FidoNet
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FidoNet is a worldwide computer network that is used for communication between bulletin board systems. It uses a store-and-forward system to exchange private and public messages between the BBSes in t
Hand-compiled list of Fido BBS systems, June 1984. This document formed the basis of the first nodelists.
Usenet
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Usenet, short for User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy dial-up network architecture. Tom Tru
FidoNet
…them into the same public forum on the original system. In this fashion, Rush's system implemented a store and forward public message system similar to Usenet, but based on, and hosted by, the FidoNet system. The first such echomail forum was one created by the Dallas area sysops to discuss business, known…
October 2020 screenshot showing 60 PB of usenet group data