Subj : FidoNews submission
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 01:13 pm

Hello Kurt,

On Monday June 02 2025 07:30, you wrote to me:

MvV>> Having two "lines" was indeed a notable "plus". I would have
MvV>> loved to have two "lines" in the mid nineties.

KW> I had an ISDN line at home in the 90s.

I didn't come available in my region until about 1998. While The Netherlands were the second in the world (after Switserland) with full automatic telephony in 1962, we were late with the rest. Tone dialing wasn't possible here until the early ninetees.

KW> I used a Motorola BitSurfr modem to connect to a Shiva LANRover at
KW> work, which got me onto the internet. I could bind both channels to
KW> get a 112k connect to the internet or use one 56k line for the BBS
KW> inbound line and one 56k line for internet connectivity. That was
KW> about the same time that I started polling for Fido mail via FTP, and
KW> it changed the BBS from polling once a night to a couple of times a
KW> day. Good times.

Interesting times...


Cheers, Michiel

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