• |__U__| / \// / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / (________) (_/(_|(____/ (c) John Madill FidoNet is a worldwide computer network that is used for communication between...
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    sometimes via direct chatting. In the early 1980s, message networks such as FidoNet were developed to provide services such as NetMail, which is similar to...
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  • transmission error. As TeLink was normally used only by FidoNet software, which demanded it as part of the FidoNet standards, this did not present a real-world problem...
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  • Standard Interface Layer. Fido refers to FidoNet, Opus refers to Opus-CBCS BBS, and SEAdog refers to a Fidonet compatible mailer. The standards document...
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    Telex UUCP WAN Wireless network Notable networks ARPANET BITNET CYCLADES FidoNet Internet Internet2 JANET NPL network Toasternet Usenet Locations Africa...
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    traffic was also exchanged with FidoNet and other dial-up BBS networks. By the mid-1990s there were almost 40,000 FidoNet systems in operation, and it was...
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  • Binkp (category FidoNet)
    Binkp is a protocol for transferring FidoNet or WWIVNet mail over reliable connections. It is typically used to deliver mail over the internet, instead...
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    signatures. With FidoNet, echomail and netmail software would often add an origin line at the end of a message. This would indicate the FidoNet address and...
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    Tom Jennings (category FidoNet)
    Angeles-based artist and computer programmer, known for his work that led to FidoNet (the first message and file networking bulletin board system, or BBS),...
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    3.5" floppy disk drive and a XTR modem (allowing access to ZX Net and FidoNet). Extension kit Scorpion GMX (Graphic Memory eXpander) for Scorpion ZS-256...
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