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Volume 7, Number 12 19 March 1990
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the
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FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of
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individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized
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agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this
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compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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FIDOCON 1990 REGISTRATION FORM ........................... 1
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You Love State Socialism (You just don't know it) ........ 5
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DADS ECHO ................................................ 8
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 10
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 10
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 13
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 13
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 16
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 16
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ARTICLES
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The Secret Sysop Society presents __
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*** Conclave '90 *** / \
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The SYSOPS Convention /|oo \
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Home of FidoCon 1990 (_| /_)
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B. Double Occupancy.......$450.00 $400.00 $350.00
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C. Conference w/ meals....$300.00 $250.00 $200.00
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D. Conference w/ Banquet..$205.00 $155.00 $105.00
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E. Conference only........$175.00 $125.00 $ 75.00
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F. Banquet only...........$130.00 $80.00 $ 30.00
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(All rate plans except plan F include all conference and hotel
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fees. Those registering before 4/1/90 get a $100.00 discount,
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those registering before 6/1/90 get a $50.00 discount.)
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You must pay by Check, Money Order, or Credit Card. Please send
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no cash. All monies must be in U.S. Funds. Checks should be
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made out to: "Conclave '90"
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The following registration form must be completed and mailed to:
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PO Box 12
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Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
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You may register by Netmailing this completed form to 1:1/90 for
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processing. Rename it to ZNNNXXXX.REG where Z is your Zone
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number, N is your Net number, and X is your Node number. US Mail
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confirmation is required within 72 hours of electronic filing.
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If you are paying by credit card, please include the required
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information. For your own security, do not route any message
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with your credit card number on it. Crash it directly to 1:1/90.
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The official Conclave '90 airline is American Airlines.
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American offers a 5% discount the lowest applicable round-trip
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fare, including 1st class travel, subject to availability of
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inventory. All fare rules and restrictions apply. In addition,
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American offers 40% off their round trip unrestricted day coach
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fare. International travelers qualify for special benefits,
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including complimentary admittance to the Admiral's Club Lounge
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at any American Airlines terminal. Newark is an American Air-
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lines city with direct flights to most major cities. When making
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reservations, you must call American's Toll-free reservation
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number at 800-433-1790, and reference Star number 13704F.
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FidoNews 7-12 Page 3 19 Mar 1990
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C O N C L A V E '90 R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
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| Option | Full | | Pricing | Line |
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| PLAN A* | | | $495.00 | |
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| PLAN C* | | | $200.00 | |
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| PLAN E* | | | $ 75.00 | |
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| PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | |
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| NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | |
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| AC Casino trip| | | $ 22.00 | |
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| Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | |
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| Broadway Show | | | $ 75.00 | |
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| NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | |
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| Costume Ball* | | | $ 50.00 | |
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* includes all conference fees & Hotel | Total $ | |
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MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________
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FidoNews 7-12 Page 5 19 Mar 1990
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You Love State Socialism (You just don't know it)
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Tom Jennings 1:125/111
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The essay below speaks for itself. It's not an exercise in
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commie-bashing, in case you were wondering. Taken from a book of
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essays written by Miklos Haraszti, a Hungarian dissident, it is
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on the surface a harsh criticism of state socialism, told in
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terms of western capitalism.
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(The manuscript for the book was smuggled out of Hungary, to be
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published first in France as "L'artiste d'Etat" then as "The
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Velvet Prison: Artists Under State Socialism" in the U.S. (Basic
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Books Inc, New York).)
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* * *
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"Outside the capitalist corporation's walls there is still an
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ideal free market where total freedom of opinion and speech, the
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right to assembly, and the freedom to organize flourish. Everyone
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goes his own way and can become a proud and independent artist,
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free of censorship. But inside the company it is a different
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story. There; the employee must reckon with a microcosm of
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socialism. His human rights are severely circumscribed -- except
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of course, his right to work. He cannot go outside the walls,
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cannot wander at will around the factory, cannot say, write or
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organize whatever he wants. In these matters, it is the firm's
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interests, conveyed by its owners and managers, that determine
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right from wrong within the corporate culture. The employee may
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love his work, but he cannot do what he likes *unless* his ideas
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have first been approved by his superiors. His skills have no
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value in themselves; they exists to sustain the fiscal health of
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the corporation. His relations with other members of the company
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are not strictly private; they are defined by the hierarchy of
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professional skills. If he does not live for his work, the
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company will let him go. As long as there are other corporations
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for whom he can work, he is all right, even if he is fired. He
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could even, if he wishes, leave of his own accord!
