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Volume 5, Number 20 16 May 1988
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Editor in Chief Dale Lovell
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Editor Emeritus: Thom Henderson
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Contributing Editors: Al Arango
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FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet
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Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to
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submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission
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standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from
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node 1:1/1.
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Copyright 1988 by the International FidoNet Association. All
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rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for
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noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances,
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please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted
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at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, 164 Shipley Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107 and
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are used with permission.
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The contents of the articles contained here are not our
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responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them.
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Everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING
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received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Important Message on The Midwest Echo Star 282/1 ......... 1
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Why the FidoNet is Still Fun! ............................ 2
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D'Bridge - A new commercial EMAIL package ................ 4
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ZONELISTS - A proposal for extended nodelists ............ 5
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 8
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Top Downloads 4/10/88 - 4/16/88 .......................... 9
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Top Downloads - 4/17/88 - 4/23/88 ........................ 11
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Top Downloads 4/23/88 - 4/30/88 .......................... 13
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3. NOTICES .................................................. 15
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AVICULTURE ==> A New Echo Conference that is for the Bi .. 15
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 15
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 16
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 1 16 May 1988
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ARTICLES
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From : Steve Sherwick, Coordinator of Net 282
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Date : 05/13/1988
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To : All FIDONET SysOps
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Subject: 282/1, The Midwest Echo Star
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As the coordinator of Net 282, The Twin Cities Area Metronet
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it has fallen to me to try to explain the whys and wherefores of
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the status of 282/1 also known as the Midwest Echo Star.
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Unfortunately this information is quite limited.
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Please be assured, we in Net 282 are just as upset as much
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of the nation is at this time due to the disruption of echomail
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flow. I will be as blunt about this point as I can be. 282/1 will
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NOT be returning to the net and the Midwest Echo Star is down for
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good.
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On the up side of that note it appears that the excellent
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management of the echo portion of the net has responded quickly
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and echomail is returning to normal flow.
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It is the consensus of the SysOps in the Twin Cities
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Metronet that it is in the best interests of the net to not
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respond to Netmail information requests concerning the SysOp of
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282/1 at this time. Please accept this note as our assurance that
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we at this time have no information that we can release and that
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when we can release a full disclosure will be made.
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While we are interested in anything that the net may produce
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as far as information concerning 282/1 and it's SysOp John
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Richard as well as his whereabouts we have been deluged with
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requests concerning the return of 282/1 as an echomail hub. As I
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said, this will not occur.
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We highly advise looking into new links, Butch Walker and
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his troops are hard at work relinking the system and once the
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help nodes go back into the nodelist the echomail coordinators
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are ready to help you out.
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Any information you might care to share should be sent
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marked private in netmail only to either the SysOp of 282/0
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(Myself, running NMH -1 to NMH +1) or crash to Don Seiford at
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282/3. We are deeply interested.
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We thank you for your concern,
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Steve Sherwick
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 2 16 May 1988
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Ed Ridpath
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FidoNet 1:372/2.0
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Why the FidoNet is Still Fun!
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I've recently rejoined the FidoNet and IFNA after an absence of
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about a year. I missed the fun of the FidoNet and Sysoping
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greatly, and I'm very enthusiastic about being involved again.
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This has to be the most interesting hobby I've ever come across.
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I recently read an article here in to FidoNews where some one
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felt differently, and thought that there was no more fun in the
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FidoNet. Not so, the Fidonet is still fun!
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I can remember the first time I saw a FidoNet mail session. It
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was like magic. I had entered a message in the mail area of my
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Fido BBS requesting a Net/Node number from the Regional
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Coordinator of Region 18. Yes, I did get up at 4:00am to make
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sure this thing worked. The call went flawlessly from Fido to
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Fido (that was the only thing that did mail then) and I was in
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the FidoNet. The ability to send electronic mail back and forth
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between BBSs I still don't take for granted. There is always a
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thrill when I see two computers transferring mail all by
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themselves. With the continuous mail features of many new
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FidoNet software packages, I don't even have to get up in the wee
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hours to see it. Now this is excitement!
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I'm also a devout EchoMail junkie. The combined information
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available through all the users and sysops is incredible. Sure,
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you have to stick to the smaller, more specialized conferences to
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get a good percentage of worthwhile info. These smaller
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conferences also have the advantage of getting to know some of
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the people better, and form a more cohesive group. There is
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something just plain neat about entering a message here in
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Charleston, SC, USA and getting replies from Europe, Australia,
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or Atlanta, GA.
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I also like to see my computer not only get used, but pushed to
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the limit. To see it available for use all day, watch it crunch
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on EchoMail, and see it transfer files and messages, is some how
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satisfying. It's also an adventure, getting the latest whiz-bang
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NetMail software to work right without doing something that
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causes a great uproar on the board or my part of the net.
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Getting new hardware online to increase the mail efficiency can
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be quite challenging also. I'm not alone though, and there are
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lots of people in the net that are willing to help, if I just ask
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nicely.
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I think another proof of the magnetism of the Net is the old
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faces that are back. I'm not going to name them all here, but
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there are many people who were instrumental in the beginnings of
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the net who have returned. I can remember them leaving, very
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unhappy with what they saw, and now some of them are not only
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back on the nodelist, but very actively involved in the FidoNet
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and IFNA.
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So, I don't know about you, but this sysop plans on sticking
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 3 16 May 1988
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around for the fun and frolic of the FidoNet for some time to
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come.
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Ed Ridpath -The Keep It Simple Sysop- Opus 1:372/2.0
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 4 16 May 1988
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D'Bridge - A new commercial EMAIL package
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Chris Irwin, 1:135/68
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D'Bridge is a fully "Fidonet-compatable" EMAIL system for the IBM
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PC. It is a commercial package designed to facilitate electronic
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mail and file transfer in a friendly, menu-driven user interface.
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I have tried to create a system which is both powerful and easy
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to use. Mainly designed for "corporate" use, D'Bridge is also
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capable of acting as a front-end for bulletin board systems and
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other EMAIL receivers.
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D'Bridge was released on May 15th and is priced at a reasonable
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$79.00 for a "soft" copy. Complete information and a "30-day
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demonstration copy" are available from our support BBS in Miami.
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On the leading edge of EMAIL technology, D'Bridge has all of the
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"standard" features that you would expect from an commercial mail
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system, and many unique to "UltraTek" systems. To name a few...
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- Advanced full-screen editor with macros and block commands
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- Complete Fidonet/WaZOO compatability
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- Uses ZMODEM, SEAlink, Telink and XMODEM
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- ZMODEM has 32 bit CRCs and aborted file recovery
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- Runs stand-alone; no other software required
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- Complete "point" support with a 4-dimensional nodelist
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- Supports WaZOO and SEAdog file/update-requests
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- Excellent security system
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- Complete cost-accouting (shows actual)
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- Complete 4-dimensional routing language
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- Weekly scheduling of mail events and DOS commands
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- Provides a unique "SERVICE-REQUEST" feature
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- Can also be the "front-end" for other EMAIL receivers
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- Powerful scripting language for alternate carriers (like PCP)
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- Free updates available; always available for file-request.
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- Much, much more - get the DEMO version and see!
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I'd tell you more, but I wanted to keep this article to one page.
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If you use Fidonet technology in your workplace, then I'm sure
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that you'll find D'Bridge is the best EMAIL system on the market
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today...
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For more information, download or file-request:
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DBRIDGE Release information - read this first
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DEMO Demonstration software (about 430K)
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DOCS Documentation only
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1:135/68 D'Bridge/East Miami, Florida 1-305-232-9365
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1:105/3 D'Bridge/West Portland, Oregon 1-503-246-0591
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2:508/28 D'Bridge/Europe Arnhem, Holland 31-85-459034
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3:632/340 D'Bridge/Australia Melborne, Australia 61-3-848-3331
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 5 16 May 1988
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Jeff Sheese, Washington DC
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Fidonet 1:109/714.0 and 1:109/714.2
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Good Egg Net 99:9200/1.0 and 99:9200/1.2
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In September 1985 when I became the net host for the newly
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formed Net 110 in Dayton Ohio I was amazed to see the nodelist
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gently pushing toward the 2000 node limit for Fido v11w. What
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was even more amazing is that these nodes not only covered the
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continental United States but also Europe, Asia and Australia.
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Now it's a common weekly occurrence to see at least 3000 nodes
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being reported by my favorite nodelist compiler.
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Just recently I was stunned to hear that our International
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Coordinator had to prune comments and other information in order
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to produce the nodelist for Friday April 29. This should be
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common knowledge by time this article is published in Fidonews.
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What troubles me more is that nodes marked as private as well as
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certain hubs may have to be pruned to prevent MAKENL from
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choking on more nodes thereby preventing new node numbers from
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being assigned, especially with the existing RBBS-PC, QuickBBS
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and PC-Board systems gaining netmail capabilities. I'd really
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hate to see someone from being listed in the nodelist simply
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because the software that's used to generate the nodelist has
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met certain technical limitations.
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I'm nervously awaiting to hear flames about this, but you
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CAN'T blame the software. Wasn't it Bob Hartman who said in the
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BINKLEY echo that "software and hardware are not infallible,
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especially when used together!". What should happen instead is
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that the great minds currently keeping our heads above water
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should work on a better system. I realize that they're doing
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this now, so I'd like to throw a few ideas to them. Heck,
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everyone needs as much help as they can get without hearing
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everyone cry for results!
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THE PROBLEM:
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One problem is that new node number assignments have been
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frozen since MAKENL is choking on the size of the final
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nodelist. This nodelist contains not only Zone 1 for North
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America, but also Zones 2 and 3 covering Europe and Asia
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respectively. I'd hate to see the new node assignments frozen
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because of this limitation. I'd also not like the fact that
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this may prevent the addition of other zones from South America
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and Africa.
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Another problem is that the St. Louis format nodelist as
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published takes up more than 250k disk space. Compile the
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nodelist and it creates one or more data files that almost equal
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in size. If you use Fido v11w you wind up with the St. Louis
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nodelist, NODELIST.BBS and at least two more data files after
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compilation. Total the amount of disk space and if you don't
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clean up after the nodelist compiler your nodelist and related
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data files result in almost 1 meg of disk space.
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ONE SOLUTION:
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This isn't the final solution, just a suggestion. This
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 6 16 May 1988
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suggestion may even be partially combined with other suggestions
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to make a workable solution that everyone can work with.
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How about the idea of a ZONELIST in lieu of a NODELIST.
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Most nodelist processors and compilers allow the combining of
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one or more nodelists. By restricting a zonelist to one zone
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including zonegates to other zones the size of each zonelist
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will be reduced to facilitate production of all the zonelists.
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These ZONELIST's with their respective ZONEDIFF's can be
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distributed along the same paths as the current NODEDIFF's.
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This would allow everyone to maintain communication to nodes
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within their zone and communicate with zonegates as needed, as
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well as include other zonelists in their nodelist compilation as
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necessary.
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IMPLEMENTATION:
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The names of the zonelists are important since not every
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nodelist processor or FTSC compatible mailer program has the
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feature of using differently named nodelists. XLATLIST v2.86,
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Copyrighted by System Enhancements Association, has the ability
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to include one or more nodelists whether they use the name
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NODELIST.### or not with the PUBLIST statements.
