Subj : RE: Before the internet...
To   : All
From : Kim Horn
Date : Sun Aug 24 2025 18:31:16

From: kim.horn@crappiecracker.com (Kim Horn)

Great Post!


On 5/20/2024 3:51 PM, user@net396.fidonet.org wrote to All:

-> + User FidoNet address: 1:396/45
-> * Original message posted in: ALT-BBS-ALLSYSOP.
-> * Crossposted in: ALT-BBS.
-> Hello all!
-> 
->    Take a break from the internet's automated madness.  Slow down,
->    sit back and log into one of the BBSes advertised in this group.
-> 
->  Before HTTP, WWW, Google, Facebook, eBay or any of the internet stuff
->  people take for granted now, BBSes were moving people's messages and
->  files.   We still do WITHOUT the spam.   We do it without the glitz.
->    We are real people at the keyboards -- not autoresponder robots!
-> 
->    Never done it before?  Need help?  JUST ASK!  Almost any BBS you
->   call into will have a System Operator (SysOp) that would be happy
->               to help you navigate the BBS environment.
-> 
->                  telnet://sursum-corda.com port 23
->                  Traditional Dial-Up: 256-895-4786
->                  Use ANSI BBS terminal emulation.
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