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echo: fidonews
to: NICK ANDRE
from: PAUL HAYTON
date: 2019-03-16 15:25:00
subject: Re: 30 years of Fido vs 3

On 15 Mar 2019 at 10:14p, Nick Andre pondered and said...
 
 NA> Fidonet for me in 1989/1990 was what HAM radio was to nerd teens growing
 NA> up in the mid 80's. When I got a reply from someone 3,000 miles away, I
 NA> was hooked.
 NA> 
 NA> I was a huge fan of Seadog, TBBS/Flame, etc but D'Bridge sold me in the
 NA> end.

Cool memories Nick :) I can only talk of the early to mid 90's but I agree it
was such a buzz to use the gear and set up something that worked across
continents :)

Best, Paul

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