FidoNet discussion groups often had a "chainik" subsection for newbies and old chainiks (e.g. SU.CHAINIK, RU.LINUX.CHAINIK).
There are similar solutions for Linux such as MODEMU (modem emulator) which has limited success when combined with DOSEMU (DOS emulator).
FidoNet Technology Network, technology used by Fido and Fido-based networks
Due to the excessive cost of the hardware and the expensive services, diffusion was very low, leading to the diffusion of a FidoNet-oriented movement.
In the late eighties and early nineties, when the computer network amateur FidoNet began to flourish, the messages that were exchanged between users had often queued a tag-line which was no longer than 79 characters, containing a brief phrase (often not dramatic, but witty or humorous).
Tummyrub is one of the first music bands to distribute their music freely with electronic means through Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) and FidoNet and later on the Internet.
Ezycom supports several features that make it "easy" to use (hence the name) including: multinode operation (up to 255 nodes depending on license type), network and multitasker support, Fidonet-compatible message base, built-in echomail and netmail tossers, built-in file transfer protocols and QWK/Blue Wave offline mail support (including offline netmail support).
The two most common formats for FidoNet BBS's were Blue Wave and QWK.
For many early networks, such as UUCPNET, FidoNet and BITNET, lists of machines that were open relays were a core part of those networks.