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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:58:31 Page 1
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Volume 1, Number 2 10 Dec 84
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Editor: Tom Jennings
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Publisher: Fido #1
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HOT NEWS
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This is the second FidoNews newsletter. There isn't
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much news this week, unfortunately. Please send some, and
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there will be.
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Last weeks article on security is included again,
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with an update.
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Fido version 10a has a bug, in entering download
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filenames. There is a version 10a 1/2 that fixes it.
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ARTICLE SUBMISSION
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The format of this thing is totally ad hoc; please
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make recomendations as to formats, sections needed, liked,
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or hated, columns you'd like to see, or see removed,
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anything at all. If you want to submit something regularly,
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we can start a column for you.
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You are ENCOURAGED to send things in for the
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newsletter. ANYTHING is fit for the newsletter, such as a
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description of your board, problems found, questions, jokes,
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fixes, horror stories about wrong FidoNet numbers, things
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for sale, etc etc etc.
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SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
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An article should have your name, node number (if
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applicable), followed by the text. Text can be any ASCII
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derivative; WordStar, soft paragraphs, 8th bit set, etc are
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all OK.
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Articles can be uploaded at either Fido #1 or #51,
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into the NEWS File Area, or by sending it by FidoNet. There
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is a convention for naming the files, so that the newsletter
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can be published automatically.
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ARTICLE FILENAMES
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file.ART For article type things
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file.SAL Things for sale
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file.NOT Notices
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:58:38 Page 2
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file.MSC Miscelaneous things
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file.EDT an Editorial
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file.NEW News items
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file.WNT Wanted items
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Make sure the name is unique, especially if you send
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it by FidoNet, so you dont overwrite another article.
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:58:41 Page 3
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NEWS
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HOW THIS IS PUBLISHED
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This is a totally electronic newsletter; articles
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are written of course by users and sysops, but all other
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parts and proceedures are machine generated.
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For each newsletter, the Editor (thats me folks)
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does the date and volume of the title page (tough job), and
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whatever editorial there may be.
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Articles are checked out for being readable (ie.
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more or less English language), and bum copies (bad uploads,
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etc) are deleted.
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The lists generated by FidoNet Admin (St. Louis)
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such as the node list, Fido list, and the route list, come
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in via FidoNet during the week.
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On the day the newsletter is to be published, Fido
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#1 runs the text formatter (as a schedule) to produce the
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newsletter, using all the articles, the node and Fido lists.
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The completed newsletter is then copied into the NEWS file
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area. All of the article submissions are saved as last
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week's news, and deleted to make room for next weeks.
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Some canned messages are copied into Fido 1's mail
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area, which file attaches the newsletter to the distribution
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points. This completes the FidoNews Newsletter publication.
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FIDO SECURITY - Tom Jennings
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Last week I mentioned a way that a few systems have
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had their security breached; it seems I left out the
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simplest method of all. First, a summary of waht was said
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last week:
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Fido is pretty secure, but there have been a few
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instances where callers gave them selves SYSOP priveleges,
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and ran amok ... the cure is quite simple.
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NEVER NEVER NEVER have your "main" Fido directory
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available as a download or upload area. Always make sure
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there is no path that can reach your .BBS files. It is OK to
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have it as a SYSOP only area, never let it be accessed by
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NORMAL users.
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If it is available, all someone has to do is get a
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copy of SYSOP.EXE, run it, and make a USER.BBS with them as
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SYSOP privelege. After uploading this file, they call back
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in, with the new name, and bingo! they are in control.
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A nastier version of this is to download your
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current user list, use SYSOP.EXE to upgrade them (or two, or
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three ... in case you find one of them) the upload it.
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If this happens to you, delete USER.BBS
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*immediately*. Fix it so that the Fido area is not available
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to users, and then you will be safe.
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Better do it quick, now that it's all documented
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here.
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:58:48 Page 4
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THIS WEEK'S UPDATE
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It is not necessary for anyone to go through all
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that rigamarole. All they have to do is download USER.BBS,
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get a copy of SYSOP.EXE, and see what the sysop's password
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is. And probably a few others' passwords as well. I will
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repeat the solution:
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NEVER! have your main Fido directory accessable for
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downloading. Never, never.
