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bozo user <anthk@disroot.org> wrote:

> I didn't look, I think not, it looks more like an NNTP
> bridge to DOVE and FIDOnet networks, altough as I said you can
> use any NNTP client as if you were using Usenet groups.
> Discussions show up threaded in SLRN for instance, and it's
> easier to follow some conversation (far more) than using a plain
> BBS client over Telnet or Syncterm, even with ANSI additions.
> You lose access to the files' section on the BBS but for
> messaging SLRN and caching news locally it's very convenient.
> You don't have to be online and you can pull/push your news/answer
> ondemand.

Do you have a good resource for explaining what FIDOnet and DOVE are, how
to connect to them, and what they’re good for in 2023? I have poked around,
and I still haven’t found a good “here’s what it is and why you care”
explanation.  

I do love the idea of BBS messages being available both in the slowpoke CRT
world and in the internet sphere. Dialing in on my M100 is fun, but it is
awfully tedious as a way to actually follow a conversation. 

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