I agree, FidoNet was a wonderful technology. My local BBS also had access to several newsgroups that were synced nightly. Between the two, I had plenty of mat

I agree, FidoNet was a wonderful technology. My local BBS also had access to several newsgroups that were synced nightly. Between the two, I had plenty of material to keep my young mind busy. Perhaps too much material (some of the alt. newsgroups were probably not best for a ~9 year old :))