From: underminer@bbs.undermine.ca.remove-tb8-this   
      
     To: Grant Taylor   
     Re: bbs?   
     By: Grant Taylor to alt.bbs,alt.bbs.allsysop,comp.os.linux.networking on Sun   
   Mar 29 2020 10:59:32   
      
    GT> We have been having a discussion about BBS network technologies in   
    GT> We are discussing what protocols were used between BBSs and what   
    GT> networks they formed.   
    GT> Do you have any input that you would like to share with people that know   
    GT> less about BBSs?   
      
   FTN Standards were absolutely ubiquitous and used for many spin off nets, but   
   is a much deeper rabbit hole than one might think, as there were a few   
   different options for connection between two nodes.   
      
    A great many cities or other small geographic areas had their own area nets   
   either piggybacking Fido, or just using similar setup and/or the same programs.   
      
   There were alternatives like QWK based networking, and just about any other   
   contemporary message network/technology was likely gated to some BBS or   
   collection of BBSes SOMEWHERE.   
      
   Before the average user had access to the Internet, and before the WWW was a   
   thing, Bulletin boards WERE the online world for many. As a result, people got   
   creative.   
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   Underminer   
   The Undermine BBS - bbs.undermine.ca:423   
   Fidonet: 1:342/17   
   --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.102   
    *  The Undermine - Calgary, AB - telnet://bbs.undermine.ca   
      
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