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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 11 17 March 1997
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EMULSIFIED?
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Is it just a communication problem? ...................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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ACLU News of Cyberspace .................................. 2
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Differences: FidoNet/Internet ............................ 6
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Beware the Ides of March ................................. 9
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Fido Copyright in Danger? ................................ 11
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The Great ZEC Election Hoax .............................. 12
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R19 activity? ............................................ 15
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3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 18
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FSC-0049 - Proposal for Passing Domain Information ....... 18
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FSC-0050 - Character Set Identifier ...................... 19
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FSC-0051 - System Independent Transfer of Special Chara .. 21
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4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 31
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 073 ...... 31
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5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 32
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ZEC1 Poll for ZEC1 Election .............................. 32
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6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 34
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An odd comparison? ....................................... 34
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7. NOTICES .................................................. 35
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Future History ........................................... 35
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I.E.E.E. Echo Announcement ............................... 36
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8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 37
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 37
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And more!
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 1 17 Mar 1997
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EDITORIAL
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Things are not always as they seem at first blush.
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Fortunately, FidoNews takes input from anyone and all angles and
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voices can be heard albeit a week delayed in the case of several of
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the articles in today's Issue.
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I expect we will have more responses next week.
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So, sorry, Gary [et al], this Issue is not 26K.
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Communication is what we are here for so let's communicate at ALL the
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levels of FidoNet. Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati may have worked just
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fine in the 5,000 Node days but sooner or later something is going to
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give if folks don't at least check in once in awhile.
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And speaking of playing dead, what's happening in the IC election?
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C.B.
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ARTICLES
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--- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 ---
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By Christopher Baker on Sun Mar 09 19:05:14 1997
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[reformatting this msg for FidoNews compromised the PGP signature
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clear-signing this as authentic from Mike Bilow. The original is
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available in the FIDONEWS Echo if anyone wants to test it.] Ed.
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From: Mike Bilow
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To: Christopher Baker
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Date: 07 Mar 97 12:37:04
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Subj: ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update
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* Forwarded (from: Netmail) by Mike Bilow using BilowMail0.2.
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* Originally from ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update Owner to Mike Bilow.
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* Original dated: Mar 06 '97, 23:40
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From: "ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update Owner"@newmedium.com
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To: cyber-liberties@aclu.org
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ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update
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Thursday, March 5, 1997
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CONTENTS:
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* ACLU Welcomes "Pro-CODE" Encryption Bill, Warns of Anti-Privacy
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Legislation Waiting in the Wings
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* ACLU Moves to Protect Netizens From Prosecution Under New York
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Cybercensorship Law
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* About Cyber-Liberties Update (Unchanged since Feb 5)
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* ACLU Welcomes "Pro-CODE" Encryption Bill, Warns of Anti-Privacy
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Legislation Waiting in the Wings
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The American Civil Liberties Union today praised Senator Conrad
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Burns (R-MT) for his leadership in protecting free speech and online
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privacy and welcomed the introduction of S.377, the "Promotion of
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Commerce in a Digital Era Act (Pro-CODE)."
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The bill, introduced by Senator Burns on the Senate floor last
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week, aims at lifting export controls on encryption with a resulting
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increase in privacy protection for both communications and stored
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information, the ACLU said.
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Encryption programs scramble information so that it can only be
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read with a "key" -- a code the recipient uses to unlock the scrambled
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electronic data. Programs that use more than 40 bits of data to
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encode information are considered "strong" encryption. Currently,
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unless these keys are made available to the government, the
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Clinton/Gore Administration bans export of hardware or software
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containing strong encryption, treating these products as "munitions."
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The ACLU said the anti-cryptography ban has considerably weakened
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U.S. participation in the global marketplace, in addition to
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curtailing freedom of speech by denying users the right to "speak"
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using encryption. The ban also violates the right to privacy by
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limiting the ability to protect sensitive information in the new
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computerized world.
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The ACLU believes that both encryption programs and communications
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using such programs are free speech, fully protected by the First
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Amendment. A recent federal court decision -- now under appeal by the
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government -- has upheld this view. The ACLU plans to submit a
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friend-of-the-court brief in that case (Bernstein v. U.S. Dept. of
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State), as it has done in other legal challenges to the
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Administration's anti-encryption policy.
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"Privacy, anonymity and security in the digital world depend on
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encryption," said Donald Haines, legislative counsel on privacy and
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cyberspace issues for the ACLU's Washington national office. "The aim
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of the Pro-CODE bill is to allow U.S. companies to compete with
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industries abroad and lift restrictions on the fundamental right to
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free speech, the hallmark of American democracy."
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Haines said that the ACLU is urging other senators to support and
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co-sponsor the bill. However, he noted that certain provisions raised
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important, "troubling" concerns that should be addressed before a
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final vote.
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For example, the bill provides that, in exchange for "relaxing
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export controls...this Act creates an obligation on the part
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of...companies involved in the export of information security products
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to share information ...about those products to designated
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representatives of the federal government." (Section 2(a)(16)). Such
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an exchange undermines a central purpose of Pro-CODE: fostering
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American competitiveness, Haines said.
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"Who would want to buy a privacy protection program bearing a
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label 'inspected by the U.S. government?' That's fine for meat
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inspection, but it is not appropriate or wise for cryptography
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products," Haines said. "It is also downright offensive to say you
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can exercise your free speech rights only after discussing what you
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want to say with federal agents."
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Another troubling provision of Pro-CODE would establish a secret
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"Information Security Board" composed of agencies involved in
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information security policy. According to the bill, the purpose of
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the board would be for government agencies -- including the CIA, FBI,
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NSA and Department of Defense -- to meet with industry leaders to
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review "developments" in cryptography technologies.
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Aside from concerns that such agencies have a history of invading
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privacy and violating civil liberties, the bill wrongly exempts the
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board from the federal open-meeting requirements, according to Barry
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Steinhardt, associate director of the national ACLU and chair of the
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ACLU's Cyber-Liberties Task Force.
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"Government should not operate in secret," Steinhardt said. "Even
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if the board's meetings are limited to discussing general,
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non-proprietary industry developments, the Federal Advisory Committee
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Act should apply and the meetings should be open to the public. While
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we continue to urge against the creation of an advisory board, at a
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minimum any meetings should be open and should include consumers and
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members of the privacy community, who are conspicuously absent from
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the list."
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Some cryptography experts have also questioned whether the
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technical definitions in the bill will actually provide the
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broad-scale protection for encryption supported by Senator Burns.
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While clearly covering mass-market products (e.g., Netscape's Internet
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browser), the question is whether the protection would also cover the
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kind of encryption program the court upheld in Bernstein.
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Notwithstanding these concerns, the ACLU welcomed the Burns bill
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as a positive step toward eliminating unconstitutional restrictions on
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a developing industry that promises to enhance free speech and privacy
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for everyone in the Information Age.
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Senator Burns, as chair of the subcommittee on telecommunications,
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has scheduled a hearing on the Pro-CODE bill for March 11, with
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possible action by the full Senate Commerce Committee as early as the
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following week.
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"In both this Congress and the last one, Senator Burns has
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consistently championed free speech and privacy in the encryption
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debate," said the ACLU's Don Haines. "He deserves our support and
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full cooperation in moving this bill, and we look forward to working
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with him to resolve our concerns."
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Haines warned that more restrictive proposals are already waiting
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in the wings, with provisions that would take a first step toward
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establishing mandatory controls on domestic encryption and requiring
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encryption "keyholders" to share their keys with the government.
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"In addition to supporting Pro-CODE, we are closely monitoring
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all new encryption legislation. The ACLU will vigorously oppose any
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scheme that calls for key escrow, key recovery, or takes a step
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toward mandatory controls on encryption," Haines said.
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* ACLU Moves to Protect Netizens From Prosecution Under New York
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Cybercensorship Law
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Despite two lower court rulings protecting Internet users from
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prosecution under the federal Communications Decency Act, "netizens"
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are still in danger of criminal charges under a New York law that
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restricts free speech in cyberspace, the American Civil Liberties
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Union said today.
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Moving to protect netizens, the ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties
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Union yesterday filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal
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district court, saying that their plaintiffs (and all Internet users)
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could face prison sentences of up to four years under the law. The
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federal CDA is currently awaiting review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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"Governor Pataki may say that he is trying to protect minors, but the
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sad fact is that this law does not and cannot protect children," said
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Ann Beeson, an ACLU national staff attorney specializing in cyberspace
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issues. "The only immediate harm on the horizon is to the millions of
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Internet users, including our plaintiffs, who face criminal
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prosecution for exercising their right to free speech."
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"Parents, not the government, should control what their children see
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online," Beeson added. "This can be more effectively and less
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restrictively accomplished through the use of blocking software and
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the development of other technology that allows for voluntary
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screening."
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Because New York State has refused to stay prosecution while the
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Supreme Court considers the federal law, the case is now moving
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forward to a courtroom hearing, scheduled to begin on April 3. The
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hearing is expected to last from three to five days and will likely
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include a live demonstration of the Internet as well as testimony from
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expert witnesses and plaintiffs.
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The brief also includes the assertion that the Act violates the
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CommerceClause of the United States Constitution because it regulates
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communications outside the state of New York and subjects Internet
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users to a confusing babel of conflicting state laws.
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"A librarian in Illinois will now think twice before sending
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information to a fellow librarian in New York, or will not 'link' to a
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website in New York for fear that New York authorities will charge
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them under this confusing statute," said Judith Krug, director of the
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American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
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"Despite the fact that this is a New York statute, given the reality
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of the Internet, anyone who accesses information from outside New York
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is also impacted by this law. This is clearly unacceptable for any
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Internet user," she added.
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Citing opinions that struck down the federal CDA, the ACLU said that
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the New York law contains the same "fatal constitutional flaws." A
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chart appended to the brief shows, point by point, the similarities --
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including, in some cases, identical language -- between the two laws.
