726 lines
36 KiB
Plaintext
726 lines
36 KiB
Plaintext
|
Volume 8, Number 11 18 March 1991
|
|||
|
|
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
|
|||
|
|
| _ |
|
|||
|
|
| / \ |
|
|||
|
|
| /|oo \ |
|
|||
|
|
| - FidoNews - (_| /_) |
|
|||
|
|
| _`@/_ \ _ |
|
|||
|
|
| FidoNet (r) | | \ \\ |
|
|||
|
|
| International BBS Network | (*) | \ )) |
|
|||
|
|
| Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// |
|
|||
|
|
| / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / |
|
|||
|
|
| (________) (_/(_|(____/ |
|
|||
|
|
| (jm) |
|
|||
|
|
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
|
|||
|
|
Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
|
|||
|
|
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
|
|||
|
|
Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
|
|||
|
|
and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
|
|||
|
|
For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews is published weekly by and for the Members of the
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet (r) International Amateur Electronic Mail System. It is
|
|||
|
|
a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors
|
|||
|
|
or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles
|
|||
|
|
to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
|
|||
|
|
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
|
|||
|
|
Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
|
|||
|
|
Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
|
|||
|
|
used with permission.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
|
|||
|
|
and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
|
|||
|
|
Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
|
|||
|
|
responsible submission received.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Table of Contents
|
|||
|
|
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
|
|||
|
|
Sometimes EVERYTHING gets under your skin ................ 1
|
|||
|
|
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
|
|||
|
|
Indianapolis is now PC-Pursuitable ....................... 2
|
|||
|
|
The so called WorldPol, a Disclaimer ..................... 3
|
|||
|
|
Why Tony Instead of Amnon for Z1EC ....................... 4
|
|||
|
|
WorldPol - World Saviour? ................................ 6
|
|||
|
|
A PointOp's View on WorldPol ............................. 8
|
|||
|
|
3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 10
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions ................................. 10
|
|||
|
|
4. NOTICES .................................................. 15
|
|||
|
|
And more!
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 1 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
EDITORIAL
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You know what it's like. You reach such a level of annoyance at
|
|||
|
|
certain things that you don't even want to talk about them. But
|
|||
|
|
everytime you think about them, you start to get really upset.
|
|||
|
|
Your blood pressure goes up. You yell at your wife. You get rude
|
|||
|
|
with your mother.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For me this week, it's Microsoft C 6.00A, Worldpol and the Z1EC
|
|||
|
|
election, in no particular order.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I expect to recover from my problem with the C compiler. Dunno if
|
|||
|
|
the other two will be as easy.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I still think the best way to handle whatever it is that Pablo
|
|||
|
|
has on his mind is to split FidoNet into independent domains. I
|
|||
|
|
still think that the most foolish way to deal with it is this
|
|||
|
|
Worldpol thing. It ruins a lot of what made FidoNet useful in a
|
|||
|
|
failed attempt to fix a few regional problems. I'm glad my name
|
|||
|
|
isn't on it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As for the Z1EC elections -- maybe we are better off without a
|
|||
|
|
ZEC if this is what we have to go through to get one. In
|
|||
|
|
retrospect, it appears to me that the echomail got through just
|
|||
|
|
fine with a bitbucket as a ZEC. Why bother? Vote "NO."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Yuch. It smells around here. I'll talk to you later.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 2 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
ARTICLES
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dave Appel, 1:231/30
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
INDIANAPOLIS IS NOW PC-PURSUITABLE
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
After years of promises, Telenet's (SprintNet's) PC-Pursuit
|
|||
|
|
service, also known as PCP, has finally installed outdials in
|
|||
|
|
Indianapolis. The official announcement from Telenet is still
|
|||
|
|
forthcoming, but the outdials are in place.
|
|||
|
|
Indy's semi-official BBS list comes from the IUPUI BBoard,
|
|||
|
|
and is maintained by sysop Don Smith. This file can be
|
|||
|
|
requested from most of our Fido nodes as file INDY0301.ZIP.
