Is it heresy to ask on mastodon whether there is overlap between #permacomputing people and fidonet? The protocols need to be de-ASCIIed but there's a lot of experience there with offline-first networking and maximizing utility from constrained resources.
@khm Yes, I also think there is some overlap. From my BBS it was even possible to email people in the internet through echomail gateways, it synched twice a week!