Hi friends,

Kinda an odd question here I guess.

Was wondering if anyone could point me towards a source of old "backbone.na" files for Fidonet? Maybe from around 90-94 or so when the net was really cooking. I'm trying to remind myself how many echos there were and what the various topics were. My memory is fuzzy but I remember quite a few.
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Hi Bob,

Kinda an odd question here I guess.

Was wondering if anyone could point me towards a source of old "backbone.na" files for Fidonet? Maybe from around 90-94 or so when the net was really cooking. I'm trying to remind myself how many echos there were and what the various topics were. My memory is fuzzy but I remember quite a few.

I don't have any old files, sadly enough but the files below are the current ones. Hope this helps.

Echomail backbone list is here:
http://www.filegate.net/echolist/ELST2011.ZIP

The above is the list of all echomail areas updated weekly I believe.

For file echos (archives), you can download this file: http://www.filegate.net/fg_worf/filegate.zxx

The above file does not get updated very often as we don't add file areas as often as we add message echos :)

Take care,
Janis

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Janis wrote:

Hi Bob,

Kinda an odd question here I guess.

Was wondering if anyone could point me towards a source of old "backbone.na"
files for Fidonet? Maybe from around 90-94 or so when the net was really
cooking. I'm trying to remind myself how many echos there were and what the
various topics were. My memory is fuzzy but I remember quite a few.

I don't have any old files, sadly enough but the files below are the current

ones. Hope this helps.

Echomail backbone list is here:
http://www.filegate.net/echolist/ELST2011.ZIP

The above is the list of all echomail areas updated weekly I believe.

For file echos (archives), you can download this file:

http://www.filegate.net/fg_worf/filegate.zxx

The above file does not get updated very often as we don't add file areas as

often as we add message echos :)

http://ambrosia60.goip.de/53f8ee03/drv_q/div3/echolist/ELIST812.ZIP
1998.
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http://www.filegate.net/echolist/ELST2011.ZIP

http://ambrosia60.goip.de/53f8ee03/drv_q/div3/echolist/ELIST812.ZIP
1998.

This is perfect! Thanks.

For the curious, per this file there were 1,775 echos in the list on Dec 5, 1998. Bob Hoffman was the most prolific moderator.
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Re: Old backbone.na files
By: Bob Roberts to All on Thu Nov 26 2020 23:45:56

Was wondering if anyone could point me towards a source of old "backbone.na" files for Fidonet? Maybe from around 90-94 or so when the net was really cooking. I'm trying to remind myself how many echos there were and what the various topics were. My memory is fuzzy but I remember quite a few.

The one I really miss from back then is the Filking Echo!
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Dallas
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Dallas

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On 28 Nov 20 21:40:21, Dallas Vinson said the following to Bob Roberts:

The one I really miss from back then is the Filking Echo!

Agreed... that was a good one,

Nick

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Re: Re: Old backbone.na files
By: Bob Roberts to Nigel Reed on Sat Nov 28 2020 10:25:35

For the curious, per this file there were 1,775 echos in the list on Dec 5,

1998. Bob Hoffman was the most prolific moderator.

you should note that that list is the echolist... not the backbone.na list... the echolist lists echo areas for numerous FTNs... not just fidonet... and just because an echo is listed in the echolist doesn't mean it is
actually alive with traffic...

as for bob hoffman, he was the head of another FTN and managed all that net's echos as well as the gateway(s) between it and other FTNs...

just thought you should know...


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For the curious, per this file there were 1,775 echos in the list on
Dec 5, 1998. Bob Hoffman was the most prolific moderator.

you should note that that list is the echolist... not the backbone.na list... the echolist lists echo areas for numerous FTNs... not just fidonet... and just because an echo is listed in the echolist doesn't

mean

it is actually alive with traffic...

Understood. It was the only historical record I could find. It doesn't appear an archive of old backbone.na files exists. If one does, I'd love to take a look.

as for bob hoffman, he was the head of another FTN and managed all that net's echos as well as the gateway(s) between it and other FTNs...

Which FTN was that? Just curious. There is a google doc here listing all the old FTNs, and it's fun to learn more about them. We're trying to crowdsource the info to complete it.

https://bit.ly/2WA1XHd

Bob Roberts
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Re: Re: Old backbone.na files
By: Bob Roberts to mark lewis on Mon Dec 21 2020 10:56:44

Understood. It was the only historical record I could find. It doesn't

appear an archive of old backbone.na files exists. If one does, I'd love to take a look.

i'm not aware of any backbone.na archives...

as for bob hoffman, he was the head of another FTN and managed all that net's echos as well as the gateway(s) between it and other FTNs...

Which FTN was that? Just curious. There is a google doc here listing all

the old FTNs, and it's fun to learn more about them. We're trying to crowdsource the info to complete it.

familynet, IIRC...


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Hello mark!

Monday December 21 2020 08:21, you wrote to Bob Roberts:

Re: Re: Old backbone.na files
By: Bob Roberts to Nigel Reed on Sat Nov 28 2020 10:25:35

For the curious, per this file there were 1,775 echos in the list
on Dec 5, 1998. Bob Hoffman was the most prolific moderator.

you should note that that list is the echolist... not the backbone.na list... the echolist lists echo areas for numerous FTNs... not just fidonet... and just because an echo is listed in the echolist doesn't
mean it is actually alive with traffic...

as for bob hoffman, he was the head of another FTN and managed all
that net's echos as well as the gateway(s) between it and other
FTNs...

The elist and echolist function in the elist software can handle ALL FTN networks for any one who wishes to use it. It just requires a change of keyword
GROUP from FIDO to what ever ftn is used along with LANG from ENGLISH is needed.

Vincent

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