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If you suspect this has happened to you, DELETE your
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user list. Better to have everyone sign in again, than to
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have someone crash your board repeatedly.
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TIPS
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For some systems, you may need to have these areas
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accessable to some users. One way is to make that file area
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EXTRA or PRIVEL, and let only certain people get at it.
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If you want to make things in that area available
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for downloading, such as Fido or other programs, you will
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have to put a seperate copy into another subdir or disk.
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Fido does not filter filenames; it will let any
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accptable name pass though. This is a two edged sword; you
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have to be careful what you make accessable.
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Note that just because a file is not in the file
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list (FILES.BBS) doesn't mean it cant be downloaded. If it
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is there, it can be downloaded, regardless of whether or not
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it's in the list.
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Fido does check for device names, such as CON, AUX,
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LPT1, COM1, etc. It changes the second character into $, so
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uploading COM1 would become C$M1, etc. It will not let these
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names be downloaded either.
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IMMMMMMMMM;
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:VIEWPOINT:
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HMMMMMMMMM<
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* Note: The IBM Club of Portland, Oregon, and the sysop of this board
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in no way assume responsibility or liability for the opinions
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posted here. Any viewpoints or opinions expressed here in
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the VIEWPOINT editorial section do not necessarily reflect the
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opinions or thoughts of the IBM Club or its members.
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Moral outrage
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V. Bachulis
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My weekly issue of INFOWORLD just arrived today, Thursday the 29th. It
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seems that the subject of software copy-protection is getting to be hotter
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and hotter day by day. And not without due cause. In the issue prior to
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the one I got today, INFOWORLD did an article covering Vault Corporation's
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NEW "Killer copy-protection". For those of you who are not schooled in
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the ways and wiles of copy-protection schemes, what the article had to
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say may be some food for thought.
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Briefly, copy protection is basically of only two or three types. The
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:58:55 Page 5
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main forms are either bad crc's or extra-long or extra-short sectors,
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which the PC can not read since it only uses 256k sectors on the average
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floppy you use. There are other forms, some of which are more effective,
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and others which basically amount to nothing. Symphony and MS WORD are
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two of the more prominent packages that come to mind for "sophisticated"
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copy-protection. On the low end, the INFOCOM series comes to mind. But
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then again, it isn't a $500 dollar program, either.
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Now, it seems, software publishers are getting to be more and more uptight
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about people either A)Pirating their software (most of which isn't worth
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the disk it was copied on) or B)Making honest, legitimate backups of their
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valuable software. Towards that end, Vault Corp. has come out with the
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ultimate in copy-protection. What they propose is a form of copy-protec-
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tion that will, if an illegitimate (or legitimate) copy is made using some
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other method than purchasing a back-up disk or using a supplied program
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like those supplied with the PFS: series, literally, blow up your machine.
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Some of the details that were announced about this "new killer copy-protec
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tion" were that it would come up with a warning that the software was not
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a legitimate copy of the software, and it would then give you a certain
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time limit in which to shut off the machine or risk permanent damage to
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your machine and/or hard-disk. The permanent damage you ask? It would
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release a "worm", which is a small program designed with the intent of
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doing some form of damage, into your PCs' ROM BIOS and all associated
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firmware and it would then proceed to destroy your system. Completely.
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Why do I take umbrage at this disgusting outrage? Stop and think about
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it for a minute. The lost profits from pirated software are not as
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outrageous as the industry would have us believe, and in many cases
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are blown totally out of proportion. I am of the firm opinion that if
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a package is worth a damn, then the person who pirated the software
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will ultimately purchase the program legitimately. For a second, even
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stronger reason, consider the following quote from INFOWORLD:
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"Should we turn Vault's worm loose on medical records
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stored in a database? What if one of Defendisk's ...
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traps casually omits the fact that some 5-year old-
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may have a fatal reaction to penicillin? I'm sure the
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grieving parents would understand that software pirates
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must be stopped. They should have been more careful when
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selecting their doctor. Couldn't they tell that this guy
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copies software? And who cares if the pension records
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of several hundred employees are capriciously destroyed?
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We can't have illegal copies of software floating around.
