Anyone remember Fidonet
when the internet was still only used by universities fidonet was the answer for the rest of use. a loose knit network of BBS's that would forward email on a daily or sometimes weekly basis between nodes I remember requesting a gopher page from a fidonet gateway by email, my 1st experience of the internet, it took 2 weeks to get the reply and about 20 mins to download it over 2400bps modem. It was 1992, only 20 years ago.
(tichy, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 10:02, 7 replies)

1992 is when my grandmother died you insensitive cunt
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 10:22, closed)

My fucking grandmother
was 92, you utter dick.
(username failed moderation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 10:49, closed)

I had 92 grandmothers you naughty buffoon
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 11:28, closed)

Sounds like a very disappointing reward
For an Islamic martyr.
(Eukanuba, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 12:45, closed)

The grandmothers
weren't thrilled either.
(username failed moderation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 14:46, closed)

No, but please tell us all about it, in detail, paying particular attention to the logistics of routing.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 14:51, closed)

I can't connect to my router with WiFi.
Perhaps it needs a firmware upgrade?


(ubergeekian, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 15:34, closed)