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Volume 7, Number 49 3 December 1990
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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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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the Members of the
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FidoNet (r) International Amateur Electronic Mail System. It is
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a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors
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or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles
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to this 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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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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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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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Stretching the truth in print ............................ 1
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Responses, decentralization, the USA, cards, and koans ... 3
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The 'GhostNET' Echo ...................................... 7
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Universal Mayhem Update .................................. 8
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PITStop, NEW racing echo ................................. 10
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WORLDTALK: UNITEX REVISTED ............................... 11
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2. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 13
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 13
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3. NOTICES .................................................. 18
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 18
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ARTICLES
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Jack Decker
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1:154/8
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STRETCHING THE TRUTH IN PRINT
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I've said it before... it's my belief that FidoNews should not
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be the vehicle for articles on all sorts of "issues of the
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day." Apparently the current editor disagrees with me, though,
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and his opinion is the one that counts.
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All right. Here's some help for those of us who have to sit
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and read all of this and wonder if we are getting straight news
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or pure propaganda, or something in between. I'm going to ask
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you to spend a few moments of your time and fifteen cents on a
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postcard (maybe a bit more if you're outside of the U.S.A.) to
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request a reprint of some articles that show how media bias can
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creep into news reporting. It shows, among other things, how
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certain words or phrases can be (and have been) used or avoided
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in order to influence public opinion, all under the guise of
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objective reporting.
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Right about now you may be thinking "I suppose he's going to
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ask me to write to some ultra-conservative group or some
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abortion rights organization to get their slant on media bias"
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(especially if you've read some of my previous comments in
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FidoNews). But if I did that, you'd immediately dismiss it as
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the writings of some fringe group that you don't agree with
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anyway. Sorry, but if that's what you were thinking, I'm
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afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Instead, I'm going to ask
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you to write to that great ultra-conservative(?) publication,
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the (ahem) Los Angeles Times.
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You see, a reporter named David Shaw wrote a series of articles
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for the L.A. Times that detailed how media bias has seeped into
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the reporting of the abortion issue. Now you may say "my mind
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is already made up on abortion", but that's not what these
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articles are really all about. Rather, what these articles
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prove is that you can take an issue - really ANY issue - and
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put a slant on your reporting that at first blush seems
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objective enough, but that in reality strongly favors one side
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or another.
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Every student of journalism, and anyone who is now employed (or
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hopes to someday be employed) as an editor, a reporter, or in
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some other capacity in the field of journalism would do well to
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read this report. Keep in mind that it isn't just the abortion
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issue that's often reported in a biased manner. Reporters take
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up all sorts of causes, and can inadvertently inject their own
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beliefs and values into what they report. Editors can edit
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stories to reflect a particular viewpoint, or can decline to
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run stories favorable to one side or the other. If they can do
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it with the issue of abortion, they can do it with a cause near
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and dear to your heart as well.
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To request a free copy of David Shaw's series on abortion bias
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in the media, you may write to:
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L.A. Times Public Relations
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Times Mirror Square
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 3 3 Dec 1990
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Garth Kidd
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3:680/803
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Responses, decentralization, the USA, cards, and koans.
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Wow.
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I wasn't quite expecting this reaction.
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Well, I was in a way: I thought that nobody in Zone 3 would
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comment, because they never read FidoNews, and I was absolutely
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right on that one.
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Instead, I've got someone from Zone 4 telling me how much of a
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reaction my article got down there! And that nice Mr K Bychin
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said some stuff that caught my mind.
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______________________________
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To: all those doods in Zone 1.
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(and none of these "it's spelt `dude'" complaints, either:-)
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In Zone 1, I get the distinct impression that the host calls out
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to all of the nodes to do the mail session, right? Wierd. I guess
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you have the option of doing that, since you have free local
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calls. Sure, the "local calls" area is the size of a peanut, but
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they're free, right?
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I think I've just realised why a lot of Z1 nethosts don't like
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the idea of people switching nets. They've got this odd idea that
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they'd have to make another phone call. This had simply never
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occurred to me.
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Here in Zone 3, (and I guess it happens in 2 and 4..infinity as
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well), we have to pay for our phone calls. All of the nodes call
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the host. We have to juggle things a little to avoid conflicts,
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but apart from when new nodes are introduced, we manage to avoid
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each other pretty damn well. I think we also have a better
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relationship with our Host, since he doesn't have to do
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\everything\.