|
|||
|
|
The latest version contains 96 local boards. However,
|
|||
|
|
taking all the multi-line boards into account, we have over 150
|
|||
|
|
BBS lines!
|
|||
|
|
Some of the multi-line boards of note are: PBS-BBS (Public
|
|||
|
|
Brand Software) 856-2087, noted for its shareware; Data Central
|
|||
|
|
543-2007, files and GIFs; User's Choice 894-1378, GIFs; and L.C.
|
|||
|
|
Midwest 924-2219, a dating/adult board. Those are pay boards.
|
|||
|
|
Indy is also Telelink/Starlink node 9349. Some people feel
|
|||
|
|
that Starlink is a better service than PC-Pursuit.
|
|||
|
|
Assuming that the outdial is in the same exchange as PCP's
|
|||
|
|
indial, the following exchanges should be accessible according
|
|||
|
|
to Indiana Bell's white pages. I include this list for your
|
|||
|
|
convenience because PCP has not yet published an official XCH
|
|||
|
|
list. Please excuse any typos or errors. These exchanges
|
|||
|
|
include Indianapolis proper, Carmel, Zionsville, Noblesville,
|
|||
|
|
Speedway, Beech Grove, Greenwood, Plainfield, Brownsburg,
|
|||
|
|
Fishers, Greenfield, Mooresville, and New Palestine.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Outdial Site: D/ININD
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
317 222 226 230 231 232 233 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242
|
|||
|
|
317 243 244 247 248 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 259 261 262
|
|||
|
|
317 263 264 265 266 267 269 271 272 273 274 276 277 278 283
|
|||
|
|
317 290 291 293 297 298 299 321 322 326 328 335 351 352 353
|
|||
|
|
317 355 356 357 359 422 424 425 431 432 439 441 442 443 445
|
|||
|
|
317 461 462 464 465 466 467 469 470 471 485 486 488 535 539
|
|||
|
|
317 541 542 543 545 546 547 549 556 571 573 574 575 576 577
|
|||
|
|
317 578 579 580 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 681
|
|||
|
|
317 684 685 686 687 691 694 736 738 745 769 773 776 780 781
|
|||
|
|
317 782 783 784 786 787 788 823 831 835 838 839 841 842 843
|
|||
|
|
317 844 845 846 848 849 852 856 861 862 867 870 871 872 873
|
|||
|
|
317 875 876 877 878 879 881 882 885 887 888 889 891 892 894
|
|||
|
|
317 895 896 897 898 899 920 921 923 924 925 926 927 928 929
|
|||
|
|
317 976 994
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 3 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Bolton
|
|||
|
|
3:711/403
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The so called WorldPol, a Dislaimer
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I would like to make it clear to everyone that the fact that my
|
|||
|
|
name appears in the "Credits" section of the so called
|
|||
|
|
"WordlPol" should not be interpreted as support on my part for
|
|||
|
|
the document, in part or in whole. I do not support the
|
|||
|
|
document.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fidonet Zones are able under Fidonet POLICY4 to request a policy
|
|||
|
|
variation by the IC to suit any local conditions which may
|
|||
|
|
effect the application of any aspect of Fidonet POLICY4. The IC
|
|||
|
|
has never received a request from any Zone for variation of
|
|||
|
|
POLICY4 for any reason.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Bolton
|
|||
|
|
Zone 3 Co-ordinator
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 4 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Why Tony Instead of Amnon for Zone 1 Echomail Coordinator
|
|||
|
|
Bob Germer
|
|||
|
|
1:266/21
|
|||
|
|
In the current runoff election for Zone 1 Echomail Coordinator,
|
|||
|
|
we have two very experienced, capable, dedicated individuals.