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A favorable decision by the high court would provide powerful
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ammunition against the New York law, the ACLU said.
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"We are surprised and disappointed that the State of New York is
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rushing to judgment on an issue of critical importance, when everyone
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knows that the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments on the
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related federal case two weeks from now," said Norman Siegel,
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executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Reno v. ACLU
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on March 19. A decision is expected to be handed down by the end of
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the term, in June or July.
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ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update Editor:
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Lisa Kamm (kamml@aclu.org)
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American Civil Liberties Union National Office
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132 West 43rd Street
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New York, New York 10036
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To subscribe to the ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update, send a message
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to majordomo@aclu.org with "subscribe Cyber-Liberties" in the
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body of your message. To terminate your subscription, send a
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message to majordomo@aclu.org with "unsubscribe Cyber-Liberties"
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in the body.
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The Cyber-Liberties Update is archived at
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DIFFERENCES: FIDONET/INTERNET
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By Pete Snidal (C) 1997
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sysop, Fidonet 1:354/910
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Have you heard of the Internet? It's doubtful there's anyone
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alive on the planet who hasn't, but have you heard of Fidonet?
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Fidonet has been around and functioning as long as the Internet,
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and is still alive and well, thank you, but for some reason, we
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don't hear of it every time we turn on the tv or pick up a
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magazine.
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Fidonet is also a resource available to anyone with a computer and
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a modem, and following is a comparison of it and the much-touted
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internet:
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 7 17 Mar 1997
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FIDONET Is a system of hobbyist-operated bulletin boards,
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spanning the world, which connect and exchange data
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regularly, usually on a nightly schedule. There
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are 28,000 Fidonet nodes on Earth, 9400 in North
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America, and 16,000 in Europe.
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INTERNET Is a system of server computers, also spanning the
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world, which are virtually connected to one another
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at all times.
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FIDONET Offers the local user a series of conference areas,
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which host discussions on specific subjects, such
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as alternative medicine, home schooling, bicycling,
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etc. There are over 1000 such "Fidoechoes," and
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few fidonet bbs's carry them all. But your "local"
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can usually be convinced to carry the ones you want.
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The "Noise/signal ratio" of these echoes is quite
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low, and the atmosphere is generally very folksy,
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friendly, and casual. "Fidoecho" traffic is carried
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from the originating bbs's to bbs' all over the world
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which carry that echo, so discussion is facilitated
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between people on an ongoing basis who are separated
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by thousands of miles.
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INTERNET Discussion of various subjects is carried by USENET
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NEWS. There are many UN areas, such as
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rec.motorcycle, or alt.space.aliens.ufo, but there is
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usually a very high "noise/signal" ratio on Usenet,
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and the areas are hard to read and post in. There is
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also much hostility, or "flaming" on Internet UN
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discussion areas.
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FIDONET Most Fidonet bbs's have a Files Area, from which the
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user may download a number of programme files, all of
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which will be "shareware," or "freeware." In some
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cases, files of particular interest may even be "File
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Requested" from other systems. Many Fidonet systems
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also carry a large number of information, or text
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files, and some picture files, sound files, etc.
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INTERNET Gives access to thousands of "FTP sites," which are
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repositories for files by the millions. They are
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invaluable if you know what files you want and where
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they are located, but finding them amongst all the
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dross is often very time-consuming and requires a fair
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bit of experience and expertise.
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FIDONET Lets users send "netmail" to users of other fidonet
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bbs's around the world. This is private mail,
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accessible only at the destination bbs, and readable
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only by the addressee and the sysops through whose
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systems it passes. It is not instant, nor is it
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guaranteed, but it usually gets there, and faster than
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normal surface mail, as well as .43 cents cheaper.
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Sending of commercial messages in Fidonet is
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prohibited, and "Spamming" - electronic junk-mail - is
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 8 17 Mar 1997
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impossible.
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travels from origin ISP to destination ISP very
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quickly, usually within an hour or less. It also
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costs nothing to send, other than the price of
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subscription to the ISP (Internet Service Provider.)
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"Spamming" - the sending of electronic junkmail to
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your personal email box - is seriously frowned upon,
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and sort of prohibited, but the fight with those who
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would capitalize on this resource in this way is
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ongoing.
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INTERNET Allows access to the "World Wide Web." Access to Web
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Pages is an eye-opening experience, and allows
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virtually anyone to give the world access to their
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advertising, opinions, etc., on virtually any subject.
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Comparable to leafing through an inexhaustible supply
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of electronic magazine pages - complete with full
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graphics, and "hyper-text" ability to jump from
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subject to subject, and to follow "threads" of subject
|
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material with a click of the mouse. An awesome
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information source, but with a scary potential for
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wasting time and money (once your monthly maximum
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contract time has been consumed.)
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A special note to teachers and parents: In fairness,
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it must be noted that web access is not always a good
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thing. Since the "web" is a constantly growing,
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almost living thing, there is no way to check just
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what your charges - students or children (or both)
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will have access to. Or just what will have access to
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them. Thus, pages are presented which invite children
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to join the Crips, for instance, or which espouse drug
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use, pornography, violence, and many other things
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which the intelligent leader of children would not
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support. As such pages can be on any server computer
|
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anywhere in the world, there is little in the way of
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accountability for those who present this
|
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objectionable material.
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FIDONET Access is provided to various text and graphic files,
|
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but the machine on which the data is mounted is
|
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locally accessible, and full accountability is thus
|
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ensured. Furthermore, the supervising adult can
|
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access the same system his/herself, and be satisfied
|
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as to the level of objectionability provided. And if
|
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|
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there is a serious objection, the operator of the
|
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|
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system is someone in your local calling area, who can
|
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|
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be contacted, and if necessary, taken to task.
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|
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Fidonet gives no direct access to server computers
|
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|
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"somewhere" on the worldwide web.
|
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|
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FIDONET Has no parallel to the web. The web is truly awesome
|
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|
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technology, but its phenomenal entertainment value
|
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|
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soon wears thin.
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 9 17 Mar 1997
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FIDONET Costs the user nothing. Free basic access is a
|
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|
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fundamental given on all Fidonet systems. User
|
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|
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support is sometimes encouraged, but never demanded.
|
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|
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FIDONET Encourages the use of Pre-Windows computers, or
|
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|
|
"dosboxes." There is a plethora of software available
|
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|
|
for Fidonet technology, from that for the most basic
|
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|
|
user online, through offline mail readers, to node
|
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|
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and bbs software, as well as Internet gating mail
|
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|
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feeders, all of which run fine in Dosboxes such as
|
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286's and even XT's, with small hard drives, or no
|
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|
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hard drives, and with memory as low as the basic 640K.
|
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|
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|
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INTERNET Service Providers whose systems don't require Windows
|
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|
|
software for access are few and far between. They
|
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|
|
require a "Winsock" in order to connect, and they
|
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|
|
the user needs to have such software as Eudora Mailer,
|
|||
|
|
and Netscape or some other hi-tech "browser." These
|
|||
|
|
are fine software for the user with a minimum 4 Meg
|
|||
|
|
386 running Windows 3.x or over, but the prospective
|
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|
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user with the earlier computer is just out of luck.
|
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|
|
|
|||
|
|
INTERNET "No tickee, no launlee" is the motto of the ISP. The
|
|||
|
|
Internet is a strictly commercial, no-bones money-
|
|||
|
|
making proposition. It's explosion in recent years is
|
|||
|
|
due only to an ever-increasing interest by free-
|
|||
|
|
enterprise capitalism to do just that - capitalize on
|
|||
|
|
this new and expanding technology. In many cases,
|
|||
|
|
people are getting their money's worth, but the
|
|||
|
|
Internet is nobody's hobby, and it is naive not to
|
|||
|
|
look for a gimmick in every box.
|
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|
|
|
|||
|
|
SUMMARY: Both these fine networks have been in existence for over ten
|
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|
|
years now. Each has its strengths, and its weaknesses. The
|
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|
|
fortunate part is that nobody has to make a choice over one
|
|||
|
|
of the other. Both are available to the computer user with
|
|||
|
|
a modem and a phone line, and both have much to offer. If
|
|||
|
|
you're presently using neither, you might like to check out
|
|||
|
|
the less expensive one first. Free is always the least
|
|||
|
|
expensive, and that is Fidonet. For the number of the
|
|||
|
|
fidonet bbs nearest you (there is likely one in your town,)
|
|||
|
|
consult your local computer outlet or computer paper. For
|
|||
|
|
details on hooking up to the internet, consult your yellow
|
|||
|
|
pages.
|
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Beware the Ides of March...
