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vga256from a very brief mention in the bbs doc from <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tomjennings</a>, i tracked down a copy of the SEAdog store-and-forward maileri'm blown away that this much functionality was packed into an MS-DOS based program that could run on an XT with 256kb of ram. it even had its own routing system.<a href="https://archive.org/details/SeaDog_4.0_Operations_Manual/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/SeaDog_4.0_Operations_Manual/</a><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a>

woffsIch hab meine <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/crosspoint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrossPoint</a> XP 3.11 Diskette noch! Ihr? <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/fidonet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/znet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#znet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/mail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mail</a>

Joaquim Homrighausen"Tom Jennings on Plutopia Live; 09-Feb-2021"<a href="https://plutopia.io/tom-jennings-on-plutopia-live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://plutopia.io/tom-jennings-on-plutopia-live</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tomjennings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tomjennings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/techtalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techtalk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tomjennings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plutopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutopia</a>

Willem Van den Ende - Writing<a href="https://todon.nl/@mousebot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mousebot</a> thank you, I put toit-suite on the to-try list. Gnus dates from 1988 from what i found. Fidonet is 1983 apparrently (wikepedia link wont paste). I got on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> in 1990 - usenet years later at uni. The fido induced phone bills were something to behold 😂

vga256new tomo devlog post: how do you deal with shitty people behaviour?<a href="https://tomo.city/#2025-01-22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tomo.city/#2025-01-22</a>excerpt:after posting that "Eris-Free Net" wikipedia article the other day, it made me think about how to deal with misbehaving shards on tomoNet, and how governance works on decentralized networks.when i started thinking about creating something like tomo years ago, i often thought about Ultima Online as - not so much a model for - but an example of a network of online communities that was always interesting and sometimes frustrating to deal within-game, for several years, UO really was the "wild west" of online communities - so much was left up to players to figure out. for a long time, there were no game mechanics that enabled players to enact governance of their own (e.g. creating towns, villages, provinces and local laws). the outcome of this was that most often a kind of hillbilly/frontier justice, or outright dog-eat-dog existence, became the norm.this was great for player-killers and people who loved strife. it added some intensity to the game that no other game had, or in my view has ever had since. (WoW/EQ/etc all elected to bolt everything down and render the world in nerf)....BBSes also had governance-by-sysop/god, FidoNet with network coordinators, and USENET with its backbone cabal.tomoNet - a network of tomo shards that agree to all swap groups/posts with one another - is going to have to deal with the question of (self-) governance sooner or later. at the moment, tomoBBS has no specific controls for managing defederation and it does *not* use the ActivityPub protocol. it needs some, and i need help thinking through what the options are, for a network based on NNTP....if you've got thoughts on how your online social community was governed (or failed to be governed) by its users, i'd love to hear about it. it's a wide open topic for debate, and there are no wrong answers at the moment.<a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/tomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tomo</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/ultima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultima</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a>

Willem Van den Ende - WritingI am writing this toot in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIDONet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FIDONet</a> mode. Just kidding. but close. Playing with `mastodon.el` in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emacs</a>. And the 'write toot' buffer has a very <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> vibe to it, with the keybindings right on top. I hesitated on this before, looked complicated. But less complicated than the convoluted way I came up with to share bookmarks with my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orgroam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orgroam</a> notes more often.

Anders ThoressonI was tagged in the 'Blog Question Challenge 2025' by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@markpitblado" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@markpitblado</a> (thanks!). For me, this includes highlighting great tools like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@eleventy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@eleventy</a>, <a href="https://indieapps.space/@drafts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@drafts</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/@ia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ia</a> – and a trip down memory lane and <a href="https://thoresson.social/tags/FidoNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FidoNet</a>.If it weren't for the supportive <a href="https://thoresson.social/tags/11ty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#11ty</a> community here on Mastodon, this post would have been quite different. So I'm passing the challenge on to <a href="https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zachleat</a> (thanks for creating Eleventy!) and <a href="https://indieweb.social/@bobmonsour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bobmonsour</a> (thanks for your invaluable contributions to the community!).<a href="https://anders.thoresson.se/post/2025/01/blog-question-challenge-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://anders.thoresson.se/post/2025/01/blog-question-challenge-2025/</a>

Tobias ErnstWarum bin ich <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/neuhier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neuhier</a>? Wegen dezentraler Organisation des Fediverse. War früher <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a>-Sysop. Fand es aus Gründen der Freiheit immer schon erstrebenswert, Kommunikationsplatform nicht in singulärem Privatbesitz zu haben. Die meisten Inhalte im Fediverve scheinen politisch linken Einschlag zu haben? Als Demokrat kann ich damit leben, würde mir aber auch Inhalte meiner eigenen, liberal-konservativen Prägung, wünschen. Empfehlungen von Hashtags, Instanzen od. Accounts, denen ich folgen kann?

