Subj : Re: Re^2: future for fido To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Thu Apr 07 2022 01:21 pm On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 18:34:00 +0200 "Tim Schattkowsky" wrote: > Still, I see the echos as the relevant part of what remains and would > in fact see some value in file nets as they existed in the past, also > because it turns out that the internet's memmory is even worse than > mine when it comes to certain files. Try to get old tech standards, > source code samples or anything that was around everwhery decades > ago. Many things virtually vanished. Keeping a library of them is an > interesting application, but could of course done as well on a > web-based system. One place bulletin boards are still relevant is the dial up world where people have no internet, or it's highly restricted by their government. Using a dialup BBS is a good way to get reliable news and relay messages to the outside world. A lot of people in Russia, for example, maybe have limited access to world news and opinion, which can easily be found through a dialup BBS. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .