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Volume 7, Number 22 28 May 1990
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the
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FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of
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individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized
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agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this
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compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Credit Where Credit Is Due ............................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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FidoCon '90 Update! ...................................... 2
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Region 11 RC Election .................................... 4
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FIDOCON 1990 REGISTRATION FORM ........................... 7
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 10
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 10
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4. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 12
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 12
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5. NOTICES .................................................. 15
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And more!
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 1 28 May 1990
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EDITORIAL
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Credit Where Credit Is Due
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Almost unnoticed in the past week, there has been a change in
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Zone 1. Steve Bonine has stepped aside as Zone Coordinator and
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George Peace, his elected replacement, has assumed the position.
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Almost unnoticed. That's as it should be. And it's part of the
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legacy Steve leaves us that it happened in just this manner.
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When he accepted the job, Steve had made it abundantly clear that
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he was only going to keep it for a year. There were a few times
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when events nearly led him to reconsider and leave earlier.
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I for one am grateful that he stayed the course.
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During Steve's tenure, a system of electing Regional Coordinators
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has been evolving, and several Regions have held elections either
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to replace their Coordinators or to confirm their public
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acceptance. This very real step towards Democracy in FidoNet has
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indeed worked quite well. Steve was never certain that Democracy
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could in fact work, but he devoted a lot of energy to give it a
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chance.
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Often in FidoNet, people react to others who don't agree with
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them by stooping to personal attacks. As one of the most
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influential (and exposed) members of FidoNet, Steve had to accept
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more of that particular kind of traffic than perhaps anyone else.
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Nevertheless, he continued to communicate honestly with the
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people of FidoNet and did not become hostile or stop trying to
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understand what the other parties were trying to get across to
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him. In a very real sense, he was able to serve as Z1C and at
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the same time, retain the perspective of an individual FidoNet
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sysop. I have nothing but respect for the mental powers and
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emotional stability that made such a thing possible.
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Thank you, Steve. Congratulations, George. You have a tough act
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to follow.
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 2 28 May 1990
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ARTICLES
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What's new with FidoCon '90 (5/27/90):
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Well, the first discount deadline has passed, however, if you
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get your registrations in before June 1st, you can STILL save
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$50 on the conference fees! Send your application (included in
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this issue of FidoNews) to 1/90@FidoNet.
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If you can't pay for the entire conference all at once, don't
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forget that you can reserve your discount by sending in a non-
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refundable deposit of $100.
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Phil Becker will be attending FidoCon, and will be talking about
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TBBS, TDBS, and his latest creation, The Integrated Mail System
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for TBBS, or TIMS, which gives multi-line TBBS systems
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continuous mail capability!
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Thom Henderson will also be giving a seminar on several of
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System Enhancement Associates' products, as well as a look to
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the future for SEA.
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Jack Rickard of BoardWatch Magazine will be there!
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US Robotics will make their usual appearence at the convention,
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and will have several announcements for future USR products!
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Good Egg Net has also announced that their national convention
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will be held at Conclave '90, making the fourth amateur network
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to participate!
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Bit Bucket Software is also going to participate! Bob Hartman,
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Vince Perriello, and Alan will all be there to talk about
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BinkleyTerm, Confmail, etc.
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Jonathan Wallace will be hosting a seminar on "Sysops and the
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Law". Jonathan is the author of the book "SYSLAW: The Sysop's
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Legal Manual", and many FidoNews articles on that subject.
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We have scheduled several 'fun' seminars, including a
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"Moderator's RoundTable" to be hosted by Michele Hamilton, a
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role-playing game seminar (and subsequent campaign!) hosted by
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Karl Schinke, and a MIDI demonstration to be held by some of our
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local gurus!
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Also, don't forget the 'costume ball' to be held at the local
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Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. Come and eat roast
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chicken as they did hundreds of years ago while you cheer your
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champion knight to glory in contests of speed, skill, and daring!
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Afterwards, dance the night away at the in-house disco. (The
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ball is an requires an entrance fee of $50, which includes your
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costume for the ball!) Those of you in California and Florida
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know how exciting this show is. Tell your friends!
