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|    Carol Shenkenberger to August Abolins    |
|    Asia/Asian?    |
|    12 Apr 22 16:40:16    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 7996.asian_li@1:275/100 26bb38ec       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet faa6d27d       PID: Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 Dec 31 2006 MSC 1200       TID: SBBSecho 2.11-Win32 r1.182 Dec 31 2006 MSC 1200        Re: Asia/Asian?        By: August Abolins to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon Mar 21 2022 07:28 pm               > Hello Carol!        >         > ** On Monday 21.03.22 - 16:16, you wrote:        >         > CS> I think if telegram existed when Russel Tiedt was running        > CS> Z5, they might still be here todaay as a zone. In the        > CS> end, it was a collection trying to push fidonet over        > CS> packet radio and some other oddball thing explained as        > CS> related to ham radio related signals.        >         > The BBS and/or echomail messaging probably had less appeal than        > the new kid in town - internet. Even access to the internet        > via POTS had much fewer busy-signal woes.        >         > And then, the new fun toy - a smartphone, started to attract        > the masses.        >         > WRT fidonet of packet radio, I had not heard of the effort. Was        > it announced in any of the Fidonews issues?        >         > --        > ../|ug        >               No announcement of it that I am aware of.               xxcarol              --- SBBSecho 2.11-Win32        * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS, shenks.synchro.net (1:275/100)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/110 120/340 123/131 129/305       SEEN-BY: 129/330 331 135/393 138/146 153/7001 7715 218/700 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 111 206 317 400 424 426 428 452 664 700 261/38       SEEN-BY: 266/512 275/100 1000 282/1038 1061 1062 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/11 200 396/45 633/280 640/1321 712/848 3634/12       PATH: 640/1321 153/7715 229/426           |
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