Subj : perl files for fidonet
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Russ Johnson
Date : Wed Jun 20 2001 10:12 am

> how do you figure that, the internet's been around longer than fidonet,
> by a few years, it's just only recently become popular.

The ARPAnet existed long before Fidonet, which is also a precursor to the 
Internet. 

The public internet didn't exist until the 80's. Prior to that, it was a 
private network. In many ways, the only access people had to it was through 
fidonet. 

Russ

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