|
|||
|
|
Were these the only three qualifications for the job, there
|
|||
|
|
would be no valid way to choose between them. Certainly those
|
|||
|
|
three traits are critical for the incumbent in the position.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
However, I think there are two more traits which also must be
|
|||
|
|
considered carefully when making the choice. These two traits
|
|||
|
|
are consistancy and maturity. When these two traits are added
|
|||
|
|
to the balance, the scales tip heavily in one direction in my
|
|||
|
|
opinion.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I have watched the actions and positions of Tony and Amnon for
|
|||
|
|
the nearly five years I have been active in Fidonet. My
|
|||
|
|
opinions are based on my interpretation of their actions as an
|
|||
|
|
observer since I have never interacted directly with either
|
|||
|
|
gentleman.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Consistancy is important since none of us are fortune tellers
|
|||
|
|
and we can only make a choice based upon past history. While this
|
|||
|
|
is far from a perfect guide as our experiences with United States
|
|||
|
|
Presidents past show, it's all we really have.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tony has often taken a position, sometimes one in direct oppo-
|
|||
|
|
sition to the thinking of much of Fidonet. So has Amnon for
|
|||
|
|
that matter. However, Tony has never deviated from his position
|
|||
|
|
even while implementing policies, practices, etc. which his
|
|||
|
|
duties required despite his own opposition. Amnon, on the other
|
|||
|
|
hand, has changed his position more than once for reasons known
|
|||
|
|
only to himself and he has refused to follow Policy.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Maturity is necessary since the Z1EC must deal with many differ-
|
|||
|
|
ent types of problems and people. Neither qualifies as a Ralph
|
|||
|
|
Bunche to be sure, but Tony has exhibited more maturity than
|
|||
|
|
Amnon. When Tony disagrees, he campaigns, works, etc. to get
|
|||
|
|
Fidonet to change all the while doing things the accepted way.
|
|||
|
|
Amnon, on the other hand, has done it his way and let the chips
|
|||
|
|
fall where they may.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One particular "battle" shows the shortcomings of Amnon vis-a-vis
|
|||
|
|
Tony in maturity and consistancy. Let me elaborate.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Those of us who were members of Fidonet in 1987, 1988, 1989 or
|
|||
|
|
thereabouts can remember the refusal of Amnon to conform to the
|
|||
|
|
rules of moving echomail, his flat out challenges to one and all
|
|||
|
|
to stop him from doing things his way, his daring of the *C
|
|||
|
|
structure to excommunicate him, his promise to circumvent any
|
|||
|
|
controls the net as a whole imposed. He flamed one and all in at
|
|||
|
|
least two forums if they dared to suggest that his was way not
|
|||
|
|
the right way or the only way.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 5 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'm not saying that he was right or wrong in his position, but I
|
|||
|
|
am saying that he didn't work within Fidonet but attacked it in
|
|||
|
|
a very vocal and nasty way. Revolution rather than constitution-
|
|||
|
|
al change appeared to be his aim.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Then suddenly, he "saw the light". Was it a "conversion" or was
|
|||
|
|
it the spoiled child who saw himself as a clear loser and came
|
|||
|
|
crawling back? Only Amnon can say for sure.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The result of this change attempt to move back into the Fidonet
|
|||
|
|
power structure was a near revolt in his region, calls for his
|
|||
|
|
recall, challenges to elections, etc. Many long-time sysops in
|
|||
|
|
his region of the US left Fidonet or joined alternate newtworks.
|
|||
|
|
Amnon's actions were in many ways the catalyst for the formation
|
|||
|
|
of Eggnet.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So, for this old grey head, the choice has to be Tony Davis. I
|
|||
|
|
hope the majority of the voters agree with me.
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 6 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WorldPol - Is it all it's cracked up to be?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I've been hearing a lot about WorldPol. About how it's the best
|
|||
|
|
thing since canned beer. About how wonderfully gee whiz
|
|||
|
|
democratically-elected and ultimately fantastic it is. It's so
|
|||
|
|
great, don't even bother to read it, just get your NC to vote
|
|||
|
|
for it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fight-O-Net politics aside, I decided to have a closer squizz at
|
|||
|
|
the thing. Well, I didn't have much choice, it got posted into
|
|||
|
|
ZONE3_SYSOP when the vote was announced. Although I had read it
|
|||
|
|
before, I figured I'd really give it the once over. I'm glad I
|
|||
|
|
did. I probably should have offered these comments while it was
|
|||
|
|
being formulated, but I guess it's better now than not at all.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
First, much of the language used in WorldPol is vague. Too
|
|||
|
|
vague. Sure, Policy4 is vague too, but if we're going to have a
|
|||
|
|
replacement why not make it a little easier to understand and
|
|||
|
|
read?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Let me give one example: democratic elections by "western
|
|||
|
|
standards". What the hell is a western standard of democracy?
