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Volume 6, Number 48 27 November 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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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 submitted by a FidoNet SysOp will be rejected if it is
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properly attributed and legally acceptable. We will publish
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every responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Stand up and be counted! ................................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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A NO vote is not a vote against Democracy ................ 2
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HST (DS) Setup Notes - part 2 ............................ 4
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Ifna - Why Apathy Will Win ............................... 11
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3. FOR SALE ................................................. 13
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4. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 14
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 14
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5. NOTICES .................................................. 17
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 17
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 1 27 Nov 1989
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EDITORIAL
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This is the final week in balloting in the IFNA election.
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This election is our best chance at Democracy. It's not
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necessary for IFNA to "win" this election for Democracy to become
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a reality. Just by voting, one way or the other, you are
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endorsing a democratic process.
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The outcome of the vote will determine if we want IFNA to be our
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democratically chosen organization. But the actual process
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itself will determine whether or not we want one in the first
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place.
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If you haven't voted yet, do so -- this week. December 1 is the
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voting deadline. If you don't want IFNA, then by all means vote
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NO. If you are in favor of IFNA, vote YES. But if you really
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want a say in how things happen in FidoNet, then VOTE.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 2 27 Nov 1989
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ARTICLES
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A NO vote is not a vote against Democracy
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Glen Johnson
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1:269/101
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I read with great interest Phil Buonomo's appeal to the masses in
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Fidonews 647, and I wanted to comment on a couple of things that
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could be misconstrued by the network membership at large.
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First of all Phil says that he doesn't believe that Fidonet will
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ever have democracy if the IFNA referendum is defeated. Phil is
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certainly entitled to his opinion, but sysops should be acutely
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aware that a NO vote in this referendum is NOT a vote against
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democracy. It is a vote against the continued existance of IFNA,
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and that's ALL it is. If the referendum fails, it means that
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IFNA has no control over Fidonet, for there will BE no IFNA. It
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doesn't mean that Fidonet can't be democratic.
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Secondly, he alluded to a case of vote tampering, and that the NC
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of that net is no longer in Fidonet. Both of those statements
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are somewhat true in the sense that there was an allegation of
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vote "fixing" if you will, and that that NC is no longer in
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Fidonet. The way Phil phrased his comment though, could lead one
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to assume that the latter was a consequence of the former. Such
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is not the case. I know the NC he refers to and I can assure you
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that this NC resigned of his own free will for personal and
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economical reasons. He was also somewhat disillusioned with
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Fidonet "politics" and has joined another network. He was not
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removed by the RC, nor asked to resign as a result of anything to
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do with the referendum. It was 100% his own doing and his own
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decision.
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The IFNA referendum is important. Its passage or rejection will
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have a profound effect on Fidonet. As an NC, I've tried to make
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it crystal clear to the members of my net that they are voting on
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the referendum as published previously in Fidonews, nothing more,
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nothing less. A YES vote is a vote for the continued existance
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of IFNA, a NO vote is a vote for the dissolution of IFNA. It is
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NOT a vote for or against democracy, for or against a policy
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document or set of bylaws, for or against a person, network, or
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group of people. Plain and simple, if you vote NO, that means
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you don't want IFNA around running the show. It is by no means a
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gesture of anti- democratic sentiment.
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I am distressed by the barrage of statements made by an enormous
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number of people saying things that deviate from this. I don't
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like to see statements like "A NO vote is a vote against
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democracy" or "A YES vote is a vote to take over and control
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Fidonet". Neither is true, and we need to keep the focus on WHAT
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it is we're voting for or against.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 3 27 Nov 1989
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If you have any question whatsoever about what it is you're
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voting on, I urge you to re-read the proposal in Fidonews 644
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beginning on Page 11. If you support this proposal, vote YES.
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If you don't support it, or are suspect of it, you owe it to
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yourself to vote NO, and if you DO vote that way, don't feel that
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you've voted against democracy in Fidonet, because you haven't.
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You have voted to dissolve IFNA. Period.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 4 27 Nov 1989
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Jim King & John Souvestre
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FidoNet 1:396/1.3 & 396/1.0
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HST (DS) Setup Notes
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[Continued from previous issue.]