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Oh yeah: here in N680, and many others, we also pay for our
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echomail. My echomail bill works out at about $5 a week, for
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quite a few echoes, which is just about nothing for the pretty
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damn good service we get. Everyone is happy, especially the host,
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who doesn't have an albatross named "phone bill" around his neck.
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This saves him lots of money, which he keeps spending on hardware
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to make the feed more efficient, the silly fool :-).
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 4 3 Dec 1990
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You might want to consider it, guys. Take some load off your host
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and make the call from your end. It's pretty damn easy: add a
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single event to your control files, and bingo. The call is, no
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doubt, free for you as well, so it's no money off your back.
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Every now and again, estimate your share of the amount of money
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your host is spending on phone bills bringing your favourite
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echoes in, and \send the cash in\. There's some excellent billing
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software out there that figures it all out (at the host's end),
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and makes everything a lot more fair.
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This might, IMHO, make the nethosts feel a little better. It
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might also lead to the dropping of this bloody silly "physical
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location" rule for which net you join, since it's not going to
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add any huge load to the host you switch to.
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Once that's happened, MAYBE FidoNet stands a chance of being
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democratic.
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Decentralization, n: in FidoNet, a damn good idea.
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Ta for the introduction, Vince. As I said, I wasn't quite
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expecting the reaction. No abuse whatsoever. Amazing. :-/
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Back to your idea of lots of domains: if you think the technology
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can handle it, great! You'll have to fix that extremely stupid
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document regulating gateways, though, or all hell will break
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loose. All that needs to be said is "dupe loops are a bad idea,
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and if you're responsible for one, big trouble."
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Technology-wise, I don't think Type 2 is really equipped to
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handle multiple domain work if it's commonplace, at least with
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the current batch of software. For it to be possible, you'd need
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at least for everyone to be running the latest version of the
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software, which is hard enough to do these days.
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[aparrently, there's some *C out there who insists on using a
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not-quite-compatible homebrew mailer, which is creating amazing
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problems with everybody downstream. Of course, they can't switch
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*C, can they? Nor can they vote him out. This is what I'd like to
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see fixed]
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Type 3 software should be seriously looked at. jim's proposal
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needs some modification, but it's basically sound IMHO, and even
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the most lowly Commodore 64 should be able to handle it. The
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wonderful thing about Type 3 would be that we'd be able to drag a
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significant amount of the net up to a respectable level of
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compatibility and effectiveness in a relatively short amount of
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time.
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How to introduce it: I'd say you firstly ensure that all Type 3
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software can also handle Type 2 packets and messages. You might
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want to turn that option off, but it'll be there. Then you make
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source for 2<>3 packet/message converters available. Finally, you
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set a date by which all non-leaf nodes MUST convert to Type 3.
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Make it a LONG way in the future, and WELL after we've managed to
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prove that the thing works.
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Setting a date is pretty harsh stuff, but it's (IMHO) the only
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way to work. The non-leaf rule should be pretty obvious: there's
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almost definitely going to be someone running Type 2 software on
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some archaic, uncommon machine, and they won't be good enough at
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programming to port Type 3 over to their machines. All we want to
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do is make sure that they're not routing mail to anyone, since we
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want to make \sure\ that the advantages of Type 3 aren't lost
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because of some diehard Type 2 user stuck in the middle of the
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chain.
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Another method: form another network (entirely type 3), and
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have it slowly take over. You should be able to figure out the
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pros and cons for that one yourself.
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'nuff rambling on this topic. Keep talking, people.
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Tom, you're absolutely correct. The United States government and
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secret services are being absolutely amazingly awful as far as it
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comes to treating your rights, and it's not only in the
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electronic mail arena, either. I'm just glad I'm not in the USA.
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The only thing I can suggest is to get the silent majority up and
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yelling that you want CHANGE. If you don't yell, you should
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expect the rabidly conservative to try and restrict your life to
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the point you can't move. You should also expect them to succeed
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unopposed, since you're all sitting back being quiet.
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I just hope it doesn't happen here in Australia.
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Henry: if you can find a Unix box out there you can play with,
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swap the idle process for one that does your card simulations.
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Also, have it keep track of the maximum and average "$ down"
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amounts. If you can only succeed with $10,000 in your pocket,
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it's no good. I'd love a copy of your source, though.
