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  • Fidonet on an 8-bit system?

    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Henri Derksen on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 07:43:10
    MvdV>> You may have forgotten, but Fidonet started on 16 bit systems.
    MvdV>> AFAIK no Fidonet mailer ever ran on an 8 bit system.

    That is not completely sure.

    Of course it isn't.

    If it was, no mailer did ever run on an original IBM PC, but I seem to recall that it was quite a popular computer in the early Fidonet years (mine included).

    And I've patched quite a few abandonware FTN programs in my days using the 8-bit DOS program DEBUG.COM to know for sure.

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