Re: Asia/Asian?
  By: August Abolins to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon Mar 21 2022 07:28 pm

 > Hello Carol!
 > 
 > ** On Monday 21.03.22 - 16:16, you wrote:
 > 
 >  CS> I think if telegram existed when Russel Tiedt was running
 >  CS> Z5, they might still be here todaay as a zone.  In the
 >  CS> end, it was a collection trying to push fidonet over
 >  CS> packet radio and some other oddball thing explained as
 >  CS> related to ham radio related signals.
 > 
 > The BBS and/or echomail messaging probably had less appeal than
 > the new kid in town - internet.  Even access to the internet
 > via POTS had much fewer busy-signal woes.
 > 
 > And then, the new fun toy - a smartphone, started to attract
 > the masses.
 > 
 > WRT fidonet of packet radio, I had not heard of the effort. Was
 > it announced in any of the Fidonews issues?
 > 
 > --
 >   ../|ug
 > 

No, the packet radio was not.  It was also looked at in Rumania (I think it was
there).

  xxcarol
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