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Volume 6, Number 4 23 January 1989
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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. 1:1/1 is available for network mail between NMH-1
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hour to NMH+1 hour. At all other times, netmail is not accepted
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although submissions can be uploaded.
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Copyright 1989 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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FidoCon '89 Announcement 1.0 ............................. 1
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Mama Awards in Fidonet 109 ............................... 3
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The Great PC-Pursuit War ................................. 5
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FidoNews Policy Changes by Rick Siegel 1:107/27 .......... 10
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Orphaned Utilities ....................................... 12
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2. NOTICES .................................................. 13
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 13
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 13
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 1 23 Jan 1989
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=================================================================
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ARTICLES
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Jim Deputy (aka Sir Dep)
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1:143/40.0 1:204/40.0
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Net 143 and The San Francisco Bay Area Sysops
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Would Like to
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ANNOUNCE
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FIDOCON '89
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The 1989 FidoCon will be held in San Jose, CA., Thursday
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Aug. 24th through Sunday August 27th. We would like to take
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this opportunity to notify all interested parties of the
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event, and invite one and all to the FidoCon, regardless of
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Net Affiliation.
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The San Jose Holiday Inn will be the Headquarters of the
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Event. We are anticipating this as being one of the most
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successful FidoCons ever held. We have special room rates
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for FidoCon 89. The rates are:
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Single/Double......$60.00
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Triple............. 70.00
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Each Add'l Rollaway.10.00
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We are in negotiations for Airline and Car Rental rates.
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We have talked to AMTRAK, and found that their Discover
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America Ticket, is the cheapest they will go. However, if
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a group of at least 15 people go, the 16th person is free.
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1:1/89 is in place to handle distribution of information
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regarding FidoCon 89. Carl Linden of 1:143/1 is the Chairman
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of the Planning Committee. Jim Cannell of 1:143/21 is
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handling IFNA interface. Todd Looney of 1:143/27 is working
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on the Trade Show. I am working on Speakers and Meetings.
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The fees for FidoCon are:
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Pre-Registration: $60.00 (includes Trade Show)
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After July 1st: 75.00 (includes Trade Show)
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Trade Show: 5.00/day
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Registrations will begin on Feb. 15th. All Mail in regi-
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strations must be received by Aug. 15th. Souvenirs will
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be available, as well as tourist information for the San
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Francisco Bay/San Jose area.
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Currently we are planning for workshops/meetings on the
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following:
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UseNet -- Tim Pozer (confirmed)
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Batch File Writing for BBS'
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 2 23 Jan 1989
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Network Awareness (for new or prospective Sysops)
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Binkley, TBBS, OPUS, Fido, SeaDog, (etc.) set-up & tips
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Sysops (BBS) and the Law
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Handicapped & Special Interests
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New Program Releases & Tips/Set-up
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Other??
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The FidoCon Schedule (tentative) is as Follows:
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Thursday Evening: Reception & Cash Bar
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Friday Day: Meetings, Workshops & Trade Show
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Friday Evening: Banquet (Not included in Registration)
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Saturday Day: Meetings, Workshops & Trade Show
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Saturday Evening: OPEN -- For Special Net Dinners, etc.
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Sunday Day: Meetings, Trade Show
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I need to hear from anyone needing meetings to be scheduled,
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or working on any of the workshops (as well as ideas for
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additional workshops). Also, if anyone is planning on
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releasing new or updated software at the FidoCon, we would
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appreciate your letting us know, so we can schedule it. (We
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won't steal your thunder! Honest...Truust meee!)
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Since I have not previously been to a FidoCon I don't know
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how they are handled. However, we are planning on a Trade
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Show/Flea Market type Computer Show to coincide with
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FidoCon. We are in the process of figuring Booth rates at
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this point. Anyone interested in sponsoring a booth should
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also let us know. The Trade Show will run from Noon Friday
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the 25th through 4 P.M. Sunday the 27th.
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1:1/89 will be handling information requests, registration,
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and moderating the FCON_89 Echo Conference. Requests for
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links to the Echo, and other information should be routed
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through 1:1/89.
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For those releasing new or updated software, we are planning
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on having systems available that will be able to copy the
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files onto 360k, 1.2m and 1.4m diskettes.
