Okay, I don't know where to get any software; remember, I'm out in the
middle of nowhere. If someone could send me something, that would be
great.
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
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From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_crl.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Fido is far from dead!
Date: Thursday, October 30, 1997 1:56 AM
At 07:38 AM 10/29/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Check around on the web for Fido software. Back in the days before the
>>Internet, FidoNet was a world-wide network of independant BBS's.
>
> Fido is far from dead. In fact, some sysops have claimed an increase in
Whups! I did not mean to imply at all that Fido was dead. Only that I was
communicating with people around the world long before most of us heard
about the Internet. I think Fido is great and I'm glad to hear it is still
going strong.
> I have a wide assortment of BBS software oriented towards DOS-based
>systems. My pacakge of choice is RemoteAccess 2.01. If there's someone on
Is RemoteAccess a Fido compatible BBS or a terminal pgm? Do you know where
to get the Fido software?
Btw, is Tom(?) Jennings (is that his name? the author of Fido) still
around
in the Fido world? I met him once -- a true genius, and definitely
deserves
greater acclaim than he has received.
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Received on Wed Oct 29 1997 - 21:09:48 GMT