The Big Dummy's Guide to Fidonet (1992)

I have fond memories of FidoNet from the late 80's and early 90's!

Related:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_and_forward

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

(Also, abstractly speaking, Physical Mail AKA "snail mail" AKA The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) -- as well as other shipping services (i.e., UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon, etc.) -- are all effectively store-and-forward networks, except that they are physical (as opposed to digital) ones...)

in the early days of the internet I got introduced to Fidonet by a guy who's nickname was Fido.

Oh those were the days of my youth...

ex. 2:5077/7

RIP, The Poodle BBS