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Volume 7, Number 14 2 April 1990
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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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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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Alternative news - who needs it? ......................... 4
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BBS World Review Digest Update! .......................... 6
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Fidocon '90 Update! ...................................... 7
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FIDOCON 1990 REGISTRATION FORM ........................... 8
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 11
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A View from the Bridge ................................... 11
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 13
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 15
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 15
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 18
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And more!
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ARTICLES
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What It Is
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(a lighter look at Fidonet)
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by Who it Be
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Hello everyone out there in bulletin board land! Welcome to
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our never-ending search for Truth (in whatever version you
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like your truth), Justice (if there is in fact any), and of
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course, What it Be! (Noone really knows for sure).
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What is What It Is? It's whatever you think it is, actually.
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or more appropriately, whatever you make it out to be. What WE
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think it is, is a column that editorializes specific items in
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Fidonet that pique our interest, or just plain piss us off.
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Kinda like The Andy Rooney of Fidonews in a strange sort of
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way. A little fun. a little humor (unless that's been banned
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by policy recently), and a little blood-letting here and
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there. Nothing too serious now mind you! I mean hey, after
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all, this column DID make it into the Snooze now didn't it? So
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it can't be all THAT bad!
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If there's a particular cause you'd like us to take up and
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have a look at, we'll be in touch. We KNOW who you are. We
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have CALLER ID ...
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This week, we're going to take a look at:
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"The POLICY COMPLAINT" !!! And hopefully, when we're all
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done, we might have a better understanding of just "What It
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Is"...
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When our founding fathers invented Fidonet (You know, George
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and Abe and those guys), back in the Nineteenth Century, They
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laid down the law of the land. Then they sat back and waited
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to see how many people would be foolish enough to say "Hey!
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Great idea! I'll join your club, live by your rules, do what
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you tell me, and like it". This was Ancient Fidonet.
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Today, in Modern Fidonet, there are thousands of these
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people.
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After a while, (After George and Abe and those guys dropped
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carrier and passed on) it was decided that having the rules
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really wasn't good enough. Nope. They needed a way to NAIL
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those that break them! I mean after all, what good is having
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some rules if you don't have a rule you can use to screw
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someone to the wall for breaking the rules?
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 2 2 Apr 1990
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And so the POLICY COMPLAINT was invented. The inventors, for
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lack of anything better to call it, decided that it was going
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to be called the "policy complaint", and if you didn't LIKE
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it, they'd file one against you.
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So the guys that took over when 'ol George and Abe and those
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guys passed on, figured that if there was a way to GET YOU if
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you broke the rules, then everyone would feel better, and
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there wouldn't be any problems. A little INSURANCE against
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potential violent, maniacal onslaughts so to speak.
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And this was good.
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Years went by, and nobody broke the rules.
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So then it was decided that rules weren't any good if nobody
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was going to break them. Furthermore, there was no way to
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actually FIELD TEST the Policy Complaint without something to
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complain ABOUT.
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So they changed the rules.
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They made up a rule that said, "If your system isn't up
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during Zone Mail Hour, then you have broken the rules. And by
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the way, this rule has been in effect for a year"
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As soon as it was made known that this new rule had been in
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effect for such a long time, tens of thousands of sysops went
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scrambling through old logs to find out if they had ever tried
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to send a netmail during ZMH and couldn't because the
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recipient's system wasn't up. Many sysops found that THEY
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THEMSELVES weren't up during ZMH at one time or another, to
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their utter horror.
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Once the vicious offenders had been discovered, the offended
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asked if they could actually FILE a Policy Complaint.
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Just to see if it really worked.
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So the rule makers said "This is a democratic society we
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live in. Of COURSE you may file a Policy Complaint against
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anyone you wish, and we will be happy, no, we will be
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OBLIGATED to excommunicate them for you."
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And so it happened. And it worked.
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Today in Modern Fidonet, there are only 5000 or so nodes,
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depending on who's doing the counting and how many duplicate
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phone numbers you care to weed through. Only the strong and
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the terminally stupid survive. But be careful! There are
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plenty of "Policy Complaint Snipers" out there!
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 3 2 Apr 1990
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Yup, the new breed in Modern Fidonet. The Policy Complaint
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Sniper. Those are the guys who sneak around late at night in
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the bushes outside your house, armed with sophisticated
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electronic listening devices and a copy of Policy 4, just
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WAITING for you to commit the tiniest infraction. And then, at
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3 O'clock in the morning, when you're out of coffee and your
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brain is fried, and you accidentally host route that 800k file
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attach... BANG!! Floodlights snap on all around your house!
