Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 02:13:39 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: BBSes & dial-up modems (Re: FREE GAME: Spirit of the Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <7jcngjls90a07aai9ij7g2gcfv0sd52m1k@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 02:13:39 +0000 Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-ohv+LIyQ5wYZ8pJBg8BuvAiYjPFy8DNmxcKTJLB9ToV/Fqc4xnAvhzHWy12Re4+HJbjPp87hk8QsdXO!cUtuJeefbkl/4DZ6U5bQyr7dIGoDim9ZMlC3ajXJnF68F4wNPbgWatb/V3WJijHLMIg71JKHy6JP!CUHim6G/UYLSdL9kVPWDMNAUoMl2qhKy X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3045 candycanearter07 wrote: > Ant wrote at 02:28 this Wednesday (GMT): > > Spalls Hurgenson 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 -- "When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise." --Proverbs 10:19. Not :) after the mid afternoon 30 mins. nap with :( news (old buds moving, hi bills, USC lost again, etc.). Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )