On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500 John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> wrote:tomas writes:But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked. And, of course, pigeons.Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
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