Subj : Re: a future past
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Mar 06 2023 07:18 am

-=> August Abolins wrote to Alejandro Filimonchuk <=-

 AA> I wondered why the inclusion/diversion into ham/cb radio
 AA> chapters was pertinent. But it seems be needed to support the
 AA> argument that "Amateur and CB radio nevertheless provided the
 AA> firmament for grassroots computer networks like CBBS to grow
 AA> and flourish. (p.57)"

 There was a cottage industry in packet data networks over HAM radio
 using AX.25, and BBSes connecting to each other over radio. Packet
 radio, a low-power computer and a store-and-forward network technology
 like Fido would make a good SHTF data connectivity solution.

 Not sure if it would qualify as prevalent, but I know of some people
 who did that.



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