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		icedchai on March 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in ... Was this using GEnie as the back end? When I first got my modem, I was on both CompuServe and GEnie before moving on to local BBSes.

classichasclass on March 3, 2024 | [–]

(author) Both GEnie and AppleLink used the same backend, which GE called the Mark III network, so there were some operational similarities.

ChrisMarshallNY on March 3, 2024 | [–]

Possibly. That sounds familiar. Most of the backend folks actually worked on EDI stuff. Lot of money movement, so we weren't involved that much.

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