Don Trueten :antifa:Heute morgen einen <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MikroTik" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mikrotik</a> AP eingerichtet. Das war so ziemlich eine der krassesten #EDV Erfahrungen seit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_(BBS)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maximus</a> dem <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bulletin Board System</a>ein <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailbox_(Computer)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mailbox System</a> mit Berkley Protokoll . Ok. Und vlt. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CP/M</a>, meine früheste Erfahrung mit Computern.Mann, bin ich alt. Ok. Ich war 2:2478:1210 im <a href="https://mastodon.trueten.de/tags/Fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fidonet</a> ...

Tod Maffin 🇨🇦BBSes are back, bitches! I’m gonna get my <a href="https://hci.social/tags/Fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fidonet</a> cranked back up. Meet you all in the “Zero-Day Wares” board, which we have named “General” so as to not tip anyone off. <a href="https://hci.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a>

f1r3Jetzt wollen die echt dass ich ISDN Zeug zum Kongress bringe. Wasn latest Version von FrontDoor Concord FastEcho? Läuft OS/2 Zeug unter Linux? Wo is mein ZipDrive? Emulator oder Originalhardware? <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dos</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a>

Kevin Driscoll 📳🎉 Yow! New from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@katbamkapow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@katbamkapow</a> *"Through close-readings of HOMOCORE, contemporary zines, FidoNet documentation, interviews, and hybrid digital/analog archival research, this paper shows how the political afterlives of FidoNet and HOMOCORE can be read through the lens of queer activist self-destruction."*📄 Brewster. 2024. Network breakdown: the queer anarchist politics at the heart of the ‘net from FidoNet to HOMOCORE. *Internet Histories*. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2424609" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2024.2424609</a><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

codefenixDecided to Give Mast another shot. Looking to refollow as many as I can from the "old site".Long time fan of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msdos</a> games (Sierra, Apogee, etc), <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a>, and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ANSIart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSIart</a>.If you're into <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>, why not stop by my <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> and say hi? I run all the classic door games, make lots of my own original mods, and am connected to several cool message networks (like <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> & <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fsxNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fsxNet</a>).<a href="https://conchaos.synchro.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://conchaos.synchro.net</a>

Martijn "McDutchie" Dekker🇪🇺<a href="https://ruhr.social/@mok24" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mok24</a> <a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/@denix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@denix</a> <a href="https://social.cybre.town/tags/Fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fidonet</a> 2:282/541.12 checking in. Moderator of MACCOMM, MACHW and MACSW :-) <a href="http://www.textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/e1995/elist512.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/e1995/elist512.txt</a>

Martin<a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/@denix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@denix</a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> 2:2448/60.13 🙂

Tim ChambersBBS's were the original "OG" decentralized and literally federated social media - for those who remember <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fidonet</a>. I ran one back in the day. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/</a>

rodlux<a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@arstechnica</a> this is sad. It was the <a href="https://maly.io/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> world that got me online at such speeds as 300 and 1200 baud and in 40x20 characters with at best 4 colours. I was still able to send email though.... ahh <a href="https://maly.io/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> RIP <a href="https://maly.io/tags/wardchristensen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wardchristensen</a> online pioneer.

Kevin Driscoll 📳St. Petersburg <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> user trying to find community online:*"I had a Fidonet node. It was much more popular than the Internet in our country until the early-mid 2000s...The first Buddhist I talked to in ru.dharma told me to check the Ivolginsky datsan...I took a bus...there is no one there."*🔖 Ostrovskaya and Badmatsyrenov. “Monks, Blogs and Three Media Cases: Russian-Speaking Buddhist Communities in the Era of Social Media.” <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101186" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101186</a><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buddhism</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fidonet</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/internethistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internethistory</a>

Den Spier :europe:<a href="https://oldbytes.space/@fluidlogic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fluidlogic</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/@textfiles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@textfiles</a> Fidonet was vital for deaf, blind, and deaf and blind people in Sweden. They mainly ran KOM BBSes such as K2 by FSDB. These interacted with internet mail and Usenet as well.I’m sure there are many stories still untold about the deep impact <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FidoNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FidoNet</a> had over many years.

Amin Girasol<a href="https://oldbytes.space/@feoh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@feoh</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/@textfiles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@textfiles</a> Interesting! That'd be a bit like asking IBM insiders to write the history of IBM. We've seen how that's turned out.I'd like <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fidonet</a> to get the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@LaineNooney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LaineNooney</a> treatment à la "The Apple II Age".

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