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 3 23 Jan 1989
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Virginia Harlow, 109/687 AKA 109/303
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Fidonet 109 Presents Mama Awards
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Virginia Harlow made her debut appearance at our meetings
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with a splash. She has inaugurated something she calls the
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"Mama" awards, and (together with a secret underground
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conspiracy of Net-109ers) she purchased and presented a number
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of awards to those who had made a significant contribution
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to Net 109 in 1988. The recipients were chosen based on a
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poll of various Net-109ers and then narrowed down to those
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who had specifically made a big contribution in 1988 and
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specifically to Net 109.
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Many of the recipients were absent, and perhaps they will
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first hear about their awards in this newsletter. Bill Andrus,
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Net 109 Coordinator, was given custody of their awards, on
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the assumption that he will be present at every meeting and
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thus eventually have an opportunity to pass them on to their
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rightful owners.
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The awards consisted of trophies of varying sizes. On each was
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a medallion with a picture of the earth with a cable going
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around it, and a PC, printer, and some other hardware. At the
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base of each award was the recipient's name, and the words:
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"Fidonet 109" and "We Appreciate".
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Recapping the list of recipients:
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Mike Mahoney was given an award for maintaining the Net 109
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library for us all.
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Joe Keenan was given an award for being one of the three
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original echo hubs and for being so helpful to so many.
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Bill Andrus was given an award for his work on the echo hub
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systems, and for giving technical help to (probably) everyone
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in the net.
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David Page was given an award for being our echo coordinator,
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for his work on the hub system, and also for being of help to
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one and all.
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Sam Hargadine's award was for his reliable service in supplying
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us all with Fidonews.
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Ray Gwinn was awarded a plaque with the words "With Sincere
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Appreciation" for providing us with local access to the
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Eastern Star, thus making all our echos
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available to us for free.
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And last but not least, Kurt Reisler was given an award for all
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that he's done for the net, which really would take a very long
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time to list, and for being our "Bear Emeritus."
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Honorable mention was also given to Chard Nelson, Mark
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 4 23 Jan 1989
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Oberg, Jeff Balderson and Pat McDonald for their general
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helpfulness to everyone, and to Dot Hage for writing NERFFREE.
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Dot said, "It was a privilege being able to help out in the
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presentation of these awards".
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As Virginia said in her remarks, in the past whenever
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anyone has done a good job in the net, they've been rewarded
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with more work and more responsibility. Now a few of them have
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been rewarded in a more touching and concrete way. There was a
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round of applause for each recipient.
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Dot Hage/Virginia Harlow (a joint effort)
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 5 23 Jan 1989
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Kevin Murie
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Fidonet 1:385/3
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A few thoughts on PC-Pursuit
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When I first heard of PC-Pursuit, my first reaction was
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disbelief. "What?", I said. "I can get UNLIMITED CONNECT
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TIME for my modem?" I have been a user of PCP for just over
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two years now. It has been a very good deal for computer
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users and the Fidonet in particular. I'm not going to get
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into the discussion of 9600 vs. PCP, as that is not the goal
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of this article.
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Many people have subscribed to PC-Pursuit to take advantage
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of the excellent deal offered by Telenet Communications Corp.
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They allow anyone with a modem to access 34 major cities in
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the U.S. from 6:00 PM to 7:00 AM CST weekdays and 24 hours
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on weekends, as well as allowing use on several holidays during
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the year. This service was $25 to sign up, and $25 a month for
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UNLIMITED usage during the hours mentioned above.
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On January 4, 1989, users of Telenet's PC-Pursuit service
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received a new contract notifying them that there would be
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increases in the monthly rate. There would also be a CAP
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set...that is, a limit on the amount of connect time one
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account may use. After that amount is reached, they will
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bill the customer at $4.50 per hour for the next 30 hours.
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I will not go into the next 30 hours, other schedules or any
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of the other quirks that I personally find in their proposed
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billing plan. I will explain how to get more info at the
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end of this article.
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Approx. 3 days and 700 messages later, Telenet posted an
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amended announcement changing several of their terms.
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The main thing this amended notice did was to extend to
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May 1, 1989, the date to implement the CAP system. The
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flat rate of $30 a month WILL go into effect Feb. 1, 1989.
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What PC-Pursuit did for echomail in the Fidonet is nothing
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short of miraculous. It allowed us, as sysops, to offer
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FREE echomail to our users. This increased the information
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pool to a point no one had forseen. It allowed ANYONE with
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a computer to get answers to their questions, or provide
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answers, on a wide variety of topics. All this cost the
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PCP sysop the same each month.
