Replying to a message of Gene Buckle to Steven Horn:

 GB> That's a shame.  With the exception of the stupid flame fests, FidoNet
 GB> is a pr etty good thing.  I've been around since 1985 or so, in one
 GB> capacity or another.  I even cobbled together a tiny mailer for CP/M
 GB> in Turbo Pascal back in the day. :)

A fellow in Omaha named Jack WInslade cobbled together a complete
Fidonet-capable BBS system running on CP/M.  He had it available (free)
for d/l for quite a while back in the 80s.  He said that he did it mainly
because "they said it couldn't be done."   The same fellow also told of
taking a COBOL class at the local university, and that his prof didn't believe
that he wrote his programs on a Heathkit H-8 (there was a COBOL compiler
available for CP/M) - in COBOL there's a statement identifying the 'source
computer' - he had to show the machine to the guy.  Haven't heard from or
about him in years.

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