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I propose that the zonelists be distributed under two names
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for each list. I propose that the zonelists for zones 1, 2 and
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3 used the following name conventions:
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Zone ZoneLIST ZoneDIFF
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-------------- -------- --------
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Fidonet Zone 1 - FNZ1LIST - FNZ1DIFF
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Fidonet Zone 2 - FNZ2LIST - FNZ2DIFF
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Fidonet Zone 3 - FNZ3LIST - FNZ3DIFF
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Fidonet Zone X - FNZXLIST - FNZXDIFF
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To maintain compatibility with existing setups the required
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zonelist as shown above can be distributed under the name
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NODELIST.A## and NODEDIFF.A## within each zone. The other
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zonelists may be distributed under the above listed names or be
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made file requestable by those that need them.
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This will allow the nodelists for each zone to be small
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enough in size to allow processing, with the advantage of using
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existing software to add the extra lists to the locally produced
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nodelist. To add the lists with XLATLIST v2.86 you only need to
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add the following lines to your XLATLIST.CTL file:
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publist NODELIST NODEDIFF
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publist FNZXLIST FNZXDIFF
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.
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.
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.
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If your using PARSELST v1.0 which does not yet support the
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'publist' statement you can:
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 7 16 May 1988
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1. Use XLATLIST v2.86 as described above to update all
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zonelists with the required zonediffs. Also use the
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NONODELIST option to prevent generation of NODELIST.BBS.
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2. Use the batch file command "DayNbr Copy FNZXLIST.@###
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FNZXLIST.LST".
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3. Use PARSELST v1.0 with the command "mylist FNZXLIST.LST" in
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the PARSELST.CFG file.
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IN CONCLUSION:
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A change like this cannot take place overnight, but may
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prove to be either an interim or long term solution. Regardless
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of what the 'powers that be' decide on something must be done in
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order to prevent assignments of new node numbers from being
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frozen. If anyone disagrees with the concept of distributing
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the zonediffs separately, through the use of batch file commands
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the zonediffs may be distributed in the current distribution of
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'NODEDIFF.A##'. Whatever solution is agreed upon should be
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designed to meet as many needs as possible.
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 8 16 May 1988
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COLUMNS
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Are You Afraid
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How many times have you thought about writing an article for
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either the Fido News or Opus Gazette, or any other news letter
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you may have been reading. This is a difficult task, and in many
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cases some of you have not done so. I would like to offer to
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SySops and Users a little way to get around the hassle of writing
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a lengthly article or column.
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I have established a ECHO MESSAGE AREA where you may post pieces
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which you would like to see printed in a news letter. This area
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is called Local, Regional, National News Items. For you sysops
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who would like to join in this echo, the title is LRN-NEWS, it is
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available from 301/1. I only ask that no more than one node from
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each net request pickup.
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I do not intend to replace or compete with either of the two
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major news letter for our network. I would just like to see a
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place where we can post such items as:
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1. Birthday Announcements.
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2. Systems Going Down, or Up.
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3. General information about the system you operate.
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4. Guidelines for each ECHO AREA.
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5. Other items of importance to YOU.
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As the Editor in Chief, of the High Mesa Ranger's News letter, I
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promise to ensure articles are kept in good taste, and each of
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you have the opportunity to rebut any information you feel is
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incorrect. All submissions in the message area will be printed
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as is and copyrighted to the person responsible for the drafting
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the message.
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Article length items may be forwarded directly to node 301/1 via
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national mail, or may be uploaded directly into the news area on
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the bbs.
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All interested persons should contact me by sending their
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message, or by sending their file. My system is operational from
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10pm to 6am daily. It honors NMH, and does echo mail runs from
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11pm to 5am.
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(C) Jake Hargrove
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1988 HMRNews
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 9 16 May 1988
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Top Downloads: 4/10/88 - 4/16/88
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A weekly report of the most popular downloads
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from contributing systems.
