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Volume 6, Number 16 17 April 1989
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Dale Lovell
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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 a Continuous Mail system, available for
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network mail 24 hours a day.
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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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We don't necessarily agree with the contents of every article
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published here. Most of these materials are unsolicited. No
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article will be rejected which is properly attributed and legally
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acceptable. We will publish every responsible submission
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received.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Announcement of Eurocon III 1989 ......................... 2
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GATEWAY '89 .............................................. 4
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New version of PAKIT, a utility for oMMM users ........... 11
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
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The Veterinarian's Corner: Feline Leukemia ............... 15
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Notes From Bureaucracy South ............................. 17
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4. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 19
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 19
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And more!
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 1 17 Apr 1989
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EDITORIAL
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Hello there. I've been meaning to write a little something here
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for several weeks now and just haven't gotten around to it. Maybe
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next week I'll find the time.
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The major reason that I decided to key in anything at all this week
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was to let you know that next week we will publish responses to the
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Policy4 issue of FidoNews. As it appears that these responses are
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on the LONG side, the odds are that we won't publish any other
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articles next week, though whether we publish columns or not will
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be a function of how much space the articles take up.
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Thanks for reading this rag. I think it's a pretty good one. By
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the way, feel free to help keep it that way by sending along some
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material for publication.
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Cheers,
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Vince
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ARTICLES
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Announcement of Eurocon III 1989.
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At Eurocon II European sysops have agreed that some sort of
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central European organization should be formed which should
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control or administer European FidoNet. Several committees have
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been appointed to draft proposals for such an organization. As
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the committees have nearly concluded their work we wish to invite
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you to take part in the process of whether or not to form a
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European organization.
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The principal idea is to establish an organization which could be
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named European FidoNet Association, or EFNA. It would not be
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meant as a separation from International FidoNet but as an
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organization which would represent Zone 2 FidoNet sysops in IFNA.
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Thus we would have a start in reorganizing IFNA in which e.g.
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American FNA, European FNA and Oceanic FNA would take part.
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To discuss the proposals, we are organizing a conference called
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EuroCon III in the weekend of May 19, 20 and 21 in Eindhoven, The
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Netherlands. We are currently in the process of inviting some
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introducing speakers. Apart from the official part of the
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conference we are organizing an interesting tour. Also, the
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Dutch HCC and PCC are inviting you to a drink on Thursday
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evening.
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The main theme at EuroCon III will be "Democracy and European
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FidoNet".
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Attached you will find a registration form. The filled in form
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can be sent to: Hans Ligthelm of 2:500/30, or Joop Mellaart of
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2:512/0. (If you have a problem with the nodelist: Joop's AKA is
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2:2/1)
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We have tried to offer you excellent hotel accomodations for a
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reasonable price. The reservation procedure has changed a bit
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but price and quality are the same as in 1988.
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We hope to meet a lot of you so that we can have a succesful
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European conference.
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Cheers, Peter. (Secretary of the EuroCon III organization
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committee)
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EUROCON III REGISTRATION FORM
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Name:
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Address:
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 3 17 Apr 1989
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City:
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Country:
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Phone (voice):
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Phone (node):
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FidoNet address:
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Thursday: May 18th
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Dinner/Room/Breakfast @ Dfl 110 yes/no Dfl ......
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Friday : May 19th
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Lunch @ Dfl 17.50 yes/no Dfl ......
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Dinner/Room/Breakfast @ Dfl 110 yes/no Dfl ......
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Saturday: May 20th
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Lunch @ Dfl 17.50 yes/no Dfl ......
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Dinner/Room/Breakfast @ Dfl 110 yes/no Dfl ......
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Sunday : May 21st
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Lunch @ Dfl 17.50 yes/no Dfl ......
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Dinner/Room/Breakfast @ Dfl 110 yes/no Dfl ......
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Conference Fee ............................... Dfl 40.-
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Late registration Fee (after APRIL 15th)
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@ Dfl 100.-............... Dfl ......
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Total ........................................ Dfl ......
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I agree to share my room with: ......................... (name)
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(subtract Dfl 37.50 per night) Dfl ......
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Amount due ................................... Dfl ......
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I am alone but I want to try to arrange for a roommate:...yes/no
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I am:................................................male/female
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My roommate must be:............smoker/non-smoker/doesn't matter
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City:
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Please sign:
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 4 17 Apr 1989
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GATEWAY '89
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VISCOUNT HOTEL - QUEENS, NEW YORK - APRIL 28-30, 1989
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Telephone Number (516) 678-7180
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Conferences will be available through out the duration of the
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convention. Tickets for individual seminars will be available
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during the convention at a first come, first serve basis. Tickets
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for forums sponsored by corporations having booths at GATEWAY '89
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will have tickets available at their booths. Contact the
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individual exhibitor for further information and details.
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SCHEDULE Friday - April 28,1989
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12 pm - Opening & Welcome Speeches
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1 pm - Gary Saxer - Technical Director - Quarterdeck Systems
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The Future of DOS - Will You Be Forced To Abandon It?
