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echo: binkd
to: Bjrn Felten
from: Wilfred van Velzen
date: 2022-09-12 17:30:00
subject: Re: non-CM nodes

Hi Bj­rn,

On 2022-09-12 17:19:40, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> Non-CM used to exist for nodes with 1 phone line, that wanted to
 WvV>> reserve the 1 line for BBS users. That doesn't make sense for IBN
 WvV>> nodes.

 BF>    Have you already forgotten about dial-up internet? :)

Does it still exist?

I don't think those internet connections were used much for binkp connections. Was there even an overlapping time period, when dial-up internet was still a thing, and binkd was develloped already?

Bye, Wilfred.

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