Hello Robert.

04 Jun 04 08:23, you wrote to me:

RB|> Taken strictly, that happened even before that... remember the "modem
RB|> incompatibilities" all of us used to have with some systems on a daily
RB|> basis? There were systems I simply couldn't connect to, and the
RB|> situation worstened as the range of transmission speeds and protocols
RB|> increased.

RB|> Admittedly, the ISDN-only systems represented a whole new situation,
RB|> since even buying a new modem or changing the modem configuration
RB|> wouldn't allow an analog modem system to connect to an ISDN system.
RB|> But we've had similar problems almost from the day I entered fido in
RB|> the Spring of 1993.

RB|> The nice part about it is that fido still hasn't broken down because
RB|> of such matters, even though we now have BinkP systems that neither
RB|> ISDN nor analog systems can connect to without an Internet connection.
RB|> But true interconnectivity, assuming it ever really existed, is
RB|> something that disappeared early in the fido game.

Hmmm.  Some good points.  The only thing that I would like to add is that
only ISDN nodes were added knowing full well that they were completely
incompatible.

But I sure do remember those days too.  Others would argue that all modems
could connect at lower rates all the time.  I seem to recall that as not
being true.  I have a vague memory of one link never being able to connect
to another in my old Net.

Robert

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