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 3 28 May 1990
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There are several fun contests with great prizes in the works.
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Watch FidoNews for details to be available soon!
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With all the early registrations, this FidoCon looks to be the
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biggest ever, so be sure to get your reservations in soon!
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Bill VanGlahn, FIDOCON '90 Committee Chairman
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1:1/90@FidoNet
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 4 28 May 1990
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Donn Bly (1:236/7)
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Region 11 RC Election Coordinator
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Region 11 is electing a new RC. The old RC, John Summers, has
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accepted a job in another region. In an attempt to get the rules
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for the election out to as many region 11 sysops as possible, and
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since there are probably quite a few of you who are interested in
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how we are running things here in Region 11, we are posting the
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election rules here.
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Region 11 RC Election Rules
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1. All sysops listed as members of region 11 in FidoNet nodelist
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138 for 1990 are eligible to vote. Eligibility is by sysop, not
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system, and no single individual may cast more than one vote.
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Only sysops actually listed in the nodelist may cast a vote.
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2. All sysops listed as members of region 11 running a public
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system in FidoNet nodelist 138 for the year 1990 are eligible to
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run in this election. Current net coordinators may nominate
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themselves. Non-NC's must be nominated by a region 11 NC, not
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necessarily their NC, and I must receive the nomination from the
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NC making the nomination. Please send all nominations to 1:236/7.
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All coordinators are urged to nominate any qualified candidate
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who requests such nomination.
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3. Each person nominated, and the NC in question if the nominee
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is not an NC, will receive a net mail message from me confirming
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that I have received the nomination. This note will either
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confirm the nomination is valid, or if it is not valid, will
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state the reason. If you do not receive such a message within 72
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hours of sending it to me, please inform me immediately so the
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nomination can be resubmitted.
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4. Nominations will be accepted until 18:00 EST June 2, 1990.
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Nominations received after the cutoff point will be rejected
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regardless of reason.
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5. The ballot of valid candidates will be sent to all nodes in
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region 11 (as listed in FidoNet nodelist 138) and will be posted
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in the REGION11 echomail area as soon as possible after 18:00
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EST, June 2, 1990. (These messages will be sent via host-routed
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netmail.)
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6. The period for campaigning by each candidate will extend from
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the time they receive my confirmation of their nomination until
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the end of the voting period.
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7. The period of voting will extend from 18:00 EST, June 2, 1990,
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to 18:00 EST, June 16, 1990. Each sysop should net mail his
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completed ballot to FidoNet 1:236/7. Each ballot received will be
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noted in a receipt sent by me via host-routed netmail. (The
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receipt will not contain the name of the candidate for whom you
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voted.) If you do not receive a confirmation of your vote within
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 5 28 May 1990
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72 hours, please contact me via net mail immediately. No ballots
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will be accepted after the deadline for any reason.
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8. Each ballot received at 1:236/7 may contain exactly one vote
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for one accepted candidate. Write-in votes and otherwise invalid
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ballots will be returned along with their reason for rejection to
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the sender. Each voter should also enter onto the ballot an eight
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(8) character alphanumeric codeword by which the voter wishes to
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be identified when the votes are made public. No ballot will be
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accepted without this codeword. Abstention will be a not be a
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valid option on the ballot, and all ballots not containing a vote
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for one of the listed candidates will be rejected. Once a valid
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ballot has been received from a eligible voter, no further
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ballots will be accepted from that voter.
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9. At 18:00 EST, June 16, 1990, the votes will be counted and the
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winner will be made known to the zone 1 coordinator and placed in
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the REGION11 echomail area. The winner is the candidate receiving
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the majority of votes cast.
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10. In the case that there is no candidate with a majority of
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votes cast, a run-off will be conducted between the candidates
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with the two highest numbers of votes. In the event of a tie for
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the highest number of votes, all candidates with that number of
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votes will participate in the run-off election. In the event of a
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single candidate with the highest number of votes and a tie for
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second highest number of votes, the candidate with the highest
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number of votes and all candidates with the second highest number
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of votes will participate in the run-off.