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DOS has become the most popular operating system on the planet
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Earth. Millions of people use it every day. Now OS/2 and Unix are
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being offered to PC users to enhance the capabilities of their
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computers. Do you need to change? Maybe not. This seminar will
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cover how DOS can be used far into the future. There are ways to
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get DOS to manage almost all of the features of these other
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operating systems, and yet still use much of the hardware and
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software you ave today. Find out how DOS can be improved,
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expanded, and extended.
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2-______________________________________________________________
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3 pm - Eric Brown - Senior Executive Editor - PC World Magazine
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Eric Brown, well known in the Personal Computer Industry will be
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addressing the Gateway VAR seminar regarding LANs and electronic
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communications in regard to local E-mail (electronic mail) systems
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and gateways. Through the extensive work which Eric has been doing
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with PC World Magazine he brings a refreshing and vital conference
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to Gateway '89.
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4 pm - Andre Peterson - Cofounder of WordPerfect Corporation
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Andre Peterson will be addressing the Consultants and VAR
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Conference at GATEWAY '89 on the various products and enhancements
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of WordPerfect Corporation. As on of the leaders at one of the
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most successful software corporations in the industry, Mr.
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Peterson, will be presenting many of the successful products of the
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WordPerfect Corporation, along with in depth details on their
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utilizations to the fullest.
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5 pm - John Nels - Eastern Regional Director - Intel Corporation
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 5 17 Apr 1989
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The directions that the Intel Corporation will take in the 1990's
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will have a very substantial effect on the PC market and the
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systems that corporations, clients and hobbyists will be
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purchasing. John Nels will be speaking on behave of Intel and the
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directions of their product line. 80286, 80386 and 80486 are some
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of the numbers that we will be hearing during this seminar. John
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will also be speaking on the other Intel products such as the
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Inboard systems.
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6 pm - Phil Becker - Handling the growing pressure for
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multi-user data access.
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Database, Electronic Mail, and Bulletin Board applications are
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often the major driving forces in going multi-user with computers.
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eSoft, Inc. will be discussing its Single CPU, PC-DOS based, dBASE
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compatible multi-user system which provides these capabilities for
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up to 32 simultaneous users without the hardware or software
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complexity of many other approaches.
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Saturday - April 29, 1989
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10 am - Richard Driggers - Sparta BBS & Great Alabama PCBoard
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Hard Drive Seminar
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11 am - Gary Saxer - Technical Director - Quarterdeck Systems
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Expanded and Extended Memory - What is it? How do you use it?
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For PC-DOS computers, the amount of memory you have is not always
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as important as what kindof memory it is. Some people wonder how
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it can be that they have 2 megabytes of memory and yet they can
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only use 640K of it. Gary Saxer, one of the country's top experts
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on DOS memory, will explain the differences between Conventional,
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Reserved, Extended, Expanded, Enhanced Expanded, and EMS4 memory.
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Tips on how to get the best out of your current memory and methods
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to improve memory use and availability will be covered. Also,
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methods to convert useless memory into memory that DOS can handle
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will be explained.
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12 pm - Marshall Magee - Founder of the Association of Shareware
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Professionals
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Marshall Magee will be addressing the seminar on Shareware.
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Shareware, which is software that is distributed by the author on a
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"pay if you like it basis", provides the many owners of PC
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Computers with the golden opportunities to sample many programs to
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improve productivity on an individual system, without investing
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thousands of dollars in commercially distributed software. Author
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of Automenu, one of the most successful shareware programs on the
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market, Marshall will further discuss the means of making shareware
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work for the programer who is contemplating releasing programs to
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the market.
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 6 17 Apr 1989
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1 pm - John Friel - author of Qmodem telecommunications software
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John will be discussing the present state of telecommunications
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software with an emphasis on the direction that telecommunications
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will be taking in the coming decade.
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2 pm - Phil Katz - author of PKZIP file compression routines
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Graduate of the University of Wisconsin, 1984-founded PKware in
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1986. Conference to include the following discussions: 1.
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Overview of data compression: What is data compression? What can
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it be used for? Why is it useful? 2. Overview of basic data
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compression theory: How does data compress compression work? 3.
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History of data compression theory: PDP-11 'RAD50' codes,
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Non-Repeat Packing, Weighted Huffman Trees. 4. Description of
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modern data compression algorithms: Ziv-Lempel-Welch encoding,
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Huffman Squeezing, Repeated String Elimination, Optimal follower
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Sets. 5. Demonstration of PKZIP and PKUNZIP, showing the
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execution of the algorithms and theory previously discussed.
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3 pm - Gus Venditto - Senior Executive Editor - PC Magazine
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SHAREWARE IN THE '90s -- CAN IT SURVIVE OS/2?
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The Microsoft mulit-tasking juggernaut threatens to change the face
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of personal computing. How can the grass-roots shareware movement
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continue when corporations are planning to remove DOS from user's
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systems? Will shareware be driven back into the garage? Come and
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hear Gus Venditto, PC Magazine Executive Editor and author of the
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magazine's Pipeline section, report on the future.