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What Vault and Defendisk propose to implement, and in some cases already
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have, amounts to nothing short of a total disregard for this nation's laws
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and principles. This form of abuse of those who use and purchase software
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should not be tolerated. Granted, software piracy must be stopped or at
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least controlled. Until the industry takes a more rational, adult approach
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to the problem, this isn't going to happen. What will happen is that when
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the first copy, legitimate or not, of this software blows up someone's
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PC and destroys all their critical data, be it patient data, or business
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records, there will be absolute hell to pay on the part of the software
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industry. I will hazard a guess that the introduction of this new pro-
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tection will go so far as to put those companies out of business who
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utilize this form of protection. Until we start to see companies like
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Borland International, who put out QUALITY software at a REASONABLE
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price, this little game of "bust the copy-protection" is going to continue
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regardless of whether or not there are lethal forms of protection running
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around. I applaud Borland for their outstanding product and can only
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hope that the rest of the industry will follow suit. Granted, Lotus
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or dBASE III may indeed be good programs, but they don't warrant the
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fee of $500 bucks a crack. It is a long over-due for software companies
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:06 Page 6
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to wise up and realize that they can't pull the wool over the end-users'
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eyes forever.
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* EOF *
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To all readers of this editorial: Your replies/rebuttals are more than welcome.
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If you feel so compelled, please reply to Fido 59, 1-503-629-5581, c/o Sysop.
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I am very interested in hearing what other users think about the subject.
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*Sysop* Fido 59, Washco Fidonet, Beaverton, Oregon
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FIDO TOOLS
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There are now some handy programs that make using
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Fido easier, and add some new functions. They are available
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on Fido 1, probably others too, but I dont know where.
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TWIX
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TWIX has only one function; it prints out new
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FidoNet mail message on a printer or to a disk file. You can
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schedule it as an external event, and have it print out all
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mail received that night, so that you just look at your
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printer to see what came in.
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This works by looking for messages that haven't been
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read yet; if you read them first with Fido, TWIX will not
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print them.
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SOURCE for this program is available.
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NODELIST.EXE
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This program, by John Warren takes the NODELIST.XXX
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from Fido 51 and makes you a NODELIST.BBS. It will remove
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the 1 and area code for local (to you) systems, put in
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sprint or other dialing prefixes, enter costs as you
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specify, etc.
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One time only you put the needed information into a
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file used by the program, and after that just run it when
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you get a new list. It makes customizing the nodelist from a
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one hour chore to a 30 second simple task.
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WATCHDOG
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IBM PC and clones only: this program is used with
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the 0 command, and monitors the Carrier Detect signal from
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the modem. If carrier is lost while you are in DOS, it will
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restart Fido, so that another caller wont end up in your
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DOS. There are versions for COM1, COM2, etc, and source is
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available. By John Reinders at the Sailboard. (61)
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READMSG
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This does some of the Fido type message read
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functions, but from DOS, and lets you scan them, and
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optionally print them. This one is from Kurt Reisler, The
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Bears Den (74).
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TOM TCIMPDIS' LA BUST
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:12 Page 7
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The LA BBS bust is far from over. There hasn't been
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any news lately, apparently because they are going through
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the usual legal maneuvering, of hearings, pre-hearings, etc
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etc.
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However it turns out, this is an important case, and
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whether you believe it or not, it will affect you directly,
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even if you are not in LA and even if you are not a sysop.
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Tom's guilt or innocence is only a small part of the
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importance of this, and since most of us were not regular
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callers to his board, it is hard to comment on it.
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The underlying issue here is one of control: who is
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liable for the contents of a BBS? It was related to me (by
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someone who had lawyers persue it) that the status of BBS's
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is quite up in the air; are they common carriers (ie. the
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phone co.) or are they publishers (ie. newspapers). Phone
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companies have limited liability because they provide a
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medium, and not the contents, and are generally not liable.
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(If you arrange a sale for a stolen bicycle by phone,
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Pacific Bell is not resonsible). Publishers control their
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contents, and I think are liable for even the contents of
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ensure.
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You really should voice your opinion on this issue.
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It will not mark you as a political radical, and the FBI
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will not harrass your neighbors. It is your right, and our
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right to free communications.
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Losing this case will be a large step towards
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regulating BBSs. Regulation will mean the death of BBSs as
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we know it. We are unregulated, and are quite responsible
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and take care of our own problems. The trouble makers are
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far and few between.
