This article is from the alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt Frequently Asked Questions. It is maintained by Mark Sokos (msokos1@gl.umbc.edu) with many contributions from others.
It has been suggested at times (often sarcastically) that a new newsgroup should be made up with some name other than alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt, so that the group would not be plagued with off topic pc-clone related posts.
A newsgroup specifically for "homebuilding" in the PC clone sense of the word (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt) has been created. All PC questions should go to that newsgroup.
alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned was created in an attempt to provide a low noise alternative to this group. It has since been abandoned.
 
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