Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History (1993)

 (fidonet.org)

28 points | by BruceEel 1 hour ago

5 comments

  • NuSkooler 22 minutes ago
    For those interested, FidoNet and "Alt nets" such as fsxNet are still going and active!
  • pgrote 26 minutes ago
    Respected the process for getting on Fidonet. You had to figure it out, configure it properly and prove you were ready to go before you got a node number. No hand holding. Frontdoor and national mail hour.
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    • nandomrumber 23 minutes ago
      You didn’t need to be a node to be on Fidonet.
  • numbsafari 31 minutes ago
    This is how I grew up. Using fidonet via my local RPGA group.
  • mcc1ane 30 minutes ago
    (1993)
  • specialist 34 minutes ago
    Appreciate this share.

    Whenever I hear about this new fangled AT protocol all the kids are jazzed about, I get all wistful for the BBS era.

    FidoNet & PC-Relay were pretty fanfastic. For the time, obv.

    Source: Was sysadmin for a hub.

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