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|
by Ken Reaverson, 1:133/1004 / ablood@juno.com
|
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|
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|
|
You can tell the Ides are drawing near... the doomsayers are out in
|
|||
|
|
full force. :)
|
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|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 10 17 Mar 1997
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|
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|
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Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ken. I've only been a nodelisted
|
|||
|
|
sysop on Fido since the beginning of the year, but I've been
|
|||
|
|
lurking around for a few years. I could bore you with my struggles
|
|||
|
|
to obtain a node number, but I won't. ;)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
At any rate, I picked up a feed, and started paying attention to some
|
|||
|
|
of the sysop and adminstrative echoes.. and I've noticed alot of
|
|||
|
|
people a tad upset, or exasperated. I've listened to more than one
|
|||
|
|
sysop moan about how Fido is in it's death throes. I've read FidoNews
|
|||
|
|
and watch the amount of nodes drop. It kind of surprises me.
|
|||
|
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|
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|
|
My experiences on Fido have been varied over the years... my first
|
|||
|
|
impressions was a collection of people babbling on endlessly.
|
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|
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Sometimes I'd find an echo I liked and spend some time posting, but
|
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|
|
then I'd start getting notices from the sysop saying that my account
|
|||
|
|
had expired, and that if I wanted to continue using their system, I
|
|||
|
|
had to pay them money. :) Like any headstrong sysop, I dropped the
|
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|
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BBS from my dialing directory. :) I spend too much money on my own
|
|||
|
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BBS, I'll be damned if I'm paying someone else to run theirs.
|
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|
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Then I became a little more familiar with Fido-style networking in
|
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|
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general, and alot of my complaints disappeared. I understood why
|
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|
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sysops wanted money, because pulling in echomail and FDN's takes
|
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|
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money. It was during this learning period that some Fido echoes
|
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|
|
became helpful to me, as some helpful people put up with a newcomers
|
|||
|
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questions and made things a little clearer for me. My opinion of
|
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Fido started to change, I didn't automatically dismiss it as a gaggle
|
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|
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of loudmouths. :)
|
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|
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|
|
These days, I like Fido. It's an immensely helpful tool.. I get
|
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|
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questions answered quickly, and completely. If it weren't for Fido,
|
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|
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I wouldn't be able to provide my users with access to Internet email
|
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|
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or USENET groups through the BBS.
|
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|
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|
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Today, my main impression of Fido is a mixed one. I've had fun, and
|
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|
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there have been a few things that have ticked me off (the next time
|
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|
|
a moderator tells me to cut my two line sig down to one line because
|
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|
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I'm wasting bandwidth, I'm going to scream. :) ), but it seems that
|
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|
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there are two types of Fido-style people; those that sincerely care
|
|||
|
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and try to help the network and other sysops, and those that are
|
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|
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concerned with their own personal ambitions.
|
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|
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|
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I think I've been lucky. Since picking the net up in early January,
|
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|
|
I've run into mostly people of the first type... my RC, my nets
|
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|
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NEC, and our new NC are all very dedicated and helpful people. One
|
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|
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of the nodes acts as a UUCP gate free of charge to the nets members.
|
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|
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If it weren't for these guys, I probably would have long since
|
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|
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grown disgusted by some of the infighting I see.
|
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I can't understand why, when people like them are around, people
|
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|
|
are hearing FidoNet's death knell. The net's losing nodes. So what,
|
|||
|
|
BBS's are dropping like flies. :) It's not really a surprise.
|
|||
|
|
Eventually, the people that do care, and the people that are dedicated
|
|||
|
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to the network will be the ones that are left, and I would hope that
|
|||
|
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if anyone could turn the network around, it would be them.
|
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 11 17 Mar 1997
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I can't help but wonder if Fido would be in such 'dire straits' if
|
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the same people that are busy tolling the bell were busy working
|
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to make Fido a place that the vanishing sysops would want to stay.
|
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|
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Lighten up guys. This is supposed to be a hobby, after all. :)
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-Ken
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Zone 2 Excommunicates Tom Jennings
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by Zorch Frezberg 1:205/1701
|
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The following nodelist segment was submitted to the International
|
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|
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Nodelist by Z2C, Ward Dossche.
|
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|
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|
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It is confirmed in the ZONE2.LD3 "ZSeg" for the nodelist, available
|
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|
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in the FDN titled ZSEGS.
|
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|
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|
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Please note...Ward Dossche has unilaterally removed Tom Jennings'
|
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|
|
name and copyright from Fido in Zone 2.
|
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|
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While it did not go beyond the Zone 2 confines, it would seem that
|
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|
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Ward is saying on behalf of Zone 2 Sysops that intellectual property
|
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|
|
rights can be confiscated at whim, since he has effectively stolen
|
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|
|
both the copyright and registered trademark which Tom Jennings has
|
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|
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graciously allowed us to use without fees or royalties all these
|
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|
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years.
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Is this a precursor to someone trying to take the copyright for
|
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|
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their own, and start charging us those royalties they might feel
|
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|
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that they deserve?
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Other than a single brief message, as of March 12, Ward has issued
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no other explanation than that he feels the new wording 'best
|
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reflects reality' as he sees it.
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Mind you, this is also the same man who wants to be your new
|
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International Coordinator.
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Think on it.
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|
===============================
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;A FidoNet Nodelist for Friday, March 14, 1997 -- Day number 073 :
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37533 ;A
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;A The FidoNet Nodelist, a listing of the systems within FidoNet.
|
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|
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;A
|
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|
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;A .. The FidoNet NodeList is compiled so that computer systems
|
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|
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within FidoNet
|
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|
|
;A may communicate with each other. Use and intra-FidoNet
|
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|
|
distribution
|
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|
|
;A rights are granted to all FidoNet system operators for the
|
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|
|
purposes of
|
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|
|
;A communication within FidoNet or applying for a FidoNet node
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 12 17 Mar 1997
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number.
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;A
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;A .. This is a compilation of individual nodelist segments
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contributed by the
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;A drafters and compilers of those segments. Contribution of
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these segments
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;A to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the
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contributors.
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;A
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;S
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;S
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# 30 #
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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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by Zorch Frezberg, 1:205/1701
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Regional EchoMail Coordinators are the unwitting victims of a
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particularly nasty hoax...one that their innocent blindness
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is keeping them from seeing as it really is.
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Most of you have seen the message by now that the ZEC, Bruce Bodger,
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has mandated that your Region be consulted on whether or not he
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should retain his post as ZEC.
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What you may not realize is that the entire call for election is all
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a hoax, a blind, a cover for what is the true nature of the situation.
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You see, Bruce Bodger also holds the position of "Overseer of
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BackBone Operations", or OBO, a shadowy position that he created for
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himself and imposed on Fido when he, as Zone EchoMail Coordinator,
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revoked the prior BackBone Operations Policy (BOP).
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This BOFAQ, while holding no real authority or power under the
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FidoNet Policy, FidoNet Technical Standards, nor any accepted vote
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or consensus of FidoNet members or Coordinators, has been quietly
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implemented and accepted as the 'guiding authority' on how EchoMail
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is handled.
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Moreso when the person who created the OBO and OBOFAQ is himself the
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Zone EchoMail Coordinator, the highest authority on EchoMail issues
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in Zone 1.
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So long as the illusion of authority has been maintained, the
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illusion of real power to impose these "guidelines" has been observed
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in the EchoMail hierarchy, and so few OBO decisions have ever been
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challenged successfully.
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However, the latest copy of his replacement document, BOFAQ703.TXT,
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clearly shows that the OBO is not answerable to any authority in Fido
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or the EchoMail hierarchy.
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 13 17 Mar 1997
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Most of these same points have existed in previous versions, but that
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the ZEC is calling for the choice of either a 'vote of confidence' or
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an election to replace him makes it necessary to refer to the latest
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set of BOFAQ "guidelines".
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Please get a copy of BOFAQ703.TXT and look at the
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document...specifically, look at the "definitions" area for the
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details.
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{modified to fit FIDONEWS specs and extracted to specifics}
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> O.B.O. - Overseer of Backbone Operations - Person responsible for
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> maintenance of this help file and its associated
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> distribution documents.
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> The position has customarily been occupied by the Zone 1
|
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> EchoMail Coordinator (identified by the 1:1/200 address in
|
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> the FidoNet nodelist). Ultimately responsible for all
|
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> decisions regarding EchoMail distribution on the North
|
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> American Backbone.
|
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Note the three elements...
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1) The OBO is responsible for the BOFAQ document.
|
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2) The OBO is responsible for *all* decisions on EchoMail
|
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distribution.
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|
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and, most importantly,
|
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3) There is no *requirement* that the OBO be the ZEC.
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But, let's continue...
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> O.B.O. Council - A group of people representing the EchoMail
|
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> interests of the Zone, assembled for the purpose of
|
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> providing input and perspective to the O.B.O. The Council
|
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> consists of the 10 Region EchoMail Coordinators.
|
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|
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Please note...nowhere in this definition, indeed, in the entire BOFAQ
|
|||
|
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document, is there any *requirement* that the OBO _act_ on any
|
|||
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decisions of the OBO Council...even if it were to call for removal of
|
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|
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the OBO.
|
|||
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|
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|
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> Zone Echolist - As it relates to the Backbone, a database
|
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|
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> containing a list of echoes distributed by, or aspiring to
|
|||
|
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> be distributed by, the Backbone. The format of this
|
|||
|
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> monthly distributed database is at the discretion of the
|
|||
|
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> ZEC, however customarily contains echo names, moderator
|
|||
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> names and addresses, and descriptions of the echoes.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Here we have a conundrum...which "ZEC" is being referred to in this
|
|||
|
|
definition?
|
|||
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|
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|
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Traditionally, the handling of echoes being listed is the province of
|
|||
|
|
the Zone Echo_LIST_ Coordinator, while the Zone Echo_MAIL_
|
|||
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Coordinator has been responsible for the smooth operation of the
|
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|
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various BackBones in Zone 1, usually under the BackBone Operations
|
|||
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FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 14 17 Mar 1997
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Policy.
|
|||
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|
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Now, however, with the BOFAQ, these distinctions are blurred beyond
|
|||
|
|
any form of clarity.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
> Zone EchoList Coordinator - Person responsible for the maintenance
|
|||
|
|
> and production of the Zone EchoList.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Note the smooth but subtle difference...
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Currently, Bruce Bodger is the Zone Echo_MAIL_ Coordinator...it's
|
|||
|
|
Adrian Walker who is the Zone Echo_LIST_ Coordinator.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
With this, the Zone Echo_MAIL_ Coordinator is effectively removed from
|
|||
|
|
having any authority whatsoever in BackBone operations.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So how does this "authority" to perpetrate this hoax come about?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It came about by the Regional EchoMAIL Coordinator Council failing to
|
|||
|
|
act a while back when the ZEC revoked the BOP. Without any clear
|
|||
|
|
action by the REC Council, the BOFAQ was slipped into place despite
|
|||
|
|
individual protests from various sysops.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As stated in the BOFAQ itself:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Q1 ================================================================
|
|||
|
|
> What is the purpose of this help file?
