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FidoNet echoes and why the name fits
FidoNet moved messages between BBSes overnight, by modem, run by volunteers. No central owner, no login wall, and the discussion areas were called echoes.
Worth remembering that the open version came first.
FidoNet moved messages between BBSes overnight, by modem, run by volunteers. No central owner, no login wall, and the discussion areas were called echoes.
Worth remembering that the open version came first.
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Nodelists were distributed weekly as a single file. The whole network's routing table, small enough to read.