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Take the time to think about all of the systems you
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have ever called and patronized, and consider how they were
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run, how they were handled and how problems were solved. I
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think you will find that they take quite good care of
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themselves on the whole, and problems are resolved between
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the users and the sysops.
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If you want to help keep it this way, where you have
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a very large say in what BBSs do, what they are used for,
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and how they are run, please write!
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The sample letter below can be used if you want.
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Please send a copy to both people listed below; Lindner is
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defending Tom Tcimpidis, and is a BBS user himself.
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TAKE THIS OUT, FILL IT IN, AND MAIL IT!
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(your address and the date
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3 lines )
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Ira Reiner -- LA City Attorney Charles E. Lindner, Atty
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Suite 1800 City Hall East The Bradbury Building
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:19 Page 8
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20 N. Main St. Los Angeles CA 304 S. Broadway, Suite 420
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90012 Los Angeles CA 90013
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Dear Sir,
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I would like to take this oppurtunity to speak in
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behalf of computer bulletin board sytems (BBSes). Bulletin
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Boards are excellent ways to meet other computer users and
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hold intelligent conversations with them. Bulletin boards
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are a very convenient way to get any help you might need for
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your computer, from advice on a game to programming
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techniques and technical information.
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The idea that all of these bulletin boards are used
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solely for pirating of software and illegal telephone usage
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is one that is ill-conceived, stemming from the occasional
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"bad seed" of BBSes. In reality, these illegal BBSes are
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few and far between, and are frowned upon by the general
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BBS-using public.
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I urge you to consider all the good of which BBSes are
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capable, and not the bad side shown by several rare and
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unacceptable examples.
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Thank you in advance for your consideration in this
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matter.
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Sincerely,
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(print and sign your name here)
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REPRINTED FROM FIDO #36 - RAINBOW DATA - LOS ANGELES
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#22 14 20 Nov 84 09:19:31
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From: Doug Brantley To: All
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Subject: Fast Console Under MS-DOS
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According to the Nov. 84 issue of 'Digital Review'.......
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'Ever notice how slow your Rainbow screen output is under
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MS-DOS version 2.05? The people at the DEC-8000 hot line
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in Atlanta told me to change the byte at address 40:19 from
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03 (hex) to 13. To do this automaticalyy at boot-up time,
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add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
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DEBUG<FASTCON
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two lines:
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E40:19 13
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Q
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Lo and behold, screen output now runs about twice as fast.'
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I found this statement in the Tech Talk column on page 106.
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It is too bad that more discussion was not given the
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subject. Why that byte and how does it speed output to the
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screen?
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I did the patch and the screen output is much faster.
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#18 1 27 Nov 84 20:43:04
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To: William Roberts
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Subject: fast console
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The MSDOS BIOS has this feature called the "fast
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:26 Page 9
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device". It has two components: a bit in the device
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descriptor table (the 03 -> 13 patch mentioned) and the
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"fast device" code, pointed to by Interrupt #29h.
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The idea is that if you have a device youd like to run
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real fast, you can use this for output. There can be only
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one fast device in the system, and it is almost always CON.
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If MSDOS finds the FASTCON bit set, then it uses INT 29h
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for all its console output, instead of the normal BIOS
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call, which invokes a huge, slow, paacket process for each
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byte displayed.
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Note that there has to be INT 29 code installed; you can
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write it yourself, then set the bit in the table.
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This feature probably does not exist for MSDOS 3.xx.
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:29 Page 10
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FIDOLIST --- HUMAN READABLE NODE LIST
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List of Fido Based Bulletin Board Systems
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Updated 07 Dec 84 by Fido 51
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Please send updates,corrections or other information to:
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Fido #51.
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All are 24 hrs 300/1200 baud except as noted
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Times listed are in the BBS's local time zone
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RE == restricted, or private or by request,etc.