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Contributing systems:
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135/1 and a Network host somewhere that wishes to
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remain unidentified
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Total downloads from contributing systems: 398
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File Download Report -- Top 20
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Rank Area\File Name # DL's
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1. COMM\pcplus11.arc 6 ProComm+ version 1.0 or 1.1
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2. GAME\monop68.arc 5 Version 6.8 of Monopoly
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3. MISC\ibmbds.arc 4 List of IBM dedicated Bbs's
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4. UTIL\moredos.arc 4 Use more than 640K
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5. MISC\memruler.arc 3 TSR displays ruler on screen
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6. UTIL\getrom.arc 3 Dump ROM to disk file
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7. UTIL\moreram.arc 3 Increase usable K to 704.
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8. UTIL\ramwarm.arc 3 RAM disk by Jennings
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9. UTIL\ultprint.arc 3 Good printer set-up util
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10. EDIT\letrhead.arc 3 Design letter-heads for
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11. MIDI\mahjongg.arc 3 EGA adaptation of game
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12. MIDI\scrabble.arc 3 EGA adaptation
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13. MIDI\sorry.arc 3 EGA adaptation
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14. EDIT\qedit2.arc 3 Great Text editor
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15. INFO\readmac.arc 2 View Mac pics on IBM
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16. LANG\conv.bas 2 Convert exe/com to basic data
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17. LANG\t2c.arc 2 Convert Turbo Pascal to C
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18. LANG\trekfor.arc 2 Fortran source for StarTrek
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19. MISC\alarm.arc 2 Put clock w/alarm on screen
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20. COMM\logi-pc.arc 2 LogiTech Driver for Procomm+
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Selected Files of Interest
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Area\Name #DL's
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MISC\ford.arc 2 Info on new model Ford cars
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||
BBSP\xlax_04c.arc 1 Alternative to Xlatlist
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INFO\godspeed.arc 1 Bible concordance
|
||
LANG\c_tutor1.arc 1 C language tutorial
|
||
LANG\c_tutor2.arc 1
|
||
BBSP\do280-01.exe 1 Dutchie Mailer
|
||
BBSP\do280-10.exe 1
|
||
BBSP\do280-20.exe 1
|
||
BBSP\do280-30.exe 1
|
||
MISC\startrek.txt 1
|
||
UTIL\kcodetxt.arc 1 List of Keyboard scan codes
|
||
SWLH\utes.txt 1 Military/Util freq. on SWL
|
||
BBSP\newsysop.arc 1 Info for the new sysop
|
||
COMM\pibt41e1.arc 1 PibTerm 4.1
|
||
|
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Transfer methods total
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FidoNews 5-20 Page 10 16 May 1988
|
||
|
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|
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---------------------------------
|
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SEAlink download/upload: 91
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Telink download/upload: 15
|
||
Xmodem download/upload: 165
|
||
Ymodem download/upload: 84
|
||
Zmodem download/upload: 55
|
||
External download/upload: 10
|
||
|
||
If there are any other systems that can send me thier system
|
||
stats in a similar format, please drop a net-mail note at 135/1.
|
||
If you run LogRpt, then send me your system.rpt file. If there
|
||
is a file you particularly want me to list, let me know. I MUST
|
||
have the information by Monday's Net-mail time in order to get
|
||
the stats compiled. Please keep your reports at 7 or 8 days and
|
||
no longer than 10 days. (We can accept net-mail anytime of the
|
||
day and are PC-Pursuitable).
|
||
|
||
James Gilbert
|
||
RAM-SOFT Archive Library
|
||
1:135/1
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||
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||
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||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 11 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Top Downloads: 4/17/88 - 4/23/88
|
||
A weekly report of the most popular downloads
|
||
from contributing FidoNet systems.
|
||
|
||
Contributing systems:
|
||
135/1 and a Region 18 Network host who wishes to remain
|
||
unidentified.
