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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the
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FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of
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agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this
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compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Fidocon '90 Update! ...................................... 1
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FIDOCON 1990 REGISTRATION FORM ........................... 12
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
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A View from the Bridge ................................... 15
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 17
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 20
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 20
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 23
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 23
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ARTICLES
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Bill Vanglahn 1:1/90@Fidonet
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Fidocon '90 Information Update
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The Fidocon '90 Committee continues to work to make this year's
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convention one of the best ever. We have already received
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registrations from as far away as Holland, and as close as our
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own backyard.
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One of our main goals in planning the event was to allow Fidocon
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to be part of a family vacation. New Jersey has a great variety
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of summertime activities, as well as the proximity of the
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convention site to New York City.
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We have gotten many requests for family plans, and we are more
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than happy to accommodate! Therefore, the following plan is
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added to the Fidocon '90 schedule (Note: These prices are ONLY
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in effect until 5/1/90):
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1) For a participant and spouse, the cost for BOTH will be
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$620.00. This includes conference registration for the
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registrant, and hotel and meals for both you and your spouse.
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2) For each child attending the conference (accompanied by either
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a plan A or the above spouse plan participant), add $75.00 to the
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cost. This will include hotel and meals.
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*** Discount Deadline Extended ***
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Because of some confusion, and problems associated with "tax
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time", we have extended the deadline for discounted registration.
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Instead of the deadline being 4/1/90, we are extending it to
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5/1/90. Any registrations postmarked by midnight on May 1, 1990
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may register at the discounted rate.
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*** Deposits for Fidocon! ***
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As I said before, we are (sometimes painfully) aware that it is
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tax time. If you plan to attend the conference, but your funds
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are low right now, don't fret! We will accept a $100.00 deposit
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(nonrefundable) toward your registration. This will lock you
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into the discounted rate, and give you until July 1, 1990 to pay
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the balance.This, of course, only applies to plans A through F
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and the family plans.
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*** Any ideas? ***
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If you have any ideas on things you would like to see or do at
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the convention, drop us a note at 1/90. We WANT to hear from you!
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NETCOMM AUSTRALIA PTY.LTD.
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FRIDAY 8th - MONDAY 11th JUNE 1990
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(Queen's Birthday Weekend)
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at
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(Victoria Division)
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St.Kilda, Victoria
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Australia
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Speakers, Workshops, Panel Discussions and Social Functions
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OPEN TO ALL WITH AN INTEREST IN FIDONET!
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All Netmail Enquires to:
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FIDOCON OZ! 1990
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3/90
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WELCOME TO FIDOCON OZ! 1990......
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FidoCon Oz! 1990 is the First Conference of Fidonet in
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Australia, hosted this year in Melbourne.
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As this is the first such conference, the Fidocon Committee has
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decided not to have an overall theme to the event, but to cover a
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reasonably wide range of topics of interest which can hopefully
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be developed further in future FidoCons.
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From the conference programme, you will see that we have tried to
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assemble an array of first-class speakers, each an expert in his
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own field ranging from software and hardware, through to computer
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fraud and viruses.
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With the inclusion of a panel discussion and workshops, we wish
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to encourage all registrants to participate and have their say on
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matters which are of concern to them. Our hope is that through
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this discussion and the workshops, FidoNet as a whole can benefit
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into the future.
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We also hope that many of the issues raised during the conference
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will become the beginnings of positive ideas which can be acted
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upon and developed - and that future FidoCons in Australia can
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then take these ideas, review them and then develop them further.
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We have also included several social functions and a small amount
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of free-time so that registrants from all over Australia can meet
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and get to know each other - to put real people to what may only,
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until now, have been disembodied names in echomail.
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Finally, this entire conference will be situated in a venue which
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could not be better. The Victorian headquarters of the
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Australian Institute of Management is a first-class conference
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venue with all the necessary facilities within a modern building,
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located only minutes away from the city centre of Melbourne.
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The venue and the programme are excellent. As a first, FidoCon
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Oz! 1990 will be a milestone in the history of FidoNet in
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Australia. Be part of what promises to be a most memorable
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event!