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4 pm - Bob Wallace - author of PC Write
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Bob Wallace, Quicksoft founder (1983) and the person who coined the
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term, shareware, will talk about Quicksoft's mission; the
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subtleties of shareware, including group shareware; new products
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PC-Write 3.0, PC-Look, PC Write Lite, and PC-Write 3.1; and the
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future of personal computing, including the myth of the standard
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user interface and the holoroom interface.
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5 pm - Judy Getts - Contributing Editor - PC World Magazine
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Judy Getts, well known for her recent articles in PC World Magazine
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for Shareware products, will bediscussing a topic which is always
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of interest to the general user group. Recognition and
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distribution of programs and software. Each and every day,
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hundreds of excellent pieces of software are written and its
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authors are trying to seek the most opportune means for
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distribution. Judy will be addressing the specific topic of
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"recognition of software by software houses". There is no set
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formula or procedure to have one's finest program picked up by a
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major vendor in the industry, but there are suggestions which Judy
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would like to address which will open more opportunities to the
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software programer than may have been available in the past.
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 7 17 Apr 1989
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Sunday - April 30, 1989
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8:30 am - Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. - Sysops Breakfast
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A special reserved conference limited to 150 people sponsored by
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the Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. to present the Impact of
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Telecommunications Standards on the BBS Community in addition to
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the Hayes SysOp Support Programs and SysOps as Advanced Systems
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Value Added Resellers (ASVAR's), and the Hayes Product line.
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Tickets will distributed directly at the Hayes booth during GATEWAY
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'89.
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12 pm - BBS Authors Round Table
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Meet the authors and designers of Bulletin Board Software
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A seminar and open discussion table with some of the most well
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known authors of BBS software as an opportunity to discuss the
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future of bulletin boards in the 1990's! Tom Mack - author of RBBS
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software David Terry - co-author of PCBoard software Phil Becker -
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author of TBBS software Thom Henderson - author of SEAdog software
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Rick Hemming - author of Wildcat and Mustang software Ken Goosens -
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assisting author of RBBS software Mark Herring - author of Qmail
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software Dan Domain - author of DBBS software
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2 pm - Gary Saxer - Technical Director - Quarterdeck Systems
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Optimizing Telecommunications under Multi-tasking
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Many people use DESQview to run several programs at the same time,
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often called multi-tasking. Those who use communications programs
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along with other programs are especially concerned withperformance
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and reliability. Gary Saxer, Director of Technical Services for
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Quarterdeck Office Systems, the developers of DESQview, will
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explain several tricks and important rules for running
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communications programs in the background. Starting with the basic
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concepts and proceeding to very technical details, the seminar will
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cover both the hardware and software aspects of multi-tasking
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communications programs.
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3 pm - Jud Newell - Sysop of Canadian Remote Systems
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Jud Newell is the owner and chief Sysop of Canada Remote Systems, a
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66 node PCBoard system operating out of Toronto, Canada. From a
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single line system in 1981, CRS has grown to be one of North
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America's largest bulletin boards, and the largest single PCBoard
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installation in the world. Jud will talk on what makes a bulletin
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board successful, and how you can turn a profit in running one.
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With over 7,000 paying subscribers and an annual growth rate of
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60%, Jud has a great deal of experience in satisfying customers.
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Learn how to make your BBS profitable.
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4 pm - Jim Spinelli - Attorney and Sysop of the Activity BBS
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(New York)
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Jim will be discussing in an open forum the legal operations of a
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 8 17 Apr 1989
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bulletin board. Many young and old sysops hesitate to realize the
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legal responsibilities they have to the public in operating a
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public bbs system. Jim will be reviewing the sysop's operations
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and the responsibilities that the sysop has to his users as well as
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the limitations that the users have on a public bulletin board
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system.
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5 pm - Marshall MaGee - Founder of the Association of Shareware
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Authors
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Marshall will be addressing the Sysop's Conference with one of the
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most important topics regarding the public bulletin board systems.
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The distribution of SHAREWARE and the responsibilities of the BBS
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sysops to both the shareware authors and to the general users to
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whom they provide the software. Marshall is also the sysop of the
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"Big Peach BBS" in Atlanta, Georgia, and a long time modem user.
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Marshall will be specifically addressing the future of shareware
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distribution in the 1990's on bulletin boards.
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6 pm - Close of GATEWAY '89
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VISCOUNT HOTEL - QUEENS, NEW YORK - APRIL 28-30, 1989
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- All conferences and forums will be held in the Starlight Room
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at the Viscount Hotel
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Gateway '89 - Seminar Registration & Exhibit
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Entrance
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I wish to point out to everyone that GATEWAY '89 tickets are to be
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ordered in advanced, must be done, via the BBS systems and
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networks. If you are calling the Sound of Music BBS directly,
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please return to the Main Board, and complete <S>cript #7 right
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from the Main Board. You MUST prepay your ticket purchase in order
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to receive the advance purchase discount.