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A new koan:
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If you have some ice cream, I will give it to you.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 6 3 Dec 1990
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If you have no ice cream, I will take it away from you.
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It is an ice cream koan.
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Thanks for your time.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 7 3 Dec 1990
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Chris Mayer, Ghostbusters Central (415) 933-4937
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FIDO 1:161/303 CandyNET 42:1069/303
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The GhostNET Echo
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Yes, another echo is out, and its called 'GhostNET'. This new
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echo is a serious attempt at disscussing topics relating to
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paranormal occurences, Extrasensory Perception, Psychokinesis,
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Psychics, and more. Now that I've got you confused, here are
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the basic requirements. It requires real names and ANSI codes
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are to be stripped. To recieve this echo, send netmail to Chris
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Mayer at 1:161/303. More details will be included through
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netmail at your request.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 8 3 Dec 1990
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Universal Mayhem Update
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Fredric Rice
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1:102/901.0
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presents
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Killing People Over The Dial-Up Network
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Universal Mayhem has been under heavy development since the
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version 2.0 release a couple of months ago. We are, in fact,
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soon to mail version 2.3 to every known Mayhem site as soon as
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some test time is found. Known sites (those that are in the
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MAYHEM echo) are:
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128/74 365/47 104/112 151/806 107/540 124/3220 207/204 231/290
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209/735 345/15 135/79 282/51 143/8 3622/56 141/68 105/112 19/15
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133/110 224/60 100/380 369/26 350/726 102/851 102/833 396/24
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250/726. (8842/0 8842/1 8842/2: my private international nodes).
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If you don't see your node listed when it should be, now you
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know why you haven't been getting the echo mail! Give me a call
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and I'll fix it right away.
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There are two known sites in Germany and several in Australia;
|
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|
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only one of which currently receives the MAYHEM echo. The German
|
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|
|
site that I interface to is difficult to connect to and
|
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|
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generally requires many calls to send a single packet. I
|
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|
|
attribute this problem to my long distance carrier line quality.
|
|||
|
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Who can say? Regardless, MAYHEM is now considered international
|
|||
|
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in scope.
|
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|
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|
|
There are an estimated 240 sites running Mayhem world-wide. This
|
|||
|
|
count is computed on the total File Requests and File Attaches
|
|||
|
|
in my log files and the messages and letters received from sites
|
|||
|
|
I haven't listed above. Israel is running an old 1.5 version and
|
|||
|
|
will be updated when 2.3 comes out.
|
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|
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|
|
The several reported bugs have been fixed though not fully
|
|||
|
|
tested. Friendly ships that warp in to assist an allied ship
|
|||
|
|
does not get fired on and does not automatically attack a
|
|||
|
|
friendly ship anymore. More importantly, the export and import
|
|||
|
|
of ships (cannon fodder) from other sites finally works and the
|
|||
|
|
File Attaches now actually works - now that I read the Technical
|
|||
|
|
document for the message headers attribute field and implemented
|
|||
|
|
the damn thing. I should add that Mayhem sites need-not be tied
|
|||
|
|
to each other to run Mayhem. It's quite acceptable to run Mayhem
|
|||
|
|
entirely local to a single system.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
There have been BILLIONS and BILLIONS of little fixes and
|
|||
|
|
updates that are primarily 'tweakings' of the code after
|
|||
|
|
suggestions from the various sites were considered. When version
|
|||
|
|
2.3 is mailed out, a file briefly listing the updates performed
|
|||
|
|
will be mail with it. Speed of start-up and execution has also
|
|||
|
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been worked on and some of the colors made less gaudy.