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Setup for BinkleyTerm, version 2.30
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Use the following settings in the Binkley configuration file:
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; Rev3
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Baud 19200 [Or 38400]
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AutoBaud
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; SlowModem
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Init |ATZ|~~ATB0E0H0M0Q0V1S2=255&K1&M4&N0|
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Prefix |ATB1&K0&M4&N0DT
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; Suffix
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Busy |ATH1M0|~v
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Answer ATA|
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; PreDial
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PreInit |v``^``
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Yes, use AutoBaud. The FOSSIL will take care of locking the
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serial port.
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The Init string starts off by resetting the modem. A good
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practice, in general. The modem will not auto-answer, rather
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Binkley will tell it when to answer. The modem is set to answer
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either HST or V.32 calls (B0), whichever the caller chooses. It
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also follows the compression wishes of the caller (&K1).
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The dialing prefix attempts a HST connection first, then V.32
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(B1). It also disables compression (&K0).
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Both of these strings reset the modem to ARQ (&M4), variable
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link (&N0) in case a specific phone number contains other
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instructions.
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Setup for BNU, version 1.70
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 5 27 Nov 1989
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Install BNU with the following switch:
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/L:0=19200 [L:0 = com1, L:1 = com2, etc.] [Or 38400]
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You can also adjust size of the receive and transmit buffers,
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which default to 1K, with these switches (shown at 4K each):
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/R:4096
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/T:4096
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BNU also offers another switch:
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/Z:x
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where x is a number from 0 to 5. This switch controls the
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configuration of the 16550a's FIFOs. The default (0) is to not
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interrupt till the FIFO is nearly full. If you find that you
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are losing characters increase x till the problem stops. This
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will keep your interrupt overhead as low as possible, within the
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bounds of the interrupt latency that your system can handle.
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Setup for DSZ, version 10/24/89
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ZModem works great with the HST! Here are typical command lines
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for receive:
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DSZ port 1 handshake on rz -rr
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and send:
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DSZ port 1 handshake on sz -Z -rr filename.ext
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Setup for Opus, version 1.03b
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-------------------------------
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Opus does not allow 38400 bps, so 19200 bps must be used. Note
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that if you are running a mailer program ahead of Opus, this
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program is the one which will set the modem speed, so it doesn't
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really matter what you put here for Opus.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 6 27 Nov 1989
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Use the following settings in the Opus parameter file:
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Baud 19200
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Modem Init |~~~~ATZ| [continued on next line]
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~~~~~~~~ATB0E0H0M0Q0V1S0=1S2=255&K1&M4&N0|~~~~
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Modem Steady
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Modem Dial Prefix |~~~~ATB1&K0&M4&N0DT
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Modem Dial Suffix |~~~~
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Modem Busy |~~~~v~~~~^~~~~ATH1M0|~~~~~~~~v~~~~
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Mask HandShaking Xon
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Mask HandShaking Cts
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Please note that the "~" delay character in Opus is not a fixed
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amount of time. It depends on the speed of the machine. Thus,
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for a faster machine you will need more "~" characters. The
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number shown above are for a 10 MHz, 0 wait, 80286.
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The Init string starts off by resetting the modem. A good
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practice, in general. The modem will not auto-answer, rather
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Binkley will tell it when to answer. The modem is set to answer
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either HST or V.32 calls (B0), whichever the caller chooses. It
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also follows the compression wishes of the caller (&K1).
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The dialing prefix attempts a HST connection first, then V.32
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(B1). It also disables compression (&K0).
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Both of these strings reset the modem to ARQ (&M4), variable
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link (&N0) in case a specific phone number contains other
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instructions.
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Setup for OpusComm, version 5.31
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Configure OpusComm by running OCom_Cfg with the following switch:
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L1=19200 [L1 = com1, L2 = com2] [Or 38400]
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You can also adjust size of the receive and transmit buffers,
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which default to 4K, with this switch (shown at 4K each):
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S1=4096,4096 [S1 = com1, S2 = com2]
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 7 27 Nov 1989
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Setup for ProComm Plus, version 1.1b
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ProComm Plus does not allow 38400 bps in the dialing directory,
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so 19200 bps must be used. Also, ProComm Plus does not support
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the 16550a.