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WE == plus Weekends
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SU == plus Sunday, etc
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RT == route all mail to node as specified
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1 Fido's-Board San Francisco, CA Tom Jennings(415)-864-1418
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2. CLP-FIDO Pikesville, MD John Madill (301)-484-2831
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3. FidoSouth Atlanta, GA Lane Fowler (404)-979-5105
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4. Bulldog St. Louis, MO Tony Clark (314)-441-9297
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5. Batie's Backyard Corvallis, OR Alan Batie -DOWN-
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6. CastleNet Corvallis, OR Lee Damon (503)-754-5244 9p - 9a SU
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7. Bob_Overlock Waimea, HI Bob Overlock (808)-338-1277
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8. Demon New York, NY Danny Feinsmith -DOWN-
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9. GDC_Connection Middlebury, CT Jim Ryan (203)-758-8081
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10. MDC/RCC St. Louis, MO Ben Baker (314)-234-1462 5p - 8a
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11. PRO-TECH Cypress, CA Sanford Zelkovitz (714)-898-8634
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13. Vern's_Fido San Jose, CA Vern Crawford (408)-923-5565
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14. WayStar Marlboro, MA Kevin Porter (617)-481-7147
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16. Mikes_Board St. Louis, MO Mike Mellinger (314)-726-3448
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17. DCA_BBS St. Louis, MO Jon Wichman (314)-962-0395
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18. Steve_Hedlund Van Nuys, CA Steve Hedlund -DOWN-
|
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21. Phoenix_Sfwr Norwood, MA Bob Vandette (617)-769-0850 RE
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22. PCLUG St. Louis, MO Ken Kaplan (314)-576-2743
|
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25. Take-A-Byte Anaheim, CA Robert Collins (714)-995-2428
|
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26. MicroFonePC Fresno, CA Bob Robesky (209)-227-2083 5p - 9a WE
|
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27. Daves_Fido Gardner, MA David Rene (617)-632-1861
|
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28. World Control Baltimore, MD Rob White (301)-653-2074
|
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31. HamRadioWest Riverside, CA John Warren (714)-681-0974
|
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32. Artesia_BBS Artesia, CA George Gilbert (213)-402-6217
|
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33. Rod_Smallwood England Rod Smallwood 01144-635-4680
|
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*34. CrossFire Philadelphia, PA Todd Savar (215)-565-7639 New Phn #
|
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35. ConsultNet Saratoga, CA Jim Turley -DOWN-
|
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36. Rainbow_Data Los Angeles, CA Don Brauns (213)-204-2996
|
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38. Bill1000Jr Madison, WI Bill Thousand,Jr. -DOWN-
|
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39. KarlRegier Reedley, CA Karl Reiger -DOWN-
|
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40. RonCrain Birmingham, MI Ron Crain (313)-646-5159 11p - 6a
|
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42. MetChem New Haven, CT John Bauer (203)-281-7287 8p - 8a
|
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43. Seequa_Computer Odenton, MD Bob Depelteau (301)-672-3627
|
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44. NECS Arlington, MA Dave Mitton (617)-646-3610
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45. Midnight_DEC Boston, MA David Strickler (617)-353-7528 12a - 5p
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46. Joes_Rainbow St. Mary, FL Joe Clayton (305)-321-2369
|
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*47. The_Workshop AnaheimHills,CA Brian Majewski(714)-974-6925
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48. El_Dorado Houston, TX Paul Wells (713)-488-8771
|
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49. NW-RBBS Portland, OR Doug Foreman (503)-233-6583
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or (503)-666-8265
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50. Crystal_Cavern Austin, TX Scott Ashcraft (512)-263-5805
|
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51. DECUS_CENTRAL St. Louis, MO Sysops16,17,&22(314)-432-4129
|
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52. TOPCC Thousand Oaks, CA Gary Vedvik (805)-499-8378 4p - 8a WE
|
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53. SE_C-Board Woodstock, GA Ken Shackelton (404)-928-1876
|
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54. CEL_Comm_1 Seattle, WA C.E. Langenberg (206)-725-9413
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56. Denver_Fido Denver, CO Oscar Barlow (303)-973-9338
|
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57. MCCPowers Northbrook, IL Russ French (312)-480-8730
|
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58. PiCoSystems El Toro, CA Jim Baumgartner (714)-855-3282 RE
|
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:40 Page 11
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59. Washco_FidoNet Beaverton, OR Vic Bachulis (503)-629-5581
|
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60. Artichoke Houston, TX Justin Marquez (713)-870-8803 6p - 8a WE
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61. RAMS Rochester, MN John Pritchard (507)-289-8452
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62. Data_Jockey Bellevue, WA Darrin Smith (206)-643-0909 7p - 8a SU
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63. WCE Waterford, MI Bob Leffler (313)-623-1089
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64. Graf_Spee Houston, TX Jay Maynard (713)-530-2334 Irregular
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65. TWACS St. Louis, MO Tony Clark(See also #4)(314)-895-6471 RE
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66. Info*Net Costa Mesa, CA Richard Hart (714)-642-4408
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67. DEC_Domain Lubbock, TX Alan Minchew (806)-795-0102
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69. Sailboard Highland, MI Jim Kovalski (313)-887-7429
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71. Rosenburg_Express Rosenburg, TX Ken Collins(713)-342-9349
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72. Harry_Chesley San Francisco, CA H. Chesley (415)-563-2491
|
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73. Eagle-1 Ashland, MA Dave Hornbaker (617)-881-6495
|
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74. The_Bears_Den Falls Church, VA Kurt Reisler(703)-671-0598 7a - 11p
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75. ThumbTech Plano, TX Matt Legare (214)-985-7926
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77. GMCC Boulder, CO Kent Leonard (303)-497-6968
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78. Living_Sober San Carlos, CA Rick G. (415)-593-5583 Moving??