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There have always been problems with PC-Pursuit. Everyone used
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to yell and scream at Telenet to 'fix this' and 'fix that.'
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Most just accepted the fact that for $25 a month, there
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would be a certain degree of difficulty with the service.
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All in all, PC-Pursuit is (was) a great bargain, especially for
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a Fidonet node wishing to provide his/her users (and him/her-
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self) with cost-efficient echomail. Now that new rates have
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been proposed, it makes it very difficult to get a good deal
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out of PC-Pursuit. With the CAP imposed, it is very
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 6 23 Jan 1989
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difficult to expand with user demand.
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As of this date, 01-11-89, Telenet DOES NOT provide a means
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for users to check their time used. Basically, you accept
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your bill when it comes, with no means to verify readings.
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By using the service you agree to the above as stated in
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their Terms and Conditions.
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Here are a few log entries from Binkleyterm that cause me to
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question the billing methods planned by Telenet. These dis-
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crepancies are NOT new, I have just 'overlooked' them in the
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past based on the unlimited usage policy. In light of the pro-
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posal that we are to be charged by the hour, I do not define
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these types of log entries as acceptable service that I wish to
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pay for by the hour...
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Note to BinkleyTerm sysops: I have altered the following
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log entries for 2 reasons. So they would meet the Fidonews
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submission guidelines and to delete some of the irrelevant
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verbosity generated in the BinkleyTerm Log when using level 5.
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NONE OF THE TIMES IN THE FOLLOWING LOG EXCERPTS HAVE BEEN
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ALTERED BY ME OR ANYONE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
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* 04 Jan 19:12:16 BINK Stormy Weather I (1:106/108.0)
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* 04 Jan 19:12:17 BINK Remote Uses Opus Version 1.00
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! 04 Jan 20:29:54 BINK Err
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! 04 Jan 20:32:47 BINK Z-InitRecv Timeout
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* 04 Jan 20:32:48 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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According to the log, I was connected from 19:12:16 to 20:32:48.
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For this connect time, I receive nothing. That's not true. I
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do get a bill from Telenet charging me for connect time. Do not
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attempt to blame BinkleyTerm. I called direct, and everything
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worked just fine, AND at 2400 baud. I am unable to use PCP at
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2400 as I do not have a local 2400 baud port. Oddly enough, I
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am still billed based on the 30 hour monthly CAP.
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* 04 Jan 20:36:15 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 20:36:32 BINK CPS: 62 (620 bytes) Efficiency: 51%
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+ 04 Jan 20:36:33 BINK Sent-Z C:\Opus\Outbound\0105ef9a.MO0
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! 04 Jan 20:44:39 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 20:44:42 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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Ok, I got a whopping 51% eff. on the upload. Now I receive.
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20:36:33 I start receiving. At 20:44:42, the transfer aborts.
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So another poll is in order...
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* 04 Jan 20:57:03 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 20:57:10 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 21:01:26 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 21:01:28 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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Again, the same thing after 4 minutes.
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Again, another poll...
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 7 23 Jan 1989
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* 04 Jan 21:05:19 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 21:05:26 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 21:17:44 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 21:17:46 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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How about that? Went a whole 11 minutes this time. Still, I have
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nothing for my trouble or connect time. But that's not totally
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true. You see, when Binkleyterm aborts, it saves what it has.
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If nothing has been appended to the packet (ie. if no mail has
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been added), the packet will resume where it left off. What
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follows is the relevant log data for 1/4/89.
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* 04 Jan 21:22:49 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 21:22:55 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 21:28:47 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 21:28:50 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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+ 04 Jan 21:28:57 BINK end, Binkley 2.00
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* 04 Jan 21:42:48 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 21:42:55 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 21:56:32 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 21:56:35 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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+ 04 Jan 21:56:41 BINK end, Binkley 2.00
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* 04 Jan 22:00:56 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 22:01:03 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 22:18:33 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 22:18:34 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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+ 04 Jan 22:18:40 BINK end, Binkley 2.00
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* 04 Jan 22:23:53 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 22:23:59 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 22:29:31 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 22:29:34 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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+ 04 Jan 22:29:40 BINK end, Binkley 2.00
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* 04 Jan 22:34:45 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 22:34:52 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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! 04 Jan 22:51:37 BINK Z-rz Garbled packet
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* 04 Jan 22:51:38 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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+ 04 Jan 22:51:44 BINK end, Binkley 2.00
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* 04 Jan 22:56:55 BINK HardWierd - (1:124/4201.0)
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+ 04 Jan 22:57:02 BINK Nothing to send from 385/3 to 124/4201
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+ 04 Jan 23:30:44 BINK CPS: 111 (225426 bytes) Efficiency: 92%
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+ 04 Jan 23:30:46 BINK Received-Z C:\20\fefb1066.mo8
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* 04 Jan 23:30:52 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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+ 04 Jan 23:30:58 BINK end, Binkley 2.00
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I've received the 225K packet. My system has been trying since
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20:36. It's now 23:30 and I've picked up a 225K packet of mail.