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"How is this (admittedly simplified) state of affairs different
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from state socialism? Only one aspect is truly different: the
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existence of other companies. Under socialism it is the same
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giant firm everywhere.
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"Suppose that the company for which you work buys and sells art.
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The board of directors, faithful to the owner's wishes, seeks
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free and independent art. Anyone can come in from the street. If
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his art is marketable, the whole company will work for him; no
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one will intervene in his business. If his artistic freedom is
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curtailed, he can threaten to leave the company and look for
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another, or he can choose to become self-employed.
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"Now consider the free artist who is asked by the company to
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paint a portrait of the owner, or to create a sculpture that
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symbolizes the company's ideals, or simply say something nice
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about the firm on television. The money he is paid is not a part
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of profits; it is renumeration for having complied with the ideas
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of the firm's management. Creative freedom has undergone a subtle
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change: the more successfully the artist has identified himself
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and his ideas with the interests of management, the more creative
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freedom he can retain. He has become a *directed artist*. He has
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become a company artist.
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"How is this state of affairs different from socialism? Only to
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the extent that, under capitalism, the artist is free to resign
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and go to another company. On our part of the world artists can
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only find employment with the artistic department of the national
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company or with one if its branches. All artists are the firm's
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employees, and their colleagues (the other employees in other
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departments and branches) are their audience.
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"The distinction between directed and free artists, between
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directed and free art, disappears at a stroke. The artists'
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existential uncertainty is over. A steady paycheck is assured.
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The rent will be paid, food on the table, and a roof overhead.
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But artists' creative freedom is also over. Nevertheless they
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have gained a great deal: by becoming state employees they are
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given special attention. Their position is not competitive but
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hierarchical: they gain a measure of control over the consumers
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of their art in exchange for being controlled themselves by the
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coordinating authority of the state. The company's neutrality in
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the thorny question of aesthetics is over.
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"The ethics of state socialism resemble the ethics of a large
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company. Its discipline and freedom are like those of the
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company's workers. Further, if you will imagine the greatest
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possible "industrial democracy" that such a concern might achieve
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within the constraints of its corporate culture, you will have
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arrived at an almost exact model of freedom in today's modern
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socialist society.
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"Is it censorship that guarantees that the employees of Twentieth
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Century Fox will create movies that serve the interests of the
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entire company? Do relationships within the film studio require
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censoring? Is the unavoidable process of creative compromise and
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self-correction properly called censorship? Voluntary discipline,
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identification, and devotion are essential elements in the
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professional's acceptance of the company as his own/ Is this not
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freedom? After all, didn't someone once observe that freedom is
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simply the recognition of necessity?
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"It does not matter whether the answer is yes or no: we know what
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this is all about. This form of censorship is far more effective
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than a negative, externally imposed restriction of private
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freedom. It is quite irresistible when it bathes the employees of
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the socialist supermonopoly -- the nation -- in its amniotic
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warmth. Don't forget: under socialism, there are no longer any
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owners."
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FidoNews 7-12 Page 8 19 Mar 1990
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DADS ECHO
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by Bob Hirschfeld, Moderator
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(Sysop of National Congress for Men BBS 114/74 (602) 840 4752 )
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The National Congress for Men, a coalition of Fathers Rights and
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Divorce Reform organizations founded in 1981, is sponsoring the
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new DADS ECHO. NCM, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has an
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elected board of directors, holds annual national conventions,
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provides resources for DADS nationwide, and is active in lobbying
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Congress and state legislatures regarding parental access and
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support issues.
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DADS Echo is primarily focused on the relationship between DADS
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and their children. This is not limited to any category of DAD;
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that is, happily (or unhappily) married DADS, unwed DADS,
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Divorced DADS, adoptive DADS.....and women who sympathize with
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them and the needs of children for relationships with BOTH
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parents, are welcome to participate.