|
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|
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|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 9 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
If you want to try the thing, you can request MAYHEM20.ZIP or it
|
|||
|
|
would probably be a better idea to send a message asking for
|
|||
|
|
version 2.3 when it's tested and released. If you would like to
|
|||
|
|
get into the MAYHEM echo, let me know. I am now down to polling
|
|||
|
|
all known sites once a week rather than the original three times
|
|||
|
|
a week (my wife threatened to toss my ass out along with the
|
|||
|
|
phone bills if I didn't stop. I threatened to stop cooking her
|
|||
|
|
dinners if I got thrown out -- we compromised. I'll poll once a
|
|||
|
|
week and burn a third of her dinners). You can also use the list
|
|||
|
|
above to find out what the closest site that has it is and see
|
|||
|
|
if it can feed you, of course.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
A Sad Note -- A Software God here where I work has reported
|
|||
|
|
seeing Mayhem version 2.0 being sold at a local swap-meet. I
|
|||
|
|
have never charged a cent for my efforts (I return
|
|||
|
|
contributions) and I don't allow other people to make money on
|
|||
|
|
my lost sleep. I ask that _anyone_ who sees my work being sold
|
|||
|
|
to get a name and license plate number of the criminal and let
|
|||
|
|
me know about it; along with any other information you can come
|
|||
|
|
up with. Because I don't charge for the product, I can't claim
|
|||
|
|
lost income but I can sure as hell launch a class-action suit
|
|||
|
|
and recover punitive damages for these people selling my
|
|||
|
|
copywritten software -- it's not released as Public Domain or
|
|||
|
|
into the Public Domain. If I want it sold, I'll do it myself. Be
|
|||
|
|
it understood that Mayhem remains mine and as my property, I
|
|||
|
|
reserve the right to deny any 'company' or people who sell my
|
|||
|
|
work the right to have it. It must be distributed in a free and
|
|||
|
|
friendly manor as I have always done in the past.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 10 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
AllNighter BBS
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet 1:167/173
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PITStop
|
|||
|
|
=======
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you're a motosports fan, then this echo is for you. A forum
|
|||
|
|
where you can share talk about the best sport around, Motor-
|
|||
|
|
racing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Schedules
|
|||
|
|
Results
|
|||
|
|
Score boards
|
|||
|
|
Technical analysis
|
|||
|
|
Mechanical aspects
|
|||
|
|
Racing hints
|
|||
|
|
Fan Support
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
are but a few of the topics in this forum. All types of motor-
|
|||
|
|
sports will be covered, from the down-south Winston and NASCAR
|
|||
|
|
stockers, to the international world of Grand-Prix, the Indy
|
|||
|
|
cars, fiery dragsters and news of interest from the grass roots
|
|||
|
|
local 1/4 mile ovals.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are interested in taking part or would like to get more
|
|||
|
|
details on this new racing forum please send a Netmail
|
|||
|
|
message to me,
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Marc Patrick Roy
|
|||
|
|
1:167/173@fidonet.org
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks for your support, and we hope to see at the next
|
|||
|
|
PITStop!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 11 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
James Waldron
|
|||
|
|
1:107/501
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEW ECHOMAIL CONFERENCE: WORLDTLK
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Description and Summary of the WORLDTLK Echo.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The 'original' UNITEX conference is available now as AreaTag:
|
|||
|
|
WORLDTLK on the FidoNet backbone.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The UNITEX echomail conference is changing it's name to WORLDTLK
|
|||
|
|
and will be revamping its agenda and will include articles from
|
|||
|
|
other international news agencies and journalists in addition to
|
|||
|
|
the United Nations Weekly Summaries and other UN news bulletins
|
|||
|
|
that are of topical interest and concern and have global
|
|||
|
|
ramifications. All recent UN Resolutions will be posted
|
|||
|
|
as well as any speeches from Heads of State addressing
|
|||
|
|
the UN General Assenbly.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As you will read below, this conference can be both extremely
|
|||
|
|
informative, from a user or reader's perspective, as well as
|
|||
|
|
provide a forum and mecahnism for feedback to what has become an
|
|||
|
|
international and global crisis: The Situation in the Gulf. The
|
|||
|
|
United Nations, now more than ever, is taking a very active role
|
|||
|
|
in World Affairs and this conference can, in a 'real sense' be a
|
|||
|
|
WORLD TALK forum with a political reality. It is necessary to
|
|||
|
|
know what is going on from a source level. The televison and
|
|||
|
|
press media can only cover a certain perspective. This
|
|||
|
|
conference will bring you articles and news covewrage not
|
|||
|
|
usually seen in our media.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WORLDTLK is NOT a read-only conference but there are certain
|
|||
|
|
guidelines and protocols that will be published from time to
|
|||
|
|
time as Conference Rules. The WORLDTLK Moderator is Dr. James
|
|||
|
|
Waldron 1;107/501. Co-moderators are Esty Dinur and Jeff
|
|||
|
|
Laranger both at 1:121/99 User postings, especially of the
|
|||
|
|
journalistic variety, are welcome. Try to stay on topic with
|
|||
|
|
the current trend of subject headers. Inquiries, thoughtful or
|
|||
|
|
provocative questions, and other related news articles will be
|
|||
|
|
answered by the WorldTlk Moderators or online readers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Postings by other agencies, such as the Wind Energy Forum,
|
|||
|
|
Audobon or the Sierra Club are certainly welcome on the
|
|||
|
|
