"adm" wrote in message
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"granite stone" wrote in message
oups.com...
place all old posts on a cd instead of on a hard drive which is used
today. you could have the cd read on a computer and feed to the
internet for future readings. it would look like a old juke box
machine. how much space is used for old posts here????

Where is "here" ?

You - as in YOU, could archive any posts you wish to on CD. However - the
newsgroup postings themselves are scattered and distributed throughout
cyberspace and reside on various news servers for different amounts of
time depending on that particular server's retention......some are
archived, some aren't....who knows.....

Ah - you're using google groups, aren't you ? You should read up on
USENET. Try this for a start:

Ooops - let's add the link....

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.a.../what-is/part1