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"The Once and Future M-Net "
James Howard
Mar 14, 2000
Great Green 
Room
http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=170

"A Partial History of Computer Conferencing in Ann Arbor"
Jan Wolter
~1997
https://web.archive.org/web/20160805221621/greatgreenroom.org/cgi-bin/bt/backtalk/wasabi/begin?item=19

Arbornet and M-Net Records: 1985-2002 - History
University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-2012017?byte=70603759;focusrgn=bioghist;subview=standard;view=reslist

"Chinet -- Public Access since 1982"
https://www.chinet.com

Many of the original 'nixpub' lists can still he found here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/comp.misc/nixpub%7Csort:date

(Linux and) the Enduring Magic of Unix [an article that describes Nyx.net]
Ross Turk
Jan 1st, 2018
Red Hat Enterprise Blog
https://rhelblog.redhat.com/2018/01/12/linux-and-the-enduring-magic-of-unix/

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Pubnet [including mention of nixpub lists]
http://www.unicom.com/pw/faq/pubnet.faq
Chip Rosenthal
1996/07/21

"The Sorry State of Public Access Unix"
https://www.ratburger.org/index.php/2018/10/22/the-sorry-state-of-public-access-unix/
Haakon Dahl
2018-10-22

"The BBS Documentary"
Jason Scott
May 2005
http://www.bbsdocumentary.com 

In Noisy Digital Era, 'Elegant' Internet Still Thrives
Todd Bookman
Apr 17, 2012
NPR - All Things Considered
https://www.npr.org/2012/04/17/150817325/in-noisy-digital-era-elegant-internet-still-thrives

"I had a couple drinks and woke up with 1,000 nerds"
The story of Tilde.Club
Paul Ford
Oct 9, 2014
https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf

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