In a message of  Arthur Sawilejskij (3:640/991.1) wrote:

Hi Arthur,

 DF>> Alwyn Smith (640/201 from memory) maintains a direct feed to the US
 DF>> backbone and filebone via an internet connection.  AFAIK not all of
 DF>> the stuff that he brings in is available to FIDO systems in general -

 AS>      Well, apparently that's the story with Trapdoor.

 AS>      I wasn't aware when I joined 640 that Alwyn wasn't feeding
 AS> Trapdoor to the southern states, and discontinued my feed.

Sounds about right.

 AS>      Anyway, I'm not getting involved this time - somone else is
 AS> checking it out.

Wimp.  

Oh yeah, I _did_ get that email (ages ago now) and replied to it but it
bounced. You should probably use my new email address now anyway:

dfreeman{at}gla.com.au

(It's likely to be more stable as it's more or less ISP-independant. It's
an address at my own registered domain so it'll move as required even if I
happen to change ISP's - or become one myself.)

  //  CYA,
\X/ Dave ;-)

... Aretha Franklin of Borg: R E S P E C T is irrelevant. 

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