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> This help file has been assembled as a means to provide answers to
|
|||
|
|
> frequently asked questions regarding how the Backbone operates and
|
|||
|
|
> to provide an insight into its internal administration.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"...how the BackBone operates..."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"...an insight into its internal administration."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
These are comments which clearly indicate that while there is some
|
|||
|
|
formal set of rules to its operations, that same set of rules and/or
|
|||
|
|
agreements is not to be made available to the public.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Moreover, the subtlety of the separation of power between the OBO and
|
|||
|
|
the ZEC becomes even more apparent as you read the BOFAQ:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Q2 ================================================================
|
|||
|
|
> Who appoints the Hubs?
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> Hubs at the Zone level, commonly referred to as "Stars", are
|
|||
|
|
> appointed by the O.B.O.
|
|||
|
|
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Q11 ===============================================================
|
|||
|
|
> How does one go about getting an echo added to North American
|
|||
|
|
> Backbone distribution?
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> The O.B.O. generally adds a conference to the Backbone when all of
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 15 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> ^^^^^^^^^^
|
|||
|
|
> these requirements are met:
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> 2) The moderator sends a request to the O.B.O., or preferably
|
|||
|
|
> ^^^^^^^^^
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Q12 ===============================================================
|
|||
|
|
> When does the Backbone remove an echo from its distribution
|
|||
|
|
> system?
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> The O.B.O. generally drops a conference when any of these
|
|||
|
|
> ^^^^^^^^^^
|
|||
|
|
> situations occur:
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> 7) When the O.B.O. considers that the distribution of an echo
|
|||
|
|
> ^^^^^^^^^^
|
|||
|
|
> is no longer in the best interest of the Backbone.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Seems that the OBO carries more weight and authority than either the
|
|||
|
|
Zone EchoMAIL or the Zone EchoLIST Coordinators...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Most important of all, however, is that the OBO is a self-reliant
|
|||
|
|
entity, requiring and recognizing no other authority than itself.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Q16 ===============================================================
|
|||
|
|
> What is the update procedure for this document?
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> The O.B.O. may update this help file anytime that he/she feels that
|
|||
|
|
> it would be in the best interest of the Backbone and those people
|
|||
|
|
> it voluntarily serves in order to more accurately reflect its
|
|||
|
|
> current operation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I would strongly urge that the Regional EchoMail Coordinator Council
|
|||
|
|
consider these words and information before allowing this hoax to
|
|||
|
|
continue.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If it is the will of the REC Council to call for an election to
|
|||
|
|
replace Bruce Bodger as Zone EchoMail Coordinator, then it would
|
|||
|
|
seem to be best for them to see how far down they'll need to dig to
|
|||
|
|
uproot him from that post.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
# 30 #
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
===================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-+- Forwarded message follows: -+-
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Message #7839 [R19SYSOP: Region 19 Sysop]
|
|||
|
|
> From: Bruce Bodger
|
|||
|
|
> Posted: 16 Mar 97 11:56
|
|||
|
|
> To : All
|
|||
|
|
> Subj: ZEC / RC Election
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 16 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Cross Posted into R19COORD:
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> Last week I cross posted a message here (and in many other
|
|||
|
|
> places) which I had
|
|||
|
|
> originally written to the RECs of Zone 1. The message
|
|||
|
|
> instructed them to:
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> "... conduct a survey of their respective Regions to
|
|||
|
|
> determine if they, the
|
|||
|
|
> Regions, would prefer either another (ZEC) election being
|
|||
|
|
> conducted or an
|
|||
|
|
> affirmation and acceptance of my willingness to serve
|
|||
|
|
> another term (as ZEC)."
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> I asked them to come back to me with one of the following 2
|
|||
|
|
> statements;
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> My Region would like an election to be conducted =or= My
|
|||
|
|
> Region would like you
|
|||
|
|
> to stay on for another term.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> I set the earliest date for replies to Mar. 24 and required
|
|||
|
|
> that they survey
|
|||
|
|
> their Regions.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> Shortly before I wrote the above message I had been
|
|||
|
|
> nominated to run for the
|
|||
|
|
> postion of Region Coordinator of Region 19. I accepted the
|
|||
|
|
> nomination.
|
|||
|
|
> Knowing my own schedule committments I felt that I could
|
|||
|
|
> handle both positions
|
|||
|
|
> without allowing them to interfere with each other.
|
|||
|
|
> However, there is
|
|||
|
|
> something that I failed to consider and that is that I owe
|
|||
|
|
> my Region more than
|
|||
|
|
> just a part time committment as their Region Coordinator.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> I have been a member of Region 19 for about 9 years. The
|
|||
|
|
> Region has been good
|
|||
|
|
> to me, supporting me in all of my campaign bids including 2
|
|||
|
|
> terms as their
|
|||
|
|
> REC, through the past ZEC election, as well as the current
|
|||
|
|
> REC polling process.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> Region 19 is about to lose on of the best Region
|
|||
|
|
> Coordinators that it has ever
|
|||
|
|
> had, James Ray. Jamey (:-)) has served 2 outstanding terms
|
|||
|
|
> as R19C but has
|
|||
|
|
> decided to allow his family to get to know him for a while
|
|||
|
|
> :-) Had it not
|
|||
|
|
> been for James' decision to "retire", I would never have
|
|||
|
|
> accepted the
|
|||
|
|
> nomination for R19C.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> In order to afford my Region the attention it deserves, I
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 17 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> have decided to
|
|||
|
|
> cancel what's come to be known as the "vote of confidence"
|
|||
|
|
> and will begin
|
|||
|
|
> organizing an election for the postion of Zone 1 EchoMail
|
|||
|
|
> Coordinator. I will
|
|||
|
|
> not be one of the candidates.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> If the Region allows me the honor of serving as its
|
|||
|
|
> Coordinator I will do my
|
|||
|
|
> best to follow in James Ray's footsteps. We have worked
|
|||
|
|
> very well together
|
|||
|
|
> through the years and he has set an excellent example for
|
|||
|
|
> his successor.
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> AllTheBest,
|
|||
|
|
> Bruce
|
|||
|
|
>
|
|||
|
|
> ---
|
|||
|
|
> * Origin: ** the TruckStop BBS ** Tulsa, OK (918)
|
|||
|
|
> 254-6618 (1:170/400)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 18 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
GETTING TECHNICAL
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[This is part of the continuing series of FTSC docs being published
|
|||
|
|
for the purpose of FidoNet History. These docs have been reformatted
|
|||
|
|
to 70 columns where required for FidoNews.] Ed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Document: FSC-0049
|
|||
|
|
Version: 001
|
|||
|
|
Date: 03-Jul-90
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A Proposal for
|
|||
|
|
Passing Domain Information
|
|||
|
|
During an FTS-0006 Session
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
by
|
|||
|
|
Bob Hartman
|
|||
|
|
1:104/501@fidonet.org
|
|||
|
|
July 3, 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Status of this document:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r)
|
|||
|
|
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
|
|||
|
|
improvements. Distribution of this document is unlimited.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
|
|||
|
|
Software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FSC-0045 proposes a method for sending five dimensional FidoNet
|
|||
|
|
addresses (ie, zone:net/node.point@domain) via the type 2 packet
|
|||
|
|
header. This document describes a proposed method for sending the
|
|||
|
|
same five dimensional address in the Hello packet of an FTS-0006
|
|||
|
|
session, with the additional advantage of being able to utilize the
|
|||
|
|
full Internet recognized domain name for various Fidonet technology
|
|||
|
|
networks. This proposal, combined with FSC-0045 will help to solve
|
|||
|
|
one of FidoNet's most pressing problems: How to recognize alternative
|
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networks without the need of some centralized management looking at
|
|||
|
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all of them and what they are doing with Zone numbers, etc. Like FSC-
|
|||
|
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0045, this proposal remains backwards compatible with what it is
|
|||
|
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replacing.