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Sirens wail, the Flamers' blowtorches heat up the night! The
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800 decibel voice from the bullhorn screams out "This is the
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ECHOMAIL POLICE! Give yourself UP! We will not harm you, or
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excommunicate you, Give yourself UP!!! We have the place
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surrounded ..."
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Well, that's how it was, how it came to be, and that's What
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It Is ...
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Next time, we'll have an in-depth interview with a real
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heavy duty Policy Complainer. Phrank Phutz, the Policy Complaint
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COMMANDO ...
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Don't forget to register to vote.
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 4 2 Apr 1990
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I've heard a lot of comments about the news and our press
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in general. I've also heard a lot of comments about the
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"left-wing" or alternative press. But one that struck me as
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odd was when someone asked me, "Who needs it?"
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After reading various alternative news echos on the FidoNet
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and other media forms, the best answer I could come up with was
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a series questions:
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Have you heard about the CIA - Savings and Loan scandal
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where the CIA defrauded banks of billions of dollars, adding up
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to $14 billion by some accounts, to be used for illegal covert
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activities forbidden by Congress? Now the taxpayers are
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footing the bill for that money and the CIA operatives are
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getting off scott-free. This story was broken by a large
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Houston paper, and extensively reported in the alternative
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press, but for some reason (???) it has yet to be reported in
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the major newspapers or on the "Big 3" television networks.
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I stammered on, you probably thought that the old FBI
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domestic spying programs ended back in the 70s - Did you hear
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about how the FBI is conducting a late-1980s smear campaign
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against Detroit Mayor Coleman Young that was recently
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revealed in court?
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I was gaining speed now and my mind was starting to click
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(well, maybe not click - but it was making some sort of noise).
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How about the invasion of Panama? While the "standard"
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media was cheerleading the invasion and trying to cover up the
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fact that the "cocaine" found in Manuel Noriega's home was only
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ground corn flour for tortillas, did you hear about former U.S.
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Attorney General Ramsey Clark stating that thousands of
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innocent Panamanian civilians were killed by U.S. forces in the
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attack? I'd hardly call the former U.S. Attorney General a
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half-cocked radical.
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Or how about the recent hunger strike by the new Panamanian
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president to protest our government's aid policies, or the
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lack of them, to Panama to help rebuild their ravaged country
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destoyed by the economic war and invasion we launched against
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them? Imagine that, the U.S.-installed president going on a
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hunger strike to protest against the government that installed
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him into power. I didn't hear a thing about that in the
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normal media.
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I continued on with a couple of more examples, and then
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started in about how the Berlin Wall has fallen but the
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$3 billion U.S.-built concrete wall that divides North and
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South Korea is still standing, but by then I guess he was
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overwhelmed. All he said was "Thousands died, in the invasion,
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huh? I heard it was only 200."
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 5 2 Apr 1990
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The whole point of this article, if you're starting to
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wonder, is to inform you of some of an alternative news
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echomail conference, called ANEWS, or "News of the US and
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World."
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While ANEWS doesn't have any witty conversation in it or
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talk about the latest adventure game, it routinely carries
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stories, such as the above ones, that are routinely ignored
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by our normal media channels. While you may or may not agree
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with all of the stories or the points made by these stories,
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you'll be better informed by reading them.
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I once read, years ago, about how the FidoNet was supposed
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to make transmitting little-known information easier and to
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provide an informal yet effective means of doing that. That's
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what ANEWS is all about - providing people with information
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that our standard media doesn't bother to inform us about.
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Sound interesting? Like to know more? Besides ANEWS, which
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is general in nature, there are several good news-type echomail
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conferences in the FidoNet that focus on specific regions on
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the world.
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For more information, check the FidoNet echomail listing put
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out by node 1:1/201 or contact Randy Edwards at node 1:141/552.
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ANEWS - food for thought.
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 6 2 Apr 1990
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BBS World Review Digest(sm)
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===========================
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It truly sadden's me on this date to announce the demise of the
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DISKazine program BBSWRD(sm). As of this date there have been no
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subscription request and with programming being what it is today.