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79. DEC-WARE New York, NY Matt Kanter (212)-535-8924
|
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80. Eldon_Ziegler Columbia, MD Eldon Ziegler (301)-992-3835 RE
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81. PC-WORLD Philadelphia, PA Sal Marandola (215)-465-2278 4p - ??
|
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82. DEC-House Cherry Hill, NJ Brian Sietz (609)-429-6630 12a - 530p
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83. Harmer's_Hut Philadelphia,PA Brian Harmer (215)-565-7639 No Inc FNet
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84. SCI-Fido Oakland, CA Mike Farren (415)-834-3319
|
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85. Allens_Board Cincinnati, OH Allen Miller (513)-579-2587
|
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86. Grummons_Fido Bethpage, NY Don Daniels (516)-575-5838
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87. Deus_Ex_Machina San Diego, CA Bruce Webster(619)-286-7838
|
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88. Wizards_Tower Teterboro, NJ Karl Schinke (201)-288-9076 5p - 8a WE
|
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89. Boondocks Rock Island, IL Jonathan Smith (309)-794-0289 5p - 8a WE
|
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90. MidNet Middleton, WI Mike Mansfield (608)-233-8449
|
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91. The_DEAD_END Round Rock, TX Steve Sparks (512)-255-1282 RE
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92. PCUTILboard Detroit, MI Jon Tara (313)-393-0527
|
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99. The_REAL_Fido San Francisco,CA Tom Jennings -UNPUBLISHED- RE,RT 1
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104. Baby_BYTE/Net Peterborough, NH George Bond (603)-924-9820
|
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108. Samson Rolling Meadows,IL Larry Miglore (312)-991-8304 5p - 8a WE
|
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115. Arquimedes Washington,DC Sam Hegardine (202)-332-9512
|
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#117.Jim_Filgo Jakarta, INDONESIA Jim Filgo 011062-21-77054
|
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124. TimeLifeBks Alexandria, VA Eldon Ziegler (703)-833-7355 RE
|
|||
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125. Radar's_Node Fairfax, VA Joel O'Rourke (703)-978-0351 Irregular
|
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130. Paul_Munson Costa_Mesa, CA Paul Munson (714)-650-6422
|
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200. Grinnell_Fido Grinnell, IA Michael Strait (515)-236-2578 8p - 8a
|
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201. Ham_Radio_Net Newington, CT Ed Raso (203)-665-1114
|
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202. DEC-Line Boston, MA Bill McNeill (617)-721-1688
|
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203. Dark_Planet Branford, CT Peter Sashka (203)-488-3440
|
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204. Noble_House NYC, NY Jonathan Youngwood (212)-534-8557 10p - 4p
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205. Alex's_DragonDom NYC, NY Alexander Morris (212)-496-7946
|
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206. BlueStar Edmonds, WA Craig Derouen (206)-745-5368
|
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207. Northern_Reaches New Haven, CT Geoff Hickey(203)-865-1794
|
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208. Bruce's_Fido W. Hartford, CT Bruce Lomaski (203)-236-3761
|
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300. WeyCoFidoByter Federal Way, WA Steve Butler(206)-924-2955 5p - 8a WE
|
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301. Beyond_War Los Angeles, CA Andrew Kanter (213)-477-5706
|
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302. Don Quixote Rochester, MN Pat George (507)-288-8901 8p - 8a WE
|
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303. Strictly_Sfwr Honolulu, HI Mike Oya (808)-944-0562 7p - 10a
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304. Westlake_BBS Austin, TX Albert Nurick (512)-327-7926 6p - 7a SU
|
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305. The_Pacesetter Potomac, MD Brian Driscoll (301)-299-3228