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Line/Port Setup:
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15 [19200,N,8,1]
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Setup Facility - Modem Options - General Options:
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Initialization command .. AT Z^M~~~AT E1 M3 Q0 V1 ^M
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Dialing command ......... AT &M4 &N0 DT
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Dialing command suffix .. ^M
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Hangup command .......... ~~~+++~~~AT H0^M
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Auto answer command ..... AT &M4 &N0 S0=1 S2=255^M
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Wait for connection ..... 50 seconds
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Pause between calls ..... 1 seconds
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Auto baud detect ........ OFF
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Drop DTR to hangup ...... YES
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Setup Facility - Modem Options - Result Messages:
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No connect message 1 .......... NO DIALTONE
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No connect message 2 .......... NO ANSWER
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No connect message 3 .......... BUSY
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No connect message 4 .......... NO CARRIER
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Setup Facility - Terminal Options:
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Duplex ............................ FULL
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Software flow control (XON/XOFF) .. OFF
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Hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) ... ON
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Dialing Directory - Dialing Codes:
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A- &M4 [Enables ARQ - default]
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B- &M0 [Disables ARQ]
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C- &N1 [Force 300 bps]
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D- &N2 [Force 1200 bps]
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E- &N3 [Force 2400 bps]
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F- &K1 [Enables MNP data compression]
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G- &K0 [Disables MNP data compression]
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 8 27 Nov 1989
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Dialing Directory - Entries:
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Set all entries to 19200.
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The default is to call at 14400 bps with ARQ enabled. The first
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time you call a new number (ex: 555-1212) wait till you see the
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CONNECT message then look at the ARQ light on the modem. If the
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light is on then suffix the phone number with "-A" (ex:
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555-1212-A). If the light is out then suffix the phone number
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with "-B" (ex: 555-1212-B). Disabling ARQ will speed up the
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connection by about 5 seconds. The "-A" suffix does nothing,
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functionally, but lets you know that you have determined that
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this phone number does have ARQ and makes your directory entries
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line up. Note: To connect at 9600 bps ARQ must be enabled.
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The "-C", "-D", and "-E" suffixes (use only 1 at a time) will
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limit the modem to 300, 1200, or 2400 bps, respectively. This
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is handy for testing and diagnosing problems. Ex: 555-1212-BD.
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This would force a troublesome 2400 bps modem to connect at 1200
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bps.
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Note: When connecting with ARQ the connect message will include
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"/ARQ" (ex: CONNECT 2400/ARQ). ProComm Plus ignores the "/ARQ"
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but the software at the other end may not. The result may be
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that you can connect to the other modem, but the other CPU will
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not recognize its modem's connect message. By disabling ARQ
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("-B") and calling back you should be able to get through. When
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you do, tell the other person that he either needs to change his
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software to recognize his ARQ connect message, or he needs to
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disable the ARQ part of the connect message. If he has an HST,
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the "&A0" command will do this.
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Setup for QModem, version 4.1b
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Start up Qmodem. Press Alt-N to bring up the configuration
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menu.
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Select (M)odem, (C)ommunication Parameters. Change (A) Default
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Baud Rate to 19200.
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Go back to the main configuration menu. Select (O)ption,
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(T)oggles. Change (C)TS Signal to ON. You may also want to
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change CTS When (W)riting to ON; consult the Qmodem
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documentation for more details on this option. Change (R)edial
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Sets Baud to OFF (so that the bps rate will be fixed at whatever
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you have in the dialing directory [usually 19200]).
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 9 27 Nov 1989
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Be sure to save the new settings before exiting the
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configuration menu.
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Bring up the dialing directory (Alt-D).
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Set up some dialing suffixes as shown in the ProComm Plus
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section.
