• alternate protocols and packet radio

    From Daniel@me@sc1f1dan.com to alt.ham-radio.packet on Sun Jun 16 23:05:24 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.packet

    Hey folks,

    This will be crossposted on alt.ham-radio.packet, but I have a few
    curiousities about packet radio, and the alt-net in general. We talk
    about it all the time, at least on MRC, about our enjoyment of using
    the older protocols to obtain information and communicate... Gopher,
    finger, bbs's, etc.

    Lately, I've been enjoying the discovery of finger services offering
    data like current weather forecasts, news feeds, etc. Has anyone
    attempted such a thing over packet radio?

    I'm sure gopher holes have popped in and out of existenceover the
    years, but how about today? And if so, how do you find these sources?
    Is there a search engine you can query over packet radio? Or is all the information obtained via word-of-mouth?

    I have an interest in getting my ham radio license, and budgeting for
    the hardware to practice it. I'd also like to employ packet radio.

    What say you?

    Daniel
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