Fred Burgess ) writes:
I'm not trying to be off-topic, and this may get "the dumb question of
the year award". I thought fidonet (in which I used to a regular
user) bit the dust a number of years ago, and is defunct. If not, how
can I access it?
Fred Burgess

I'm not sure what state it's in, it certainly has suffered in recent
years, but various BBS's do still exist. At least some of them are
now online, so you can telnet into them. One here in Montreal
is juxtaposition.dynip.com Telnet to it, and go through the registration
process, just like if you actually dialled in, and you'll get access
to Fidonet. From there, you can likely find a local BBS.

The website for Fidonet is http://www.fidonet.org

Michael