Dallas Hinton:

The work done by Tom Jennings in 1983-84 resulted in a
bulletin board system (BBS) called "Fido because the
assorted hardware together was a real mongrel". The
software linkage between 2 systems became a network and
spawned the name FidoNet.

Indeed, FidoNet started as a network of BBSes, with the
necessary extensions for semi-automated article propagation.

The use of 2 capital letters is correct and is a (now
expired) trademark. The program has also been called
FIDONET (by Ben Baker) but that wasn't what was
trademarked by Tom.

This may have been due to a convention or limitation of a
case-insensitive file system, cf. lowercase program names in
Linux in spite of its case-sensitive file system.

Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet and personal knowledge from communications with Tom and others involved in the creation of FidoNet.

Since you wrote it in a single long line, I for a moment
thought that was such a great page on Wikipedia documenting
personal knowledge of FidoNet (-: But of course personal
communication with a carrier of such personal knowledge is
even more interesting and pleasing. Is there a way to ask
an autograph over FidoNet? Should be an auto-ASCII-graph,
probably.

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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 06.10.2022 13:35

AS> Is there a way to ask
AS> an autograph over FidoNet? Should be an auto-ASCII-graph,
AS> probably.

Do you need a separate signature? For forging documents? ;-)
An autograph is usually written on something, a photo for instance. You
can attach a photo to a message, the recipient puts his signature on it,
using Photoshop, and sends it back to you.

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
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alexander koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

Is there a way to ask an autograph over FidoNet?
Should be an auto-ASCII-graph, probably.

Do you need a separate signature? For forging documents?
;-)

Well, `need' is the wrong word here. Does one forge
documents with an autograph?

An autograph is usually written on something, a photo
for instance. You can attach a photo to a message, the
recipient puts his signature on it, using Photoshop, and
sends it back to you.

"It ain't necessarily so:"

Autograph 0tographe, fr. Gr. ?
autographic; ? self + ? to write.]
That which is written with one's own hand; an original
manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
[1913 Webster]

Observe that I craved the honor of receiving an auto-ASCII-
graph, which is more compatible with the text nature of
FidoNet. Do you still meet with binary "attachments" to
FidoNet messages?

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Ardith Hinton to Anton Shepelev:

Tom [Jennings] is a reclusive anarchist, and doesn't
respond to most requests about anything, to the best of
my knowledge.

This, I think, is a sad pupular misconception, for anarchism
is based on comradeship and reciprocity, in contrast the
competition of social darwinism. See, for example, the works
of prominent anarchist Peter Kropotkin, and especially --

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1902/mutual-aid/index.htm

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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 20.11.2022 14:18

AS> Observe that I craved the honor of receiving an auto-ASCII-
AS> ??graph, which is more compatible with the text nature of
AS> FidoNet. Do you still meet with binary "attachments" to
AS> FidoNet messages?

I see them sometimes -- some old Fidonet guys still send their photos in
this way. You just need to transfer binary codes to printable ones and
put it the message. After receiving it you must do the reverse
operation. Usually they use UUE.

Although last time it is more and more often that everybody use URLs.
There are specials sited where you can upload your photo, get its URL
and send it.


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Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
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