FidoNetter

plural FidoNetters

1. A user of the FidoNet computer network.

   HEY YOU FIDONETTERS OUT THERE!! How about at least keeping your postings realted to Star Trek. Note the news group title. And how about reading about nettiquette?

   1990 January 21, the Wizard of Speed and Time, “Moc V”, in rec.arts.startrek (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

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   FidoNet folk got into Telebits a good while ago. At the time, we were also told that we would be able to follow the upgrade path with low cost ROM changes all the way. For that reason, many FidoNetters got Blazers (though many got USR/HSTs too). […] I am not saying that Telebit was wrong, or the FidoNetters were either.

   1987 December 24, Randy Bush, “Trailblazer vs. USR 9600 HST”, in comp.dcom.modems (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

   I would like to congratulate the vast majority of this conference for the way they are handling the latest "offensive" message from a FidoNet site (mine). […] I ask all here to take note of a single mitigating fact. FidoNetters are largely amateur operators who run systems for the no-cost or little cost enjoyment of their users. We are the "hams" of the computer networking world.

   1990 March 31, Jason Steck, “Thanx”, in rec.arts.startrek (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

   I really don't have an opinion of FidoNet, other than FidoNet was added to UseNet, not vice versa, so FidoNetters should follow UseNet protocols...which include returns at the end of lines, not just wrapping around, because most, if not all, of the message her go through a unix host at one time or another.

   1990 April 2, Spring 90, “Font menu SANITY!!”, in comp.sys.mac (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

   The two cultures are slightly different. While a fair number of us eggheads participate in both nets, the FidoNetters tend to discuss day-to-day issues a bit more than the c.l.m2 folk, who mainly seem to exchange addresses of vendors and flame C :-).

   1990 April 9, Randy Bush, “Proposal to link Usenet and FidoNet Modula-2 newsgroups”, in comp.lang.modula2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

   Nobody objects to them there (here), but the number of responses isn't real overwhelming. Generally FidoNetters (I can only speak for the FidoNet C_Echo, since it's all I really have time to participate in) seem to treat Unix discussions as interested spectators. Recent threads on gcc and g++ have been particularly lively...

   1990 April 16, Bob Stout, “UNIX C-compiler”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

   Synonyms: Fidoer