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Change the dialing directory entries for all HST-equipped boards
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to 19200 bps. You should also change the bps rate to 19200 for
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all low-speed MNP connections (in case the other modem has MNP
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level 5, then you can take advantage of the modems' data
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compression feature). You may want to go ahead and change all
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entries to 19200 bps, although this is not necessary. To force
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a connection at a lower bps rate, set the dialing directory
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appropriately (rather than using dialing suffixes). As needed,
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add dialing suffixes to the phone numbers to set ARQ mode and
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data compression mode. If you've changed all entries to 19200
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bps add suffixes to force a lower connection rate as necessary.
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Setup for X00, version 1.20c
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------------------------------
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Install X00 with the following switch:
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B,0,19200 [B,0 = com1, B,1 = com2, etc.] [Or 38400]
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You may also adjust size of the receive and transmit buffers,
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which default to 1K, with these switches (shown at 4K each):
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R=4096
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T=4096
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================================================================
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16550a Distributors
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APT Technology, Inc.
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5539 Prospect Road, Suite 119
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San Jose, CA 95129
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408-370-9077
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 10 27 Nov 1989
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Arrow Electronics
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800-932-7769
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Fry's Electronics
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Sunnyvale, CA
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408- ???
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Jameco Electronics
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1355 Shoreway Road
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Belmont, CA 94002
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800-333-6588 and 415-592-8097
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JDR Microdevices
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2233 Branham Lane
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San Jose, CA 95124
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800-538-5000
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Modular Semiconductor Inc.
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138 Kifer Court
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Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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408-733-5000
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 11 27 Nov 1989
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Ifna - Why Apathy Will Win
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By Steve Townsley
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2:256/117
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About 2 years ago I wrote a short article in FidoNews criticising
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the insular nature of Ifna. My main criticism was that North
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American SysOps (Zone 1) had decided to set-up an international
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association without even asking non-US SysOps whether one was
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neccessary.
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This was not a flame against Ifna. In fact having listened to Don
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Daniels (the then Ifna President) at Eurocon in 1988 I am
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convinced of the sincere wishes of all Ifna 'believers' to create
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a useful organisation.
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What I worry about in the current Ifna ballot is the same thing I
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have always worried about:- the assumption by Zone 1 SysOps that
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every SysOp in every Zone shares the same goals for FidoNet, and
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the same ideas about how it should be organised. This conception
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that everyone of FidoNet as a whole is a mistaken one and runs
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through all Ifna documentation.
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Bluntly a ballot will tell you less about Ifna now than it might
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have done on day one. This is partly because the networks outside
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the United States are more mature and partly because US SysOps
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have always had the grand idea that a corporation in Missouri (or
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wherever) can represent the divers needs of FidoNet.
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Happily I know some US SysOps - particularly those involved with
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international Echomail know how diverse FidoNet is.
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So now that I have you in the mood to make a proposal... I am
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going to refuse to do so!
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It is not for me, or anyone else, to tell a Zone, a Region or a
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network how to organise. The glue that binds FidoNet together is
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FidoNews, the Nodelist, the National Mail Hour, and the
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capability of netmail. Elusive concepts like representation,
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democracy and other things do not unite every SysOp.
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If Ifna is to be meaningful it must take on a role more suited to
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an international organisation. Defining standards, distributing
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the nodelist, FidoNews, resolving disputes. It's funding must
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come from appropriate other organisations like, for example a
|
||
North American FidoNet Association or a European FidoNet
|
||
Association.
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In a sentence, Ifna's best role is as a co-ordinator, an
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organisation created by other organisations to maintain the
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network as a whole.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 12 27 Nov 1989
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The current ballot seeks to change Ifna from representing some US
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SysOps (by virtue of paying the subscription) to representing all
|
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SysOps by declaration. Neither of these solutions is satisfactory
|
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and FidoNet will be hit by a wave of apathy. The resolution
|
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itself speaks of a cry from SysOps for democracy. That may be
|
||
true but it must be democracy of a human scale. It is no good
|
||
giving a SysOp the right to vote for a corporation based in
|
||
Missouri if he needs the support of an organisation to help him
|
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with mailing his Host in southern Italy.