|
|||
|
|
Some "western" countries aren't very democratic at all. Of
|
|||
|
|
those which are loosely labelled "democratic" there's a HUGE
|
|||
|
|
difference between their respective methodologies for elections.
|
|||
|
|
And of course there are those of us who might dispute just how
|
|||
|
|
"democratic" the "West" really is anyway!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Also, who's to say that this magical panacea called "western
|
|||
|
|
democracy" is the ideal method of running this network anyway?
|
|||
|
|
(Well? there's a possibility it might not be!)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So, the proponents say that each Zone/Region/Net can set it's
|
|||
|
|
own rules. What about if they directly contradict WorlPol,
|
|||
|
|
and/or each other? Which takes precedence? Shouldn't it be
|
|||
|
|
global Policy, not local policy? It just HAS to be MORE
|
|||
|
|
SPECIFIC about election guidelines before it's useful.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While I'm carping about elections, I'll also carp about _who_
|
|||
|
|
gets to vote. WorldPol aims to give the "grunt sysop"
|
|||
|
|
emancipation. This is a very laudable idea and shuld be
|
|||
|
|
supported BUT not in the absence of a comprehensive system of
|
|||
|
|
voter division. Co-ordinating a vote of potentially 6000 people
|
|||
|
|
plus is a _major_ vote returning effort. There's no attempt to
|
|||
|
|
enforce electoral sub-division so potentially the Zone
|
|||
|
|
Co-ordinator Council may have to count all those votes
|
|||
|
|
themselves.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now, onto what I think is the killing blow (for me) for WorlPol.
|
|||
|
|
The loss of geographic Net division. Up until now, FidoNet has
|
|||
|
|
divided Nets by geography and by geography alone. This is ideal
|
|||
|
|
- it keeps PERSONAL and POLITICAL matters OUT of choosing what
|
|||
|
|
net you belong to. As long as you weren't excessively annoying
|
|||
|
|
or annoyed and you complied with the few technical standards,
|
|||
|
|
you were entitled to a node number. But now the cat's out of the
|
|||
|
|
bag.
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 7 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You see, POLICY4 already allows you to get echomail from
|
|||
|
|
ANYWHERE you want. All you _have_ to use your net structure for
|
|||
|
|
is NETMAIL, nodediffs, Fidonews. That's that.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Also this method (of net choosing) f**ks with election
|
|||
|
|
demographics. Say the local region's policy is that each net
|
|||
|
|
votes and the net co-ordinator is bound to vote for the majority
|
|||
|
|
view. This gives large, popular, nets an electoral disadvantage.
|
|||
|
|
There's infinite variations on this scenario. IMHO the loss of
|
|||
|
|
geographic nets will cause too much damage to the fabric of
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So there you have it. A dissenting grunt sysop! The aims of
|
|||
|
|
WorldPol are commendable but it's implementation is NOT. It's
|
|||
|
|
just too VAGUE. We could end up with a much WORSE situation
|
|||
|
|
than the current one. That's why I'm going to ask my NC to vote
|
|||
|
|
AGAINST WorldPol. What you do is up to you, but whatever you do,
|
|||
|
|
READ it and think CAREFULLY, please, for all our sakes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Scot Art, System-X 3:712/634
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 8 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Aaron Goldblatt
|
|||
|
|
1:130/20.1102 FidoNet
|
|||
|
|
20:491/223.0 MailNet
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A PointOp's View on WorldPol
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One of the problems with the way FidoNet works is its treatment
|
|||
|
|
of point systems. Point systems provide a quick, efficient way
|
|||
|
|
for users to interface with FidoNet instead of fighting through a
|
|||
|
|
long line of human callers, online time limits, and the lure of
|
|||
|
|
other areas of the BBS (games, files, etc.). Occasionally a user
|
|||
|
|
has to call twice (or more!) to read all the message s/he wants.