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Advance Ticket orders must be received by April 17, 1989 for
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processing at the advance ticket price of $5.00 (add $1.00 for
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handling). All orders received after that date will be returned.
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Tickets at the GATEWAY '89 doors will be $10.00. Entrance fees are
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specifically for the booth and exhibits of Gateway '89. Conference
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tickets are defined as follows.
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Conferences and seminars are being sold on a Daily Basis.
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The complete up to the latest schedule is posted as the file,
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GATFORUM.ZIP available for downloading. The cost of the
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conferences is as follows:
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Daily Conference Entrance: $30.00 /day
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Conference Pass: ALL THREE DAYS: $75.00
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 9 17 Apr 1989
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Be sure when ordering tickets for an individual conference that you
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indicate on your order the SPECIFIC day that you are ordering
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tickets for.
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Exhibit Hours:
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Friday - April 28, 1989 - 12 Noon - 7 pm.
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Saturday - April 29, 1989 - 10 AM - 6 pm.
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Sunday - April 30, 1989 - 10 AM - 6 pm.
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Seminars:
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VAR's & Consultants Forum 4/28/89
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Phil Katz will be speaking on Saturday 4/29/89.
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BBS sysops and telecommunications forum 4/30/89.
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PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY YOUR ORDER IN ORDER FOR YOUR REQUEST TO BE
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PROCESSED. CONFERENCES ARE SOLD ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
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SEATING IS LIMITED! Do not call the Gateway office to order
|
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tickets. Payment must be complete at time of order. Sorry, no
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credit cards are accepted for Gateway '89.
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If you have any specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask
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||
via any of the Smartnet/PCRelay networks which are now carrying the
|
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Gateway Conference. The latest Gateway '89 information is
|
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available via Smartnet, PC Relay GATEWAY conference.
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 11 17 Apr 1989
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Jack Decker
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Fidonet 1:154/8 LCRnet 77:1011/8 NetWork 8:70/8
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|
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NEW VERSION OF PAKIT, A UTILITY FOR OMMM USERS
|
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(Plus a suggestion for Nodelist User Flag usage)
|
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|
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A few weeks ago, I placed an announcement about PAKIT in Fidonews.
|
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PAKIT has undergone a couple of revisions since then, however, with
|
||
the main changes being that PAKIT can now be used to create
|
||
outbound mail archives using the ZOO or ZIP formats, if you have
|
||
ZOO.EXE and/or PKZIP.EXE. So, if you use oMMM and have a desire to
|
||
use better compression methods when creating mail packets for
|
||
certain nodes (and you know those nodes are capable of
|
||
uncompressing the mail archives you create for them), you can now
|
||
use just about any of the popular compression methods if you use
|
||
PAKIT (more on that in a minute).
|
||
|
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The question arises, "If I am sending mail to a node that I don't
|
||
normally communicate with, how can I tell what types of compressed
|
||
mail packets they are able to accept?" In fact, it would be nice to
|
||
have this information readily available for any node that we might
|
||
wish to communicate with.
|
||
|
||
A solution to that problem may be at hand. As many of you know,
|
||
the Fidonet nodelist now allows User-Defined flags. It would seem
|
||
to me that specifying that a node can handle various types of
|
||
compressed mail packets would be a valid use for these flags, since
|
||
a substantial amount of connect time could be saved if better
|
||
compression methods were used between systems capable of doing so.
|
||
Unfortunately, different sysops have different ideas about what
|
||
constitutes the "best" method of compression. Some prefer to stick
|
||
with the "Fidonet standard" ARC file format. Others prefer ZOO
|
||
because no payment is requested for using ZOO (unfortunately, ZOO
|
||
is one of the least efficient compression methods for mail
|
||
packets). Yet others prefer PAK's "Crushing" method, which is much
|
||
more efficient, especially on small .PKT files, while some have
|
||
found that PKZIP provides the highest possible compression ratio.
|
||
Some systems can process incoming mail packets in any of these
|
||
formats, while others can only handle one or two of them.
|
||
|
||
Therefore, I propose that a user-defined flag be set aside for the
|
||
purpose of defining types of compressed mail packets accepted by a
|
||
node. Something on the order of:
|
||
|
||
Flag format: UMC:x[x[x]]
|
||
|
||
U indicates a User Flag, MC stands for "Method of Compression".
|
||
The letters following the colon (which could be in any order) would
|
||
include one or more of the following:
|
||
|
||
C = unCrushing supported (PAK) - implies unSquashing &
|
||
unCrunching also supported
|
||
S = unSquashing supported (PKUNPAK, PKXARC, newer versions
|
||
of ARCE) - implies unCrunching also supported
|
||
N = unCrunching NOT supported (not valid with C or S)
|
||
R = unReducing supported (PKUNZIP)
|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 12 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
Z = unZooing supported (ZOO)
|
||
|
||
Limitations:
|
||
|
||
C implies unSquashing and unCrunching, so C and S should
|
||
NOT be used together
|
||
|
||
N implies unCrunching NOT supported, therefore it's not
|
||
valid in combination with either C or S (at least not
|
||
when any existing software that I'm aware of is used,
|
||
since anything that will unCrush or unSquash will also
|
||
unCrunch).
