Subj : Re: computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : tenser
Date : Tue Jul 30 2024 02:18:38

On 25 Jul 2024 at 05:38p, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF>   Re: Re: computers
 pF>   By: Spectre to TheNerd on Fri Jul 26 2024 03:29 am
 pF> 
 pF>  > Interesting. Where in the world are you? By 93 there wasn't another BBS
 pF>  > around to even get Fido from...
 pF> 
 pF> That's odd. In the San Francisco Bay Area there were hundreds of BBSes
 pF> in the area and a whole echomail distribution system. I was part of that
 pF> until the late 90s, probably 1998. I got an ISDN line and connection to
 pF> the internet and started using FTP to get fidonet mail.

Once I got access to the Internet, I found the technical
discussion content I'd been looking for, and then I started
to wonder why anyone would care about the endless flame
wars and "big personalities" on fight-o-net.  The silly
"rules" imposed by sysops on local BBSes seemed strange once
I realized they didn't have any content I cared about.

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