It looks as if coded messages are being posted in newsgroup
fido7.crimea.talk. Does anyone know how to decode these messages?

On 8/30/23 09:38, Anonymous wrote:
> It looks as if coded messages are being posted in newsgroup
> fido7.crimea.talk. Does anyone know how to decode these messages?
>

I don't see any coded messages. Just discussions happening in the
Russian language.

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Anonymous wrote:

> It looks as if coded messages are being posted in newsgroup
> fido7.crimea.talk. Does anyone know how to decode these messages?
>

Those messages are in Cyrillic, while using the codepage
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_866>

You can diplay the messages in Cyrillic if you run the Linux
command: enca -L ru_RU -x UTF-8 message.txt, when you save
one of the messages. After that simply paste a message into
Google Translator.

HTH

Regards
Stefan

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:18:47 +0200, Stefan Claas <stefan@mailchuck.com> wrote:
>message

"Quicquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis"
--Verg. A. 2.49

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055:book=2:card=40

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:38:41 +0300, Anonymous <nobody@black.hole> wrote:
>It looks as if coded messages are being posted in newsgroup
>fido7.crimea.talk. Does anyone know how to decode these messages?

whatever it might be (russian "shliznang"?), typical message headers:
>Approved: gateway@fido7.ru
>From: ...fidonet.org>
>Message-ID: <MSGID_ ... @fidonet.org>
>References: <MSGID_ ... @fidonet.org>

(using Tor Browser 12.5.3 w/o bridges to open these "fidonet" links)
https://www.fidonet.org/
https://www.fidonet.org/genlinfo.html
>General Info on FidoNet
>FidoNet is a PC-based network run by hobbyists.
>It consists of approximately 2,000 PC-based computer systems world-wide,
>operated by some 1,000 system operators, which comprise a network that
>exchanges mail and files via IP and modems using proprietary protocols.
>Certain systems can be reached as well via FTP, TELNET or e-mail attached
>files. Individual echomail areas may be gated and accessible via Usenet News.
>Accessing Fidonet via BBS is gaining in prominence.
>Some of these systems are also connected, for the purpose of exchanging email
>to the Internet, through a series of gateway systems which interact with the
>Internet via UUCP with cooperating *NIX-based smart-hosts and act as their
>MX-receivers.
>Page last updated 12/05/2019 13:30
[end quote]

(using Tor Browser 12.5.3 w/ meek-azure bridge to open this link)
http://eljaco.se/FILES/fnews/
>eljaco.se - /FILES/fnews/
>[To Parent Directory]
> den 9 januari 1998 07:43 12378 ARTSPEC.DOC
> den 28 augusti 2023 00:26 133742 FILES.BBS
> den 7 maj 1986 15:03 46619 FNEWS_84.ZIP
>den 11 februari 1990 12:40 603457 FNEWS_85.ZIP
> den 19 oktober 1988 18:13 927999 FNEWS_86.ZIP
snip
> den 30 juli 2023 22:00 13250 INPU4031.ZIP
> den 7 augusti 2023 00:17 14074 INPU4032.ZIP
> den 13 augusti 2023 22:00 13253 INPU4033.ZIP
> den 20 augusti 2023 22:00 13265 INPU4034.ZIP
> den 27 augusti 2023 22:00 13251 INPU4035.ZIP
>...
out of curiosity, I downloaded the "/FILES/fnews/FILES.BBS" file:
> All the FidoNews issues - the e-zine for the FidoNet BBS network
>ARTSPEC.DOC How to properly format an FNews article
>FNEWS_84.ZIP Complete collection from 1984
>FNEWS_85.ZIP Complete collection from 1985
snip
>INPU4034.ZIP The Fidonews files Vol#40, Issue#34
>FNEWTE34.ZIP The Fidonews: Vol#40, Issue#34 for Aug. 21, 2023
>INPU4035.ZIP The Fidonews files Vol#40, Issue#35
>FNEWTE35.ZIP The Fidonews: Vol#40, Issue#35 for Aug. 28, 2023
[end quote]

see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet
>FidoNet is a worldwide computer network that is used for communication between
>bulletin board systems (BBSes). It uses a store-and-forward system to exchange
>private (email) and public (forum) messages between the BBSes in the network,
>as well as other files and protocols in some cases.
>The FidoNet system was based on several small interacting programs, only one
>of which needed to be ported to support other BBS software. FidoNet was one of
>the few networks that was supported by almost all BBS software, as well as a
>number of non-BBS online services. This modular construction also allowed
>FidoNet to easily upgrade to new data compression systems, which was important
>in an era using modem-based communications over telephone links with high long-
>distance calling charges.
>The rapid improvement in modem speeds during the early 1990s, combined with
>the rapid decrease in price of computer systems and storage, made BBSes
>increasingly popular. By the mid-1990s there were almost 40,000 FidoNet
>systems in operation, and it was possible to communicate with millions of
>users around the world. Only UUCPNET came close in terms of breadth or numbers;
>FidoNet's user base far surpassed other networks like BITNET.[1]
>The broad availability of low-cost Internet connections starting in the mid-
>1990s lessened the need for FidoNet's store-and-forward system, as any system
>in the world could be reached for equal cost. Direct dialing into local BBS
>systems rapidly declined. Although FidoNet has shrunk considerably since the
>late 1990s, it has remained in use even today[2] despite internet connectivity
>becoming more widespread.
snip
>While the use of FidoNet has dropped dramatically compared with its use up to
>the mid-1990s, it is still used in many countries and especially Russia and
>former republics of the USSR.[citation needed] Some BBSes, including those
>that are now available for users with Internet connections via telnet, also
>retain their FidoNet netmail and echomail feeds.
[end quote]

xt, amber monitor, dos floppy, edlin, 300 baud modem, telnet, bbs,
those were slower than molasses in the wintertime...but it worked;