|
||
|
||
Samples:
|
||
|
||
A node that uses PAK, ZOO, and PKUNZIP to process incoming mail
|
||
packets would use the flag:
|
||
|
||
UMC:CRZ
|
||
|
||
A node (probably a non-MSDOS node) that cannot process regular ARC
|
||
style mail packets, but that CAN handle packets compressed with
|
||
ZOO, would use the flag:
|
||
|
||
UMC:NZ
|
||
|
||
A node that uses ARC or an older version of ARCE that does not
|
||
support unSquashing, plus PKUNZIP to process incoming mail packets
|
||
would use:
|
||
|
||
UMC:R
|
||
|
||
(Note that if the N flag is not used, unCrunching capability is
|
||
assumed).
|
||
|
||
Now, the above is just a proposal. At the present time, PAKIT is
|
||
not capable of directly reading the nodelist to obtain this
|
||
information. However, if folks were to start using this type of
|
||
notation (or if the FTSC were to put their blessing on something
|
||
like this), it would make it worthwhile to rewrite PAKIT (or a
|
||
similar program) to go directly to the nodelist for this
|
||
information, instead of using a separate control file. End of
|
||
editorial comment.
|
||
|
||
Now, back to PAKIT. PAKIT is a free utility program intended for
|
||
use with oMMM, although it may work with other mail packers that
|
||
call ARCA to create mail archives. Just in case you missed the
|
||
article of a few weeks back, here's the pertinent information again
|
||
(slightly rewritten to be correct for the latest version):
|
||
|
||
PAKIT Version 1.04 - a semi-intelligent ARCA to PAK/ZIP/ZOO
|
||
Converter for use with oMMM.
|
||
|
||
No warranty expressed or implied - use at your own risk!
|
||
|
||
PAKIT was written to allow you to create smaller outgoing mail
|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 13 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
archives (*.mo? files, etc.) for systems that can accept them, by
|
||
using any of several different file compression utility programs
|
||
(PAK, ZOO, and/or PKWARE programs) with oMMM version 1.07 or higher
|
||
(it will probably work with earlier versions of oMMM as well, but
|
||
you should upgrade anyway! Do NOT use oMMM version 1.08, though,
|
||
it was buggy). Those who use oMMM may be aware that oMMM calls
|
||
ARCA for file compression purposes. PAKIT intercepts the call to
|
||
ARCA, translates it to a format that another file compression
|
||
utility can understand, and then hands it over to that utility.
|
||
While PAKIT is specifically designed for use with oMMM, it MAY also
|
||
work with other packers that call ARCA using the "/D" parameter at
|
||
the end of the invocation line.
|
||
|
||
PAKIT was originally intended to be used with NoGate Consulting's
|
||
PAK File Compression Utility, and still defaults to the use of PAK
|
||
(it now requires PAK version 1.5 or higher), however you may also
|
||
optionally specify that PKWARE's PKARC or PKPAK program is to be
|
||
called when creating "Crunched" or "Squashed" mail archives (these
|
||
programs are no longer available from PKWARE, but may still be
|
||
available on some BBS's). You also have the option of using ZIP
|
||
("Reducing") or ZOO as the compression method to be used for mail
|
||
packets.
|
||
|
||
If you use this program and PAK without a PAKIT.CTL file, the
|
||
resulting mail archive files should be no different than if you had
|
||
just used ARCA only (obviously, there's no real advantage in doing
|
||
that, but you can do it if you want to). The major advantage in
|
||
using this program is that you can use a control file called
|
||
PAKIT.CTL, which will allow you to specify which compression
|
||
method, or which of PAK's three possible compression levels, will
|
||
be used when packing mail to any given node. Thus, if you KNOW
|
||
that a particular node is using PKWARE's PKXARC (or PKUNPAK)
|
||
program to de-archive mail packets, you can create mail packets
|
||
using "Squashing", which will make smaller packets and possibly
|
||
save you some transmission time. If you regularly communicate with
|
||
a node that uses PAK to unpack mail, you can create mail bundles
|
||
using "Crushing" and save even more disk space and transmission
|
||
time. And, the most recent versions of PAKIT will allow you to
|
||
create compressed mail bundles using ZOO.EXE or PKWARE's PKZIP
|
||
program, should you have a need to send mail bundles in one of
|
||
those formats. These options should only be used with nodes with
|
||
which you communicate regularly, and know what program is being
|
||
used to uncompress mail packets.
