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I like old stuff of 80 and 90's and sometimes i like to study old technologies(some of them still used..) like SYSTEMV,SCO-UNIX,Xenix,etc.. Reading a book about Sco Unix on a page i see..

mail support uucp and networks like bitnet micnet and 
internet

I know internet and uucp,but what are/was bitnet and micnet?

Kusalananda
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elbarna
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    _some of them still used_ - And some of them re-invented poorly many years later. UUCP being replaced by ETRN, ATRN, and the like is a prime example. On an unrelated topic: "Internet" back then didn't mean what it means today. – Satō Katsura Dec 08 '16 at 05:19

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  • BITNET, Because It's There (or Time) Network was an inter-university network transferring e-mail and remote job entry files over leased telephone lines.
  • Micnet was a local area network using serial (RS232) lines to link computers running Microsoft's XENIX operating system. See the XENIX 286 Communications Guide.
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  • Minet supported star and serial topologies and other stuff. I am trying to get it working on an old Lisa. – ToddB Feb 26 '18 at 18:37