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   Message 4,792 of 5,461   
   Rob Swindell to Nick Andre   
   Re: BBS'ing   
   04 Jun 22 14:39:13   
   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   MSGID: 10925.bbs_carn@1:103/705 270131ae   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.19c-Win32 master/d4b5eea9b Jun  1 2022 MSC 1929   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.15-Linux master/92bcd45eb Jun  1 2022 GCC 8.3.0   
   COLS: 80   
   BBSID: VERT   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104   
     Re: Re: BBS'ing   
     By: Nick Andre to Andre Robitaille on Fri Jun 03 2022 06:12 pm   
      
    > On 03 Jun 22  13:51:13, Andre Robitaille said the following to Nick Andre:   
    >   
    > AR>  NA> I never really saw any WWIV or even any Tag systems in my area,   
    > AR>  NA> ever.   
    >   
    > AR> There were only a few boards in my small town, and mine was WWIV because   
    > AR> yo could buy the source. My friend had Hermes (WWIV mac clone), and I   
    > AR> was alwa jealous of the much better configuration system. But having   
    > AR> access to bette doors and WWIVNet gave me a huge advantage.   
    >   
    > I heard the source of WWIV was available, pretty sure thats what influenced   
    > Renegade and some others. Mark Hoffman I believe still runs Wwivnet? I   
    > helped him add the INTL kludge to Netmail.   
      
   More than "influenced": Renegade, Telegard, TAG and many other BBS programs of   
   the era are actual hacks/rip-offs of the WWIV v3 Pascal source code.   
   --    
                                               digital man (rob)   
      
   Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #45:   
   IP = Internet Protocol   
   Norco, CA WX: 76.1øF, 55.0% humidity, 4 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs   
   --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux   
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