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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: George Musk <grgmusk@skiff.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:58:49 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: <vf5flp$e2v$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> References: <XWGdnZsG49dcqpX6nZ2dnZfqn_ROMkZZ@earthlink.com> <slrnvgremp.1a8cq.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <gi1tgjdi4tqi5vhsm6oft2qcbj2fkepvli@4ax.com> <slrnvgtn5i.3lkna.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <bm1ugj9mubia0kre38eeo0jog13edb666g@4ax.com> <CdqdnShiGe5AuZL6nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <slrnvh5h3o.3njae.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <wM2cnU1pwMvO-on6nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <slrnvhar37.1a0c1.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <X6qdnQ48adJUXYj6nZ2dnZfqn_gAAAAA@earthlink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:58:49 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="14431"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Pan/0.154 (Izium; 517acf4) Cancel-Lock: sha1:EtkEaqWzz9FAXJsOWXFOlGccVH0= sha256:mA7/Hp3WDXFw35nuLaGgWCVeKZT1914vSyrH2gt+z/g= sha1:XNbqQxZQcM/MpTQZu1zQxwHhYko= sha256:uWnAibpz8AdkwXENJuQPjVtap5GJ6V6H3JpYsAa8Pos= On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:47:37 +0000, Ant wrote: > candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> > wrote: >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:13 this Sunday (GMT): >> > candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> >> > wrote: >> >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT): >> >> > Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > ... >> >> >> Fortunately, I _was_ able to find a BBS, albeit one with >> >> >> ridiculously tiny connect-time and message quotas (both posting >> >> >> and reading). Still, it was local and fairly inexpensive and it >> >> >> served until a dial-up ISP finally made it to my area. >> >> > >> >> >> It's sort of neat that a BBS still served the same purpose for >> >> >> you: connecting you to Usenet. >> >> > >> >> >> Hello to any other lurkers reading through a BBS! ;-) >> >> > >> >> > I never ran into BBSes that had usenet. They did have FidoNet and >> >> > others! >> >> > >> >> > Speaking of BBSes, RIP to Ward Christensen who was a BBS inventor >> >> > and architect of our online age at age 78: >> >> > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs- inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/ >> >> >:~( >> > >> >> Fidonet apparently added a USENET link "recently". >> > >> > Recently? Where? I'd like to see it. I didn't even know FidoNet is >> > still around! :O > >> Yeah, some of the Fidonet BBS's have it. > > Which? Where? List please! Maybe https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/?s=fidonet