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- From: 161685732@vill.edu (JOE PRYSZLAK)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets
- Subject: Re: FidoNet
- Message-ID: <2JAN199312560856@vill.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 17:56:00 GMT
- References: <26DEC199201121721@vill.edu> <1369@taniwha.UUCP> <611@rml.UUCP>
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- In article <611@rml.UUCP>, jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty) writes...
- >In article <1369@taniwha.UUCP> paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes:
- >>In article <26DEC199201121721@vill.edu> 161685732@vill.edu (JOE PRYSZLAK) writes:
- >>>Can anyone tell me if there's a FidoNet message base that is dedicated to
- >>>model rocketry. If not, would anyone be willing to help start one?
- >>
- >>Why start another ghetto - there's already Compuserve & us - can't we just
- >>gateway r.m.r to/from Fido and make one bigger newsgroup?
- >
- >
- >This is already being done on the soc.roots newsgroup. There is
- >a FidoNet gateway to them so that all messages are cross posted
- >simultaneously between the two networks. Maybe someone on that
- >group (I believe it's moderated) could provide a pointer.
- >
- >- Jack
- >
- >
- >=============================================================================
- >||Jack Hagerty, Robotic Midwives, Ltd. jack@rml.com ||
- >||Livermore, CA NOTE! New, improved address! ^^^ ||
- >||(510) 455-1143 (old ones will still work) ||
- >||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
- >|| " 'Tis a coward I am, but I'll hold your coat" ||
- >|| - Barry Fitzgerald, _How Green Was My Valley_ ||
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-
- I like that idea. I know a lot of rocketeers that don't have InterNet access
- but could get on a FidoNet BBS. Hell, most club BBSs could hook into FidoNet
- and provide a high power and regular rocketry SIG. Maybe the NAR would be
- interested in something like this.
-