I was on Usenet in the various comp.* groups in the mid 90s. Dejanews could be used to search news groups then.

Sure, but the volume of information was tiny compared to what was available in printed form - whereas it's the reverse now.

	▲	scarface_74 a day ago \| parent [-]
		If I wanted to know everything about my first computer - an Apple //e - i needed two books. I needed Apple’s official Applesoft Basic manual and another book I checked out from the library about programming in 65C02 assembly on the Apple //e.