|
||
|
||
Total downloads from contributing systems: 352
|
||
|
||
|
||
File Download Report -- Top 20
|
||
Rank Area\File Name # DL's
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
1. COMM\pcplus11.arc 6 ProComm+ Test Drive
|
||
2. GAME\begin.arc 5 StarTrek like game
|
||
3. INFO\animate.arc 4 Animates graphics objects
|
||
4. GAME\monop68.arc 4 Monopoly version 6.8
|
||
5. GAME\axlef.arc 4
|
||
6. UNPT\sierra.arc 4
|
||
7. GAME\sorry.arc 3 EGA vers. of this game
|
||
8. GAME\sounds2.arc 3 Sound effects
|
||
9. GAME\moria.arc 3 Adventure like game
|
||
10. GAME\jukebox1.arc 3 Music playing program
|
||
11. UNPT\balance.arc 3
|
||
12. UNPT\arcm221.arc 3 ArcMaster for unarcing files
|
||
13. EDIT\qedit203.arc 3 Qedit Text Editor
|
||
14. INFO\hypertxt.arc 2 Browse/Edit text/pic files
|
||
15. MISC\targ.arc 2 ESP program from grant NASA/JPL
|
||
16. LANG\tccmisc.arc 2 Code for Turbo C
|
||
17. LANG\d86b.arc 2 Debugger for A86 assembler
|
||
18. INFO\teapot.arc 2 EGA graphics drawing
|
||
19. GAME\hack.arc 2 Classic game of hack
|
||
20. INFO\icon10.arc 2 Convert among graphics formats
|
||
|
||
|
||
Selected Files of Interest
|
||
Area\Name (description)
|
||
-------------------------------------------------
|
||
INFO\egamac.arc View Mac Pics on EGA
|
||
INFO\oldt4.arc Old Testament
|
||
LANG\a86a.arc Assembler
|
||
LANG\bsrc_140.arc C Source to Binkley 1.4
|
||
LANG\pibt3sp1.arc Pascal Source to PibTerm 3
|
||
MISC\spanish1.arc Spanish tutorial
|
||
UTIL\ansi43.arc EGA Replacement for ansi.sys
|
||
APPL\123temp.arc Templates for 1-2-3
|
||
COMM\pcplusrt.arc Sort the ProComm+ directory
|
||
EDIT\qedit203.arc Qedit text editor V 2.03
|
||
SWLH\shipfone.txt Ship to shore phone frequencies
|
||
BBSP\fidohist.arc History of FidoNet boards
|
||
|
||
|
||
Transfer methods total
|
||
-----------------------------
|
||
SEAlink download/upload: 75
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 12 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Telink download/upload: 3
|
||
Xmodem download/upload: 185
|
||
Ymodem download/upload: 55
|
||
Zmodem download/upload: 25
|
||
External download/upload: 23
|
||
|
||
|
||
If there are any other systems interested in being a part of
|
||
this weekly column, please send me your system stats in a similar
|
||
format via net-mail at 135/1. If you run LogRpt, then send me
|
||
your system.rpt file. If at all possible, include a description
|
||
of files with unusual names. If there is a file you particularly
|
||
want me to list, let me know. I MUST have the information by
|
||
Monday's Net-mail time in order to get the stats compiled.
|
||
Please keep your reports at 7 or 8 days and no longer than 10
|
||
days. (We can accept net-mail anytime of the day and are
|
||
PC-Pursuitable).
|
||
|
||
James Gilbert
|
||
RAM-SOFT Archive Library
|
||
1:135/1
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 13 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Top Downloads: 4/23/88 - 4/30/88
|
||
A weekly report of the most popular downloads
|
||
from contributing FidoNet systems.
|
||
|
||
Contributing systems:
|
||
135/1 and a Region 18 Network host who wishes to remain
|
||
unidentified.