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|
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WARNING: The same mistake is going to be made again.
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|
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If you want to change Ifna in the United States create an
|
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American FidoNet Association based on your principles, your
|
||
policies, your ideas. Then explore ways of co-operation with
|
||
other associations, zones or regions. Out of this will emerge an
|
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international association responding to mutual needs.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 13 27 Nov 1989
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FOR SALE
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Sysop Tee's - The Topless Alternative
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Don Kulha * Sonoma Online * 125/7
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Do you remember the sysop oriented cartoons that I had
|
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printed up to pass out at FidoCon in Virgina and on buttons
|
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in San Jose? A lot of folks at FidoCon this year asked me if
|
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we would be offering these on shirts and I'm pleased to say
|
||
that we now can. We are now offering the best of Ev Cheney's
|
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"Sysop Art" screen printed on high quality, 100% cotton tee
|
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shirts. We use only the best plastisol inks, infra-red cured
|
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for durability, and offer a money back guarantee if you are
|
||
not completely satisfied.
|
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To recieve more info and brochure showing our designs
|
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send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (4X9 legal size pre-
|
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ferred) to: Sonoma Online, P.O. Box 7518, Santa Rosa, Calif.
|
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95407. You can also Freq SHIRTS from 1:125/7 for a descript-
|
||
ion of our designs and ordering info.
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FidoNews 6-48 Page 14 27 Nov 1989
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|
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LATEST VERSIONS
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|
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Latest Software Versions
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MS-DOS Systems
|
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Bulletin Board Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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||
|
||
Fido 12q+* Phoenix 1.3 TBBS 2.1
|
||
Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.04 TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
||
Kitten 2.16* RBBS 17.2B* TPBoard 6.0*
|
||
Opus 1.03b+ RBBSmail 17.2* Wildcat! 2.00P
|
||
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
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Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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|
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BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
||
D'Bridge 1.21 MakeNL 2.20 ARCA05 2.01*
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0
|
||
FrontDoor 2.0 Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 2.65* EMM 2.02
|
||
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 Gmail 2.01*
|
||
XlaxDiff 2.32 GROUP 2.16
|
||
XlaxNode 2.32 GUS 1.20M*
|
||
LHARC 1.13
|
||
MSG 4.0*
|
||
MSGED 1.99
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
||
QM 1.0
|
||
QSORT 4.03
|
||
StarLink 1.01*
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
TMail 1.12*
|
||
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
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XRS 3.0
|
||
ZmailQ 1.09
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Red Ryder Host v2.1b3 Macpoint 0.91* MacArc 0.04
|
||
Mansion 7.12 Tabby 2.1 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
|
||
FidoNews 6-48 Page 15 27 Nov 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
TImport 1.331
|
||
TExport 1.32
|
||
Timestamp 1.6
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
Timestart 1.1
|
||
Tally 1.1
|
||
Mehitabel 1.2
|
||
Archie 1.60
|
||
Jennifer 0.25b2g
|
||
Numberizer 1.5c
|
||
MessageEdit 1.0
|
||
Mantissa 1.0
|
||
PreStamp 2.01
|
||
R.PreStamp 2.01
|
||
Saphire 2.1t
|
||
Epistle II 1.01
|
||
Import 2.52
|
||
Export 2.54
|
||
Sundial 2.1
|
||
AreaFix 1.1
|
||
Probe 0.052
|
||
Terminator 1.1
|
||
TMM 4.0b
|
||
UNZIP 1.01*
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Paragon 1.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
||
TrapDoor 1.11* booz 1.01
|
||
WelMat 0.21* ConfMail 1.10*
|
||
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
||
Lharc 0.50
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
PkAX 1.00
|
||
RMB 1.30
|
||
UNzip 0.86
|
||
Zoo 2.00
|
||
|
||
|
||
Atari ST
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
FIDO/FoReM Door 1.1* BinkleyTerm 1.03g ConfMail 1.00
|
||
Pandora BBS 2.41c* The BOX 1.10* ParseList 1.30
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 0.40* ARC 5.21
|
||
GS Point 0.61 TurboArc 1.1
|
||
FidoNews 6-48 Page 16 27 Nov 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
LHARC 0.40
|
||
PKUNZIP 1.00
|
||
MSGED 1.96S
|
||
SRENUM 6.2
|
||
OMMM 1.40*
|
||
Timestop 1.00
|
||
|
||
|
||
+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
|
||
* Recently changed
|
||
|
||
Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
|
||
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
|
||
all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-48 Page 17 27 Nov 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1989
|
||
Close of local balloting in IFNA plebiscite
|
||
|
||
3 Dec 1989
|
||
The Hague, Holland changes to a seven-digit telephone number.