|
|||
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|
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|
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Currently FTS-0006 has provisions for zone, net, node, and point
|
|||
|
|
information to be passed in the Hello packet. To extend this to allow
|
|||
|
|
the domain name to be passed, an extra capability bit is used. This
|
|||
|
|
bit corresponds to the 0x4000 bit, and will be called the DO_DOMAIN
|
|||
|
|
bit. If this bit is set, it means that the sender is domain aware,
|
|||
|
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and has enclosed his domain in the Hello packet. The domain is stored
|
|||
|
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in the system name field, after the null that terminates the real
|
|||
|
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system name. The system name field is a maximum of 60 characters, so
|
|||
|
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the sender must make the real system name, a null, the domain name,
|
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and another null byte fit within the 60 bytes. The domain will start
|
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|
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at the byte immediately after the first null byte. The domain is
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arbitrary length and should correspond to the Internet assigned domain
|
|||
|
|
name. This is NOT the same as the FSC-0045 domain, and therefore
|
|||
|
|
there needs to be a mapping between real Internet domains, and the
|
|||
|
|
FSC-0045 style domain name, if FSC-0045 is accepted by the FTSC as a
|
|||
|
|
standard for use by all mailers. This mapping is normally
|
|||
|
|
straightforward (for example, Internet fidonet.org would correspond to
|
|||
|
|
FSC-0045 domain FidoNet). Since most alternative nets do not have a
|
|||
|
|
registered Internet domain, the naming convention should be "known by"
|
|||
|
|
domain (ie, FSC-0045 domain name) followed by .ftn (for FidoNet
|
|||
|
|
Technology Network). So, the FSC-0045 domain "Alternet" would be
|
|||
|
|
converted to alternet.ftn under this proposal. This allows domains
|
|||
|
|
which are not normally FidoNet aware to use FTS-0006 to talk to
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet technology mail programs. For example, a mailer located at
|
|||
|
|
Camex in Manchester, NH might send it's mail as 'man.camex.com' during
|
|||
|
|
an FTS-0006 session. When parsing the domain name, the parsing should
|
|||
|
|
try to match the domain from right to left (Internet naming is
|
|||
|
|
hierarchical from right to left), so that if a mailer knew about
|
|||
|
|
man.camex.com, that could also match something of the form
|
|||
|
|
super.machine.silly.name.man.camex.com. The domain name should be
|
|||
|
|
case INSENSITIVE, and the FSC-0045 abbreviation of it should be unique
|
|||
|
|
within the first 8 characters, and also should not include any periods
|
|||
|
|
('.') or at-signs ('@') since those characters are significant in the
|
|||
|
|
Internet domain naming scheme.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
In order for this proposal to be adopted, the FTSC would have to
|
|||
|
|
assign the DO_DOMAIN bit, and have it documented in FTS-0006. This
|
|||
|
|
method is fully backwards compatible, since a domain aware mailer
|
|||
|
|
could send the domain information, and if the other end was not domain
|
|||
|
|
aware, it would ignore it. If the other end was domain aware, it
|
|||
|
|
would be able to extract the domain information easily and would then
|
|||
|
|
have a full five dimensional address available for the sender. This
|
|||
|
|
proposal remains fully backward compatible with the current uses of
|
|||
|
|
all FTS-0006 fields, and should not affect operation of any mailer
|
|||
|
|
that has used reserved bytes in the Hello packet.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
-30-
|
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|
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|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
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|
|||
|
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Document: FSC-0050
|
|||
|
|
Version: 001
|
|||
|
|
Date: 14-Jul-90
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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A Character Set Identifier For FidoNet Message Editors
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Draft I
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Thomas Sundblom
|
|||
|
|
2:201/114@fidonet
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Status of this document:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r)
|
|||
|
|
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
|
|||
|
|
improvements. Distribution of this document is unlimited.
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 20 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
|
|||
|
|
Software.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Purpose
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
This document should serve as a guide for the character set
|
|||
|
|
identifier, CHARSET hereafter, format for FidoNet message
|
|||
|
|
Editors. The purpose behind CHARSET is related to my attempt
|
|||
|
|
to make it easier for each reader of a FidoNet message to
|
|||
|
|
identify the characters used in the messages.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Since FidoNet messages aren't restricted to use any special
|
|||
|
|
character sets in the messages, there will be differences
|
|||
|
|
between computer kinds and special country dependent
|
|||
|
|
characters. To avoid confusion in such cases, I'm hereby
|
|||
|
|
introducing the CHARSET kludge.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
There is no need that each FidoNet Message reader should be
|
|||
|
|
able to understand every possible character set. If the reader
|
|||
|
|
can't handle the special character set found in a message,
|
|||
|
|
then it should use a default character set (as most readers do
|
|||
|
|
today).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Format
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
^aCHARSET: <Character set identifier>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sample
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
^aCHARSET: ISO-11
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Would identify that the message is written using the ISO-11
|
|||
|
|
character set, which relates to the character set mainly used
|
|||
|
|
in Sweden.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Supported character sets
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
No special character set is specified, but it is recomended to
|
|||
|
|
use the ISO numbering of the different character sets. Where
|
|||
|
|
no ISO number is available, an easy to understand code should
|
|||
|
|
by used.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Character set identifier examples
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ISO-6 Relates to plain ASCII 7 bit character set.
|
|||
|
|
ISO-11 Swedish character set, 7 bit.
|
|||
|
|
ISO-21 Germany character set, 7 bit.
|
|||
|
|
ISO-69 French character set, 7 bit.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Other character set identifiers could be
|
|||
|
|
PC-8 IBM PC complete character set.
|
|||
|
|
ATARI ATARI ST complete character set
|
|||
|
|
AMIGA AMIGA complete character set
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-30-
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 21 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[This FSC had several pages of high ASCII characters removed for
|
|||
|
|
inclusion in FidoNews.] Ed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Document: FSC-0051
|
|||
|
|
Version: 003
|
|||
|
|
Date: 25-Feb-91
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I51
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A System-Independent Way of Transferring Special Characters
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Draft III
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tomas Gradin,
|
|||
|
|
2:200/108@fidonet
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Status of this document:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r)
|
|||
|
|
community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
|
|||
|
|
improvements. Distribution of this document is unlimited.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and
|
|||
|
|
Fido Software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contents
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Introduction
|
|||
|
|
How does it work?
|
|||
|
|
Advantages and problems
|
|||
|
|
Technical description
|
|||
|
|
The fallback method of displaying an extra character
|
|||
|
|
How to use I51 in mail
|
|||
|
|
Acknowledgements
|
|||
|
|
Appendix A - The Latin-1 standard
|
|||
|
|
Appendix B - A list of combined characters
|
|||
|
|
Appendix C - Sample code
|
|||
|
|
Appendix D - Comments on the base set
|
|||
|
|
Appendix E - Comments on the escape character
|
|||
|
|
Appendix F - When the change to I51 is taking place
|
|||
|
|
Appendix G - Comments to the author
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Introduction
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This document proposes a method for transferring characters,
|
|||
|
|
including accented and otherwisely special ones, in ordinary
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet messages, and is the result of some of the thougts put
|
|||
|
|
forward in the discussion of foreign characters at TechCon I, as
|
|||
|
|
well as extensive discussions in the Swedish equivalent of
|
|||
|
|
NET_DEV.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The proposed standard will allow for the transmission of all
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 22 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
variants of letters in the latin alphabet, as well as
|
|||
|
|
several special characters commonly used. At the same time
|
|||
|
|
the standard makes inclusion of additional characters painless.
|
|||
|
|
The standard implements a way of automatically displaying these
|
|||
|
|
characters as resemblingly as possible on systems that doesn't
|
|||
|
|
yet support them, using the built-in fallback method described
|
|||
|
|
in this document.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One main advantage of this standard is that even though it
|
|||
|
|
uses a well-spread character set as its base, it is not limited
|
|||
|
|
to that set. It is therefore possible to include as many
|
|||
|
|
characters as needed. The only restriction is that the
|
|||
|
|
additional characters implemented should be based on the Latin
|
|||
|
|
alphabet.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
How does it work?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The base character set used in this standard is ISO 8859-1,
|
|||
|
|
commonly known as 'ISO Latin-1'. All characters present in that
|
|||
|
|
set are used as is. The advantages of this character set are
|
|||
|
|
well known, and will not be discussed in this document. However,
|
|||
|
|
the most obvious advantage of Latin-1 is that characters can be
|
|||
|
|
easily case shifted.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
All accented and special characters not present in the base
|
|||
|
|
set are considered 'extra' characters, and are obtained by
|
|||
|
|
using a form of character combination. To let message editors
|
|||
|
|
etc. know when to combine characters, and when not to, all
|
|||
|
|
combination sequences are preceded by a special 'escape'
|
|||
|
|
character. This escape character is 0x02, ie. ^B (STX).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Advantages and problems
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A system that strips eight bit characters when displaying them
|
|||
|
|
is no problem, since it doesn't support this proposed
|
|||
|
|
standard at this moment. When eventually doing so (which I hope
|
|||
|
|
most systems will), the hi-bit characters are treated as they
|
|||
|
|
should.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A system that treats eight bit characters as other characters
|
|||
|
|
will give the effect that extra characters transmitted with the
|
|||
|
|
proposed method look strange if the system isn't supporting this
|
|||
|
|
method.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* The method will never break anything fully FTS-compliant.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* It will give strange characters on systems that don't support
|
|||
|
|
this method, but that is not worse than the current
|
|||
|
|
situation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* It will give systems supporting this method the
|
|||
|
|
ability to transfer national, accented and special
|
|||
|
|
characters to systems on other computer platforms (ie. the
|
|||
|
|
characters look the same on a PC and a Macintosh).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* Systems that support this method, but are implemented on
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 23 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
computers that don't have the ability to display certain
|
|||
|
|
characters will automatically show the most resembling
|
|||
|
|
character the computer can provide, if the character in
|
|||
|
|
question is one of the extended ones. For the 96 hi-bit
|
|||
|
|
characters developers hopefully will include the needed
|
|||
|
|
translation tables in their programs. Such tables can be
|
|||
|
|
provided upon request.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* Conferences on FidoNet in English will be minimally
|
|||
|
|
affected, since the English language seldom uses other
|
|||
|
|
characters than those in pure ASCII. The possibility to
|
|||
|
|
use other characters will however be present, if needed.
|
|||
|
|
Those that frequently use special characters will benefit a
|
|||
|
|
lot, without causing trouble for those that don't.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* In fact, the minimum requirement to be I51-compatible is that
|
|||
|
|
your system can handle Latin-1 codes, plus the I51 fallback.
|
|||
|
|
When the base set of I51 (ie. Latin-1) is implemented, you
|
|||
|
|
can obtain full I51 compliance by just adding I51
|
|||
|
|
fallback. After that, you can choose which ones of the I51
|
|||
|
|
extra characters to implement, if any at all. The automatic
|
|||
|
|
fall-back system takes care of the rest for you! The
|
|||
|
|
additional work to get a Latin-1 compatible system to
|
|||
|
|
fully support I51 is indeed negligable.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Technical description
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The format of a representation of an extra character is as
|
|||
|
|
follows:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<escape character><modifier><base character>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I will be using 0x02 as escape character in the examples
|
|||
|
|
below. It will however be represented with a '.', since it is
|
|||
|
|
non-printable.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Examples:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 7e (.-~) will display as an about equals sign ('').
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
02 50 74 (.$P) is used to represent a peseta symbol ('').
