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   Message 280 of 3,070   
   Wilfred van Velzen to THIARAMUS   
   Re: Get Back to FidoNet   
   20 Jun 18 22:08:29   
   
   Hi THIARAMUS,   
      
   On 2018-06-18 15:54:22, you wrote to ALL:   
      
    TH> It's been 20 something years since the last time I used FidoNet, and   
    TH> for the last few months I am having a really bad nostalgia about the   
    TH> good-old days. It was a wonderful time of discovery of OS/2, which, in   
    TH> my opinion, had the best FTN Software. I think that my favorite editor   
    TH> was called FleetStreet. I remember I was using T-Mail as a   
    TH> packer/mailer, FastEcho as scanner/tosser, and GoldEd for text mode   
    TH> editing. I am not even sure if T-Mail and FleetStreet was ever used in   
    TH> the United States, as I was living in the zone 2 back than. I was   
    TH> trying to remember my old point number, but I can't get past the node.   
    TH> 2:460/35.xx... It is not important though, even the parts I can   
    TH> remember giving me enough flashbacks :)   
      
    TH> What I really wanted to find out, is if it's possible to set up   
    TH> working FidoNet point software package these days, getting a new   
    TH> account and get reinstated as FidoNet point? :) I mean replacing the   
    TH> dial up part with something internet based obviously, and keep the   
    TH> rest working more or less as it was before? Nostalgia sake. I've got   
    TH> myself a "retro" 166MMX Pentium laptop, which I am about to turn into   
    TH> a little Time Machine.   
      
   There are a couple of specialized point packages advertized here from time to   
   time, but you could also still use GoldEd and FastEcho, and use binkd as your   
   IP mailer...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)   

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