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   PID: Synchronet 3.14a-Win32  Dec 31 2006 MSC 1200   
   TID: SBBSecho 2.11-Win32 r1.182 Dec 31 2006 MSC 1200   
     Re: Re: Asia/Asian?   
     By: John Dovey to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon Mar 28 2022 04:17 am   
      
    > Glad to see you, Carol!   
    >    
    >  CS>   Re: Re: Asia/Asian?   
    >  CS>   By: Flavio Bessa to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon Mar 21 2022 10:04 pm   
    >  CS>  > On 21 Mar 2022, Carol Shenkenberger said the following...   
    >  CS>  >   
    >  CS>  >  CS> I think if telegram existed when Russel Tiedt was running Z5, t   
    > migh   
    >  CS>  >  CS> still be here todaay as a zone.  In the end, it was a collectio   
    > trying   
    >  CS>  >  CS> to push fidonet over packet radio and some other oddball thing   
    > explaine   
    >  CS>  >  CS> as related to ham radio related signals.   
    >  CS>  >   
    >  CS>  >     One thing that I never understood about Z5 and Z6 demise is that   
    > leas   
    >  CS>  > here, in Latin America, we have a strong retrocomputing community, s   
    > every   
    >  CS>  > and then someone from our glorious past joins back to the family. In   
    > slow   
    >  CS>  > pace, but steady, we were able to add 10 systems to Argentina, Brazi   
    > and   
    >  CS>  > Panama in the last 5 years.   
    >  CS>  >   
    >  CS>  >     It's been a while since Z5 and Z6 are gone... There should have   
    > been   
    >  CS>  > someone on that area willing to come back...   
    >  CS>  >   
    >  CS>  > ... I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.   
    >  CS>  >   
    >  CS> Hehe, I tried with Z6 but in the end, we transitioned the remaining nod   
    > to   
    >  CS> Z3.  There have been a few popping back up, but in Z3.   
    >  CS>   xxcarol   
    >    
    > I'm ex Z5, but now Z4. RT is in New Zealand.. I know of only one board runni   
    > in South Africa, and he's QWKNet only.   
    >    
    > *** [Netmail-to-Telegram address: 474405162@2:460/256]   
    >    
    > ... Tag, you are IT!   
      
   Is he!  I'll see if I can find him.  We were good friends until I lost contact.   
      
     xxcarol   
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