The Early History of Usenet

Steve Bellovin’s series on the early history of Usenet:

1. The Early History of Usenet: Prologue
2. The Technological Setting
3. Hardware and Economics
4. File Format
5. Implementation and User Experience
6. Authentication and Norms
7. The Public Announcement
8. Usenet Growth and B-news
9. The Great Renaming
10. Retrospective Thoughts
11. Errata

There is also a version on CircleId. Not sure which one is the original. This is the one I found first, but I couldn’t find all parts:

1. The Technological Setting
2. Hardware and Economics
3. File Format
4. Implementation and User Experience
5. Authentication and Norms
6. The Public Announcement
7. Usenet Growth and B-news
8. The Great Renaming
9. Retrospective Thoughts
10. Errata…