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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:43:07 -0800 From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net> Subject: Re: CyberScam

No, BBBs (not "BBS's") did _not_ come first. I had an ARPANet account in 1973 or so, long before any meaningful BBSs were available. (And the ARPANet goes back to 1967-8 or so.)

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