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The Big Dummy's Guide to Fidonet (1992)
- de6u99er 3y agoin the early days of the internet I got introduced to Fidonet by a guy who's nickname was Fido.
- zik 3y agoOn the internet nobody knows you're a dog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog#/media/File:Internet_dog.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_know...
- ruslan 3y agoOh those were the days of my youth... ex. 2:5077/7
- peter_d_sherman 3y agoI have fond memories of FidoNet from the late 80's and early 90's! Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_and_forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_and_forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet (Also, abstractly speaking, Physical Mail AKA "snail mail" AKA The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) -- as well as other shipping services (i.e., UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon, etc.) -- are all effectively store-and-forward networks, except that they are physical (as opposed to digital) ones...)
- RecycledEle 3y agoRIP, The Poodle BBS