> Hello Bj˙rn,
> 
> On Sunday June 02 2019 11:20, you wrote to me:
> 
>  MvdV>> Sidetracking into the question if there ever were Fidonet nodes
>  MvdV>> running on 8 bit systems is just a smoke screen.
> 
>  BF>    As opposed to your claim that there never was an FTN mailer running
>  BF> on an 8-bit system, you mean?
> 
> I made no such claim. What I stated was that I did not KNOW of any such
> systems.
> 
> Henri has provided the information that showed such systems DID exist.
Running
> on an Acorn system. Thereby disproving your claim:
> 
>  BF>    In case you didn't know it, Fidonet is and has always been a DOS
>  BF> based network.
> 
> Which claim was a smoke screen.

A fellow named Jack WInslade in Omaha, NE, wrote a complete Fidonet
system that ran under CP/M on 8080 and Z-80 processors.  Originally he
called it 'Tabby' (for some reason) but somebody who already had
something with that name threatened to sue him so he renamed it 'Ybbat.'
 He had several CP/M systems in the Omaha area that ran on various 8-bit
machines, including a Heath H-8 and an IMSAI 8080.