https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt - contemporary account that is still a pretty good overview https:/

https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt - contemporary account that is still a pretty good overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBS:_The_Documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBS:_The_Documentary has an episode entirely on Fidonet (creative commons, freely available online) Memories of being amazed to see messages from all around the world arriving to my hometown's local BBS, merely days after they were posted.