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
02 02 represents a single 02, if that code ever is needed
|
|||
|
|
in a message. I propose that the use of 0x02 in messages for
|
|||
|
|
other reasons than in this method of character transmission
|
|||
|
|
should be prohibited.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The fallback method of displaying an extra character
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If the system where you are implementing this method of
|
|||
|
|
special character transmission doesn't support a certain extra
|
|||
|
|
character, the following procedure should be used. To display a
|
|||
|
|
special character as resemblingly as possible, just skip the
|
|||
|
|
modifier! Ie. the sequence 02 67 6a (.ga) is displayed as
|
|||
|
|
'a', 02 5e 73 as 's'. It is therefore preferred that the
|
|||
|
|
FTSC in assigning sequences to any additional characters take
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 24 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
this into account.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
How to use I51 in mail
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In transit mail in I51 format _must_ be passed on un-
|
|||
|
|
altered, per FTS-0001. However, it is possible to store
|
|||
|
|
messages locally in any desired format. As long as the BBS
|
|||
|
|
programs doesn't have options for users to change their
|
|||
|
|
character setup and representation, this may be desirable.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The I51 method of representing special characters is also
|
|||
|
|
allowed in headers of messages, if account is taken to the
|
|||
|
|
fact that the extra characters occupy more bytes than the
|
|||
|
|
'normal' characters.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Since the character codes 0x80 - 0x9f are undefined in ISO
|
|||
|
|
8859-1, their presence in an I51 message is prohibited,
|
|||
|
|
if not defined in an FTS document (eg. 'soft CR').
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Acknowledgements
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I would like to thank those present at TechCon I (in Antwerp,
|
|||
|
|
Belgium, july 1990) during the discussion of foreign
|
|||
|
|
characters for the fundamental ideas that lead to this proposal.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I would also like to thank all those that have made comments on
|
|||
|
|
this document, both in netmail and echomail.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix A - The Latin-1 standard
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following list comprises the hi-bit characters present
|
|||
|
|
in the Latin-1 standard, with is used as the base set of I51.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
hex value byte character description character (PC
|
|||
|
|
codepage) *
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
a0 160 non-breaking space ff (437)
|
|||
|
|
a1 161 inverted exclamation mark ad (437)
|
|||
|
|
a2 162 cent sign bd (437)
|
|||
|
|
a3 163 pound sign 9c (437)
|
|||
|
|
a4 164 currency sign cf (850)
|
|||
|
|
a5 165 yen sign be (437)
|
|||
|
|
a6 166 broken bar dd (850)
|
|||
|
|
a7 167 paragraph sign f5 (850) *
|
|||
|
|
a8 168 diaeresis f9 (850)
|
|||
|
|
a9 169 copyright sign b8 (850)
|
|||
|
|
aa 170 feminine ordinal indicator a6 (437)
|
|||
|
|
ab 171 left angle quotation mark ae (437)
|
|||
|
|
ac 172 not sign aa (437)
|
|||
|
|
ad 173 soft hyphen f0 (850)
|
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ae 174 registered trade mark sign a9 (850)
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af 175 macron ee (850)
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b0 176 degree sign f8 (437)
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b1 177 plus-minus sign f1 (437)
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b2 178 superscript two fd (437)
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b3 179 superscript three fc (850)
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b4 180 acute accent ef (850)
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b5 181 small greek letter mu e6 (437)
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b6 182 pilcrow sign f4 (850) *
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b7 183 middle dot fa (437)
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b8 184 cedilla f7 (850)
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b9 185 superscript one fb (850)
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ba 186 masculine ordinal indicator a7 (437)
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bb 187 right angle quotation mark af (437)
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bc 188 vulgar fraction one quarter ac (437)
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bd 189 vulgar fraction one half ab (437)
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be 190 vulgar fraction three quarters f3 (850)
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bf 191 inverted question mark a8 (437)
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c0 192 A with grave accent b7 (850)
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c1 193 A with acute accent b5 (850)
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c2 194 A with circumflex accent b6 (850)
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c3 195 A with tilde c7 (850)
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c4 196 capital letter A with diaeresis 8e (437)
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c5 197 capital letter A with ring above 8f (437)
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c6 198 ligature AE 92 (437)
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c7 199 C with cedilla 80 (437)
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c8 200 E with grave accent d4 (850)
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c9 201 E with acute accent 90 (437)
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ca 202 E with circumflex accent d2 (850)
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cb 203 E with diaeresis d3 (850)
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cc 204 I with grave accent de (850)
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cd 205 I with acute accent d6 (850)
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ce 206 I with circumflex accent d7 (850)
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cf 207 I with diaeresis d8 (850)
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d0 208 Icelandic Eth e8 (850)
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d1 209 N with tilde a5 (437)
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d2 210 O with grave accent e3 (850)
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d3 211 O with acute accent e0 (850)
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d4 212 O with circumflex accent e2 (850)
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d5 213 O with tilde e5 (850)
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d6 214 O with diaeresis 99 (437)
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d7 215 multiplication sign 9e (850)
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d8 216 slash O 9d (850)
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d9 217 U with grave accent eb (850)
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da 218 U with acute accent e9 (850)
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db 219 U with circumflex accent ea (850)
|
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dc 220 U with diaeresis 9a (437)
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dd 221 Y with acute accent ed (850)
|
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de 222 capital Icelandic Thorn d1 (850)
|
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|
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df 223 small german letter sharp s e1 (437)
|
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e0 224 a with grave accent 85 (437)
|
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e1 225 a with acute accent a0 (437)
|
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e2 226 a with circumflex accent 83 (437)
|
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e3 227 a with tilde c6 (850)
|
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e4 228 a with diaeresis 84 (437)
|
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e5 229 a with ring above 86 (437)
|
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e6 230 small ae-ligature 91 (437)
|
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|
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e7 231 c with cedilla 87 (437)
|
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e8 232 e with grave accent 8a (437)
|
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|
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e9 233 e with acute accent 82 (437)
|
|||
|
|
ea 234 e with circumflex accent 88 (437)
|
|||
|
|
eb 235 e with diaeresis 89 (437)
|
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|
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|
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ec 236 i with grave accent 8d (437)
|
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|
|
ed 237 i with acute accent a1 (437)
|
|||
|
|
ee 238 i with circumflex 8c (437)
|
|||
|
|
ef 239 i with diaeresis 8b (437)
|
|||
|
|
f0 240 small Icelandic Eth e7 (850)
|
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|
|
f1 241 n with tilde a4 (437)
|
|||
|
|
f2 242 o with grave accent 95 (437)
|
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|
|
f3 243 o with acute accent a2 (437)
|
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|
|
f4 244 o with circumflex accent 93 (437)
|
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|
|
f5 245 o with tilde e4 (850)
|
|||
|
|
f6 246 o with diaeresis 94 (437)
|
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|
|
f7 247 division sign f6 (437)
|
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|
|
f8 248 small o slash 9b (850)
|
|||
|
|
f9 249 u with grave accent 97 (437)
|
|||
|
|
fa 250 u with acute accent a3 (437)
|
|||
|
|
fb 251 u with circumflex accent 96 (437)
|
|||
|
|
fc 252 u with diaeresis 81 (437)
|
|||
|
|
fd 253 y with acute accent ec (850)
|
|||
|
|
fe 254 small icelandic thorn d0 (850)
|
|||
|
|
ff 255 y with diaeresis 98 (437)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
* The pilcrow and paragraph signs are also found in CP 437, at
|
|||
|
|
0x14 and 0x15 respectively. All characters with CP listed as 437
|
|||
|
|
have the same codes in CP 850 - thus, viewing this list with CP
|
|||
|
|
set to 850 will give all the right characters.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix B - A list of combined characters
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following list contains the escaped representations of
|
|||
|
|
the majority of the IBM PCs special and accented characters not
|
|||
|
|
present in the base set, as well as some others. To
|
|||
|
|
standardize how a certain additional character is to be
|
|||
|
|
represented the FTSC will publish a list of such characters,
|
|||
|
|
similar to this one. The use of other combination sequences than
|
|||
|
|
the ones approved by the FTSC is discouraged.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
hex string bytes character description character (PC
|
|||
|
|
codepage)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
02 20 30 . 0 superscript zero -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 34 . 4 superscript four -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 35 . 5 superscript five -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 36 . 6 superscript six -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 37 . 7 superscript seven -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 38 . 8 superscript eight -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 39 . 9 superscript nine -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 30 . 0 subscript zero -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 69 . i dot-less i d5 (850)
|
|||
|
|
02 20 49 . I I with dot -
|
|||
|
|
02 20 6e . n superscript n fc (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 22 55 ."U U with double acute accent -
|
|||
|
|
02 22 75 ."u u with double acute accent -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 31 ..1 subscript one -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 32 ..2 subscript two -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 33 ..3 subscript three -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 34 ..4 subscript four -
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 35 ..5 subscript five -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 36 ..6 subscript six -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 37 ..7 subscript seven -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 38 ..8 subscript eight -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 39 ..9 subscript nine -
|
|||
|
|
02 24 50 .$P peseta sign 9e (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 24 66 .$f guilder sign 9f (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 2c 41 .,A A with cedilla -
|
|||
|
|
02 2c 45 .,E E with cedilla -
|
|||
|
|
02 2c 53 .,S S with cedilla -
|
|||
|
|
02 2c 61 .,a a with cedilla -
|
|||
|
|
02 2c 65 .,e e with cedilla -
|
|||
|
|
02 2c 73 .,s s with cedilla -
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 3c .-< equal or less than f3 (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 3d .-= defined as f0 (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 3e .-> equal or greater than f2 (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 7e .-~ about equal f7 (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 43 .-C complement of -
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 49 .-I part of lot ee (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 53 .-S Polish S with dash -
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 5a .-Z Polish Z with dash -
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 73 .-s Polish s with dash -
|
|||
|
|
02 2d 7a .-z Polish z with dash -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 53 ..S Polish S with dot -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 5a ..Z Polish Z with dot -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 73 ..s Polish s with dot -
|
|||
|
|
02 2e 7a ..z Polish z with dot -
|
|||
|
|
02 2f 4c ./L Polish L slash -
|
|||
|
|
02 2f 6c ./l Polish l slash -
|
|||
|
|
02 5e 47 .^G G with inversed circ. accent -
|
|||
|
|
02 5e 53 .^S S with inversed circ. accent -
|
|||
|
|
02 5e 67 .^g g with inversed circ. accent -
