XPost: soc.history.medieval   
   From: tronfuru@frisurf.no   
      
   "G.K. Konnig"  skrev i melding   
   news:3ff97a0d.0409061130.57f2ddea@posting.google.com...   
   > I heard that wizards used crystal balls for long distant calls and   
   > some kind of early internet (for spell research and shopping for rare   
   > ingredients) in the Middle Ages.   
   >   
   > Is this true and on what software where their crystal balls based ?   
      
   That is just a myth spread by those who wish to create a finer pedigree for   
   the modern version, called "Windows".   
   No, the Middle Age text transfer protocol was called "latin".   
      
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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