joa...@swbell.net (John McKown) writes:
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
In 1328418173.16719.291.ca...@mckown5.johnmckown.net, on 02/04/2012
at 11:02 PM, John McKown joa...@swbell.net said:
And, of course, CompuServe
And many others. Unlike CompuServe, the typical BBS didn't use a
proprietary protocol. For that matter, neither did fido.
BTW, I know of at least
/2012b.html#46 What s going on in the redbooks site?
there was also tymshare and its tymnet network
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tymnet
tymshare provided online vm370 service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tymshare
... and in Aug. 1976 started offering its online computer conferencing
service free to SHARE
/~lynn/2012b.html#46 What s going on in the redbooks site?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012b.html#49 What s going on in the redbooks site?
recent post in a.f.c. with a little WAIS lore:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2012b.html#9 The round wheels industry is heading
for collapse
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virtualization
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
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,
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