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- I. The History of the Network 147
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- Sometime back in 1984/5, a board called Remark changed over
- from RBBS to Fido much to the then dismay of this author.
- The transition heralded the FidoNet arrival into OKC. This
- board is 147/1. Two more boards joined, Bob Ripley of The
- Missing Link East (147/2), and Clarence Wormley of Fido of
- Moore (147/3). A meeting was held between these three boards
- and an incoming Fido's Paws (147/4). This was the
- beginning of the first official network for FidoNet in
- Oklahoma City. Paws became Legal Beagle under Vic Hill as
- Kurt Vanderwater became Land Ho (147/5) and became the National
- LAN/etc Coordinator. David Kent floated up and down with Fido
- of Norman (147/6). John Knox came on board with American Fido
- (147/7) and Denny Myers joined in as The Missing Link West (147/8).
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- An inner network was formed between 147/2, 4, and 8 as the
- Missing Link Network. It was among these three boards that
- the first local EchoMail system ran, started by 147/4, and
- made available to all users of the three systems. The
- network grew by leaps and bounds, too many people, and too
- many names to mention. The following represent some of the
- larger to this author:
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- - John Roberts at DarkStar (147/14) became the network's
- first EchoMail Coordinator.
- - John Fordenbacher on Midwest MIDI (147/6) was the fourth
- Network Coordinator.
- - John Knox was the second with Vic Hill being the third and
- John Roberts, the fifth.
- - Mark Grennan who has served as the Region 19 Coordinator,
- the first Net 147 Coordinator, and the IFNA Vice-President.
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