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From: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: What is FidoNet?
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Date: 8 Feb 90 16:13:47 GMT
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bianco@cs.odu.edu (David J. Bianco) writes:

}In article <32@newave.UUCP> john@newave.MN.ORG (John A. Weeks III) writes:

}   I'm not exactly a "newuser", but I cannot think of a better place
}   to ask this:

}	   What is FidoNet?

}   I have an inkling that it is a store & foreward network of PC BBS's,
}   sort of like an PC version of usenet.  Is this true?

}   -john-

}You got it!  Its really very much like some of the features you can get
}through Internet/Usenet.  ...

Don't tell me... and they call it "Fidonet" because the underlying machines
are all dogs?
  /bernie\