Subj : TWiT Fidonet vs. the Internet
To   : Warpslide
From : Ogg
Date : Tue Aug 02 2022 20:24:00

Hello Warpslide!

** On Monday 01.08.22 - 21:52, Warpslide wrote to All:

 W> Here's a ~12 min video of Leo Laporte talking with Cory
 W> Doctorow along with Brianna Wu & Alex Wilhelm about BBSes
 W> and Fidonet:

They didn't really mention how today's BBSes use the internet  
for connections.  They assumed that a "BBS" was still dialup.   
One of them comment "we're looking at the NEXT internet when  
the real internet breaks down.." ..or something like that.


 W> Leo mentions that he ran a two node BBS back in the day
 W> which carried Fidonet.  It looks like Leo was 1:125/21 back
 W> in 1986 according to nodehist.fidonet.org.ua.

He only seems to have stuck around for 3 years tops.


 W> It was neat seeing my name come up at 3:35 when Leo shows
 W> the Fidonet nodelist... :)

I liked the columnar display!


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