|
||
|
||
Total downloads from contributing systems: 263 + 71
|
||
|
||
|
||
File Download Report -- Top 20
|
||
Rank Area\File Name # DL's
|
||
------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
1. GAME\sorry.arc 7 EGA version of Sorry
|
||
2. COMM\pcplus11.arc 6 ProComm+ TD version 1.1
|
||
3. COMM\dsz0414.arc 4 Yet another DSZ
|
||
4. APPL\bq40d.arc 3 Check-book program
|
||
5. INFO\aquarium.arc 3 EGA drawing
|
||
6. MISC\fsp.arc 3
|
||
7. ARC\pkfind11.arc 3
|
||
8. ???\terra.arc 2
|
||
9. UTIL\ram4ega1.arc 2 Move ROM->RAM on AT Ega's
|
||
10. ????\cboot200.arc 2
|
||
11. GAME\begin.arc 5 Adventure game
|
||
12. INFO\animate.arc 4
|
||
13. GAME\monop68.arc 4
|
||
14. UNPT\sierra.arc 4
|
||
15. GAME\axlef.arc 4 Music
|
||
16. GAME\jukebox1.arc 3 Music
|
||
17. UNPT\balance.arc 3
|
||
18. GAME\sounds2.arc 3
|
||
19. GAME\moria.arc 3
|
||
20. MISC\targ.arc 3
|
||
|
||
Selected Files of Interest
|
||
Area\Name #DL's
|
||
--------------------------------------------------
|
||
misc\sublim.arc 2 Flash subliminal message on screen
|
||
comm\logi-pc.arc 2 LogiTech Mouse drive for ProComm+
|
||
bbsp\do280-01.exe 1 Dutchie 2.8
|
||
comm\clink120.arc 1 SEAlink external protocol
|
||
bbsp\do280-10.exe 1
|
||
bbsp\do280-20.exe 1
|
||
util\ddi.arc 1 Device Driver Information
|
||
misc\german2.arc 1 German tutorial (In Miami area?)
|
||
util\do280-30.exe 1
|
||
misc\lottery.arc 1 Florida now has its own lottery
|
||
arcs\narc13.arc 1
|
||
edit\qedit203.arc 1 Great text editor. V 2.03
|
||
|
||
Transfer methods total
|
||
-----------------------------
|
||
SEAlink download/upload: 68
|
||
Telink download/upload: 3
|
||
Xmodem download/upload: 175
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 14 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Ymodem download/upload: 66
|
||
Zmodem download/upload: 29
|
||
External download/upload: 9
|
||
|
||
|
||
If there are any other systems interested in being a part of
|
||
this weekly column, please send me your system stats in a similar
|
||
format via net-mail at 135/1. If you run LogRpt, then send me
|
||
your system.rpt file. If at all possible, include a description
|
||
of files with unusual names. If there is a file you particularly
|
||
want me to list, let me know. I MUST have the information by
|
||
Monday's Net-mail time in order to get the stats compiled.
|
||
Please keep your reports at 7 or 8 days and no longer than 10
|
||
days. (We can accept net-mail anytime of the day and are
|
||
PC-Pursuitable).
|
||
|
||
James Gilbert
|
||
RAM-SOFT Archive Library
|
||
1:135/1
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 15 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Joe Elser
|
||
1:120/85
|
||
|
||
NEW ECHOMAIL CONFERENCE CREATED
|
||
|
||
|
||
A new echo called AVICULTURE has been created. It covers all
|
||
topics related to birds.
|
||
|
||
Have you ever wondered ...
|
||
What kind of bird was easiest to teach to speak?
|
||
What is the easiest one to teach tricks?
|
||
What you should feed your pet bird to keep it in top health?
|
||
Where to find rare birds?
|
||
How can to find a good vet who knows about birds?
|
||
How to get your pet birds to breed?
|
||
|
||
The answers to these and other questions are given in a spirit
|
||
of helpful cooperation in the AVICULTURE echo. We are a group
|
||
of bird lovers who have birds as pets and / or breed birds.
|
||
Our goal is to share our knowledge and experiences to the
|
||
benefit of both birds and pet owners. We are looking for like
|
||
minded people to help spread the word.