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Looking at my log, I was online for 1 hour, 59 minutes, 16
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seconds. Keep in mind this is the time I spent actually con-
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nected to the BBS. This time does not include script proces-
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sing time, time to connect to my local indial, time getting
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past the BUSY outdial, and if the BBS was BUSY. Nor does it
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 8 23 Jan 1989
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include the NO DIAL TONE messages, or account for a 'bad port'
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as they call it. When you connect to one of these 'bad ports',
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Telenet wants you to call them (while still connected to the
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'bad port') and tell them. Due to the script, it's really quite
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impossible to do this. What of those who have only one line?
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So I've processed the mail, and it is packed up and ready to be
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shipped on down the line...
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* 05 Jan 19:31:17 BINK Stormy Weather I (1:106/108.0)
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! 05 Jan 19:47:21 BINK Err
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! 05 Jan 19:47:23 BINK Z-InitRecv Transfer cancelled
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* 05 Jan 19:47:24 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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Well heck. Ok, we'll try it again...
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* 05 Jan 20:03:40 BINK Stormy Weather I (1:106/108.0)
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! 05 Jan 20:26:44 BINK Err
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! 05 Jan 20:26:46 BINK Z-InitRecv Transfer cancelled
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* 05 Jan 20:26:48 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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What's the deal here?
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: 06 Jan 20:19:15 BINK Dialing D/TXHOU-644-4345 script "PCP.S12"
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! 06 Jan 20:20:33 BINK No YOOHOO/2U2
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06 Jan 20:20:34 BINK ???
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Odd. We exchange mail daily. What could be happening? All I
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know is I'm being charged by the hour for all this...
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* 06 Jan 21:25:35 BINK Stormy Weather I (1:106/108.0)
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! 06 Jan 23:15:31 BINK Err
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06 Jan 23:15:32 BINK Transfer cancelled
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! 06 Jan 23:18:13 BINK Z-InitRecv Timeout
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* 06 Jan 23:18:14 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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It's getting a bit ridiculous. I haven't been able to connect
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with this system in over 24 hours.
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Meanwhile, the mail keeps building up...
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Finally, JACKPOT!
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* 07 Jan 01:04:12 BINK Stormy Weather I (1:106/108.0)
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+ 07 Jan 03:43:27 BINK CPS: 59 (571797 bytes) Efficiency: 49%
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+ 07 Jan 03:43:28 BINK Sent-Z C:\0117ff97.MO6
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07 Jan 03:43:30 BINK Flagging C:\0117ff97.MO6 as sent
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+ 07 Jan 03:47:07 BINK CPS: 113 (23822 bytes) Efficiency: 94%
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+ 07 Jan 03:47:09 BINK Received-Z C:\20\fee90069.mo9
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* 07 Jan 03:47:15 BINK End of WaZOO Session
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ALRIGHT! The mail finally made it. And it only took from
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01:04:12 to 03:47:15 to send 571K. 49 WHOPPING percent eff.
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At a flat rate, even a little more than $25 a month, I can live
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with these difficulties. The mail is extremely delayed and my
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system is busy trying to pick up this stuff about 50% more of
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FidoNews 6-04 Page 9 23 Jan 1989
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the time than it should with the retries and all.
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|
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I will stick with the service until May 1. If either:
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|
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A) Telenet doesn't change their position on their CAP toward
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the TOTAL elimination of said cap, or at a DRASTIC increase
|
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in said cap, the service will no longer be of use to me and
|
||
will cause me to cancel my subscription, unfortunate as it
|
||
would be.
