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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:17:40 -0800
From:	Day Brown <daybrown AT hypertech DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: FreeDos, twenty four years later...
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mark lewis wrote:
> 
> Originally to: Gary Welles
> 
>  GW> From: Gary Welles <gary AT wellesway DOT com>
> 
>  GW> The product lifecyle for Fidonet may soon, if not already
>  GW> have, come to an end.
> 
> there is not "product lifecycle" for fidonet... fidonet is not a product... as
> far as fidonet is concerned, it will be over when /i/ pull the plug... that
> means that /i/ will be the last person standing... i'm not leaving until
> everyone else has also...
I had a good friend who ran a WWIV; I thought fido a bit stodgy. Looked
into setting up a BBS with Fido, but found the process oddly
complicated. I dont mind if there's a network for parents worried about
what their kids will see, but what other BBS networks are still
operating?

What BBS do you dial into? 
I remember some which had a logon screen with 25 options, which file or
message system. Most of the time, just a single choice got you what you
needed. I remember others which showed an artistic logon, but then only
asked me my logon/pw, and then another click to the message section,
wait for that screen to load, then another click with another
screenload, and so it went- the sysop more interested in me looking at
the artwork than actually getting anything done. Like a lotta websites
these days.

But I still have OFFLINE.EXE sitting on the drive for the next qwkmail
setup.

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