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It does not pay Me or anyone else to do something which no one
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desires to see. So I have decided not to continue with the
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development of the program.
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The one or two individuals who have show interest will be
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contacted and provided information on how to continue to receive
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the only magazine program currently being published by High Mesa
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Publishing for FREE.
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================================================================
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Jake Hargrove
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High Mesa Publishing
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Fidocon '90 Information Update
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Bill Vanglahn 1:1/90@Fidonet
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The Fidocon '90 Committee continues to work to make this year's
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convention one of the best ever. We have already received
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registrations from as far away as Holland, and as close as our
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own backyard.
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One of our main goals in planning the event was to allow Fidocon
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to be part of a family vacation. New Jersey has a great variety
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of summertime activities, as well as the proximity of the
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convention site to New York City.
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We have gotten many requests for family plans, and we are more
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than happy to accommodate! Therefore, the following plan is
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added to the Fidocon '90 schedule (Note: These prices are ONLY
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in effect until 5/1/90):
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1) For a participant and spouse, the cost for BOTH will be
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$620.00. This includes conference registration for the
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registrant, and hotel and meals for both you and your spouse.
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2) For each child attending the conference (accompanied by either
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a plan A or the above spouse plan participant), add $75.00 to the
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cost. This will include hotel and meals.
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*** Discount Deadline Extended ***
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Because of some confusion, and problems associated with "tax
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time", we have extended the deadline for discounted registration.
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Instead of the deadline being 4/1/90, we are extending it to
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5/1/90. Any registrations postmarked by midnight on May 1, 1990
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may register at the discounted rate.
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*** Deposits for Fidocon! ***
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As I said before, we are (sometimes painfully) aware that it is
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tax time. If you plan to attend the conference, but your funds
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are low right now, don't fret! We will accept a $100.00 deposit
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(nonrefundable) toward your registration. This will lock you
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into the discounted rate, and give you until July 1, 1990 to pay
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the balance.This, of course, only applies to plans A through F
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*** Any ideas? ***
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If you have any ideas on things you would like to see or do at
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the convention, drop us a note at 1/90. We WANT to hear from
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you!
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 8 2 Apr 1990
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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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Lyndhurst, New Jersey _`@/_ \ _
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August 1-5, 1990 | | \ \\
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| (*) | \ ))
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______ |__U__| / \//
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/ Fido \ _//|| _\ /
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(________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm)
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Rate Plan Schedule: Before 6/1/90: Before 5/1/90:
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A. Single Occupancy.......$595.00 $545.00 $495.00
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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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G. Registrant & Spouse....$720.00 $670.00 $620.00
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fees. Those registering before 5/1/90 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 7-14 Page 9 2 Apr 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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Name: __________________________________________________________
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Address: _____________________________ Apt. or Suite: _________
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City: _________________________ State or Province: ____________
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Postal Code: __________________ Country: ______________________
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Voice Phone: ______________________ Data: _____________________
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Zone:Net/Node.Point@Domain: ____________________________________
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Special requirements: __________________________________________
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| Option | Full | | Pricing | Line |
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|(Choose 1: A-G)| Name | Qty | Thru 5/1 | Total |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN A* | | | $495.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN B* | | | $350.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN C* | | | $200.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN D* | | | $105.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN E* | | | $ 75.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN G* | | | $620.00 | |
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+===============+=====================+=====+==========+=======+
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| NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
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|
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| Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
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| Broadway Show | | | $ 75.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
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| NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | |
|
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
|||
|
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| Costume Ball* | | | $ 50.00 | |
|
|||
|
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
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|
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* includes all conference fees & Hotel | Total $ | |
|
|||
|
|
** includes dinner, show, and costume +==========+=======+
|
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|
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|
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MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________
|
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|
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|
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Expiration: ___________ Signature _____________________________
|
|||
|
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( Credit card registrations require valid signature )
|
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|
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|
FidoNews 7-14 Page 10 2 Apr 1990
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 11 2 Apr 1990
|
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=================================================================
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COLUMNS
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=================================================================
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A View from the Bridge
|
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|
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"Captain's Log, Stardate 9003.30"
|
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|
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|
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When I was a young boy, I used to like to watch Star Trek (I
|
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|
|
still do, though I don't have as much time for it as I used to),
|
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|
|
and I was always impressed with the technological advances they
|
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|
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demonstrated on the show. Push a button, and food was instantly
|
|||
|
|
prepared. They had little t.v.s that you could carry around
|
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|
|
your neck on a strap. Other things. I always wished I was born
|
|||
|
|
just 100 years into the future to see all these marvelous things
|
|||
|
|
and grow up in that technologically advanced civilization. (Of
|
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|
|
course, I also wished that I'd been born 60 years before I was
|
|||
|
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to witness the 'exciting times' of the early 20th century.)
