Subj : Re: fsxNet mail moves so fast!
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Avon
Date : Wed Apr 03 2024 16:44:04

On 02 Apr 2024 at 07:58a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> When I got my first FTP FTN feed, I was in heaven - I could poll hourly,
 pF> for free! Unfortunately, by that time, 1997 or so, Fido networks were on
 pF> the decline.

Yep, I think it was 1996 or 1995 when I moved away from BBS and certainly by around then I was more into slip logins to Unix shell accounts etc.

Never did FTP for FTN but did find some software when I first returned to the scene that offered FTN via email file attachments. This made me giggle.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz 

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