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FidoCon Oz! 1990 Committee:
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Rob Bates (Sysop 634/381)
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Gordon Castle (Sysop 632/306)
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Andrew Newbury (Sysop 634/385)
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David Nugent (Sysop 632/348)
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Andrew Rajcher (Sysop 634/388)
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Simon Walsh (RC Rgn 50/Sysop 632/301)
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FIDOCON OZ! 1990
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PROGRAMME
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FRIDAY 8th JUNE 1990
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7.30-9.30 pm COCKTAIL PARTY
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- official welcome and conference registration.
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Social get-together. (Casual dress)
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SATURDAY 9th JUNE 1990
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9.15-10.OO am "486, OS/2 AND BEYOND"
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Don Fraser
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Southern Region Manager,
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Microsoft Pty.Ltd.
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10.OO-10.30 am Morning Tea
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10.30-11.15 am "COMPUTER CRIME & BULLETIN BOARDS"
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Sgt.David Costello
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Computer Crime Section,
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11.15-12 noon "MODEMS IN THE 1990'S"
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Mark Ostryn
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Product Manager,
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Netcomm Australia Pty.Ltd.
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12 noon-1.30 pm Lunch
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1.30-2.15 pm "MAILER SOFTWARE & MAIL-HANDLING UTILITIES"
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Joaquim Homrighausen
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Swedish Software Programmer,
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Author of FrontDoor and TosScan
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2.15-3.00 pm "COMPUTER VIRUSES - PROTECTION & REMEDIES"
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Roger Riordan
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Former Lecturer, Chisholm Inst.of Technology,
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Author of VET, Anti-Virus Software
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3.OO-3.30 pm Afternoon Tea
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3.30-4.30 pm "FIDONET IN AUSTRALIA - NOW & THE FUTURE"
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Panel Discussion
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Panel: Bill Bolton (Chairman), Simon Blears,
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Simon Walsh and Matt Whelan
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SATURDAY 9th JUNE 1990
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7.30-8.00 pm PRE-DINNER DRINKS
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8.00-Midnight CONFERENCE DINNER (Smart Casual Dress)
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- three-course dinner (drinks included)
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featuring "Big Gig"-type entertainment.
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SUNDAY 10th JUNE 1990
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9.30-10.15 am "TELECOM TOWARDS 2000"
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Frank Smith
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Manager - Community Relations,
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Telecom Australia
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10.15-10.45 am Morning Tea
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10.45-12.30 pm WORKSHOPS
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- Conference participants will attend a
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workshop of their choice. Topics will include
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areas of interest to both Sysops and Users.
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12.30-2.00 pm Lunch
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2.00-3.00 pm WORKSHOP SESSION REPORTS
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- Each Chairperson will present a brief report
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on the proceedings of their Workshop session.
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3.OO-3.30 pm Afternoon Tea
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3.30-4.30 pm "Challenges for the 1990's"
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Ian Robinson
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Editor
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"PC Week"
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MONDAY 11th JUNE 1990
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10.00 am DAY TRIP TO MITCHELLTON WINERY
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- includes tour of Winery, wine-tasting and
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hot-carvery smorgasbord lunch. NOTE: Buses
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will return via Tullmarine airport (4.30 pm)
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WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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All conference attendees will participate in a workshop of their
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choice on the Sunday morning (10/6/90).
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In the session after lunch, all workshop Chairmen will present
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brief resumes of their workshop proceedings to the conference and
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afterwards will write short reports which will be circulated to
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the network.
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These workshops offer all conference attendees a great
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opportunity to participate in an area of specific interest to
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them.
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The workshops, and their respective Chairmen, will be:-
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(A) DOES AUSTRALIA NEED AN A.F.N.A.?
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Chairman:- Simon Blears
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- with the demise of I.F.N.A., is there a need in Australia
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to create a organization with an awareness of our local
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situation?
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(B) HIGH SPEED MODEMS/MULTI-TASKING
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Chairman:- Gordon Castle
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- the emphasis is on doing more and doing it faster. Modems
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and multi-tasking are both getting more sophisticated.