|
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|
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|
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Just the other day, I was using my microwave oven. As I used
|
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|
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the touch-sensitive keypad, I reflected on how it wasn't long
|
|||
|
|
ago that these machines used dials, just like a kitchen timer.
|
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|
|
Then I realized that it wasn't long ago that we didn't even have
|
|||
|
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microwave ovens.
|
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|
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|
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It came to me in a flash that I was born at just the RIGHT time.
|
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|
|
In my short lifetime, I've seen men land on the moon (I still
|
|||
|
|
have a laquered copy of the NY Daily News issue of that day), a
|
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|
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president of the United States resign. I've seen the effects of
|
|||
|
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an oil gluttonous nation, and the development of nuclear power.
|
|||
|
|
I've seen the creation of digital watches, now the norm (and
|
|||
|
|
driving into Manhatten to buy one for $150.00 that used 24 hour
|
|||
|
|
time just before I joined the Air Force). I've witnessed and
|
|||
|
|
participated in the birth of the personal (it used to be 'home')
|
|||
|
|
computer, and how its changed, and continues to change, our lives.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Some things haven't changed too much. Cars are still cars, they
|
|||
|
|
don't fly, aren't electric, and still pollute. The phone,
|
|||
|
|
though finally starting to show some progress towards its
|
|||
|
|
potential as an information processing device, is still a phone.
|
|||
|
|
Even with the advancement of cellular technology, we still don't
|
|||
|
|
have Dick Tracy "2-way wrist tv's".
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Some things have gotten worse. The US Space Program is at its
|
|||
|
|
worst point since the days of Sputnik. If you have a few
|
|||
|
|
minutes, please write your congressman, and ask him to vote some
|
|||
|
|
life into NASA.
|
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|
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|
|
The bottom line, however, is that it appears that I have lived
|
|||
|
|
the ancient chinese curse. I truly was born in interesting times!
|
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|
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|
|
FidoNews 7-14 Page 12 2 Apr 1990
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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(P.S. See you at FidoCon! The time to put in your deposit is NOW!)
|
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|
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|
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|
|
FidoNews 7-14 Page 13 2 Apr 1990
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|
Henry Clark
|
|||
|
|
124/6120
|
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|
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|
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|
|
Software City --
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I have been fortunate to receive quite a bit of new software of
|
|||
|
|
late; it's wonderful. Not the least of which is the new
|
|||
|
|
release of Opus 1.10. No, I haven't installed it for real
|
|||
|
|
yet; it's pretty obvious that everyone else IS though. One of
|
|||
|
|
these days, I'll know so much about it from reading the
|
|||
|
|
echoes... piece of cake.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A buddy at the office got a new laptop, and wanted to transfer
|
|||
|
|
all the files from his old disk onto the laptop's disk. I had
|
|||
|
|
purchased Laplink III with that amazing 3 headed cable. Both
|
|||
|
|
computers had 100 meg disks. His E: drive was one giant
|
|||
|
|
database file, 32 meg. This file went across in 13 minutes,
|
|||
|
|
using the Parallel Turbo mode. Fitting name.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I got a new protected mode interface TSR from Oracle. Forget
|
|||
|
|
the database stuff, ( it's pretty good too ). I can write
|
|||
|
|
programs bigger than 640k, I can allocate megabytes of memory,
|
|||
|
|
and now these programs coexist with expanded memory managers
|
|||
|
|
and Desqview.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Home Computing --
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I've also been buying copies of PC Anywhere III. My clients
|
|||
|
|
use Carbon Copy 5. No they aren't compatible. There are good
|
|||
|
|
points about each; I think PC Anywhere is a little faster ( or
|
|||
|
|
maybe not as slow ). I still have trouble with HST mode.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The whole question of remote computing, especially from home,
|
|||
|
|
is going to boil in the '90s. There are all kinds of liability
|
|||
|
|
questions about your being at home and working for your
|
|||
|
|
employer. If you get hurt at home while working, whose
|
|||
|
|
insurance pays? If you work at home in the morning and then
|
|||
|
|
drive to work, that's not commuting, or is it? Does working at
|
|||
|
|
home qualify you for tax breaks such as home-office
|
|||
|
|
deductions? Is this for your employer's convenience?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Someone always raises two questions : How do you get your
|
|||
|
|
voice phone calls?; and how do you interact with your fellow
|
|||
|
|
employees?. The first is easy, call forwarding. The second
|
|||
|
|
question is a little harder. We shall see.
