Hi THIARAMUS,
On 2018-06-18 15:54:22, you wrote to ALL:
TH> It's been 20 something years since the last time I used FidoNet, and
TH> for the last few months I am having a really bad nostalgia about the
TH> good-old days. It was a wonderful time of discovery of OS/2, which, in
TH> my opinion, had the best FTN Software. I think that my favorite editor
TH> was called FleetStreet. I remember I was using T-Mail as a
TH> packer/mailer, FastEcho as scanner/tosser, and GoldEd for text mode
TH> editing. I am not even sure if T-Mail and FleetStreet was ever used in
TH> the United States, as I was living in the zone 2 back than. I was
TH> trying to remember my old point number, but I can't get past the node.
TH> 2:460/35.xx... It is not important though, even the parts I can
TH> remember giving me enough flashbacks :)
TH> What I really wanted to find out, is if it's possible to set up
TH> working FidoNet point software package these days, getting a new
TH> account and get reinstated as FidoNet point? :) I mean replacing the
TH> dial up part with something internet based obviously, and keep the
TH> rest working more or less as it was before? Nostalgia sake. I've got
TH> myself a "retro" 166MMX Pentium laptop, which I am about to turn into
TH> a little Time Machine.
There are a couple of specialized point packages advertized here from time to
time, but you could also still use GoldEd and FastEcho, and use binkd as your
IP mailer...
Bye, Wilfred.
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