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(C) MAILER SOFTWARE & MAIL MANAGEMENT
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Chairman:- Joaquim Homrighausen
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- a great opportunity for Sysops to meet and discuss items of
|
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interest with the author of FrontDoor and Tosscan himself.
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(D) OPUS VER 1.10 - EVALUATION & FEEDBACK
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Chairman:- Bill Bolton
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- the long awaited upgrade has arrived. Express your opinion,
|
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ask questions and exchange tips with others.
|
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(E) NEW/PROSPECTIVE SYSOPS
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Chairman:- Simon Walsh
|
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- thinking of starting a BBS? Find out exactly what is
|
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involved. If you are a new Sysop, this is a great chance to
|
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ask questions.
|
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(F) BBS UTILITIES - LET'S FANTASIZE!
|
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Chairman:- Paul Marwick
|
|||
|
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- ever thought to yourself "I wish someone would write a
|
|||
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program that would......"? Talk about it and maybe someone
|
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will.
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(G) BBS USERS
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Chairman:- David Hellwege
|
|||
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- new or seasoned user, learn more about different types of
|
|||
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BBS's and how to get the most from them.
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- 6 -
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FIDOCON OZ! 1990
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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====================================
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SOCIAL FUNCTIONS:
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----------------
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Attendance at the social functions is NOT limited to people who
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register for the entire Conference. Additional bookings may be
|
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made for the Cocktail Party, Conference Dinner or Winery Trip,
|
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but these additional bookings MUST be made AND paid for when you
|
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register and pay for the Conference.
|
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FidoNews 7-15 Page 9 9 Apr 1990
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DRESS:
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-----
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In line with the nature of FIDOCON OZ! 1990, casual dress is
|
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acceptable at all times during the Conference. Appropriate smart
|
|||
|
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casual dress is requested for the Cocktail Party and Conference
|
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Dinner.
|
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ACCOMODATION:
|
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------------
|
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All information regarding hotel/motel accomodation is contained
|
|||
|
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in the file ACCOM.TXT - please read it carefully before
|
|||
|
|
stipulating, on the Registration Form, the accomodation you would
|
|||
|
|
like us to book for you. The accomodation is NOT included in the
|
|||
|
|
registration fee and will remain your responsibility.
|
|||
|
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|
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|
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AIR FARES:
|
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|
|
---------
|
|||
|
|
Information regarding cheaper air fares to Melbourne is contained
|
|||
|
|
in the file AIRLINES.TXT - please contact the airlines or your
|
|||
|
|
travel agent to arrange your transport.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SOFTWARE COPYING SERVICE:
|
|||
|
|
------------------------
|
|||
|
|
Upon registering at the Conference on Friday evening, you will be
|
|||
|
|
given a satchel containing various items of information, included
|
|||
|
|
in which will be an order form. Diskettes, containing the latest
|
|||
|
|
versions of public domain and shareware software, will be
|
|||
|
|
available at the Conference. A small charge will be made to
|
|||
|
|
