> I'm just going to mention that these guys are still out there: > https://www.fidonet.org/ especially in russia FidoNet: technology, tools, and history, Communications of the ACM Volume 36 Issue 8, August 1993. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=163383&coll=portal&dl=GUIDE&CFID=48775420&CFTOKEN=85794362