On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler <j...@sugarbit.com> wrote:
> tomas writes:
> > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>
> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier
> yet we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but
> worked. And, of course, pigeons.
Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
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