Fidonet?

[+DarkLord]

Any old Atari sysops out there (or anyone else for that matter) who had

FidoNet experience back in the day?

 

I contacted the FidoNet site, and they said they would love to have Atari

BBSs back with FidoNet...

 

FidoNet was something I never tried back when I had my BBS in the 90's so

I've got no first-hand experience at all.

 

Any comments, suggestions, etc, welcome.

 

Thanks.

[Almost Rice]

Any old Atari sysops out there (or anyone else for that matter) who had

FidoNet experience back in the day?

 

 

My only experience is from logging onto a board that had Fidonet. I really did not use it much before leaving for college.

[MEtalGuy66]

How does Fidonet work these days? Surely not still over phone lines.. Is it FTP based or what? Why not just set up a network of VPNs between the internet routers of Atari BBS owners.. This way, drives could be mapped via NetBIOS and APE. File sections, message bases, etc. could be effectively shared between BBSs.

[+DarkLord]

How does Fidonet work these days? Surely not still over phone lines.. Is it FTP based or what? Why not just set up a network of VPNs between the internet routers of Atari BBS owners.. This way, drives could be mapped via NetBIOS and APE. File sections, message bases, etc. could be effectively shared between BBSs.

 

Hey MetalGuy66. Honestly, I'm not sure if they are still doing the modem thing or not. I hope they are not limited to that. I'm doing telnet with my board. I need to find out lots more info...

 

PS Thanks for calling DarkForce.

[iratanam]

Any old Atari sysops out there (or anyone else for that matter) who had

FidoNet experience back in the day?

 

I contacted the FidoNet site, and they said they would love to have Atari

BBSs back with FidoNet...

 

FidoNet was something I never tried back when I had my BBS in the 90's so

I've got no first-hand experience at all.

 

Any comments, suggestions, etc, welcome.

 

Thanks.

 

I carried FidoNet (selected feeds of it anyway) years ago on an old WildCat! BBS that I ran. Granted this was on an old 486 and not an Atari

[+DarkLord]

I carried FidoNet (selected feeds of it anyway) years ago on an old WildCat! BBS that I ran. Granted this was on an old 486 and not an Atari

 

Oh...hmm...what I really need is someone with "hands on" experience with the Atari

software and configs used for FidoNet. I know it was done, I can remember the BBS

Express! ST sysops talking about it on the Express support BBS, years ago.

 

Thanks anyways.