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Originally Posted by photon
Usenet and BBSes are two separate things, though you could access Usenet through some BBSes.
Usenet is still around. And I guess there are probably some BBSes around.
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ya reading that wikipedia article - just a bit of it - seems like a similiar setup to a torrent network...
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One notable difference between a BBS or web forum and Usenet is the absence of a central server and dedicated administrator. Usenet is distributed among a large, constantly changing conglomeration of servers that store and forward messages to one another in so-called news feeds.
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probably what fathered the idea of bittorrent...
I never used a usenet... but it also seems to be similiar to mIRC which I dabbled with a bit in late 90's mostly...