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11. In the event a run-off is necessary, the period of voting
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will run from 18:00 EST, June 16, 1990 to 18:00 EST, June 23,
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1990. The ballot of valid candidates will be sent to all
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eligible nodes in region 11 (as listed in FidoNet nodelist 138)
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and will be posted in the REGION11 echomail area as soon as
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possible.
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12. The winner of the run-off will be made known to the zone 1
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coordinator and announced in the REGION11 echomail area. Should
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the first run-off election result in no candidate receiving a
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majority of the votes cast, then run-off elections will be held
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every seven days until a candidate receives a majority of the
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votes cast. Rule 10 above will determine who is eligible to
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participate in each run-off.
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13. The vote tallies for each candidate will be made public at
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the end of the main voting period, and, if necessary, the end of
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the runoff voting period(s). A list of all nodes voting, and a
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list of all codewords, together with the candidate for whom each
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codeword voted, will be posted in the REGION11 conference and
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made available for download or file-request from 1:236/7 as
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R11VOTE.TXT. Under no conditions will the true identity of the
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person represented by any codeword be made public. I will archive
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all nominations, receipts for and rejections of nominations,
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ballots received, and receipts for and rejections of ballots,
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together with the vote totals into an encrypted archive to be
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 6 28 May 1990
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kept for at least one year by me, Donn Bly. This archive, along
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with its encryption key will be turned over to the current (at
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the time I receive the request) FidoNet zone 1 coordinator upon
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my receiving a signed written request that I do so. Under no
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circumstances whatever will it ever be turned over to anyone
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else.
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14. After the election is over, a period for comments about the
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election will be opened. During this period suggestions on how
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to run the next RC election will be taken and considered. A
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modified set of rules (if any such modifications are deemed
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necessary) will be drafted and submitted to the new RC for use in
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the next election. This topic will be discussed in more detail
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at a later time.
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Donn Bly (1:236/7)
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Region 11 RC Election Coordinator
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These rules originally written by Rick Moore, 1:115/333, and
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reflect modifications by Steve Bonine, Peter Hru, and Donn Bly.
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 7 28 May 1990
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The Secret Sysop Society presents __
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*** Conclave '90 *** / \
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The SYSOPS Convention /|oo \
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Home of FidoCon 1990 (_| /_)
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Lyndhurst, New Jersey _`@/_ \ _
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August 1-5, 1990 | | \ \\
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A. Single Occupancy.......$595.00 $545.00 $495.00
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B. Double Occupancy.......$450.00 $400.00 $350.00
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C. Conference w/ meals....$300.00 $250.00 $200.00
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D. Conference w/ Banquet..$205.00 $155.00 $105.00
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E. Conference only........$175.00 $125.00 $ 75.00
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F. Banquet only...........$130.00 $80.00 $ 30.00
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G. Registrant & Spouse....$720.00 $670.00 $620.00
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(All rate plans except plan F include all conference and hotel
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fees. Those registering before 5/1/90 get a $100.00 discount,
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those registering before 6/1/90 get a $50.00 discount.)
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You must pay by Check, Money Order, or Credit Card. Please send
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no cash. All monies must be in U.S. Funds. Checks should be
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made out to: "Conclave '90"
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The following registration form must be completed and mailed to:
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PO Box 12
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Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
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You may register by Netmailing this completed form to 1:1/90 for
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processing. Rename it to ZNNNXXXX.REG where Z is your Zone
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number, N is your Net number, and X is your Node number. US Mail
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confirmation is required within 72 hours of electronic filing.
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If you are paying by credit card, please include the required
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information. For your own security, do not route any message
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with your credit card number on it. Crash it directly to 1:1/90.
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The official Conclave '90 airline is American Airlines.
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American offers a 5% discount the lowest applicable round-trip
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fare, including 1st class travel, subject to availability of
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inventory. All fare rules and restrictions apply. In addition,
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American offers 40% off their round trip unrestricted day coach
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fare. International travelers qualify for special benefits,
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including complimentary admittance to the Admiral's Club Lounge
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at any American Airlines terminal. Newark is an American Air-
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lines city with direct flights to most major cities. When making
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reservations, you must call American's Toll-free reservation
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number at 800-433-1790, and reference Star number 13704F.