|
|||
|
|
Point systems eliminate this need, thereby serving a useful place
|
|||
|
|
in FidoNet.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
POLICY4, in my view, has some serious flaws, but I won't point
|
|||
|
|
most of them out here. WorldPol fixes many of these problems but
|
|||
|
|
fails to address my major problem.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Under POLICY4 point operators have zero rights with regard to the
|
|||
|
|
operation of FidoNet. They can not vote, they are not privy to
|
|||
|
|
sysop-only echomail confrences, they have no say in anything.
|
|||
|
|
WorldPol is a good document, but in this area it too fails.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What the authors of WorldPol have failed to note, in my opinion,
|
|||
|
|
the signifigant contribution to the growth of FidoNet that
|
|||
|
|
pointops have provided. I hear of many people writing new
|
|||
|
|
utilities in response to a technical glitch, to provide some new
|
|||
|
|
feature to software previously only dreamed about, to contribute
|
|||
|
|
something new and innovative. I use some of these products and
|
|||
|
|
have found them extremely useful.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The authors of WorldPol have failed to recongnize the signifigant
|
|||
|
|
amounts of time that pointops spend working on their systems. I
|
|||
|
|
have changed mailers not less than three times looking for
|
|||
|
|
something that will do what I want - I think I've found it. I
|
|||
|
|
have spent long nights tweaking my system to get rid of each
|
|||
|
|
problem as it arises - I know others have, as well. I'd willing
|
|||
|
|
to bet that some pointops spend more time working on their
|
|||
|
|
systems than their bossnodes do.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The authors of WorldPol have failed to recognize the signifigant
|
|||
|
|
role that pointops play in some of the message areas of FidoNet.
|
|||
|
|
They devote large amounts of space to big message areas - I
|
|||
|
|
receive several very large echos and store them in MSG format.
|
|||
|
|
They don't have to - they could instead devote the space to
|
|||
|
|
games, utilities, or other, more profitable persuits.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The only thing, in my opinion, that pointops don't do that sysops
|
|||
|
|
do is receive netmail during ZMH - that's it. For myself, it's
|
|||
|
|
not so much a lack of desire to become a full member of FidoNet -
|
|||
|
|
it's a lack of funds. I won't go into detail - just enough to
|
|||
|
|
say that I can't afford the hardware required to run a reliable
|
|||
|
|
system.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 9 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Pointops deserve consideration in FidoNet, even if it's not to
|
|||
|
|
the point of giving them full node status. In my view, WorldPol
|
|||
|
|
needs to be changed to reflect a new attitude and a new role for
|
|||
|
|
pointops in the changing world of FidoNet. If I had a vote in
|
|||
|
|
the matter of WorldPol I would seriously consider voting against
|
|||
|
|
it for this reason. I am not saying that WorldPol is not a good
|
|||
|
|
document, but I think it does have some flaws. I think they need
|
|||
|
|
to be seriously considered by those who may vote, and by those
|
|||
|
|
who influence the voters. POLICY4 has got to go - but is
|
|||
|
|
WorldPol its replacement?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I have serious reservations.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I can tell that I'm going to get a lot of netmail over this and
|
|||
|
|
will happily accept it, but I can't gurantee a reply. If any of
|
|||
|
|
that mail is a question as to why I put this in the News, well,
|
|||
|
|
this is about my only good forum - most of the people in
|
|||
|
|
INTERUSER aren't interested, and I can't access those sysop-only
|
|||
|
|
echos 'cause pointops have no rights . . . remember?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
AG
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 10 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
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 3.02 RBBS 17.3B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
|||
|
|
Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
|
|||
|
|
Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 1.00* TPBoard 6.1
|
|||
|
|
Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.55
|
|||
|
|
Opus 1.14+ 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 DOMAIN 1.42
|
|||
|
|
TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxDiff 2.35 EMM 2.02
|
|||
|
|
XlaxNode 2.35 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18
|
|||
|
|
Gmail 2.05
|
|||
|
|
GROUP 2.16
|
|||
|
|
GUS 1.30
|
|||
|
|
HeadEdit 1.15
|
|||
|
|
InterPCB 1.31