|
||
|
||
The current version of PAKIT renames individual .PKT files prior to
|
||
placing them in the mail archive, in order to assure that older
|
||
files are always placed before newer ones in the archive. This is
|
||
done to overcome a difference in operation between ARCA and
|
||
PKARC/PKPAK/PAK 1.0. ARCA always added packets to the END of an
|
||
existing archive (as does PAK 1.5+ if the "/O-" modifier is used),
|
||
but some of the newer programs do us the favor(?) of inserting new
|
||
files into an existing archive in alphabetical order. oMMM creates
|
||
packets using a naming sequence that restarts every day, thus
|
||
packets created just after midnight would be stored in the archive
|
||
BEFORE packets created on the previous day (when one of the newer
|
||
archivers is used). The result is that replies to messages are
|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 14 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
sometimes stored prior to the original messages when the
|
||
destination system unpacks the mail! PAKIT attempts to overcome
|
||
this problem by renaming the packets using a naming sequence that
|
||
restarts at the beginning of every year, rather than every day.
|
||
Thus, it is only possible to create out-of-order mail packets at
|
||
the beginning of January. The packet names used contain only the
|
||
hexadecimal digits 0-9 and A-F, and are always eight characters
|
||
long (not counting the .PKT extension). As far as I can determine,
|
||
this will not cause any problem for any existing mail unpacker, but
|
||
please let me know if you discover otherwise.
|
||
|
||
Version 1.04 of PAKIT has just been released, and is compatible
|
||
with the newer releases of oMMM (1.30 and higher). Older versions
|
||
of PAKIT (before 1.02) will most likely not work properly with the
|
||
newer versions of oMMM. The most recent copy of PAKIT should be
|
||
file requestable from Fidonet node 1:154/7 (aka LCRnet node
|
||
77:1011/7 or NetWork node 8:70/7), under the filename PAKIT*.ZIP
|
||
(at this writing, PAKIT104.ZIP is the latest version). 1:154/7 is
|
||
a mail-only node located in Milwaukee, and is PC Pursuitable. If
|
||
you are located in a PC Pursuitable city and for some reason can't
|
||
make a file request work, send me a message and I'll try file
|
||
attaching it to you. By the way, there's no copyright notice or
|
||
request for payment (or anything else) anywhere in PAKIT. It's a
|
||
gift to anyone who wants it, pure and simple!
|
||
|
||
If you find an archiving program that creates archives that are
|
||
even smaller than "Crushed" or "Reduced" files (particularly if
|
||
it's truly public domain, or at least free to non-commercial
|
||
users), please send a copy of the program to me and I will at least
|
||
consider making a version of this program that will use it. Also,
|
||
if the Fidonet (or any "other" net) nodelist is ever modified to
|
||
include a "compression level" flag for mail archives, I will
|
||
consider rewriting this program to look directly to the nodelist
|
||
for compression level information.
|
||
|
||
Jack Decker (1:154/8, 77:1011/8, 8:70/8 <== Don't file request
|
||
PAKIT from these addresses, this is a private node!)
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 15 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COLUMNS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Veterinarian's Corner
|
||
Excerpts from the ANIMED GroupMail Conference
|
||
|
||
by Don Thomson, 1:102/1005
|
||
|
||
The feline leukemia virus is a contagious virus limited to
|
||
members of the cat family. It recieved its name, because it is
|
||
one of the types of virus' that have the ability to cause cancer
|
||
of the white cells.
|
||
|
||
The disease caused by the feline leukemia virus can take any
|
||
number of forms. Because the virus attacks and suppresses the
|
||
body's immune response, an increased suseptibility to infections
|
||
of all types is commonly one of the first signs. Long standing
|
||
'cold' symptoms, repeated abscesses, oral infections, an
|
||
increased susceptibility to pneumonia, and other internal
|
||
infections may occur.
|
||
|
||
If the animal recovers from these types of opportunistic
|
||
infections, the virus, hidden in the bone marrow and lymph nodes,
|
||
begins to manifest itself. The feline leukemia virus (FeLV) has
|
||
the ability to become intermingled with the DNA of the primitve,
|
||
dividing bone marrow cells. This most commonly manifests itself
|
||
as a severe 'aplastic' anemia. Occasionally cancer of the white
|
||
cells of the bone marrow (leukocytes) may cause cancer of the
|
||
while cells, hence the name 'leukemia' virus. More commonly the
|
||
FeLV will cause cancer of the lymph nodes, similar to Hodgkins
|
||
Disease of man.
|
||
|
||
What can be done to prevent this disease?
|
||
|
||
Because the virus is shed most heavily in the saliva, and to
|
||
lessor extent in urine, feces, and tears, limiting 'community'
|
||
food bowls from which stray cats of unknown status will decrease
|
||
the spread of the virus. If your cat is an outdoor cat,
|
||
vaccination is reccommended. The odds are quite high that your
|
||
cat will be exposed to the virus as approximately 90% of outdoor
|
||
The disease is most prevalent in multiple cat households, where
|
||
repeated high-level exposure of virus allows the actual infection
|
||
to overwhelm the cat's immune response. Most intermittant, low
|
||
level exposures do not result in actual infection. But if you
|
||
have more than one cat, they should be tested for 'latent' or
|
||
inapparent infection and vaccination. If found to be negative,
|
||
then they should be vaccinated. Strictly indoor cats, tested
|
||
negative, probably don't require vaccination because this is a
|
||
relative fragile virus, not long lived in the environment.