|
|||
|
|
02 5e 73 .^s s with inversed circ. accent -
|
|||
|
|
02 67 47 .gG capital gamma e2 (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 67 61 .ga alpha e0 (437)
|
|||
|
|
02 74 6d .tm trade mark sign -
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<end of list>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The number enclosed in brackets is the IBM PC codepage
|
|||
|
|
number. A hyphen denotes a character that does not exist on the
|
|||
|
|
IBM PC.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix C - Sample code
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here is some sample C code. The first function combines sequences
|
|||
|
|
into their proper representation in IBM PC codepage 437, the
|
|||
|
|
second does the reverse, ie. converts characters not found in the
|
|||
|
|
I51 base set to their combination sequences.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
void cmbch(char *s)
|
|||
|
|
{
|
|||
|
|
int z, x, sl;
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
sl = strlen(s);
|
|||
|
|
for (z = 0, x = 0; x <= sl; z++, x++)
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 28 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
if (s[x] == '')
|
|||
|
|
switch (s[++x]) {
|
|||
|
|
case '-': switch (s[++x]) {
|
|||
|
|
case '<': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
case '=': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
case '>': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
case '~': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
case 'I': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
default: s[z] = s[x]; break;
|
|||
|
|
}; break;
|
|||
|
|
case 'g': switch (s[++x]) {
|
|||
|
|
case 'G': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
case 'a': s[z] = ''; break;
|
|||
|
|
default: s[z] = s[x]; break;
|
|||
|
|
}; break;
|
|||
|
|
default: s[z] = s[++x];
|
|||
|
|
}
|
|||
|
|
else
|
|||
|
|
s[z] = s[x];
|
|||
|
|
}
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
char *encode(char *s)
|
|||
|
|
{
|
|||
|
|
char *t = s;
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
while (*s) {
|
|||
|
|
switch (*s) {
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = ' '; *t++ = 'n';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '$'; *t++ = 'P';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '$'; *t++ = 'f';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '-'; *t++ = '<';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '-'; *t++ = '=';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '-'; *t++ = '>';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '-'; *t++ = '~';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = '-'; *t++ = 'I';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = 'g'; *t++ = 'G';
|
|||
|
|
break;
|
|||
|
|
case '': *t++ = '\0x02'; *t++ = 'g'; *t++ = 'a';
|
|||
|
|
break; default: *t++ = *s;
|
|||
|
|
}
|
|||
|
|
s++;
|
|||
|
|
}
|
|||
|
|
return (t);
|
|||
|
|
}
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The code neccessary to translate between I51 hibit characters
|
|||
|
|
and any ordinary 8 bit character set is trivial and left as an
|
|||
|
|
exercise to the reader..:-)
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix D - Comments on the base set
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It is of course possible to use any character set as the base
|
|||
|
|
set, even pure 7-bit ASCII. Earlier revisions of this standard
|
|||
|
|
were in fact based on ASCII. But, the usage of ASCII as the base
|
|||
|
|
set will require all non-ascii characters to be encoded. That
|
|||
|
|
would cause a lot of unneccessary trouble for almost all
|
|||
|
|
foreign languages, and is not desirable. No one would want all
|
|||
|
|
'strange' characters of his language to be encoded, just because
|
|||
|
|
'we can't use 8 bits'. Mail sessions are conducted in 8 bit,
|
|||
|
|
packets contain 8 bit data - so we can.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Then, of course, it is unwise not to use an 8 bit set as the base
|
|||
|
|
set, since it will save a lot of space compared to a 7 bit
|
|||
|
|
set, not to mention a lot of trouble. It is my belief that
|
|||
|
|
among 8 bit sets ISO 8859-1 is the most well-spread and common
|
|||
|
|
around, and that qualifies it to be the proposed base set of
|
|||
|
|
this standard.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix E - Comments on the escape character
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The escape character can in fact be almost any character, if
|
|||
|
|
proper measurements are taken to make the ordinary use for
|
|||
|
|
the character chosen possible at the same time. To avoid too
|
|||
|
|
much trouble, it is wise to select a character seldom found
|
|||
|
|
in mail. 0x01 would be a perfect escape character, were it not
|
|||
|
|
for the fact that it is already used for other purposes. The
|
|||
|
|
next character, however, is currently unused. I therefore felt
|
|||
|
|
it wise to use 0x02 as the escape character in this standard.
|
|||
|
|
There are several advantages related to the use of this
|
|||
|
|
character as the escape character. There are of course other
|
|||
|
|
characters (eg. '\' or '~') that could be used, but there are
|
|||
|
|
reasons not to use them. '\', for instance, is commonly used
|
|||
|
|
in Europe to represent a national character, and is therefore
|
|||
|
|
not well suited. The '~' on the other hand is not often used,
|
|||
|
|
but can't be used as an escape character due to the fact
|
|||
|
|
that it itself is an accent (see below).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix F - During the change to I51, co-existence with other methods
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Any message in which the I51 standard is used (whether with
|
|||
|
|
extra codes present or not) will, during a limited period of
|
|||
|
|
time, have the following kludge line in it:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
^AI51<cr>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
With this kludge line present, a message editor at once will know
|
|||
|
|
that a certain message should be 'de-I51-ified'. How to interpret
|
|||
|
|
messages lacking this line is upon you decide. However, should
|
|||
|
|
you find a 0x02 in a message lacking the kludge line, the message
|
|||
|
|
is to be considered an I51 message.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When a non-I51 message is quoted, its contents should be
|
|||
|
|
translated to the corresponding I51 codes, if possible.
|
|||
|
|
Characters not found in the I51 standard (as defined in this
|
|||
|
|
document) are to be ignored, unless a similar I51 representation
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 30 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
can be found.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Appendix G - Comments to the author
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Please feel free to contact me on 2:200/108 if you have any
|
|||
|
|
questions, comments or suggestions regarding this document, or
|
|||
|
|
anything associated with it. I appreciate any suggestions on
|
|||
|
|
additional 'extra' characters to be added to this standard.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-30-
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 31 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
COORDINATORS CORNER
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 073
|
|||
|
|
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
|
|||
|
|
ZC/2
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|
|||
|
|
|Zone|Nl-045|Nodelist-052|Nodelist-059|Nodelist-066|Nodelist-073|%%|
|
|||
|
|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|
|||
|
|
| 1 | 9527| 9527 0 | 9405 -122 | 9405 0 | 9107 -298 |33|
|
|||
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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
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By Christopher Baker on Thu Mar 13 13:37:24 1997
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From: Bruce Bodger @ 1:170/400
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To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
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Date: 12 Mar 97 19:19:53
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Subj: FidoNews Submission
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Chris,
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Please post in the next FidoNews.
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Thank you,
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AllTheBest,
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Tue 11 Mar 97 6:10a
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The below message was posted to all the RECs this morning. Please be
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sure to let your REC know your opinion on this question. Please
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discuss in your respective Region echos.
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Thank you..
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Date: Tue 11 Mar 97 05:53
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To: ALL
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Subj: POLL YOUR REGIONS
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This message is to be posted in your Region's Admin. echo(s).
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I was elected as your ZEC on October 28, 1994 to serve a two year
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term. Im a little over 4 months late in conducting another election
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or affirmation of the position. You have my apologies.
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being conducted or an affirmation and acceptance of my willingness to
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serve another term.
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of the following choices only;
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My Region would like an election to be conducted =or=
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My Region would like you to stay on for another term.
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their Region. Each REC must do his/her best to make the discussion
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message in their Region's admin. echo(s).
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I am setting March 24 as the target date for replies but use whatever
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time is necessary to ensure that your Region has had time to discuss
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this issue. I will NOT accept input from any REC that does not confer
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with their Region.
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Bruce Bodger
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Via 1:170/400@fidonet
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NET HUMOR
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X-Sender: volition@168.121.253.33
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:45:55 -0500
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To: webheads@softdisk.com
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From: Ray Sola <ray@volition.com>
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Subject: Drug dealers vs software developers
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Sender: owner-webheads@softdisk.com
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Reply-To: webheads@softdisk.com
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Subject: Drug dealers vs software developers
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Drug dealers Software developers
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Refer to their clients Refer to their clients
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as "users". as "users".
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"The first one's free!" "Download a free trial version..."
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Have important South-East Have important South-East
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Asian connections Asian connections
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(to help move the stuff). (to help debug the code).
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"Rock," "Dime bag," "E". "RTFM," "Java," "ISDN".
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Realize that there's tons of Realize that there's tons of
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cash in the 14- to cash in the 14- to
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25-year-old market. 25-year-old market.
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Job is assisted by the Job is assisted by the
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industry producing industry producing
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newer, more potent mixes. newer, faster machines.
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of pimps and hustlers. marketing people and venture
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capitalists.
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Their product causes DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D.
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unhealthy addictions. Diablo. 'Nuff said.
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Do your job well, and you can Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
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sleep with sexy movie stars
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who depend on you.
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Future History
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17 May 1997
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Independence Day, Norway.
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6 Jun 1997
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National Commemoration Day, Sweden.
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11 Jun 1997
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Independence Day, Russia.
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1 Jul 1997
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Canada Day - Happy Birthday Canada.
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Independence Day, Argentina.
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13 Oct 1997
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Thanksgiving Day, Canada.