cover the cost of the diskettes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FOR PEOPLE RETURNING HOME ON THE MONDAY EVENING:
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
If you will be returning home on the evening of Monday 11/6/90,
|
|||
|
|
please note that the buses will be returning from the winery trip
|
|||
|
|
via Tullamarine Airport. It is anticipated that we will arrive
|
|||
|
|
at the airport at 4.30 pm. If you wish to take advantage of this
|
|||
|
|
arrangement, please have your bags with you when we meet the
|
|||
|
|
buses on the Monday morning.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
REGISTER EARLY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
|
|||
|
|
THE EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
F I D O C O N O Z ! 1 9 9 0
|
|||
|
|
===============================
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
8th-11th JUNE 1990, MELBOURNE
|
|||
|
|
=============================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 10 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ACCOMODATION DETAILS
|
|||
|
|
====================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you intend arranging your own accomodation for FidoCon OZ!,
|
|||
|
|
then you can disregard this file.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You will notice that the Registration Form allows you to indicate
|
|||
|
|
your preferences for accomodation. If you have indicated that
|
|||
|
|
you would like us to arrange a billet for you, please understand
|
|||
|
|
that we CANNOT guarantee to find one. So make sure that you have
|
|||
|
|
ALSO indicated your preferences for hotel/motel accomodation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Upon receipt of your completed Registration Form and full
|
|||
|
|
payment, we will make a booking for you and we will confirm that
|
|||
|
|
booking in writing when we acknowledge receipt of your
|
|||
|
|
registration.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have indicated on the Registration Form that you wish us
|
|||
|
|
to book TWIN/SHARE accomodation, then:-
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(a) if you have also indicated the name of the person with whom
|
|||
|
|
you wish to share, then the accomodation will NOT be booked
|
|||
|
|
until that other person ALSO registers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(b) if you have not indicated a name of anyone with whom you wish
|
|||
|
|
to share, then the FidoCon OZ! Committee will "match up" the
|
|||
|
|
accomodation as registrations are received.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PLEASE NOTE: The organizers of FIDOCON OZ! undertake to make
|
|||
|
|
and confirm accomodation ONLY. Your registration fee does NOT
|
|||
|
|
include any accomodation costs and will always remain YOUR
|
|||
|
|
responsibility.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We have checked several medium to lower-priced hotel/motels
|
|||
|
|
within a short walking distance of the conference venue and
|
|||
|
|
supply the following details:-
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
COSMOPOLITAN MOTOR INN
|
|||
|
|
======================
|
|||
|
|
Cost per night: $76 (single) $85 (double/twin-share)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
4-6 Carlisle Street, St.Kilda, Vic., 3182.
|
|||
|
|
Telephone: (03) 534-0781 Toll-free (008) 333-073
|
|||
|
|
Fax: (03) 534-8262
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Cosmopolitan is located five minutes walking-distance from
|
|||
|
|
the conference venue. All rooms are well-appointed, having en-
|
|||
|
|
suite bathroom, tea/coffee making facilities, fridge, radio-
|
|||
|
|
alarm telephone and television.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 11 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DIPLOMAT MOTOR INN
|
|||
|
|
==================
|
|||
|
|
Cost per night: $54 (single) $59 (double/twin-share)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
12 Acland Street, St.Kilda, Vic., 3182.
|
|||
|
|
Telephone: (03) 534-0422 Toll-free (008) 335-166
|
|||
|
|
Telex: 31454
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Diplomat is located two minutes walking-distance from the
|
|||
|
|
conference venue. All rooms have en-suite bathroom, tea/coffee
|
|||
|
|
making facilities, fridge, telephone and television. Good
|
|||
|
|
medium-priced accomodation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SPACELINE MOTEL
|
|||
|
|
===============
|
|||
|
|
Cost per night: $45 (single) $50 (double/twin-share)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1-3 Acland Street, St.Kilda, Vic., 3182.
|
|||
|
|
Telephone: (03) 534-8074
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Spaceline is located two minutes walking-distance from the
|
|||
|
|
conference venue. All rooms have en-suite bathroom, cooking
|
|||
|
|
facilites, television and air-conditioning. Good budget-priced
|
|||
|
|
accomodation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KINGSCOURT MOTOR INN
|
|||
|
|
====================
|
|||
|
|
Cost per night: $39 (single) $45 (double/twin-share)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
