Re: Fidonet information
  By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Fri Mar 15 2019 01:59 am

 >> We don't even need zones any more, when you look at the size of the
 >> nodelist compared to days of old. Imagine that?

 >> We'd still find lines to divide us. Pity.

 AA> Technically, a zone *is* required. "Zones" 1 thru 7 have distinguished
 AA> Fidonet from othernets as in Zone:Net/Node.

 AA> But othernets have not struggled over physical zones or regions. Just
 AA> looking at a few fsxNet nodelist entries:

 AA> 21:1/10 fsxNet Games + Usenet Gateway,Paul Hayton, Dunedin NZL 21:1/50 
 AA> fsxNet-MNET Gateway, Paul Hayton, Dunedin NZL
 AA> 21:1/101 Agency BBS Paul Hayton, Dunedin NZL
 AA> 21:1/102 Error 404 BBS Todd Zieman, Perrysburg USA
 AA> 21:1/103 Micro Link BBS Lloyd Russell, Maryborough AUS
 AA> 21:1/104 Shenk's Express BBS Carol Shenkenberger Virginia Beach USA

 AA> Shows a very workable solution.
 AA> The "Zone" just identifies the unique Othernet.
 AA> Use double-digits in the "Node" part to represent Gateways or Hubs.
 AA> Use triple-digits for individual BBSes.

 AA> I doesn't matter that the 101 102 103 and 104 are in different countries. 
 AA> Very nice!

Yes. I was amused to see tech develop that way as that's pretty much what I did
in some ways long ago with Z6. I looked at connectivity, not proximity.

I could have connected anywheres, but we were working out a netmail gateway
(still pending a bit long I am afraid). 

  xxcarol

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