Hi *Nancy Backus*,

 NB>>> Oh, I've been around Fido for years...  I learned to have always some
 NB>>> sort of backup to, if nothing else, see if my messages have
made it out
 NB>>> anywhere else...   So I always have been getting my messages from at
 NB>>> least 2 bbs's, and always have my messages included in the
packet.  But
 NB>>> I tend to only send out from one bbs, usually...  until a time like
 NB>>> this.  And then I don't know how reliable or not a place is
for sending
 NB>>> out messages until I actually try them out.  But, yes, I've
got things
 NB>   (snipping/editing occurred...)

 SR>> I use 3 different links but I have a feeling that they all link anyway

 NB> True, with the internet as a vehicle for the feeds, there's more linking
 NB> than one might think at first thought...  Like, Craig at Chowdanet in RI
 NB> feeding from Jack in GA...  So yours might* be all linked, especially if
 NB> they are all in the same region.  But it's not necessarily the case,
 NB> other than the ultimate linking of the entire echo system.... :)  At the
 NB> moment, I grab message packets (which at minimum contain DADS, MEMORIES
 NB> and whatever's left of the genealogy areas, unless not carried by that
 NB> bbs) from a number of BBS's, from all over...  Doc's Place in Florida,
 NB> Fidotel in Virginia, Thunderbolt in Arkansas (doesn't have DADS,
 NB> though), Juxta in Canada (Quebec?), Holodeck here in Rochester NY, as
 NB> well as Chowda in Rhode Island.  I used to poll at Fonix in England,
 NB> too, until he went down.  There's enough variation in the feed that I
 NB> doubt that they are all linked (and besides, they don't all go down
 NB> together, either.... ).  

 NB> Telnet gives what is essentially local access to bbs's that I couldn't
 NB> afford to dial-up long distance... 


I never use dialup access to anything it is far to expensive over here. I
like have different links but must get a zone 1 link again as that will
help a lot

Sean
Strange things happen under the minight sun
When men and dogs go hunting for gold
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