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echo: binkd
to: Oli
from: Wilfred van Velzen
date: 2022-09-13 14:29:00
subject: Re: non-CM nodes

Hi Oli,

On 2022-09-13 13:21:06, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> Was there even an overlapping time period, when dial-up
 WvV>> internet was still a thing, and binkd was develloped already?

 Ol> Yes, in 1996 internet over dial-up and ISDN was the only option for most
 Ol> users at home.

 Ol> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binkp

At that time most bbs's were still dial-up, so users/sysops didn't need the internet to connect to other nodes.

Bye, Wilfred.

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