Hi,                                                                  1/8

     Like many of us lately i had the "privilege" to read the statements
about what was lost or what the hobby became, few "subtle" comments also
refered to the way "other" guys behave, etc...  I had to hold my breath,
hoping that the ~FTP~ topic might lead to a satisfying outcome while the
angry lamers seize that opportunity to put their values to work and take
us to a new era.  Oh well, i'm afraid it turns out this is just business
as usual, as trivial as it may sound remaining "on-topic" is easy enough
these days so i suppose i can simply agree the DOS-INet BBSers did loose
something, indeed!  8-b,  I'll "contribute" in my own way to the current
thread - which appears to be the leading one right now.  ;->  I wouldn't
expect anybody to be aware of what has been lost if he didn't experience
what our echo used to be like.  :(  Once we all forgot one might as well
argue it's useless and off-topic to discuss reminiscences...  especially
in a "technically oriented" echo!  This is why i now share these ~URL~s:
http://fidonet.sensationcontent.com/dos_internet/ (FdN EchoMail Archive,
by Andrew Clarke, 2003) and http://fido.prolidi.cz/ (FdN Reader, created
by Michal Novotny, 2002).  This won't address ~FTP~ questions but it may
shead light on what `DOS-INet' was like in the old days.  Since it would
be prohibitive to forward messages which are a few years old, i compiled
the names, dates and titles in hope that it could refresh some memories:
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453 posts sorted by Author (from September 22, 1998 to January 23, 1999)
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Anonymous                                                            (1)
Re: test                                  | 1999-01-06 19h31:58
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Brewmaster                                                           (1)
Re: test                                  | 1999-01-04  8h36:12
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Moderator                                                            (3)
Topic of Discussion                       | 1998-10-30  7h15:36
Conf. Rules                               | 1998-11-10 12h08:26
Conf. Rules                               | 1999-01-06 13h21:34
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Noel                                                                 (2)
BBS, DOS, TCP/IP, Telnet                  | 1998-11-08 10h32:10
BBS, DOS, TCP/IP, Telnet                  | 1998-11-12  3h31:58
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Lynne Addington                                                      (1)
Merry Christmas                           | 1998-12-19  7h38:18
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Charles Angelich                                                    (20)
14K4 bps with a 8250 UART                 | 1998-10-11 14h14:00
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-10-18  9h18:00
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-10-22 10h18:00
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-10-24 10h09:00
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-10-25  9h09:00
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-10-28 17h25:08
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-10-31 12h15:00
Topic of Discussion                       | 1998-11-01  0h31:00
corupted tagline.$$$                      | 1998-11-04 14h10:08
corrupted taglines.$$$                    | 1998-11-07 20h06:00
corrupted taglines.$$$                    | 1998-11-11  0h56:00
corrupted taglines.$$$                    | 1998-11-15  8h14:00
corrupted taglines.$$$                    | 1998-11-17 16h20:00
corrupted taglines.$$$                    | 1998-11-22  2h34:34
INTERNET ON A FLOPPY                      | 1998-11-29  5h24:48
Internet on a floppy                      | 1998-12-01 14h13:42
dos aol                                   | 1998-12-16  9h02:00
TCPPort & Commo                           | 1998-12-17 10h41:00
TCPPort & Commo                           | 1998-12-20 13h15:00
DOS FTP PROGRAMS                          | 1999-01-20  8h04:18
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Lee Ayrton                                                           (1)
dos aol                                   | 1998-12-16  0h02:06
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Will Baldwin                                                        (14)
Re: PC/TCP                                | 1998-09-26  1h54:00
Re: Project                               | 1998-10-09 12h06:00
DOS Internet sites                        | 1998-10-18 11h21:00
enhanced DOSLynx                          | 1998-10-21  2h17:00
Re: TCPPort & Commo                       | 1998-12-14  1h00:00
DOS Telnetting to BBS's                   | 1998-12-19 23h58:00
EPPPD, TCPPORT,& Commo                    | 1998-12-23  2h39:00
DOS Telnetting to BBS's                   | 1998-12-26  2h29:00
DOS Telnetting to BBS's                   | 1998-12-28  2h24:00
DOS TelNetting to BBS's                   | 1999-01-01 23h51:00
DOS Internet                              | 1999-01-08  3h42:00
DOS TSR text viewer wantd                 | 1999-01-13 11h46:00
DOS TSR text viewer wantd                 | 1999-01-15  2h00:00
Re: DOS TelNetting to BBS                 | 1999-01-21 14h25:00
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James Bendall                                                        (4)
AxGate: anyone has it?                    | 1998-10-25  2h04:40
AxGate: anyone has it?                    | 1998-10-28  8h56:40
Packet driver shim NT NDIS -> pkt         | 1998-12-18 12h09:32
Front End Mailer?                         | 1998-12-28 21h52:44
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The Black Crow                                                       (1)
ezycom                                    | 1998-10-23 15h29:42
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Marc Blakely                                                         (1)
Re: FNOS 1.7                              | 1998-10-03  5h27:24
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N.B.:  Well, "14K4 bps with a 8250 UART" by mister Angelich would now be
       titled "57K6 bps with a 8250 UART" i guess (ref. `FdN_Tech' echo)

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