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||
|
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B) The service is not improved. I have no problem with the fact
|
||
that PC-Pursuit wishes to be a profit-producing body. I also
|
||
have no problem with paying the higher rates, not the ones
|
||
which are currently being proposed, but somewhat higher than
|
||
$25 a month for flat rate usage. What I can not stand for is
|
||
being charged PROFESSIONAL rates on a system which barely
|
||
meets the needs of the hobbiest.
|
||
|
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C) If ANY CAP goes into effect, I will demand a 2400 indial port
|
||
to make use of their newly expanded 2400 baud outdial sites.
|
||
If they can not meet this requirement, I will have to cancel.
|
||
|
||
This article was inspired by the latest developments regarding
|
||
the rate increases imposed by Telenet Communications Corp., and
|
||
by the realization that if these new rates do go into effect,
|
||
my BBS will be hit very hard and the users will lose a valuable
|
||
feature, that being netmail and echomail. Not to mention the
|
||
files I collect from distant places to provide the users.
|
||
|
||
I have made available a text file called PCP-RATE.ARC. It
|
||
contains information related to the PCP rate increases,
|
||
specific schedules, and rates as posted by Telenet management.
|
||
It is suitable as a bulletin or as a file to be downloaded
|
||
by your users. It may be FREQ'd from 385/3 24 hours a day.
|
||
|
||
The PC-Pursuit BBS may be reached by connecting to your local
|
||
Telenet dial-up and entering C PURSUIT <CR>. Just follow the
|
||
instructions on the logon screen to obtain access.
|
||
|
||
I feel that I am not alone. If you sit back and let it happen,
|
||
be assured it will. All voices in unison make quite a racket.
|
||
Tymnet is currently conducting a feasability survey to deter-
|
||
mine whether or not a service similiar to PC-Pursuit would be
|
||
worth their while. You can call 1-800-872-7654 and ask to take
|
||
the SURVEY.
|
||
|
||
If you have any comments regarding this article or any points
|
||
made, please feel free send them to Kevin Murie at 385/3.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-04 Page 10 23 Jan 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews Policy Changes by Rick Siegel 1:107/27
|
||
|
||
As chairman of the publications committee of IFNA, I have
|
||
been requested, by the president, to solicit opinion on changes
|
||
to FidoNews policy and to compile a consensus and advisory to him
|
||
by Jan 17, 1988.
|
||
|
||
I ask anyone interested in expressing himself on this
|
||
matter send netmail to Rick Siegel at 1:107/27 prior to that, and
|
||
preferably a few days prior so that your opinion may be included
|
||
in the consensus.
|
||
|
||
I have never written anything for FidoNews, and this is
|
||
my first shot at this. I am not a writer, please forgive my
|
||
corruption of the English language.
|
||
|
||
I would, however, like to let you all know my opinion of
|
||
this affair.
|
||
|
||
It seems that the crux of the complaints about FidoNews
|
||
revolve around an article by Tom Jennings. I have read the
|
||
article. I have not seen any complaints. Then again, I do not
|
||
subscribe to SysOp or IFNA echoes.
|
||
|
||
I find it quite incredulous that anyone did not
|
||
understand the content and intent of the Jennings article.
|
||
Certainly it was not computer oriented in it's content. However,
|
||
it was a "piece of life" for Tom Jennings, and he shared it with
|
||
us, the SysOps in a network he envisioned and created. Yet this
|
||
network is full of the diversity from which Tom had spoken, so it
|
||
does stand to reason some will be offended in many ways.
|
||
|
||
For those that were offended, may we look deeper. Tom
|
||
Jennings is the founding visionary of the network we call
|
||
FidoNet. We don't owe him a penny for this. But perhaps what we
|
||
owe him is to keep the ideals he envisioned within his creation of
|
||
FidoNet. Perhaps we can offer him a little something in return,
|
||
like a platform like FidoNews to allow him to communicate the
|
||
frustrations he faces in his daily life. It is my opinion that if
|
||
Tom writes it, there is something of interest, if only to note
|
||
what is going on with the granddad of FidoNet.
|
||
|
||
Additionally, using this article as a ram rod to put
|
||
shackles on the editor of FidoNews and make moves to allow the
|
||
IFNA board to control editorial substance will take the years of
|
||
freedom to express and reverse it to one of constant bickering
|
||
among the wolves of the echoes.
|
||
|
||
I would be remiss to allow a few individuals who enter a
|
||
majority of negative comment sway the flow of information to the
|
||
majority. I find the policy for FidoNews fine for the purpose,
|
||
and time proven.
