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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Saturday, March 30, 2024 20:25:48
    Remember when fidonet nodelist used to be 3-4mb and most of us only had like 120-150 meg hard drives back in 1995?


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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Utopian Galt on Sunday, March 31, 2024 00:30:38
    Remember when fidonet nodelist used to be 3-4mb and
    most of us only had like
    120-150 meg hard drives back in 1995?

    The nodediff was so important! I had to poll my hub long distance to pick up mail, nodediff, etc. The nodediff was a lifesaver - as long as everything went smoothly.

    I was a bit shocked when I came back to BBSing and realized that entire zones had been dropped from Fidonet.


    Chris/akacastor

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  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Akacastor on Sunday, March 31, 2024 14:44:16
    On 31 Mar 24 00:30:38, Akacastor said the following to Utopian Galt:

    I was a bit shocked when I came back to BBSing and realized that entire zone had been dropped from Fidonet.

    Two dead for a long time, yes.

    Atreyu

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  • From Skylar to Utopian Galt on Sunday, March 31, 2024 15:04:13
    Re: remember when
    By: Utopian Galt to All on Sat Mar 30 2024 08:25 pm

    Remember when fidonet nodelist used to be 3-4mb and most of us only had like 120-150 meg hard drives back in 1995?

    The first PC with a hard drive that I used had a 5MB hard drive.
  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Atreyu on Sunday, March 31, 2024 12:55:44
    BY: Atreyu (21:1/176)

    |11A|09> |10A> I was a bit shocked when I came back to BBSing and realized that|07
    |11A|09> |10A> entire zone|07
    |11A|09> |10A> had been dropped from Fidonet.|07
    |11A|09> |07
    |11A|09> |10Two dead for a long time, yes.|07
    Six and five?


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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Skylar on Sunday, March 31, 2024 18:08:19
    BY: Skylar (21:1/183)

    |11S|09> |10> 120-150 meg hard drives back in 1995?|07
    |11S|09> |07
    |11S|09> |10The first PC with a hard drive that I used had a 5MB hard drive.|07 Did some people just run the bbs with just zone 1 listed to save on space?


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  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Utopian Galt on Monday, April 01, 2024 03:55:38
    On 31 Mar 24 12:55:44, Utopian Galt said the following to Atreyu :

    I was a bit shocked when I came back to BBSing and realized
    that
    entire zone
    had been dropped from Fidonet.

    Two dead for a long time, yes.
    Six and five?

    Yup.

    Atreyu

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    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)
  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Utopian Galt on Monday, April 01, 2024 03:57:47
    On 31 Mar 24 18:08:19, Utopian Galt said the following to Skylar :

    Did some people just run the bbs with just zone 1 listed to save on space?

    Yes, many Sysops did that, most dialup mailers have the option to drop or ignore entire zone's or nets from nodelist compiling.

    A board that wasn't a hub would likely just do a Route *.* to their uplink and didn't really care to do outgoing Crash/direct Netmail.

    Atreyu

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