Originally posted by: OBtwosy

my ISP has a free newsreader for customers and I'm using "Unison" for Mac - looking at a.b.starwars

still nada

should I be pointed somewhere else?

Unison is great, but you're wasting your time trying to get anything through your ISP (practically zero binary retention). You need to pay for a premium provider. I use Giganews. The files are on absw, just not available to you the way you're attempting. Unfortunately, usenet is only viable when you pay for it. That's just reality...