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 Message 8120 
 Wilfred van Velzen to Bj”rn Felten 
 Re: non-CM nodes 
 12 Sep 22 17:30:35 
 
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Hi Bj”rn,

On 2022-09-12 17:19:40, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> Non-CM used to exist for nodes with 1 phone line, that wanted to
 WvV>> reserve the 1 line for BBS users. That doesn't make sense for IBN
 WvV>> nodes.

 BF>    Have you already forgotten about dial-up internet? :)

Does it still exist?

I don't think those internet connections were used much for binkp connections.
Was there even an overlapping time period, when dial-up internet was still a
thing, and binkd was develloped already?

Bye, Wilfred.

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