15 Acland Street, St.Kilda, Vic., 3182.
|
|||
|
|
Telephone: (03) 534-0673
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Kingscourt is located two minutes walking-distance from
|
|||
|
|
the conference venue. All rooms have en-suite bathroom,
|
|||
|
|
tea/coffe making facilites, radio, television, telephone and
|
|||
|
|
air-conditioning. Reasonable budget-priced accomodation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 12 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Secret Sysop Society presents __
|
|||
|
|
*** Conclave '90 *** / \
|
|||
|
|
The SYSOPS Convention /|oo \
|
|||
|
|
Home of FidoCon 1990 (_| /_)
|
|||
|
|
Lyndhurst, New Jersey _`@/_ \ _
|
|||
|
|
August 1-5, 1990 | | \ \\
|
|||
|
|
| (*) | \ ))
|
|||
|
|
______ |__U__| / \//
|
|||
|
|
/ Fido \ _//|| _\ /
|
|||
|
|
(________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Rate Plan Schedule: Before 6/1/90: Before 5/1/90:
|
|||
|
|
-------------- --------------
|
|||
|
|
A. Single Occupancy.......$595.00 $545.00 $495.00
|
|||
|
|
B. Double Occupancy.......$450.00 $400.00 $350.00
|
|||
|
|
C. Conference w/ meals....$300.00 $250.00 $200.00
|
|||
|
|
D. Conference w/ Banquet..$205.00 $155.00 $105.00
|
|||
|
|
E. Conference only........$175.00 $125.00 $ 75.00
|
|||
|
|
F. Banquet only...........$130.00 $80.00 $ 30.00
|
|||
|
|
G. Registrant & Spouse....$720.00 $670.00 $620.00
|
|||
|
|
(All rate plans except plan F include all conference and hotel
|
|||
|
|
fees. Those registering before 5/1/90 get a $100.00 discount,
|
|||
|
|
those registering before 6/1/90 get a $50.00 discount.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You must pay by Check, Money Order, or Credit Card. Please send
|
|||
|
|
no cash. All monies must be in U.S. Funds. Checks should be
|
|||
|
|
made out to: "Conclave '90"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following registration form must be completed and mailed to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PO Box 12
|
|||
|
|
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You may register by Netmailing this completed form to 1:1/90 for
|
|||
|
|
processing. Rename it to ZNNNXXXX.REG where Z is your Zone
|
|||
|
|
number, N is your Net number, and X is your Node number. US Mail
|
|||
|
|
confirmation is required within 72 hours of electronic filing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are paying by credit card, please include the required
|
|||
|
|
information. For your own security, do not route any message
|
|||
|
|
with your credit card number on it. Crash it directly to 1:1/90.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The official Conclave '90 airline is American Airlines.
|
|||
|
|
American offers a 5% discount the lowest applicable round-trip
|
|||
|
|
fare, including 1st class travel, subject to availability of
|
|||
|
|
inventory. All fare rules and restrictions apply. In addition,
|
|||
|
|
American offers 40% off their round trip unrestricted day coach
|
|||
|
|
fare. International travelers qualify for special benefits,
|
|||
|
|
including complimentary admittance to the Admiral's Club Lounge
|
|||
|
|
at any American Airlines terminal. Newark is an American Air-
|
|||
|
|
lines city with direct flights to most major cities. When making
|
|||
|
|
reservations, you must call American's Toll-free reservation
|
|||
|
|
number at 800-433-1790, and reference Star number 13704F.
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 13 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
C O N C L A V E '90 R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name: __________________________________________________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Address: _____________________________ Apt. or Suite: _________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
City: _________________________ State or Province: ____________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Postal Code: __________________ Country: ______________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Voice Phone: ______________________ Data: _____________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Zone:Net/Node.Point@Domain: ____________________________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Special requirements: __________________________________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| Option | Full | | Pricing | Line |
|
|||
|
|
|(Choose 1: A-G)| Name | Qty | Thru 5/1 | Total |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN A* | | | $495.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN B* | | | $350.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN C* | | | $200.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN D* | | | $105.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN E* | | | $ 75.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| PLAN G* | | | $620.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+===============+=====================+=====+==========+=======+
|
|||
|
|
| NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| Broadway Show | | | $ 75.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
| Costume Ball* | | | $ 50.00 | |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
|
* includes all conference fees & Hotel | Total $ | |
|
|||
|
|
** includes dinner, show, and costume +==========+=======+
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Expiration: ___________ Signature _____________________________
|
|||
|
|
( Credit card registrations require valid signature )
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 14 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 15 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A View from the Bridge
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Captain's Log, Stardate 9003.30"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When I was a young boy, I used to like to watch Star Trek (I
|
|||
|
|
still do, though I don't have as much time for it as I used to),
|
|||
|
|
and I was always impressed with the technological advances they
|
|||
|
|
demonstrated on the show. Push a button, and food was instantly
|
|||
|
|
prepared. They had little t.v.s that you could carry around
|
|||
|
|
your neck on a strap. Other things. I always wished I was born
|
|||
|
|
just 100 years into the future to see all these marvelous things
|
|||
|
|
and grow up in that technologically advanced civilization. (Of
|
|||
|
|
course, I also wished that I'd been born 60 years before I was
|
|||
|
|
to witness the 'exciting times' of the early 20th century.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Just the other day, I was using my microwave oven. As I used
|
|||
|
|
the touch-sensitive keypad, I reflected on how it wasn't long
|
|||
|
|
ago that these machines used dials, just like a kitchen timer.
