Here's a wonderful update over on MacGUI:
http://macgui.com/news/article.php?t=257
To quote:
"Added by popular request, the Mac GUI Vault Usenet Archive now has a new feature which allows binary posts to be easily downloaded. This feature is currently enabled in the comp.binaries.mac newsgroup, and hopefully will be enabled in other newsgroups in future. "
That's really helpful, as it makes it much easier to get at that real treasure trove of files, which date from '87 to '97.
Here's a link to the archive: