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    From August Abolins@2:221/360 to All on Wed Mar 18 03:46:49 2020
    A search for "fidonet" at archive.org turned up this little gem:

    Publication date
    1985-10-22

    Guests: Ezra Shapiro, Byte Magazine; Rory O'Connor, InforWorld; Matthew McClure, The Well; Donald Ingrim, Alameda County DA; George Morrow, Morrow Computing

    Products/Demos: CompuServe, Byte BBS, The Well. Copyright 1985 Stewart Cheifet Productions.

    Ezra Shapiro was 1:125/371 among the earliest users of Fidonet software. But he
    seems to have only been nodelisted for 1 year.

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  • From Daniel@1:340/7 to August Abolins on Wed Apr 22 14:35:00 2020
    August Abolins wrote to All <=-


    A search for "fidonet" at archive.org turned up this little gem:

    Publication date
    1985-10-22

    Guests: Ezra Shapiro, Byte Magazine; Rory O'Connor, InforWorld; Matthew McClure, The Well; Donald Ingrim, Alameda County DA; George Morrow,
    Morrow Computing

    Products/Demos: CompuServe, Byte BBS, The Well. Copyright 1985 Stewart Cheifet Productions.

    Ezra Shapiro was 1:125/371 among the earliest users of Fidonet
    software. But he seems to have only been nodelisted for 1 year.

    Downloading it now from bottomless abyss bbs. I'll let you know how I like it.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Daniel on Thu Apr 23 09:21:00 2020
    Daniel wrote to August Abolins <=-

    Ezra Shapiro was 1:125/371 among the earliest users of Fidonet
    software. But he seems to have only been nodelisted for 1 year.

    Downloading it now from bottomless abyss bbs. I'll let you know how I
    like it.

    Wasn't Tom Jennings and/or Tim Pozar on one of the episodes? I'm pretty sure they filmed in the SF bay area.


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