|
|||
|
|
Then I realized that it wasn't long ago that we didn't even have
|
|||
|
|
microwave ovens.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It came to me in a flash that I was born at just the RIGHT time.
|
|||
|
|
In my short lifetime, I've seen men land on the moon (I still
|
|||
|
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have a laquered copy of the NY Daily News issue of that day), a
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president of the United States resign. I've seen the effects of
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an oil gluttonous nation, and the development of nuclear power.
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I've seen the creation of digital watches, now the norm (and
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driving into Manhatten to buy one for $150.00 that used 24 hour
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time just before I joined the Air Force). I've witnessed and
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participated in the birth of the personal (it used to be 'home')
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computer, and how its changed, and continues to change, our lives.
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Some things haven't changed too much. Cars are still cars, they
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don't fly, aren't electric, and still pollute. The phone,
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though finally starting to show some progress towards its
|
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potential as an information processing device, is still a phone.
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Even with the advancement of cellular technology, we still don't
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have Dick Tracy "2-way wrist tv's".
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Some things have gotten worse. The US Space Program is at its
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worst point since the days of Sputnik. If you have a few
|
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minutes, please write your congressman, and ask him to vote some
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life into NASA.
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The bottom line, however, is that it appears that I have lived
|
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the ancient chinese curse. I truly was born in interesting times!
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FidoNews 7-15 Page 16 9 Apr 1990
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(P.S. See you at FidoCon! The time to put in your deposit is NOW!)
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FidoNews 7-15 Page 17 9 Apr 1990
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Henry Clark
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124/6120
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It's Alive ( or is it ? ) --
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Did you ever see 'Rosemary's Baby' The Exhibit at the state
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fair. It had that wonderful droning carny voice, on a
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continuous tape, blaring out of a bullhorn speaker...
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"Rose..mary's..baby. Half..man, half..devil. And..It's..
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A..live, or..is..it?" I never actually paid to see it, too
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much fun listening to the tape.
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I used to work on 6800 line controllers attached to PDPs.
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Tandem still uses them. DEC has the same thing, only they use
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LSI/11s. Now I have one for my PC. It's got a Hitachi 6309 ( 4
|
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Mhz ) and all the bell and whistle chips like DMAs, VIAs and of
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course double channel USRTs. It's strappable as to PC port
|
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address, IRQ line and PC memory address.
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It has NO ROMs. Normally a 6309 will RESET through address
|
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FFFE, but some fancy circuitry on this baby remaps that address
|
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down to 0FFE for 35 milliseconds. 0FFE happens to be the last
|
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two bytes of some dual addressable RAM that the PC can see
|
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starting at C400:0. This gives the PC the opportunity to write
|
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boot strap code in there before resetting the 6309.
|
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Norton SI sees the memory and calls it 'extra ram'. Contention
|
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( ie. both processors writing to the same byte ) is handled by
|
|||
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the RAM chip itself. I've got a ton of code for various line
|
|||
|
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protocols that will run in the 6309. Lot's of work here now,
|
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|
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maybe a FOSSIL is in order. 3270 ? Nah. T1 ? All right!
