WD> Putting the messqge on a USB stick. Driving to where the sysop lives, WD> deliver the USB-stick, waiting for answer while the sysop reads it. WD> Sysop reads message and writes answer, puts answer to USB-stick. Sysop Wd> hands over USB-stick. Drive home 2500 miles, put USB-stick in PC, read Wd> answer.
You forget simpel good old 5,25" and 3,5" floppy diskettes. I donot have USB on my 80486DX UniCorn BBS machine.
But instead of driving 2500 Miles, the sysop can send the diskettes by airmail or landpost, sometimes seapost. Here in NL many years ago we had sometime a modemless point exchanging mail by diskette for some months, because he studied in another city then where his parents lived. His boss had his BBSystem in the same study town.
Nowadays you could also use a drone as a transport method. The only problem is the battery capacity for a given distance. You could see that as a mechanical carrier pidgeon ;-).
Greetings from Henri.
--- * Origin: Connectivity is the Future; UniCorn BBS 31 26 4425506 (2:280/1208)