|
||
|
||
Since there is a limited time for any of you to respond
|
||
to this, I have taken the liberty of contacting some SysOps
|
||
direct. I would however like to hear from anyone, and as soon as
|
||
FidoNews 6-04 Page 11 23 Jan 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
possible. Please let me know what you feel by contacting Rick
|
||
Siegel at 1:107/27, which is #CM at 1200/2400 baud.
|
||
|
||
I appreciate your time and efforts to making this
|
||
research work.
|
||
|
||
Rick Siegel (107/27)
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-04 Page 12 23 Jan 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
Orphaned Utilities
|
||
January 4, 1989
|
||
|
||
In late 1987 I wrote 11 utilities I called the STEWTILS that
|
||
were specific for Fido version 12. These utilities were
|
||
distributed on the backbone worldwide and documentation was
|
||
also distributed in FidoNews. I have received notes
|
||
including a recent Canadian `MailGram' about them from all
|
||
over, most asking for additions, one suggesting a possible
|
||
bug, and so forth.
|
||
|
||
Although every note I've received indicates an "intention"
|
||
to register their copies, not one has included so much as a
|
||
dime. Not one cent has ever been received for ANY work I've
|
||
done for ANY of the PD software I've written!
|
||
|
||
I have therefore decided to orphan those utilities. No
|
||
support, bug fixes, or updates will be released, and no
|
||
further utilities will be developed for general
|
||
distribution. No inquiries will be acknowleged.
|
||
|
||
Bill Stewart
|
||
Sysop, Fido 1:123/1
|
||
621 Mendenhall Road South
|
||
Memphis, TN 38117
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-04 Page 13 23 Jan 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
|
||
|
||
24 Aug 1989
|
||
Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
|
||
|
||
24 Aug 1989
|
||
FidoCon '89 starts at the Holiday Inn in San Jose,
|
||
California. Trade show, seminars, etc. Contact 1/89
|
||
for info.
|
||
|
||
5 Oct 1989
|
||
20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
|
||
|
||
If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
||
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Latest Software Versions
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Fido 12i Opus 1.03b TBBS 2.1*
|
||
QuickBBS 2.03 TPBoard 5.0* TComm/TCommNet 3.2
|
||
Lynx 1.10 Phoenix 1.3 RBBS 1.71C
|
||
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
Dutchie 2.90b EditNL 4.00 ARC 5.32
|
||
SEAdog 4.10 MakeNL 2.12 ARCmail 1.1
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.00 Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
D'Bridge 1.10 XlatList 2.86 TPB Editor 1.21
|
||
FrontDoor 2.0 XlaxNode 2.31* TCOMMail 2.0*
|
||
PRENM 1.40 XlaxDiff 2.31* TMail 8812*
|
||
ParseList 1.30* UFGATE 1.02*
|
||
GROUP 2.04*
|
||
EMM 1.40
|
||
MSGED 1.96
|
||
|
||
* 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 6-04 Page 14 23 Jan 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
|
||
|
||
Hal DuPrie 1:101/106 Chairman of the Board
|
||
Bob Rudolph 1:261/628 President
|
||
Matt Whelan 3:3/1 Vice President
|
||
Ray Gwinn 1:109/639 Vice President - Technical Coordinator
|
||
David Garrett 1:103/501 Secretary
|
||
Steve Bonine 1:115/777 Treasurer
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
||
|
||
DIVISION AT-LARGE
|
||
|
||
10 Courtney Harris 1:102/732? Don Daniels 1:107/210
|
||
11 Bill Allbritten 1:11/301 Hal DuPrie 1:101/106
|
||
12 Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Mark Grennan 1:147/1
|
||
13 Rick Siegel 1:107/27 Steve Bonine 1:115/777
|
||
14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Ted Polczyinski 1:154/5
|
||
15 Larry Kayser 1:104/739? Matt Whelan 3:3/1
|
||
16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628
|
||
17 Rob Barker 1:138/34 Steve Jordan 1:102/2871
|
||
18 Christopher Baker 1:135/14 Bob Swift 1:140/24
|
||
19 David Drexler 1:19/1 Larry Wall 1:15/18
|
||
2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 David Melnik 1:107/233
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-04 Page 15 23 Jan 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
pays a specified annual membership fee. IFNA serves the
|
||
international FidoNet-compatible electronic mail community to
|
||
increase worldwide communications.
|
||
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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membership in January 1987. The second elected Board of Directors
|
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|
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|
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|
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