Re: But is UseNet "Social Media"??

On 2/02/2026 12:17 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2026-02-01 13:34, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> On 2/1/2026 6:17 PM, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 1/02/2026 8:38 pm, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The same goes to Fidonet BBS.
>>>> 
>>> Never got into BBS's so couldn't possibly comment.
>> 
>> Echomail is the technology used by Fidonet to run a distributed 
>> messaging network like Usenet. Back then, it ran on top of dial-up
>> modems as slow as 1200 baud. Those were the days! :)
> 
> For some strange reason, Fidonet continued working in Rusia after it
> stopped in Europe. They took over the development of software, too.
> 
> For a while at least, I could participate in Fidonet using internet 
> instead of a modem.

Sorry! What?? I've never used Fidonet but, I'm guessing, the Ones and
Zeros being produced by your Computer would have had to be converted to
varying Tones to traverse the Phone Network someway .... which is what a
Modem does.

I suppose you could have had a Modem Board with-in the Computer which
then produced the varying tones required to traverse the Phone network.

> Then my uplink failed, his computer broke down and he gave up. Could
> not find another suitable node.
-- 
Daniel70