environmental topics, as are postings by World Perspectives on
|
|||
|
|
the international political scene.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Articles will range from UN Security Council Resolutions and UN
|
|||
|
|
Press Releases to international news on the environment, The
|
|||
|
|
UNCED (UN Conference for Environmental Development), Laws of the
|
|||
|
|
Sea, Treaty and Boundary Agreements, the Crisis in the Gulf,
|
|||
|
|
weekly summaries of the UN General Assembly and timely
|
|||
|
|
publications from other international and independent press
|
|||
|
|
associations. The United Nations news will be posted by UNITEX
|
|||
|
|
Communications.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 12 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Other issues include: current developments and economic trends
|
|||
|
|
in the European Economic Community (EEC), Human Rights, peaceful
|
|||
|
|
and safe utilization of atomic energy, reports from the World
|
|||
|
|
Bank, World Health Organization, Africa, Central & Latin
|
|||
|
|
America, and several other areas of concern facing the
|
|||
|
|
developing nations.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The idea is to present several authoratative views of current
|
|||
|
|
news crisis and trends via real 'hard news' and professional
|
|||
|
|
journalism using varying international sources, including news
|
|||
|
|
briefings from the United Nations and other governmental
|
|||
|
|
agencies and have a forum for readers to reply to and ask
|
|||
|
|
questions. The topics will vary depending on the current world
|
|||
|
|
political situation, among other things.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are a sysop and are reading this it would be appreciated
|
|||
|
|
to pass this information on to your readers. If you want to
|
|||
|
|
link into WORLDTLK and have echomail link(s) already in place
|
|||
|
|
for UNITEX, simply change the name from UNITEX to WORLDTLK and
|
|||
|
|
retain all the links.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are new to this conference, simply add the Areatag:
|
|||
|
|
WORLDTLK to your areas.bbs and ask for a link from your NEC or
|
|||
|
|
HEC, as this is a FidoNet backbone confernce.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you need more information about the conference or the
|
|||
|
|
background and history of UNIETX (re: talks or papers UNITEX
|
|||
|
|
presented at the United Nations), FileReq UNITEX.ZIP from
|
|||
|
|
1:107/501. In addition, It describes the UNITEX Project that
|
|||
|
|
began in 1983 as an experimental pilot-project for dissemination
|
|||
|
|
of specialized information using wide-area network technology.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
James Waldron, 1:107/510 WORLDTLK Moderator
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 13 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LATEST VERSIONS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS Systems
|
|||
|
|
--------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5g
|
|||
|
|
Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.66 TBBS 2.1
|
|||
|
|
GSBBS 3.01 RBBS 17.3A TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
|||
|
|
Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
|
|||
|
|
Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 0.04a TPBoard 6.1
|
|||
|
|
Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.50
|
|||
|
|
Opus 1.13+ Socrates 1.10 WWIV 4.12
|
|||
|
|
PCBoard 14.5 XBBS 1.15
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Network Node List Other
|
|||
|
|
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BinkleyTerm 2.40 EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0
|
|||
|
|
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 ARCAsim 2.30
|
|||
|
|
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
|
|||
|
|
FrontDoor 1.99c Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.14 Crossnet v1.5
|
|||
|
|
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
|||
|
|
TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxDiff 2.35 Gmail 2.05
|
|||
|
|
XlaxNode 2.35 GROUP 2.16
|
|||
|
|
GUS 1.30
|
|||
|
|
HeadEdit 1.15
|
|||
|
|
InterPCB 1.31
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 1.13
|
|||
|
|
MSG 4.1
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 2.00
|
|||
|
|
MSGTOSS 1.3
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10
|
|||
|
|
QM 1.0
|
|||
|
|
QSORT 4.03
|
|||
|
|
Sirius 1.0x
|
|||
|
|
SLMAIL 1.36
|
|||
|
|
StarLink 1.01
|
|||
|
|
TagMail 2.41
|
|||
|
|
TCOMMail 2.2
|
|||
|
|
Telemail 1.27
|
|||
|
|
TMail 1.15
|
|||
|
|
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
|||
|
|
TosScan 1.00
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 14 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
|
XRS 3.40
|
|||
|
|
XST 2.2
|
|||
|
|
ZmailQ 1.12
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
OS/2 Systems
|
|||
|
|
------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Maximus-CBCS 1.02 BinkleyTerm 2.40 Parselst 1.32
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
EchoStat 6.0
|
|||
|
|
oMMM 1.52
|
|||
|
|
Omail 3.1
|
|||
|
|
MsgEd 2.00
|
|||
|
|
MsgLink 1.0C
|
|||
|
|
MsgNum 4.14
|
|||
|
|
LH2 0.50
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
|
|||
|
|
ARC2 6.00
|
|||
|
|
PolyXARC 2.00
|
|||
|
|
Qsort 2.1
|
|||
|
|
Raid 1.0
|
|||
|
|
Remapper 1.2
|
|||
|
|
Tick 2.0
|
|||
|
|
VPurge 2.07
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Xenix/Unix
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BBS Software Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MaximusCBCS 1.02.Unix.B0 BinkleyTerm 2.30b Unzip 3.10
|
|||
|
|
ARC 5.21
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30b
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 3.31b
|
|||
|
|
Ommm 1.40b
|
|||
|
|
Msged 1.99b
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.01
|
|||
|
|
C-Lharc 1.00
|
|||
|
|
Omail 1.00b
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple CP/M
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-49 Page 15 3 Dec 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
|
|||
|
|
MsgUtil 2.5
|
|||
|
|
PackUser v4
|
|||
|
|
Filer v2-D
|
|||
|
|
UNARC.COM 1.20
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