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Messages on DADS ECHO deal with DADS' difficulties in dealing
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with or preserving "The Promise of Fatherhood". As such, messages
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dealing with all aspects of Fathers' Rights as they relate to
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children, are fair game. That is: Divorce upsets the
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relationship; the relationship includes a financial
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responsibility as well as a psychological/emotional bond;
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allegations of child abuse (true or false) can adversely impact
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the father-child relationship, etc.
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Subjects that the DADS Echo is especially intended to address
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differ from the focus of other Fidonet Echos:
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*** Parenting Skills
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*** Role Reversal, Gender Stereotyping: "Superdads" and "Mr. Mom"
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*** Homemaking Skills: the Father's viewpoint
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*** Psychological Bonding between fathers and children
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*** Recreation involving fathers and children
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*** Scouting (Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Indian Guides, Campfire)
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*** Dealing with problem children at various ages
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*** Dealing with government agencies regarding children
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*** Prenatal and Delivery-Room participation by DADS
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*** The Father's relationship with his unborn child
|
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*** Historical perspective of Fathers and Paternal Status
|
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*** Strengthening the nuclear family
|
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|
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*** Sex Education of children
|
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*** Education generally; the father's participation
|
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*** Care of infants
|
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*** Self Esteem, Transactional Analysis of Relationships, etc.
|
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*** DADS special problems raising children alone
|
|||
|
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*** Distance isolation between DADS and children
|
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|
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*** Parental Alienation Syndrome
|
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*** Dealing with 3rd-party interference in father-child relations
|
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*** Teaching DAD'S values to the child
|
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*** Father-bashing in the legislatures and courts
|
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*** Experience-sharing between DADS who've been there
|
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*** Discipline of children; what is reasonable, who does it?
|
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|
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*** Resources available to DADS
|
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FidoNews 7-12 Page 9 19 Mar 1990
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*** Nearly-adult teenagers: leaving the nest
|
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*** Effect of divorced dads new female relationships on children
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*** Step-parenting
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*** AND MUCH MORE
|
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Moderator Bob Hirschfeld is an attorney in Phoenix, AZ who
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specializes in representing Fathers in contested custody cases. A
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long-time Fathers Rights activist and NCM board member, he
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published "Single Dads Lifestyle" magazine between 1978 and 1983
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DADS initially is distributed by direct polling of the NCM BBS,
|
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114/74, and at this writing reaches Texas and Tennessee as well
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as area 114 (Arizona) distribution. Once there is enough
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coverage, it is intended that permission to place DADS on the
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backbone will be obtained.
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There are other Echos available for "flaming", such as LAW,
|
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FEMINISM, MENS_ISSUES, RIGHTS (Men's Rights). Please use this
|
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Echo for constructive, topical messages. If you're a divorced
|
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Dad, you're probably legitimately angry about some aspect of how
|
|||
|
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the system treats you. But you're sharing this Echo, hopefully,
|
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with happily married DADS, or DADS for whom the anger has
|
|||
|
|
subsided and the challenge of promoting/maintaining the
|
|||
|
|
father/child bond is now of major importance. Keep that in mind,
|
|||
|
|
please.
|
|||
|
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|
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|
|
To arrange your BBS's direct link, please Netmail Bob Hirschfeld
|
|||
|
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at 114/74, so that DADS can be picked up by you via subsequent
|
|||
|
|
periodic polling. In genuine hardship situations, NCM may be
|
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|
|
willing to bear the long distance cost to your BBS initially
|
|||
|
|
until backbone status is obtained. This Echo offers hope to
|
|||
|
|
Fathers separated or alienated from their children, and practical
|
|||
|
|
help to that great majority of responsible Dads who want to
|
|||
|
|
continue and improve their relationships with their children.
|
|||
|
|
Therefore, please consider providing this echo to users of your
|
|||
|
|
local BBS.