|
||
|
||
There is no 'cure' for the disease once contracted other than
|
||
supportive, symptomatic treatment. The best cure possible for
|
||
this killer is prevention.
|
||
|
||
----------
|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 16 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
More on cats:
|
||
|
||
Cats are not just 'scaled down' versions of humans as far as how
|
||
their bodies handle many medications!
|
||
|
||
For example:
|
||
|
||
1 Tylenol caplet can kill a cat, by causing the hemoglobin of
|
||
the red blood cells to no longer be capable of oxygen binding
|
||
and transport! Sad sight....
|
||
|
||
1 baby aspirin will last up to FOUR DAYS in the bloodstream of
|
||
your cat. Overdoses can and DO occur by well-meaning people,
|
||
giving their pets human medications.
|
||
|
||
PLEASE CHECK with a veterinarian BEFORE administering ANY
|
||
medication to your cat.
|
||
|
||
DB Thomson, DVM
|
||
1:102/1005
|
||
9:871/16
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 17 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
The following is the first in a series of four columns Fred Grosby
|
||
(a federal government employee, and a user on "The Falcon's Rock")
|
||
has written. He deserves all the credit for writing them. I
|
||
suggested that he upload them to my system, because I enjoyed
|
||
reading them in our local Mensa newsletter, Capital M. I hope you
|
||
enjoy reading them, too. The archive of all four is available for
|
||
file request from 1:109/501 as BSOUTH.ZIP.
|
||
|
||
Notes From Bureaucracy South
|
||
By Fred Grosby, a user on 1:109/501
|
||
|
||
Well, they're at it again. The Big Program is reorganizing, for
|
||
the third time in the six years that I have worked here. It's sort
|
||
of like a biennial celebration of the way things go here in
|
||
Bureaucracy South.
|
||
|
||
The first reorganization was in 1983, when The Big Program got a
|
||
new head; let's call him Clark. Clark, being thoroughly
|
||
Reaganized, was Hell-bent to cut out all of the waste, fraud, and
|
||
abuse in The Big Program, increase efficiency, and save you
|
||
taxpayers a ton of money. Besides, he figured that if he saved a
|
||
lot of money the administration would give him a big cash award.
|
||
So he reorganized, saved a lot of money, and got his big cash
|
||
award.
|
||
|
||
He also fragmented the operations of The Big Program so badly that
|
||
nobody knew who was supposed to do what. Our regional offices
|
||
screamed bloody murder, the workers in The Big Program screamed
|
||
bloody murder, and our clients screamed bloody murder,but did that
|
||
phase Clark? Not a chance. He knew what to do. He reorganized
|
||
again, in late 1985. Ostensibly, the purpose of this
|
||
reorganization was to straighten out some of the mess made by the
|
||
first reorganization. What it actually did was to take several
|
||
smaller offices and mash them together into one great amorphous
|
||
mass that was virtually impossible to manage. It also managed to
|
||
(Surprise!) save some more money, which got Clark another cash
|
||
award.
|
||
|
||
Now it's 1988. Clark has taken his money and moved on to head one
|
||
of our regional offices, where he has taken on a new task:
|
||
destroying employee morale. Clark's successor, whose name may not
|
||
be mentioned here any more, got fired for reasons that have never
|
||
been explained. Personally, I think it was for spending his work
|
||
time managing his stock portfolio instead of The Big Program. The
|
||
current head of The Big Program is a nice young fellow whom I'll
|
||
call Steve. Imagine, a senior executive at age 30. All you have
|
||
to do is be good friends with The Assistant Secretary and you, too,
|
||
can make it in Bureaucracy South.
|
||
|
||
So here's Steve, who is no great shakes as a manager, trying to run
|
||
this gargantuan mess of an organization, and he's getting in
|
||
trouble because he keeps sending The Administrator to the wrong
|
||
people for things. Fortunately, fate brought Steve to The Big
|
||
Program in late 1987, just in time for him to reorganize the place.
|
||
There was a little problem, though. Steve's a political type; he
|
||
doesn't really know the nuts and bolts of the program that he's
|
||
FidoNews 6-16 Page 18 17 Apr 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
managing. So, as much in self-defense as anything else, he turned
|
||
the job over to his assistant, Beverly. Not only is Beverly one of
|
||
my favorite people, she's also a fabulous manager. She has also
|
||
worked in The Big Program forever, and knows where all the bodies
|
||
are buried. So she analyzed, and discussed, and consulted, and
|
||
came up with what I knew that she was going to come up with all
|
||
along. Yes, folks, we're putting it back the way it was in 1983,
|
||
B.C. (Before Clark).
|
||
|
||
There was only one problem: explaining the cost increase to The
|
||
Department, which must approve the reorganization. According to
|
||
the official formula mandated by The Department, we are about to
|
||
spend an additional $83,000 per year of your tax money. Actually,
|
||
it's going to be more like $1.5 million, but who are we to tell The
|
||
Department that their formula has a flaw in it? Either way, we
|
||
figured that we were in for a fight.
