I figured out Usenet just to download the EditDroid Holiday Special. It’s definitely worth it. I was on Windows 10. Here’s a brief summary of what I did.
Make a free account on XSUsenet: https://www.xsusenet.com/ (It’s slow but will get the job done)
XSUsenet will email you username and password
Download Grabit: http://www.shemes.com/ (This is what’s called a “newsreader” application)
When you install Grabit, it will prompt you to enter a server name, as well as username and password.
For server, Enter: free.xsusenet.com
For username/password, enter the info XSUsenet emailed to youGo to the site www.binsearch.info, Search “Star Wars Holiday Special”
The first result will be what you’re looking for.
It will read: “The Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid - [000/165] - “Star Wars Holiday Special - EditDroid.nzb” yEnc (1/3)”In the box for this entry, there will be a link labelled “collection”. Click this
Once the collection page loads, click “Inverse”, then “Create NZB”. This will download a .nzb file that points to all of the files in the “collection”. (From what I understand, a .nzb file is kind of like a torrent file)
Load the .nzb file with Grabit. If everything is done correctly, Grabit should start downloading files from the collection.
I appreciate this comprehensive list. You’ve summed up in 9 steps what I’ve been trying to figure out for days now. However, when following your guide, I complete all the steps but in grabit all the files are broken. It says either article not found or 502 access denied (hit connection limit). Do I need a paid xsusenet account for this to work?