Comment on Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History (1993)parentComments−sedatk3moForgot to add, I also developed a BlueWave-compatible offline-reader called Wolverine that worked for all Fido-style networks: https://github.com/ssg/wolverineIt was quite popular in Turkey in the 90's.You can try it out in DOSBox here with some random HitNet packages: https://github.com/ssg/wolverine/releases/tag/2.32−reconnecting3moWOW! Your FatalVision (1) is absolutely shiny! Wish I'd had it in the 90s.Respect for the file_id.diz (2)! I thought mine was the last one on GitHub.1. https://github.com/ssg/fatalvision2. https://github.com/ssg/fatalvision/blob/master/file_id.diz−BruceEelOP3moI'm 100% going to add file_id.diz to anything I release, how could I forget!−reconnecting3moI've wished to have a reason to create my own FILE_ID.DIZ file ever since the BBS era.https://github.com/tirrenotechnologies/tirreno/blob/master/F...−sedatk3moThanks! I loved working on it!−chris_armstrong3moI completely forgot about Wolverine, but you've reminded me I was using that back in the day to read my mail from Fidonet point (as well as Bluewave).−sedatk3moWow, amazing! I didn't know it had caught on outside Turkey. Putting it on Simtel paid off I guess. :)
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Forgot to add, I also developed a BlueWave-compatible offline-reader called Wolverine that worked for all Fido-style networks: https://github.com/ssg/wolverine
It was quite popular in Turkey in the 90's.
You can try it out in DOSBox here with some random HitNet packages: https://github.com/ssg/wolverine/releases/tag/2.32
WOW! Your FatalVision (1) is absolutely shiny! Wish I'd had it in the 90s.
Respect for the file_id.diz (2)! I thought mine was the last one on GitHub.
1. https://github.com/ssg/fatalvision
2. https://github.com/ssg/fatalvision/blob/master/file_id.diz
I'm 100% going to add file_id.diz to anything I release, how could I forget!
I've wished to have a reason to create my own FILE_ID.DIZ file ever since the BBS era.
https://github.com/tirrenotechnologies/tirreno/blob/master/F...
Thanks! I loved working on it!
I completely forgot about Wolverine, but you've reminded me I was using that back in the day to read my mail from Fidonet point (as well as Bluewave).
Wow, amazing! I didn't know it had caught on outside Turkey. Putting it on Simtel paid off I guess. :)