ZXNet

I received this letter:

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From: Igor Timashov <zx...@mail.dux.ru>
To: ZXNet Gate <zx...@iname.com>
Copy: zxne...@iname.com <zxne...@iname.com>
Subject: :(((
Date: February 27 1998 0:10

IT> Hello!
IT>
IT> I hasten to announce the most exciting news as of today the
IT> gate with Peter has closed because for some reasons I cannot continue this
IT> I was faced with a choice, family or Fido, I of course chose
IT> family because this is the main thing
IT> Today I was with great regret. I completely demolished all Fidosoft.

IT> I didn’t find a person for the gate through the Internet because no one in St. Petersburg wants to do this
IT> It was fun and interesting with you. And let me know in Kharkov, I can’t
IT> Well, bye!
IT>
IT> Igor.
IT> 500:812/5

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Well, again, Peter is left on the sidelines. Nobody needs anything.
Looking at this, I’m also thinking of giving up on everything.
I understand Igor perfectly well, but the point is not in him personally.

The network was not created for entertainment, but for providing.free email addresses
for those who had nothing other than a Spectrum and a primitive modem. The corrupting freebie may soon end if there is not at least moral
support.

What is most important: the man tried, left behind a well-functioning connection,
offered to pass it on to someone else, but impose it on everyone!

The channel with Peter was direct. If no one is itching there, let them remain in their uniqueness. I will not drive network traffic there through FIDO,
since it is dishonest in relation to FIDO and humiliating for the network, which has
its own connection.

With respect, Alexey Ivanov

Sat 28 Feb 1998 18:38, Alexey Ivanov wrote to All:

AI> The network was created not for entertainment, but to provide
AI> free email addresses to those who had nothing except
AI> Spectrum and a primitive modem. The corrupting
AI> freebie may soon end if there is not at least moral
AI> support.

AI> The channel with Peter was direct. If no one is itching there, let
AI> remain in their exclusivity. I will not drive network traffic
AI> there through FIDO, since this is dishonest in relation to
AI> FIDO and humiliating for a network that has its own connection.

I did not deny, and even predicted the imminent death of such networks as ZXNet in
due to the use of new technologies (ZED, etc.), but in Moscow, while at least one C-DOS modem is still alive, I give it a connection with an external I will provide peace, I PROMISE.

AI> -+- GoldED 2.51.A1026+
AI> + Origin: ZXNet-INTERNET Gate (2:5020/689.100)

Sincerely, Alexey Ivanov

We are glad that we gave you pleasure.

AI> The network was not created for entertainment, but to provide free ones

!

AI> What is most important: the person tried, left behind a well-functioning connection,
AI> suggested passing it on to someone else, but putting it on everyone!

Well, maybe, after all, in the “capital of Spectrumists” (half of whom are
fidoshniks) there will be a couple of serious and responsible people who don’t mistake the
international network for a circus and an opportunity to practice coordination and
gating?

AI> Sincerely, Alexey Ivanov

PS: It seems that this is becoming a St. Petersburg tradition - to “throw” hundreds of people under
circumstances that are interesting only to the thrower...

Sincerely, Dmitry (OLDMAN).
ZXNet: 095/100.1
old...@i-connect.ru

It’s quiet outside the window, and I’m sitting and writing a response to a letter written from Dmitry Grigoryev
to Alexey Ivanov Sun Mar 01 1998 at 19:31...

[blurred by rain]

DG> PS: It seems that this is becoming a St. Petersburg tradition - to “throw away” hundreds of people for
DG> circumstances that are only interesting throwing...

You shouldn't be doing that...

With all sorts of regards and wishes.
Igor.

... We would have been shoveling money for a long time, but where can we get it.

DG>> due to circumstances that are interesting only to the thrower...

IG> You shouldn’t be doing that...

I beg your pardon. Not out of anger, the resentment took over (it all just started, it dragged on and on you). And yet, we need to take a more responsible approach to the matter, many have families,
many have family problems... Oh, okay. I apologize to Peter.

IG> With all kinds of regards and wishes.
IG> Igor.

DG> I'm sorry. Not out of anger, the offense took over (just as soon as it all began,
DG> it dragged on and - on you). And yet, we need to take a more responsible approach to the matter,
DG> many have families, many have family problems... Oh, okay. I apologize to
DG> Peter.

All is not lost.