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 2.10*
|
|||
|
|
MSG 4.1
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 2.06
|
|||
|
|
MSGTOSS 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Oliver 1.0a
|
|||
|
|
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
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 11 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TMail 1.15
|
|||
|
|
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
|||
|
|
TosScan 1.00
|
|||
|
|
UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
|
XRS 4.10*
|
|||
|
|
XST 2.2
|
|||
|
|
ZmailH 1.14
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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 2.06
|
|||
|
|
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
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 12 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple II
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GBBS Pro 2.1 Fruity Dog 1.0 ShrinkIt 3.2
|
|||
|
|
DDBBS + 4.0 ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
|||
|
|
deARC2e 2.1
|
|||
|
|
ProSel 8.65
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple CP/M
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 13 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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 2.082+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
|||
|
|
TransAmiga 1.05 TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
|
|||
|
|
WelMat 0.42 booz 1.01
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 1.10
|
|||
|
|
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
|||
|
|
ElectricHerald1.66
|
|||
|
|
Lharc 1.30
|
|||
|
|
MessageFilter 1.52
|
|||
|
|
oMMM 1.49b
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30
|
|||
|
|
PkAX 1.00
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
|||
|
|
PolyxAmy 2.02
|
|||
|
|
RMB 1.30
|
|||
|
|
RoboWriter 1.02
|
|||
|
|
Skyparse 2.30
|
|||
|
|
TrapList 1.12
|
|||
|
|
Yuck! 1.61
|
|||
|
|
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.01
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Atari ST/TT
|
|||
|
|
-----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Network Node List
|
|||
|
|
Software Version Mailer Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FIDOdoor/ST 2.12* BinkleyTerm 2.40l* ParseList 1.30
|
|||
|
|
QuickBBS/ST 1.02 The BOX 1.20 Xlist 1.12
|
|||
|
|
Pandora BBS 2.41c EchoFix 1.20
|
|||
|
|
GS Point 0.61 sTICk/Hatch 5.10*
|
|||
|
|
LED ST 1.00
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 1.96S
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Archiver Msg Format Other
|
|||
|
|
Utilities Version Converters Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 8-11 Page 14 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 0.60 TB2BINK 1.00 ConfMail 4.03
|
|||
|
|
ARC 6.02 BINK2TB 1.00 ComScan 1.02
|
|||
|
|
PKUNZIP 1.10 FiFo 2.1j* Import 1.14
|
|||
|
|
OMMM 1.40
|
|||
|
|
Pack 1.00
|
|||
|
|
FastPack 1.20
|
|||
|
|
FDsysgen 2.16
|
|||
|
|
FDrenum 2.10
|
|||
|
|
Trenum 0.10
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Archimedes
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BBS Software Mailers Utilities
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 Unzip 2.1TH
|
|||
|
|
ARC 1.03
|
|||
|
|
!Spark 2.00d
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30
|
|||
|
|
BatchPacker 1.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
+ 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 8-11 Page 15 18 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
NOTICES
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Interrupt Stack
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
30 Mar 1991
|
|||
|
|
Jim Grubs (W8GRT) was issued his first ham radio license forty
|
|||
|
|
years ago today. His first station was made from an ARC-5
|
|||
|
|
"Command Set" removed from a B-17 bomber.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
12 May 1991
|
|||
|
|
Fourth anniversary of FidoNet operations in Latin America and
|
|||
|
|
second anniversary of the creation of Zone-4.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
15 Aug 1991
|
|||
|
|
5th annual Z1 Fido Convention - FidoCon '91 "A New Beginning"
|
|||
|
|
Sheraton Denver West August 15 through August 18 1991.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
8 Sep 1991
|
|||
|
|
25th anniversary of first airing of Star Trek on NBC!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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,
|
|||
|
|
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.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Dec 1993
|
|||
|
|
Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
5 Jun 1997
|
|||
|
|
David Dodell's 40th Birthday
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
|||
|
|
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|