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306. Left_Cartridge Cincinnati, OH Paul Martin (513)-797-7040 RE
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307. DalTex_FIDOnet Dallas, TX Chris Bradley (214)-991-7934
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308. Software_PLUS Cincinnati, OH Dave Schleper (513)-621-9273 7p - 9a
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309. Marc's_FIDO Portland, OR Marc Frajola -UNPUBLISHED- RE,RT 59
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310. Daves_Annex Westminister, MA Dave Rene (617)-874-4325 4p - 7a WE
|
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311. The_Lair Altamonte Springs, FL Robert Hupf (305)-830-8494 430p-8a WE
|
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312. Cinci_Comm_Net Fairfield, OH Jeff Perrigo (513)-874-0226 9p - 7a
|
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313. Mikes_Rainbow Garden Grove,CA Mike Hamilton(714)-537-7355
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314. One_Paticular_Harbour Ft Worth,TX Cpt Utley(817)-294-7383
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fidonews.man -- 11 Dec 84 00:59:52 Page 12
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315. DD_Network Boston, MA Dana Long (617)-536-4670 12a - 5p
|
|||
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On Weekends 12a - 10a
|
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*316.Miami's_1st_Fido Miami, FL Al de la Torre (305)-554-4602
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317. DEC-WARE_II Iselen, NJ David Horowitz (201)-750-3748
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318. PC_WeeK Needham, MA Garry Ray (617)-449-4727
|
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319. Tribury_Fido Waterbury, CT Phil Mongelluzzo(203)-574-2449 7p - 11p
|
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On Weekends 10a - 10p plus FNet Nat'l Mail
|
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*320.Surprise_Pak Orange, CT David Hecht (203)-795-0339
|
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321. CANADA_1 Willowdale, ONT Vic Kass (416)-226-9260
|
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322. PTC_Net Mt Vernon, WA Arlen Fletcher (206)-757-5233 5p - 7a WE
|
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323. PC-Exploration Garland, TX Gary J. Carter (214)-530-9143
|
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324. UW_Hat Madison, WI Michael Mansfield (608)-262-4469 8p - 8a WE
|
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325. Quantum_BBS Potomac, MD Mike Merrell (301)-340-2486
|
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Interim Sched. 3p Fri - 8a Mon WE Only
|
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*326.The_Barn_Board Cinncinati,OH Robert Emerson(513)-752-8248
|
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327. Toronto_RCP/M_4 Toronto, ONT Jud Newell (416)-231-0538
|
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328. Toronto_RCP/M_6 Toronto, ONT Jud Newell (416)-231-1262
|
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#329.Computer_Aide Tulsa, OK Mike Johnson (918)-493-2137
|
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#330.Buzzboard Cambridge, MA Buzz Moschetti (617)-577-8092
|
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#331.MSFIDO Los Angeles, CA Brian Casey (213)-250-8085 5p - 830a WE
|
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#332.American_Conn Houston, TX David Reinsel (713)-831-3768 5p - 7a WE
|
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#333.Rainbow_BBS Phoenix, AZ Jim Kashner (602)-952-2146
|
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12a - 4p;10p - 12a M thru F;12a - 8a on Weekends
|
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#334.Micro_Broker Denver, CO Oscar Barlow (303)-534-5456
|
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#335.Phil's_Fido Gaithersburg, MD Phil Kim (301)-921-0111
|
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#336.Berkshire Anaheim, CA Harry Lee (714)-632-9117
|
|||
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* INDICATES CHANGED ON THIS UPDATE
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# INDICATES ADDITIONS ON THIS UPDATE
|
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|
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