I was a FidoNet user. A sort of distributed BBS network. Dial into a local node, pick up and send messages. The local nodes would exchange messages throughout the day (usually at night). Dial in the next day to get the newly distributed message. Repeat daily. Loved my 56Kb modem.
And, of course, CompuServe before the WWW was generally available. On Sat, 2012-02-04 at 20:37 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <blu0-smtp1138c6cadd7f4c3cd57c1adb6...@phx.gbl>, on 02/03/2012 > at 11:07 AM, "Ken Hume, IBM" <kph...@live.com> said: > > >What did we ever do before the internet came along. > > The Internet[1] is not the Web. Before the WWW, we had Archie, FTP, > Gopher and other services that in many ways were more convenient than > the WWW, and certainly more reliable. > > [1] A vast WAIS-land. > -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
