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   Wilfred van Velzen to Oli   
   Re: non-CM nodes   
   13 Sep 22 14:29:24   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 632077eb   
   REPLY: 2:280/464.47 632075ac   
   Hi Oli,   
      
   On 2022-09-13 13:21:06, you wrote to me:   
      
    WvV>> Was there even an overlapping time period, when dial-up   
    WvV>> internet was still a thing, and binkd was develloped already?   
      
    Ol> Yes, in 1996 internet over dial-up and ISDN was the only option for most   
    Ol> users at home.   
      
    Ol> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binkp   
      
   At that time most bbs's were still dial-up, so users/sysops didn't need the   
   internet to connect to other nodes.   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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