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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The Snail Box --
|
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|
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 14 2 Apr 1990
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|
Gawd, I'm sick of junk mail. I never even look at that
|
|||
|
|
Neighborhood Shopper flyer. Do you get that too? I get offers
|
|||
|
|
for free credit cards, offers for subscriptions, offers for
|
|||
|
|
software and hardware. I can't believe the Post Office has to
|
|||
|
|
raise rates when they have all this junk mail to work with.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Actually, I like the offers that include a return envelope; you
|
|||
|
|
know the kind that's postage paid. I shove everything back in,
|
|||
|
|
find some trash to put in too and send it back. Support your
|
|||
|
|
local post office.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I now have the perfect excuse to not pay the bills. It got
|
|||
|
|
lost in all the junk mail.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I hear now about junk-fax. You suppose E-Mail will follow suit ?
|
|||
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|
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|
|||
|
|
Windfall --
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I recently derided shareware and maybe the gods were reading
|
|||
|
|
FIDONEWS too. Low and behold : a big check arrives in the
|
|||
|
|
mail. I wrote this utility call TimeRun which is a TSR and it
|
|||
|
|
stuffs the keyboard buffer with a user command whenever a
|
|||
|
|
particular target time has been met.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I had originally written it back in 1987 for DOS 3.1 and then
|
|||
|
|
it didn't work for DOS 3.3. A while back someone asked about
|
|||
|
|
it, so I reworked it for 3.3 and, well, it was OK again.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now some 6 months later, in the mail comes this really big
|
|||
|
|
check from a technical college in Wisconsin for multiple
|
|||
|
|
licenses and I'm walking on air around here. It's that old
|
|||
|
|
FALSE HOPE coming to get me.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Anyway, Honey sees the check and those visions of sugar plums
|
|||
|
|
start dancing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"But Honey, don't you remember that hard disk I bought last
|
|||
|
|
week?"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Yes."
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
"Well, it's cheaper now." Slam dunk. <grin>
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|
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|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-14 Page 15 2 Apr 1990
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LATEST VERSIONS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
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|
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS Systems
|
|||
|
|
--------------
|
|||
|
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|
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|
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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
|
|||
|
|
---------
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
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|
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|
|
FidoNews 7-14 Page 16 2 Apr 1990
|
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|
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|
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|
|
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
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WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
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TImport 1.331
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TExport 1.32
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Timestamp 1.6
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Tset 1.3
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Import 2.52
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Export 2.54
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Sundial 2.1
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UNZIP 1.01*
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Amiga
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Paragon 2.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
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TrapDoor 1.11 booz 1.01
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WelMat 0.35* ConfMail 1.10
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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Lharc 1.10*
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oMMM 1.43b*
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ParseLst 1.30
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PkAX 1.00
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.01*
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RMB 1.30
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UNzip 0.86
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Zoo 2.00
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Atari ST
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
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GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 1.96S
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SRENUM 6.2
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Trenum 0.10
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OMMM 1.40
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 17 2 Apr 1990
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 18 2 Apr 1990
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=================================================================
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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The Interrupt Stack
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3 Jun 1990
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Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be
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held at the World Congress Center and other locations.
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5 Jun 1990
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David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
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12 Jun 1990
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Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets.
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13 Jul 1990
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Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Further information will follow.
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27 Jul 1990
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The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in
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the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka,
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1:105/54.
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1 Aug 1990
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Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
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details.
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5 Oct 1990
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21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
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6 Nov 1990
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First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
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14 Nov 1990
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Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
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2:332/16.0
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1 Jan 1991
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Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
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Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
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16 Feb 1991
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Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
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7 Oct 1991
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Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
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will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
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Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
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FidoNews 7-14 Page 19 2 Apr 1990
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
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Islands will retain area code 415.
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1 Feb 1992
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Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
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eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
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code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
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West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
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Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
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Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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