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|
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|
|
PATERNALLY and FRATERNALLY,
|
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|
BOB HIRSCHFELD, MODERATOR, DADS ECHO 114/74 (602) 840 4752
|
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"Make Every Day Father's Day"
|
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|
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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|
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FidoNews 7-12 Page 10 19 Mar 1990
|
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=================================================================
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COLUMNS
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=================================================================
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|
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Talk Me Through It, Honey
|
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|
|
Henry Clark
|
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124/6120
|
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|
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|
|||
|
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The Art of Deception --
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
SQL and C. What do they have in common ? SQL is the 4-GL
|
|||
|
|
language for database manipulation. C is the 3-GL language of
|
|||
|
|
systems and applications programmers. Both provide a
|
|||
|
|
convenient means of deceiving management, and especially IM
|
|||
|
|
departments.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
C is really ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE in disguise. Management doesn't
|
|||
|
|
want you coding in assembler, but C is OK because it's a 3-GL
|
|||
|
|
language. SQL is how user's maintain programming control over
|
|||
|
|
their database systems; while IM thinks it's in control because
|
|||
|
|
it has control of the 3-GL languages. SQL is an effective tool
|
|||
|
|
because our databases are organized for SQL.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We get away with these white lies because a) management and IM
|
|||
|
|
really don't know what's going on; b) the user community is
|
|||
|
|
really pretty sharp; c) both a and b.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Plug Away" --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'll steal this SNL theme for a while. I have completed,
|
|||
|
|
somewhat, a new Call Statistics Reporter utility, it's called
|
|||
|
|
CallStat, and you can get the program and source by f'req. :
|
|||
|
|
namely CFL.ZIP.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I needed something to tell me how well I was doing in my attempt
|
|||
|
|
to slow down Bink's call timer. I was making over 400 calls
|
|||
|
|
per day. I know you do, but I don't.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Any way, it's got some bells and whistles, writes message
|
|||
|
|
format reports, and tells you about individual nodes, and hours
|
|||
|
|
in the day. Net 124 has a Machine echo, specifically for those
|
|||
|
|
computer generated kinds of info that vaguely interests the
|
|||
|
|
human members of the network.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So far I've seen :
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TICKET V1.20 RFP 2.03 ANALYZE V1.1
|
|||
|
|
QMLog v0.03 QUPDN v4.0 CallStat v3.3
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 11 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ron Bemis has a large suite of utilities under the ANALYZE
|
|||
|
|
moniker, and credit for the Machine echo goes to him. I am
|
|||
|
|
looking forward to the computer reading of these echoes for
|
|||
|
|
some kind of consolation reporting.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is the network, in and of itself.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Interface 90 --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dallas, TX. What happened to OSI ? The Interface 90 expo was
|
|||
|
|
dotted with conferences on OSI, yet there was only 1 vendor with
|
|||
|
|
an OSI product. I find this somewhat misleading. IBM spends
|
|||
|
|
more on OSI research than all other players combined. I find
|
|||
|
|
this totally misleading.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One could argue that OSI is very active, but the big players
|
|||
|
|
have taken over and that's that. Another point of view is that
|
|||
|
|
OSI itself is free ( it's CCITT and it's public domain ). A
|
|||
|
|
company can't make money selling OSI, just like you wouldn't
|
|||
|
|
normally pay for breathing air. You to sell completely
|
|||
|
|
vertical applications, off the shelf.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This alone has brought the cost of direct OSI connects down to
|
|||
|
|
the point that the 'PAD' facilities are not cost effective.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I think it's very revealing to find the big manufactures with
|
|||
|
|
the big OSI networks forcing it's suppliers to use OSI
|
|||
|
|
protocols for all communications, including filling orders. If
|
|||
|
|
you can't 'talk' to me, you can't *talk* to me. Look out for
|
|||
|
|
'old-boy'-ism.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tax Time, Honey --
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Do you know the Number 1 tax shelter for the past 9 years ?
|
|||
|
|
Sure, it's the Foreign Earned Income Deduction. This is HOT.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you earn income while physically present in a foreign
|
|||
|
|
country, and you stay out of country 330 days out of 365, the
|
|||
|
|
IRS gives you a whopping $ 75,000 deduction. Notice the words
|
|||
|
|
"physically present".
