25) and a 9600 modem. Updated to a 14.4 when I bought the DTR1. I think this was 91-95 Back before true web browsers. When you could spend 5 - 10 minutes downloading 5 pictures to view on a 480x640 screen Aint been on them since my ISP canceled the Usenet service about 3 years ago. William G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob de Bie Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just curious who here used to be on the old usenet newsgroup rec.models.scale? That was the original meeting place for modelers on the internet way before ARC, Hyperscale and the like...... And secondly, does anyone go there now? Ah, the good old r.m.s, I read and posted on it from 1995 to 2007. I learned a lot there, and I still regularly search the weekly 'dumps' I made. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Wheeler Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I used to be a regular there. I would still probably check it now and then if Roadrunner hadn't dropped usenet. You can still read the FAQ at http://ninfinger.org/models/rms_tips/rmsfaq.1.html and it's still good info. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightymax Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 You guys remember the flame wars revolving around Paolo Pizzi? Was he real, cause you (at least I) sure never hear the name anymore. :-) Max Bryant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThatJeffGuy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 You don't need UseNet nowadays to read NewsGroups....You can get them on Google RMS Linky I only came back to the hobby 5 years ago and found RMS before ARC...I had the FAQ bookmarked forever though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 You guys remember the flame wars revolving around Paolo Pizzi? Was he real, cause you (at least I) sure never hear the name anymore. :-) Max Bryant Yep, as well as Dave Merriman's disdain for anyone who didn't build everything from scratch and make their own photoetch parts, and whatsisname who swore up, down, and sideways that there once was a 1/72 injection-molded C-5 Galaxy that inlcuded scale, funtioning retractable landing gear... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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