Re: All the problems of French Philsophy...

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: All the problems of French Philsophy...
Date	2026-05-16 09:00 +0200
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On 2026-05-16 03:38, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2026 20:03:27 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> Those systems had a very different feel from today’s networks — highly
>> decentralized, store-and-forward, and often surprisingly efficient over
>> dial-up lines. FidoNet file distribution with FREQ, TIC files, file
>> echoes, and nightly mail events was quite elegant for the constraints of
>> the time.
> 
> I never used Fidonet. In the early '80s there were a couple of BBSs that I
> would dial into directly. Later I used Delphi.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_(online_service)
> 
> Delphi provided local telephone number that would connect with a 2400 baud
> backbone so you weren't paying long distance fees. Compuserve was similar
> but pricier. What became the Microsoft Developer Network lived on
> Compuserve. I wasn't interested but a friend who wanted to work with
> Windows 1.0 was on that service.
> 
> Delphi wasn't bad and eventually provided access to the Web but by then
> I'd switched to a local ISP, so to speak. You paid your money, got a Unix
> shell on their server and a diskette with the Trumpet Winsock (MS didn't
> have a TCP stack), TIA (The Internet Adapter) which was a SLIP (Serial
> Line Internet Protocol) emulator, and Netscape 0.9. You were really
> styling then. You also got enough disk space to build a website that had a
> public address, email. and usenet. It was two guys in the back of a golf
> shop, very high tech.

I Spain such systems did not flourish, even if they existed, because we 
had to pay local phone calls by the minute. And it was not a trivial 
cost. So we used systems that would minimize the call duration.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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              Re: All the problems of French Philosophy... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-16 03:12 -0400
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          Re: All the problems of French Philosophy... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-16 06:01 +0000
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                Re: All the problems of French Philsophy... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-14 11:34 +0100
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                Re: All the problems of French Philsophy... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-15 20:03 +0200
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                Re: All the problems of French Philsophy... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-16 09:02 +0200
                Re: All the problems of French Philsophy... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-16 09:00 +0200
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