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|    Ben Collver to Sean Dennis    |
|    Re: tinker itch    |
|    19 Jan 26 06:41:22    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 35475.fidonet_cooking@1:105/500 2dd40325       REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet 66959dfc       PID: Synchronet 3.20d-Win32 master/500ef7050 Mar 03 2025 MSC 1942       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Win32 master/500ef7050 Mar 03 2025 MSC 1942       BBSID: FQBBS       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.89e (2025-02-09) (ICE style)        Re: Re: Uncle Dirty Dave        By: Sean Dennis to Ben Collver on Sun Jan 18 2026 02:52 pm              SD> Why did I never see Ruth's original message...? Hmm.              I have no clue. If a newbie such as myself wanted to learn more about       the inner workings of Fidonet, what would you suggest as a first step?       I imagine it would help to set up a private BBS to experiment with. If       i wanted to run a public BBS, what would you say the requirements are?       Would a residential Internet connection be adequate?              I like the idea of having the source code so i could debug it, or even       change it if desired. I personally think it would be fun to run it on       FreeDOS and compile it with free tools such as OpenWatcom.       --- SBBSecho 3.23-Win32        * Origin: The Fool's Quarter, fqbbs.synchro.net (1:105/500)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 105/7 10 11 44 45 81 500 106/201 128/187 129/14 305       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 134 206 300       SEEN-BY: 229/307 317 400 426 428 452 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111       SEEN-BY: 292/854 320/219 322/757 342/200 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26       SEEN-BY: 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 105/500 81 229/426           |
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