27 Nov
1998
27 Nov
'98
12:28 p.m.
At 15:48 11/27/98 -0500, Allison Parent wrote:
< >One thing Max, BBS systems were never really an Internet thing. They we
< >stand-alone computers that could be dialed-up and info uploaded or
they were the internet before there was one. many of the BBSs were linked
so email from one to another was possible (FIDO come to mind).
I think you meant this to say BBS systems were interconnected by phone
lines (various grades of them according to what the BBS owners could
afford) and not by the old ARPANET. There was a FIDOnet BBS around town
years ago.
Regards, Chris
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