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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Friday, December 23, 2005 1:29:15 pm | by WikiWord | Revert |
| Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Monday, March 3, 2003 5:59:40 pm | by DavidHallett | Revert |
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FidoNet started to die off once the internet got popular. By somewhere around 1996, Windows came with built-in networking and web browser (installed by default) and probably the suckiest terminal program on the planet (not installed by default), which didn't help the situation.
The few BBSes who bothered to keep running dropped off after y2k because most of the software and many of the underlying file formats were not 'y2k ready'. Dates folded back to 1900, entire packets of new messages were tossed (''refers to the action of placing incoming mail in the right areas'') and immediately expired. It just stopped being fun after that.
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+It's still around, though.
