Subj : Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Jas Hud
Date : Tue Apr 11 2023 15:53:33

  To: Kurt Weiske
  Re: Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Kurt Weiske to Sean Dennis on Mon Apr 10 2023 06:58 am

 > -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
 >
 >  KW>  Sysops freaked out about sharing user info, but I liked the
 >  KW>  telegram-like feel of it. Messaging had gone from multiple day
 >  KW>  round-trips with dial-up star/backbone systems to real-time.
 >
 >  SD> Why not just use Telegram and leave the middleman out of it?
 >
 > Because it was messages, chat, door games, files, and the potential for
 > much more - all done in a completely different way than the usual FTN,
 > store and forward means.
 >

you're making it seem like some magical shit.
the bbses were just sharing the same datafiles.
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