|
||
You have to put a THREE (3) before the old number.
|
||
e.g. (0)70-111111 changes to (0)70-3111111
|
||
|
||
4 Dec 1989
|
||
Local coordinators post final IFNA vote details
|
||
|
||
11 Dec 1989
|
||
Deadline for local IFNA vote tally challenges
|
||
|
||
15 Dec 1989
|
||
Network Coordinators report votes in IFNA plebiscite to
|
||
Regional Coordinators
|
||
|
||
18 Dec 1989
|
||
Regional Coordinators report votes in IFNA plebiscite
|
||
to Zone Coordinators
|
||
|
||
22 Dec 1989
|
||
IFNA plebiscite results posted in NODELIST.356
|
||
|
||
30 Dec 1989
|
||
Telephone area codes (5, 3 and 0) are abolished in Hong Kong
|
||
|
||
1 Feb 1990
|
||
Deadline for IFNA Policy and Bylaws election
|
||
|
||
5 Jun 1990
|
||
David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
|
||
|
||
5 Oct 1990
|
||
21st 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.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-48 Page 18 27 Nov 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
|
||
|
||
Thom Henderson 1:107/528 Chairman of the Board
|
||
Les Kooyman 1:204/501 President
|
||
Fabian Gordon 1:107/323 Vice President
|
||
Bill Bolton 3:3/0 Vice President-Technical Coordinator
|
||
Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Secretary
|
||
Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Treasurer
|
||
|
||
|
||
IFNA COMMITTEE AND BOARD CHAIRS
|
||
|
||
Administration and Finance *
|
||
By-laws and Rules John Roberts 1:385/49
|
||
Executive Committee (Pres) Les Kooyman 1:204/501
|
||
International Affairs *
|
||
Membership Services Jim Vaughan 1:226/300
|
||
Nominations and Elections Steve Bonine 1:1/0
|
||
Public Affairs David Drexler 1:147/30.20
|
||
Publications Irene Henderson 1:107/9
|
||
Technical Standards Rick Moore 1:115/333
|
||
Ethics *
|
||
Security and Privacy *
|
||
Grievances *
|
||
|
||
* Position in abeyance pending reorganization
|
||
|
||
|
||
IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
||
|
||
DIVISION AT-LARGE
|
||
10 Courtney Harris 1:102/732 Don Daniels 1:107/210
|
||
11 John Rafuse 1:12/900 Phil Buonomo 1:107/583
|
||
12 Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Mark Hawthorne 1:107/238
|
||
13 Fabian Gordon 1:107/323 Tom Jennings 1:125/111
|
||
14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Irene Henderson 1:107/509
|
||
15 Kevin McNeil 1:128/45 Steve Jordan 1:206/2871
|
||
16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628
|
||
17 Kathi Crockett 1:134/30 Dave Melnik 1:107/233
|
||
18 Andrew Adler 1:135/47 Jim Hruby 1:107/536
|
||
19 Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Burt Juda 1:107/528
|
||
2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Karl Schinke 1:107/516
|
||
3 Matt Whelan 3:54/99 John Roberts 1:147/14
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
||
|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that
|
||
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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Thank you for your membership! Your participation will help to
|
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|
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|
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Please NOTE that IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization
|
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and Articles of Association and By-Laws were adopted by the
|
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membership in January 1987. The second elected Board of Directors
|
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was filled in August 1988. The IFNA Echomail Conference has been
|
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established on FidoNet to assist the Board. We welcome your
|
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input to this Conference.
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