Subj : The Birth of HobbyNet
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Amessyroom
Date : Sun Jan 11 2026 10:23:06

  Re: The Birth of HobbyNet
  By: Mike Dippel to All on Sat Jan 03 2026 08:29 am

 > Back in the late 80's, I had a subscription to Prodigy.  When it expired, I 
 > research and purchased the DOS version of Mustang's BBS software and ran 4 p
 > lines into my house.

 > My wife loved to write in Prodigy's Cross-Stitch echo, so I decided to make 
 > Prodigy and devote it to hobbies.

 > I lived in Broward county Florida and found various other dialup systems tha
 > willing to 
 > carry my feeds.  The feed went as far as south Dade county and as far north 
 > Beach county.

Thanks for sharing. Great story. Wish we could see more traffic in the echoes. But I guess we are all overwhelmed with stuff on the web. I love reading the echoes and usenet. Hate the spammers messed up usenet, but same has happened on the web.
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