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    From Skuz@46:1/102 to All on Tue Jul 28 16:56:36 2015
    {cross posted} form local into ftn agora.. wtf
    From: metalhead
    To: All
    Subj: Fido Style
    Date: 07/28/15 12:24
    Base: the scene

    What is the obsession with Fido style nets all about? Everyone wants to carry them, but what about your local echos?

    20 years ago, it was a rush for me to be BBSing and to see messages from other parts of the country, but now, I don't see that point anymore, since I could just easily connect to any BBS without a need for any message network.

    But I'm not trying to spoil anyone's fun. I'm just wondering how can the Fidonet system be made useful again? Does it work well for e groups, or for anyone who wants to distribute something? If not, is that because of limitations with the who fido setup? How large can file attachments be?


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  • From mental block@46:1/102 to Skuz on Sun Aug 2 04:31:46 2015
    20 years ago, it was a rush for me to be BBSing and to see messages from other parts of the country, but now, I don't see that point anymore,
    since I could just easily connect to any BBS without a need for any message network.


    yeah, but that would make things less fun. transfering echomail on dailup is
    a real rush hearing that modem ring and watching the packets transfer...


    Fidonet system be made useful again? Does it work well for e groups, or for anyone who wants to distribute something? If not, is that because of limitations with the who fido setup? How large can file attachments be?


    heh well aside from that, maybe we can get the coder of irex to find and update his code. if your registered irex, you should still have access to his email.

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    sorry to hear it.

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  • From metalhead@46:1/102 to All on Tue Jul 28 16:56:36 2015
    * Changed by Leslie Given (46:1/102), 02 Aug 15 14:31.

    {cross posted} form local into ftn agora.. wtf

    From: metalhead
    To: All
    Subj: Fido Style
    Date: 07/28/15 12:24
    Base: the scene

    What is the obsession with Fido style nets all about? Everyone wants to carry them, but what about your local echos?

    20 years ago, it was a rush for me to be BBSing and to see messages from other parts of the country, but now, I don't see that point anymore, since I could just easily connect to any BBS without a need for any message network.

    But I'm not trying to spoil anyone's fun. I'm just wondering how can the Fidonet system be made useful again? Does it work well for e groups, or for anyone who wants to distribute something? If not, is that because of limitations with the who fido setup? How large can file attachments be?


    |15S|07kuz|17|11 dA |16|02FlupHy|16|15 S|07quirrel ate my nuts|15.|07..|08.. |08 ▄▄▓▒▀▐▄▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▓▐▓▄▄ ▄▌ ░▄ ▌ |15@ |18|00 http://fluph.bbsnexus.com |16 |08▐▓▄▄▄ ▐▓ ▄▐▓▌ ▐▓▌▐▌▐▓▌░▄▄▓▌ ▄▄
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  • From Poindexter Fortran@46:1/115 to mental block on Mon Aug 3 19:04:01 2015
    Re: Re: fido-style
    By: mental block to Skuz on Sun Aug 02 2015 04:31 am

    yeah, but that would make things less fun. transfering echomail on dailup is a real rush hearing that modem ring and watching the packets transfer...

    So true. I hooked up a modem to my system and heard my first dialup connection in 14 years. I'm tempted to get an ISDN line again - the per minute charges bit , but the BBS doesn't need more than 128 kb/sec for data transfers, and
    getting rock solid, clean 56K connects made it pretty cool back in the day.
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