|
||
|
||
You know what? The Department didn't bat an eye. There are a
|
||
couple of technical details to work out, but the guy at The
|
||
Department who handles reorganizations has assured me that the
|
||
reorganization of The Big Program will be approved. He told me
|
||
that as far as The Department is concerned, it's our budget, and if
|
||
we want to spend the money on our reorganization, that's our
|
||
business. And Reagan doesn't think that he's presiding over a lame
|
||
duck administration. If we would have tried this six years ago
|
||
they would have eaten our lunch.
|
||
|
||
So, in a few weeks The Big Program will be right back the way it
|
||
started. Offhand, you might say that the only one who benefited
|
||
from all the fuss and bother was Clark, who took the money and ran.
|
||
There is, however, one other winner in this game: me. You see,
|
||
I'm the one who processed the 1983 and 1985 reorganizations and is
|
||
processing this one. Each reorganization takes, say, four months
|
||
to process. Then there are all of the followup actions, the record
|
||
keeping, and the reviews to do, by which time it's almost time to
|
||
start thinking about the next reorganization. Steve is a political
|
||
appointee. He will be gone by the end of the year, and what do you
|
||
want to bet that his successor doesn't reorganize again? And guess
|
||
who'll be there to do it? This, folks, is called job security,
|
||
which is a whole lot more important to me than the few bucks that
|
||
Clark got.
|
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No matter what they do to The Big Program, I win. You have to take
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your victories where you find them here in Bureaucracy South.
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 19 17 Apr 1989
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LATEST VERSIONS
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Latest Software Versions
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Bulletin Board Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Fido 12k* Opus 1.03b TBBS 2.1
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QuickBBS 2.03 TPBoard 5.0 TComm/TCommNet 3.4*
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Lynx 1.22 Phoenix 1.3 RBBS 17.1D
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Network Node List Other
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Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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Dutchie 2.90C* EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.01*
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SEAdog 4.50* MakeNL 2.12 ARCmail 2.0*
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BinkleyTerm 2.20* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
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D'Bridge 1.18* XlatList 2.90* TPB Editor 1.21
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FrontDoor 2.0 XlaxNode 2.32* TCOMMail 2.1*
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PRENM 1.40 XlaxDiff 2.32* TMail 8901*
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ParseList 1.30 UFGATE 1.03*
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GROUP 2.07*
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EMM 1.40
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MSGED 1.99*
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XRS 1.2*
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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28 Apr 1989
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Start of Gateway '89 show at the Viscount Hotel in Queens,
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New York. Contact Gateway '89 at (516) 678-7180 for info.
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8 May 1989
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Digital Equipment Corporations User Society (DECUS) will be
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holding its semi-annual symposium in Atlanta, GA. Runs
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through May 12. As usual sysop's will get together and chat.
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19 May 1989
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Start of EuroCon III at Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Contact
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Hans Ligthelm of 2:500/3 for details.
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24 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
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24 Aug 1989
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FidoCon '89 starts at the Holiday Inn in San Jose,
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California. Trade show, seminars, etc. Contact 1/89
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for info.
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5 Oct 1989
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20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
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11 Nov 1989
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A new area code forms in northern Illinois at 12:01 am.
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Chicago proper will remain area code 312; suburban areas
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formerly served with that code will become area code 708.
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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FidoNews 6-16 Page 21 17 Apr 1989
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OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
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Mort Sternheim 1:321/109 Chairman of the Board
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Bob Rudolph 1:261/628 President
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Matt Whelan 3:3/1 Vice President
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Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Vice President-Technical Coordinator
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Linda Grennan 1:147/1 Secretary
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Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Treasurer
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IFNA COMMITTEE AND BOARD CHAIRS
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Administration and Finance Mark Grennan 1:147/1
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Board of Directors Mort Sternheim 1:321/109
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Bylaws Don Daniels 1:107/210
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Ethics Vic Hill 1:147/4
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Executive Committee Bob Rudolph 1:261/628
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International Affairs Rob Gonsalves 2:500/1
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Membership Services David Drexler 1:147/1
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Nominations & Elections David Melnick 1:107/233
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Public Affairs David Drexler 1:147/1
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Publications Rick Siegel 1:107/27
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Security & Individual Rights Jim Cannell 1:143/21
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Technical Standards Rick Moore 1:115/333
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IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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DIVISION AT-LARGE
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10 Courtney Harris 1:102/732 Don Daniels 1:107/210
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11 Bill Allbritten 1:11/301 Mort Sternheim 1:321/109
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12 Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Mark Grennan 1:147/1
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13 Irene Henderson 1:107/9 (vacant)
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14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Ted Polczyinski 1:154/5
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15 Scott Miller 1:128/12 Matt Whelan 3:3/1
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16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628
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17 Neal Curtin 1:343/1 Steve Jordan 1:206/2871
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18 Andrew Adler 1:135/47 Kris Veitch 1:147/30
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19 David Drexler 1:147/1 (vacant)
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2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 David Melnik 1:107/233
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