Subj : Re: Computers
To   : TENSER
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Sun Jul 21 2024 12:23:00

³  MP> Found some utilities for the BBS that way, which was cheaper than the
³  MP> long distance dial-up it would have required otherwise.  I also remember
³  MP> needing to UUdecode some binaries before I could unarchive and use them.
³
³ I count the author of uudecode as a friend.  :-)  She
³ makes a credible claim that this was the first form of
³ "email attachment".
ÀÄ[T=>MP]
 
It was the first form that I was aware of for sure.  IIRC, there was some
kind of service, or site, where I had to use uudecode on files that were
not received via email, too.  I may very well be remembering that wrong as
I am not sure why they'd need encoding if they were not transmitted via email
or usenet.
 
³ Even FidoNet was more or less dependent on the Internet
³ ca 1991 for transferring data between Europe and North
³ America.
ÀÄ[T=>MP]
 
That I was not aware of but it makes perfect sense.
 
Mike
 
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