Re: FidoNet (was: Re: Fido mode)

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> [2022-04-09 20:26]:
> Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> 
> > From what I understand, fido-mode reproduces the behaviour
> > of ido-mode [...] hence fido -> "fake" ido [...]
> 
> Clever!
> 
> I thought it had something to do with FidoNet, which is
> 
>   a worldwide computer network that is used for communication
>   between bulletin board systems (BBSes). It uses
>   a store-and-forward system to exchange private (email) and
>   public (forum) messages between the BBSes in the network [1]

I was one of peers in FidoNet for shorter time, and it was great
feeling to be able to exchange emails worldwide. At that time we did
not have access to Internet, but only BBS-es and FidoNet.

> Sounds like a/some variety of the Usenet distributed model of
> data replication and propagation, which is today known as
> a "federation" or federative network architecture with

Quite true.

I guess it still functions and it may become important backup network
when

FidoNet
https://www.fidonet.org/


-- 
Jean

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