|
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OPUS 2.00 --
|
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|
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|
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Speaking of Opus, you surely have noticed the latest release,
|
|||
|
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version 1.10. I applaud all the development team for a job
|
|||
|
|
well done. It would appear that the most noticeable work was
|
|||
|
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performed on the user interfaces. There's a new menu system
|
|||
|
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and expanded privilege checking levels. My sources tell me
|
|||
|
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the next version will have something even better.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
What's the worst thing about running an Opus system ? Right,
|
|||
|
|
those damn message files. I, for one, run 8k clusters and
|
|||
|
|
those echo subdirectories get big, fast. I know of several
|
|||
|
|
folks working on a MESSAGE FOSSIL, which will allow Opus to
|
|||
|
|
make generic message function calls, independent of the storage
|
|||
|
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mechanism. One guy might run a .msg file fossil and get
|
|||
|
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basically what we have today. Another might run a database
|
|||
|
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fossil and have all the message data stored in a single huge
|
|||
|
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file.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 18 9 Apr 1990
|
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|
|||
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|
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|
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The message fossil would handle calls like 'read next header',
|
|||
|
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'change area' and 'read message body'. The functions provided
|
|||
|
|
by fossils would be the same, the way they read and write
|
|||
|
|
messages might all be different. You might run a Dbase message
|
|||
|
|
fossil, and I might run one too, but your's stores the message
|
|||
|
|
body as sets of 1K rows, and mine stores them line by line.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I think the migration will be somewhat eased by a first release
|
|||
|
|
of a basic .msg fossil, such that your message readers and echo
|
|||
|
|
mail tosser/scanners will work as before. After that, you
|
|||
|
|
would expect to see new fossils released as those utilities
|
|||
|
|
began to use the fossil functions. Times are a changin'...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Phantom City --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phantom City, The Double Round Trip, The Back Date : no, these
|
|||
|
|
are not new AIDS prevention techniques, they are ways to cheat
|
|||
|
|
the airlines and their stupid pricing policies.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Phantom City : Dallas to San Francisco to Dallas. You
|
|||
|
|
need 600 bucks. Wait, Dal-SF-Dal-Kansas City is only 500.
|
|||
|
|
Why ? SF to Kansas City is cheaper ( builds market share in
|
|||
|
|
KC ). Pack light, carry your bags and get off for good in
|
|||
|
|
Dallas. It's against the rules, you save 100 bucks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Double Round Trip : Chicago to Miami to Chicago. You need
|
|||
|
|
to fly out Monday and return Friday. Business travel, high
|
|||
|
|
traffic, 600 bucks. Wait, Saturday to Friday, and Monday to
|
|||
|
|
Sunday total is 550. Use the 2nd ticket first half, and 1st
|
|||
|
|
ticket second half. Why ? It's much cheaper to fly off days
|
|||
|
|
and stay across a Saturday. It's against the rules, you save 50
|
|||
|
|
bucks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Back Date : Anywhere to Anywhere next week. Too late for 2
|
|||
|
|
week advance booking. Not really. Hand written tickets have
|
|||
|
|
one week delayed computer entry leeway. Most travel agents
|
|||
|
|
will do it. If yours won't, another will. It's against the
|
|||
|
|
rules, you can save a bunch.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
These techniques are not recommended. You can be denied
|
|||
|
|
boarding if caught ( unless you raise a big stink and make up a
|
|||
|
|
plausible excuse ). What they do point out is the idiocy of
|
|||
|
|
current pricing tactics by the airlines. Airlines are also
|
|||
|
|
aware of these techniques, watch for a new rule limiting carry
|
|||
|
|
on bags to ONE and probably not a garment bag.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Honey's New Computer --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Hey, that Danish keyboard and print really did work. Honey
|
|||
|
|
wants a computer for her desk. I offered her my old ( circa
|
|||
|
|
1985 ) Compaq Portable 286, with the EGA external monitor. I
|
|||
|
|
even threw in a laser printer. She didn't byte.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 19 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Seems she has been reading a little; knows that old 286 is dog
|
|||
|
|
meat, VGA is where it's at, etc. ad nauseum. She will take the
|
|||
|
|
hand-me-down if I don't replace it. Otherwise, she wants the
|
|||
|
|
new one.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Oh, and another 95 bucks per month for some kind of travel
|
|||
|
|
agent comm line to a reservation system. Thanks a lot. No,
|
|||
|
|
wait, maybe two new computers... AH HA HA HA
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 20 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LATEST VERSIONS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS Systems
|
|||
|
|
