ummm..guest, that's what I was referring to in my first post, only it's not http, it's alt.binaries...etc...

a newsreader accesses 'usenet', a bulletin board system which pre-dates the WWW. People talk about everything under the sun there. Most browsers have a newsreader built in, though standalone ones are usually better. If you are using I.E. or Netscape or Opera, you HAVE a newsreader...you just need to poke thru the menus at the top and find & configure it so it knows who YOU are and what your ISP is...

Be warned...accessing music, even LEGAL music, this way takes lots of speed & time unless you have a very fast connection. There are music discussion groups that are great and where you can learn lots, even if you don't get music there.

("binaries" in the title means the group allows music or graphic files to be posted...not all do....and it varies what YOUR provider may carry...the music and image groups take a lot of space.)