---------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
|
|||
|
|
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
|||
|
|
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 LHArc 0.33
|
|||
|
|
Hermes 1.01 StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
|||
|
|
FBBS 0.91 Compactor 1.21
|
|||
|
|
TImport 1.92
|
|||
|
|
TExport 1.92
|
|||
|
|
Timestamp 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Tset 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Import 3.2
|
|||
|
|
Export 3.21
|
|||
|
|
Sundial 3.2
|
|||
|
|
PreStamp 3.2
|
|||
|
|
OriginatorII 2.0
|
|||
|
|
AreaFix 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Mantissa 3.21
|
|||
|
|
Zenith 1.5
|
|||
|
|
Eventmeister 1.0
|
|||
|
|
TSort 1.0
|
|||
|
|
Mehitable 2.0
|
|||
|
|
UNZIP 1.02c
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amiga
|
|||
|
|
-----
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Paragon 2.07+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
|||
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TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 16 3 Dec 1990
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WelMat 0.42 booz 1.01
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ConfMail 1.10
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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ElectricHerald1.66
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Lharc 1.21
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MessageFilter 1.52
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ParseLst 1.30
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PkAX 1.00
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
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PolyxAmy 2.02
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RMB 1.30
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Skyparse 2.30
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TrapList 1.12
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UNzip 0.86
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Yuck! 1.61
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Zoo 2.01
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Atari ST
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
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FIDOdoor/ST 2.00* BinkleyTerm 2.40j* ConfMail 4.02
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 1.02 ARC 6.02
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GS Point 0.61 FiFo 2.0b
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LHARC 0.60
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LED ST 0.10
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BYE 0.25
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 1.96S
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SRENUM 6.2
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Trenum 0.10
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OMMM 1.40
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Mailers Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 Unzip 2.1TH
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ARC 1.03
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!Spark 2.00d
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 17 3 Dec 1990
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ParseLst 1.30
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BatchPacker 1.00
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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1 Jan 1991
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Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
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Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
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16 Feb 1991
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Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
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31 Mar 1991
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Jim Grubs (W8GRT) was issued his first ham radio license forty
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years ago today. His first station was made from an ARC-5
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"Command Set" removed from a B-17 bomber.
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12 May 1991
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Fourth anniversary of FidoNet operations in Latin America and
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second anniversary of the creation of Zone-4.
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8 Sep 1991
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25th anniversary of first airing of Star Trek on NBC!
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7 Oct 1991
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Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
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will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
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Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
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Islands will retain area code 415.
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1 Feb 1992
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Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
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eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
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code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
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West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
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Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
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Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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1 Dec 1993
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Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
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5 Jun 1997
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David Dodell's 40th Birthday
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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