--------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fido 12q+ Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5d1
|
|||
|
|
Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.62 TBBS 2.1
|
|||
|
|
Kitten 2.16 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
|||
|
|
Opus 1.11+* RBBSmail 17.2 TPBoard 6.0
|
|||
|
|
PCBoard 14.2* RemoteAccess 0.01 Wildcat! 2.10
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Network Node List Other
|
|||
|
|
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
|||
|
|
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30*
|
|||
|
|
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0
|
|||
|
|
FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01 Crossnet v1.5*
|
|||
|
|
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
|||
|
|
XlaxDiff 2.32 Gmail 2.05
|
|||
|
|
XlaxNode 2.32 GROUP 2.16
|
|||
|
|
GUS 1.30
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 1.13
|
|||
|
|
MSG 4.0
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 1.99
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
|
|||
|
|
QM 1.0
|
|||
|
|
QSORT 4.03
|
|||
|
|
StarLink 1.01
|
|||
|
|
TagMail 2.20
|
|||
|
|
TCOMMail 2.2
|
|||
|
|
TMail 1.14*
|
|||
|
|
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
|||
|
|
TosScan 1.00*
|
|||
|
|
UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
|
XRS 3.20*
|
|||
|
|
ZmailQ 1.10
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
---------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 21 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Red Ryder Host v2.1b4 Tabby 2.1 MacArc 0.04
|
|||
|
|
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
|
|||
|
|
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
|
|||
|
|
TImport 1.331
|
|||
|
|
TExport 1.32
|
|||
|
|
Timestamp 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Tset 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Import 2.52
|
|||
|
|
Export 2.54
|
|||
|
|
Sundial 2.1
|
|||
|
|
UNZIP 1.01*
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amiga
|
|||
|
|
-----
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Paragon 2.00+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
|||
|
|
TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5*
|
|||
|
|
WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 1.10
|
|||
|
|
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
|||
|
|
ElectricHerald1.66*
|
|||
|
|
Lharc 1.10
|
|||
|
|
MessageFilter 1.52*
|
|||
|
|
oMMM 1.43b
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30
|
|||
|
|
PkAX 1.00
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
|||
|
|
RMB 1.30
|
|||
|
|
TrapList 1.12*
|
|||
|
|
UNzip 0.86
|
|||
|
|
Yuck! 1.61*
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Atari ST
|
|||
|
|
--------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
|
|||
|
|
Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
|
|||
|
|
QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
|
|||
|
|
GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
|
|||
|
|
PKUNZIP 1.10
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 22 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 1.96S
|
|||
|
|
SRENUM 6.2
|
|||
|
|
Trenum 0.10
|
|||
|
|
OMMM 1.40
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
|
|||
|
|
* Recently changed
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
|
|||
|
|
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
|
|||
|
|
all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 23 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
NOTICES
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
The Interrupt Stack
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
3 Jun 1990
|
|||
|
|
Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be
|
|||
|
|
held at the World Congress Center and other locations.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
5 Jun 1990
|
|||
|
|
David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
12 Jun 1990
|
|||
|
|
Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
13 Jul 1990
|
|||
|
|
Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
|
|||
|
|
Further information will follow.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
27 Jul 1990
|
|||
|
|
The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in
|
|||
|
|
the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka,
|
|||
|
|
1:105/54.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Aug 1990
|
|||
|
|
Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
|
|||
|
|
details.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
5 Oct 1990
|
|||
|
|
21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
6 Nov 1990
|
|||
|
|
First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
14 Nov 1990
|
|||
|
|
Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
|
|||
|
|
2:332/16.0
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Jan 1991
|
|||
|
|
Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
|
|||
|
|
Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
16 Feb 1991
|
|||
|
|
Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
7 Oct 1991
|
|||
|
|
Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
|
|||
|
|
will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
|
|||
|
|
Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-15 Page 24 9 Apr 1990
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
|
|||
|
|
Islands will retain area code 415.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Feb 1992
|
|||
|
|
Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
|
|||
|
|
eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
|
|||
|
|
code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
|
|||
|
|
West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
|
|||
|
|
Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
|
|||
|
|
Montebello) will retain area code 213.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
|||
|
|
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
|||
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