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is a bunch different than the bona fide residence criteria.
|
|||
|
|
You don't want to become a resident of a foreign country
|
|||
|
|
because then you will surely have to pay income tax there, and
|
|||
|
|
that's a whole lot more expensive than here.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The earnings can come from anywhere. So here's what you do :
|
|||
|
|
get a 1 year project, buy a laptop, and see the world. Don't
|
|||
|
|
stay in any one country too long, and send completed works back
|
|||
|
|
via modem.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 12 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Can we speak English?"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 13 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LATEST VERSIONS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS Systems
|
|||
|
|
--------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fido 12q+ QuickBBS 2.62 TBBS 2.1
|
|||
|
|
Lynx 1.30 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
|||
|
|
Kitten 2.16 RBBSmail 17.2 TPBoard 6.0
|
|||
|
|
Opus 1.10+* RemoteAccess 0.01 Wildcat! 2.10
|
|||
|
|
Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5d1
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Network Node List Other
|
|||
|
|
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
|||
|
|
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30*
|
|||
|
|
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0
|
|||
|
|
FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01 EMM 2.02
|
|||
|
|
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 Gmail 2.05
|
|||
|
|
XlaxDiff 2.32 GROUP 2.16
|
|||
|
|
XlaxNode 2.32 GUS 1.30
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 1.13
|
|||
|
|
MSG 4.0
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 1.99
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
|
|||
|
|
QM 1.0
|
|||
|
|
QSORT 4.03
|
|||
|
|
StarLink 1.01
|
|||
|
|
TagMail 2.20
|
|||
|
|
TCOMMail 2.2
|
|||
|
|
TMail 1.14*
|
|||
|
|
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
|||
|
|
TosScan 1.00*
|
|||
|
|
UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
|
XRS 3.20*
|
|||
|
|
ZmailQ 1.10
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
---------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 14 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Red Ryder Host v2.1b4 Tabby 2.1 MacArc 0.04
|
|||
|
|
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
|
|||
|
|
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
|
|||
|
|
TImport 1.331
|
|||
|
|
TExport 1.32
|
|||
|
|
Timestamp 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Tset 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Import 2.52
|
|||
|
|
Export 2.54
|
|||
|
|
Sundial 2.1
|
|||
|
|
UNZIP 1.01*
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amiga
|
|||
|
|
-----
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Paragon 2.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
|||
|
|
TrapDoor 1.11 booz 1.01
|
|||
|
|
WelMat 0.35* ConfMail 1.10
|
|||
|
|
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
|||
|
|
Lharc 1.10*
|
|||
|
|
oMMM 1.43b*
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30
|
|||
|
|
PkAX 1.00
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01*
|
|||
|
|
RMB 1.30
|
|||
|
|
UNzip 0.86
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Atari ST
|
|||
|
|
--------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
|
|||
|
|
Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
|
|||
|
|
QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
|
|||
|
|
GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
|
|||
|
|
PKUNZIP 1.10
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 1.96S
|
|||
|
|
SRENUM 6.2
|
|||
|
|
Trenum 0.10
|
|||
|
|
OMMM 1.40
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 15 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
|
|||
|
|
* Recently changed
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
|
|||
|
|
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
|
|||
|
|
all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 16 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
NOTICES
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Interrupt Stack
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
3 Jun 1990
|
|||
|
|
Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be
|
|||
|
|
held at the World Congress Center and other locations.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
5 Jun 1990
|
|||
|
|
David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
12 Jun 1990
|
|||
|
|
Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
13 Jul 1990
|
|||
|
|
Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
|
|||
|
|
Further information will follow.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
27 Jul 1990
|
|||
|
|
The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in
|
|||
|
|
the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka,
|
|||
|
|
1:105/54.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Aug 1990
|
|||
|
|
Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
|
|||
|
|
details.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
5 Oct 1990
|
|||
|
|
21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
6 Nov 1990
|
|||
|
|
First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
14 Nov 1990
|
|||
|
|
Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
|
|||
|
|
2:332/16.0
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Jan 1991
|
|||
|
|
Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
|
|||
|
|
Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
16 Feb 1991
|
|||
|
|
Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
7 Oct 1991
|
|||
|
|
Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
|
|||
|
|
will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
|
|||
|
|
Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-12 Page 17 19 Mar 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
|
|||
|
|
Islands will retain area code 415.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 Feb 1992
|
|||
|
|
Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
|
|||
|
|
eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
|
|||
|
|
code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
|
|||
|
|
West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
|
|||
|
|
Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
|
|||
|
|
Montebello) will retain area code 213.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
|||
|
|
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
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