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 ====== Join FidoNet ====== ====== Join FidoNet ======
  
-TODO+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidonet|Fidonet]], and Fidonet Technology Networks (FTN), are international amateur networks of computer systems. They often operate a public access [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system|BBS]] and all are connected via modem and/or via the Internet as well. 
  
 +The following are links to information about how to join Fidonet:
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 +  * www.fidonet.ca/how-to-join.html
 +  * http://www.fidonet.us/joinfido.htm
 +  * http://www.z1.fidonet.org/how-to-join.html
 +  * http://www.fidonet.org/joinfido.html
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 +==== Glossary =====
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 +  * Message echo - A way to distribute messages between systems.
 +  * File echo - Like a message echo, but for distributing files instead of messages.
 +  * TIC - "TIC" is the standard file extension for the information file that is sent along with a file that is distributed in a File Echo.
 +  * Node - How a particular FTN/Fidonet system is referred to.
 +  * Network Coordinator - Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a LOCAL segment of the nodelist for his/her NET, a NET may cover part or all of a city and or part of a country.
 +  * Regional Coordinator: Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a REGIONAL segment of the nodelist for his/her REGION.
 +  * A REGION may cover an entire country or just a part of a country depending on it's size, the REGIONAL address is not obvious in the end node address.
 +  * Zone Coordinator - Primarily a node who has the added task of administering a ZONE segment of the nodelist for his/her ZONE, a ZONE can cover a single country or several countries.
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 +===== See Also =====
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 +  * [[:resource:fidonet_mailer|FidoNet Mailer Programs]]
 +  * [[:howto:binkd|Use BinkD]]
 +  * [[:howto:tinytic|Use TinyTIC]]
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 +{{tag>fidonet}}

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