|
||
|
||
Any interested Sysops can pick up this echo from:
|
||
|
||
1:13/33 Avi-Technic BBS Sysop: Tom Hendricks
|
||
1:120/85 Charlie's Roost BBS Sysop: Joe Elser
|
||
|
||
We look forward to hearing from you all soon!
|
||
|
||
Joe Elser
|
||
Tom Hendricks
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
|
||
|
||
29 May 1988
|
||
MetroFire Third Annual Birthday Bash and Floppy Disk Throwing
|
||
Contest. ALL FidoNet Sysops and their families are invited.
|
||
Contact Christopher Baker at 135/14 for more details. Details
|
||
available by SEAdog file request as FPICMAP.ARC or BASH.
|
||
|
||
5 Jun 1988
|
||
David Dodell's 31st Birthday
|
||
|
||
18 Jun 1988
|
||
Area Code 407 takes effect in East/Central Florida. All Sysops
|
||
should adjust their Nodelist entries immediately.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 16 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
25 Jun 1988
|
||
EuroCon II starts in Tiel, Holland. Sponsored by the Dutch
|
||
Hobby Computer Club. Will run for 2 days. Contact Hans
|
||
Lichthelm at 2:2/999 for information.
|
||
|
||
16 Jul 1988
|
||
A new areacode, 508, will form in eastern Massachusetts and
|
||
will be effective on this date. The new area code will be
|
||
formed from the current areacode 617. Greater Boston will
|
||
remain areacode 617 while the rest of eastern Massachusetts
|
||
will form the new areacode 508.
|
||
|
||
25 Aug 1988
|
||
Start of the Fifth International FidoNet Conference, to be
|
||
held at the Drawbridge Inn in Cincinnati, OH. Contact Tim
|
||
Sullivan at 108/62 for more information. This is FidoNet's big
|
||
annual get-together, and is your chance to meet all the people
|
||
you've been talking with all this time. We're hoping to see
|
||
you there!
|
||
|
||
24 Aug 1989
|
||
Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
|
||
|
||
|
||
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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|
||
|
||
Latest Software Versions
|
||
|
||
BBS Systems Node List Other
|
||
& Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
Dutchie 2.81 EditNL 4.00* ARC 5.21
|
||
Fido 12h* MakeNL 2.10* ARCmail 1.1
|
||
Opus 1.03b Prune 1.40 ConfMail 3.31
|
||
SEAdog 4.10 XlatList 2.86 EchoMail 1.31
|
||
TBBS 2.0M MGM 1.1
|
||
BinkleyTerm 1.50*
|
||
QuickBBS 2.00*
|
||
|
||
* 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.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 17 16 May 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
|
||
|
||
Ken Kaplan 100/22 Chairman of the Board
|
||
Don Daniels 107/210 President
|
||
Mark Grennan 147/1 Vice President
|
||
Dave Dodell 114/15 Vice President - Technical Coordinator
|
||
Tom Marshall 107/524 Secretary
|
||
Leonard Mednick 12/1 Treasurer
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
||
|
||
DIVISION AT-LARGE
|
||
|
||
10 Steve Jordan 102/2871 Don Daniels 107/210
|
||
11 Bill Allbritten 11/301 Hal DuPrie 101/106
|
||
12 Leonard Mednick 12/1 Mark Grennan 147/1
|
||
13 Rick Siegel 107/27 Brad Hicks 100/523
|
||
14 Ken Kaplan 100/22 Ted Polczyinski 154/5
|
||
15 Jim Cannell 128/13 Kurt Reisler 109/74
|
||
16 Vince Perriello 141/491 Robert Rudolph 261/628
|
||
17 Rob Barker 138/34 Greg Small 148/122
|
||
18 Chris Baker 135/14 Bob Swift 140/24
|
||
19 Vernon Six 19/0 Larry Wall 15/18
|
||
2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Gee Wong 107/312
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-20 Page 18 16 May 1988
|
||
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|
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|
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||
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|
||
|
||
Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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