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1 Dec 1997
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World AIDS Day.
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10 Dec 1997
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Nobel Day, Sweden.
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12 Jan 1998
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HAL 9000 is one year old today.
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22 May 1998
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Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
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1 Dec 1998
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Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
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Tom Jennings.
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
|
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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Welcome to the *new* IEEE echo.
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aka: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers conference.
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This is the international conference for the I.E.E.E. It is
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designed to help disseminate information to IEEE members,
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promote discussions among the engineering community and
|
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provide a forum to discuss the engineering news and views
|
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published in the various IEEE publications and the media.
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This conference may include some technical engineering
|
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discussions.
|
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Origin: 1:253/60
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Moderators: August Abolins, 1:253/60
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--
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| Return Address: August.Abolins@etc.mn.pubnix.net
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| Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his/her
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| own.
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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[The software list manager will have an updated list next week.] Ed.
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Latest Greatest Software Versions
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by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
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All right, I admit it. I've been slacking off. I didn't get anything
|
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done this week. Sigh.
|
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The good news is that the old info section is down to under 40
|
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percent, so we're seeing some real progress there.
|
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Phased out this week: "OS/2 Systems" Section
|
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Phase-out highlights:
|
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This week: "Amiga" Section
|
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Deadline for info: 14 Mar 1997.
|
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Last week: "Atari ST/TT" Section
|
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Deadline for info: 7 Mar 1997.
|
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-=- Snip -=-
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Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column
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OS Platform :
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Version :
|
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Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
|
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Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? :
|
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Author / Support staff contact name :
|
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Author / Support staff contact node :
|
|||
|
|
Magic name (at the above-listed node) :
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Please include a sentence describing what the package does.
|
|||
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|
|||
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Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
|
|||
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|
|
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|
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-=- Snip -=-
|
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Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
|
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ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
|
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Announcer 1.1 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
|
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BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
|
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Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
|
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BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP
|
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BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
|
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CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
|
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CheckPnt 1.0 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT
|
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FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
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FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16
|
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FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
|
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FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD
|
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FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO
|
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GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
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GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
|
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
|
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GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
|
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Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
|
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ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
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InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
|
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InfoMail/386 1.20 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
|
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InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
|
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InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
|
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InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
|
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IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
|
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JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV
|
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Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY
|
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Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386
|
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JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H
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JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G
|
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MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL
|
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Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA
|
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Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX
|
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McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
|
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MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
|
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Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP
|
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Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP
|
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Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
|
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O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
|
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PcMerge 2.7 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
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PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP
|
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QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS
|
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RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
|
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RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
|
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Silver Xpress
|
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Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
|
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Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP
|
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Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE
|
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Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH
|
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StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK
|
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StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL
|
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T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
|
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Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
|
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
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TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS
|
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TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG
|
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TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS
|
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WaterGate 0.92 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
|
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|
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WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
|
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xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
|
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XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS
|
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OS/2:
|
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ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
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CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
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FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
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FleetStreet 1.19 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
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GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
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GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
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GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
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ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
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Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
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Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
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PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
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RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
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Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
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T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
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FrontDoor APX 1.10 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
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BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP
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GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
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Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
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Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP
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PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
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T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
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WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
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WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP
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ifmail 2.9 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
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ifmail-tx ...tx7.9 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
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Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL
|
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CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK
|
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DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
|
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GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
|
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Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
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|
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BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl1 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY
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|
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C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
|
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Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
|
|||
|
|
X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source
|
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|
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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MS-DOS Systems Other Utilities Other Utilities
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
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Network Mailers 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b
|
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Name Version 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35
|
|||
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-------------------- ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a
|
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D'Bridge 1.30 ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
|
|||
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Dreamer 1.06 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10
|
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Dutchie 2.90c ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a
|
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Milqtoast 1.00 Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a
|
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PreNM 1.48 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
|
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SEAdog 4.60 DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11
|
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SEAmail 1.01 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00
|
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TIMS 1.0(mod8) DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0
|
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EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28
|
|||
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Compression EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00
|
|||
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Utilities EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12
|
|||
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Name Version FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x
|
|||
|
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-------------------- FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C
|
|||
|
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ARC 7.12 FNPGate 2.70 StarLink 1.01
|
|||
|
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ARJ 2.20 GateWorks 3.06e TagMail 2.41
|
|||
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LHA 2.13 GMail 2.05 TCOMMail 2.2
|
|||
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PAK 2.51 GMD 3.10 Telemail 1.5*
|
|||
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PKPak 3.61 GMM 1.21 TGroup 1.13
|
|||
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PKZip 1.10 GROUP 2.23 TIRES 3.11
|
|||
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GUS 1.40 TMail 1.21
|
|||
|
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NodeList Utilities Harvey's Robot 4.10 TosScan 1.00
|
|||
|
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Name Version HeadEdit 1.18 UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
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-------------------- HLIST 1.09 VPurge 4.09e
|
|||
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EditNL 4.00 ISIS 5.12@ WEdit 2.0@
|
|||
|
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FDND 1.10 Lola 1.01d WildMail 2.00
|
|||
|
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MakeNL 2.31 Mosaic 1.00b WMail 2.2
|
|||
|
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Parselst 1.33 MailBase 4.11a@ WNode 2.1
|
|||
|
|
Prune 1.40 MSG 4.5* XRS 4.99
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 41 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
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SysNL 3.14 MsgLnk 1.0c XST 2.3e
|
|||
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XlatList 2.90 MsgMstr 2.03a YUPPIE! 2.00
|
|||
|
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XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 MsgNum 4.16d ZmailH 1.25
|
|||
|
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MSGTOSS 1.3 ZSX 2.40
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
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BBS Software Macintosh Other Software
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
-------------------- --------------------
|
|||
|
|
FBBS 0.91 Network Mailers MacArd 0.04
|
|||
|
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Hermes 1.6.1 Name Version Mantissa 3.21
|
|||
|
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Mansion 7.15 -------------------- Mehitable 2.0
|
|||
|
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Precision Sys. 0.95b Copernicus 1.0 OriginatorII 2.0
|
|||
|
|
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 PreStamp 3.2
|
|||
|
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Telefinder Host StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
|||
|
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2.12T10 Other Software SunDial 3.2
|
|||
|
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Name Version TExport 1.92
|
|||
|
|
-------------------- TimeStamp 1.6
|
|||
|
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Point System ArcMac 1.3 TImport 1.92
|
|||
|
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Software AreaFix 1.6 Tset 1.3
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
-------------------- EventMeister 1.0 UNZIP 1.02c
|
|||
|
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Copernicus 1.00 Export 3.21 Zenith 1.5
|
|||
|
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CounterPoint 1.09 Import 3.2 Zip Extract 0.10
|
|||
|
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MacWoof 1.1 LHARC 0.41
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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Amiga Network Mailers Other Software
|
|||
|
|
----- Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
-------------------- --------------------
|
|||
|
|
BBS Software BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
|
|||
|
|
Name Version TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
|
|||
|
|
-------------------- WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
|
|||
|
|
4D-BBS 1.65 ConfMail 1.12
|
|||
|
|
Falcon CBCS 1.00 ElectricHerald 1.66
|
|||
|
|
Starnet 1.0q@ Compression FFRS 1.0@
|
|||
|
|
TransAmiga 1.07 Utilities FileMgr 2.08
|
|||
|
|
XenoLink 1.0 Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
|
|||
|
|
-------------------- Login 0.18
|
|||
|
|
AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
|
|||
|
|
NodeList Utilities booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
|
|||
|
|
Name Version LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
|
|||
|
|
-------------------- LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.66 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
|
|||
|
|
Skyparse 2.30 PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
|
|||
|
|
TrapList 1.40 UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
|
|||
|
|
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
|
|||
|
|
TrapToss 1.20
|
|||
|
|
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BBS Software Atari ST/TT
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS 14-11 Page 42 17 Mar 1997
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version -----------
|
|||
|
|
--------------------
|
|||
|
|
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
FiFo 2.1v Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
LED ST 1.00 -------------------- --------------------
|
|||
|
|
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* The Box 1.95* ApplyList 1.00@
|
|||
|
|
Burep 1.1
|
|||
|
|
Compression ComScan 1.04
|
|||
|
|
Utilities NodeList Utilities ConfMail 4.10
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Echoscan 1.10
|
|||
|
|
-------------------- -------------------- FDrenum 2.5.2
|
|||
|
|
ARC 6.02 ParseList 1.30 FastPack 1.20
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 2.01i EchoFix 1.20 Import 1.14
|
|||
|
|
PackConvert sTICK/Hatch 5.50 oMMM 1.40
|
|||
|
|
STZip 1.1* Pack 1.00
|
|||
|
|
UnJARST 2.00 Trenum 0.10
|
|||
|
|
WhatArc 2.02
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
|||
|
|
Key to old info:
|
|||
|
|
+ - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
|
|||
|
|
* - Recently Updated Version
|
|||
|
|
@ - New Addition
|
|||
|
|
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
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|
|||
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|
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|
|||
|
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FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
[this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or
|
|||
|
|
it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
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|
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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the
|
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|
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Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone
|
|||
|
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1 ZMH at 1200-9600+ HST/V32B. The FidoNews key is also available on
|
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FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
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HTML FNews http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/
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WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
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FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html
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Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
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Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html
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ZEC2: http://fidoftp.paralex.co.uk/zec.htm
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)
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http://members.aol.com/Net254/
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/fidofr.shtml (in French)
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French)
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss)
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
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REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
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Editor: Christopher Baker
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Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Donald Tees
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"FidoNews Editor"
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Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net
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cbaker84@aol.com
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FidoNews.
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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Copyright 1997 Christopher Baker. All rights reserved. Duplication
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OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
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file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
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PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
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address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
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FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
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Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
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1 - 14 for 1984 - 1997, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
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http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
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ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
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ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
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You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
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STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
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to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
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1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
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Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It
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