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 8 28 May 1990
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C O N C L A V E '90 R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
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Name: __________________________________________________________
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Address: _____________________________ Apt. or Suite: _________
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City: _________________________ State or Province: ____________
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Postal Code: __________________ Country: ______________________
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Voice Phone: ______________________ Data: _____________________
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Zone:Net/Node.Point@Domain: ____________________________________
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Special requirements: __________________________________________
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| Option | Full | | Pricing | Line |
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|(Choose 1: A-G)| Name | Qty | Thru 5/1 | Total |
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| PLAN A* | | | $495.00 | |
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| PLAN B* | | | $350.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN C* | | | $200.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN D* | | | $105.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| PLAN E* | | | $ 75.00 | |
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| PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | |
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| PLAN G* | | | $620.00 | |
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+===============+=====================+=====+==========+=======+
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| NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | |
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| Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| Broadway Show | | | $ 75.00 | |
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+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
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| NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | |
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| Costume Ball* | | | $ 50.00 | |
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* includes all conference fees & Hotel | Total $ | |
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** includes dinner, show, and costume +==========+=======+
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MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________
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Expiration: ___________ Signature _____________________________
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( Credit card registrations require valid signature )
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 10 28 May 1990
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COLUMNS
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Henry Clark
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124/6120
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Pizza Party --
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Here in Net 124/130 land, we have a monthly Pizza Party. We
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alternate the location, so everybody has to drive a long ways
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most of the time. We talk about problems and features and
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whatever the mood suits.
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On this occasion, we discussed the pending US Robotics HST's
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V.42bis upgrade, relative merits of building your own PC and
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the fine art of dealing with policemen who have pulled you over
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on traffic violations. Of course, with 20 people showing up,
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you don't get hear everything, but quite often the words CONFIG
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and USER float across the room.
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It's neat to meet the faces behind the names you read. Funny,
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you don't hear any flames.
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I ate and drank mightily, noting the Apple Strudel Pizza, and
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Cinnamon Toast Pizza. Actually I hadn't eaten in 3 days, so
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this was the Pizza Party that SAVED MY LIFE !
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Free Spaghetti --
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You know those solicitous letters with the postage paid return
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envelopes. I got one from a 'RECOVERY' company; they said they
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had found 169 bucks that the state of Texas owes me, and would
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show me how to get it for 29 bucks. I was so outraged, I
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included a strand of spaghetti in the envelope !
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The other night, I get a phone call about it. No mention of
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the spaghetti, but since I denied having sent it back, he said
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he'd send another letter. <smirk> I got it today, so I
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stuffed everything back in and also a STOP SMOKING solicitation
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postcard.
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I wonder how many times this will work ?!
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Computer Underground --
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Every heard of this? I hadn't, until someone uploaded several
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newsletters to MY BBS. I started looking at the latest issue,
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and frankly, I don't know what to think. There's some bunch
|
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trying to SUE THE FBI because their E-mail was wrongfully
|
||
confiscated in a search for missing body parts at a cryogenics
|
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company. HOLY WRATH OF KHAN, BATMAN ! Right, Boy Wonder, it's
|
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LAWYER CITY.
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FidoNews 7-22 Page 11 28 May 1990
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|
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|
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Some other issues list out dozens of E-mail Networks that seem
|
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a bit on the shady side, I never heard of any of 'em. Adding
|
||
to my concerns was the BIG BUST here in Plano, where they
|
||
nailed a bunch of modem users passing around Telco auth codes
|
||
and such. It's getting downright dangerous to own a modem.
|
||
Southwest Bell was reportedly checking BBS listings !
|
||
|
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So what would you do ? I didn't know the guy that uploaded the
|
||
newsletters, so I moved them offline. Paranoia ? Probably.
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||
These people have the right idea with a completely wrong
|
||
approach... sort of a Kent State mentality.
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||
|
||
|
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Thank God It's Monday --
|
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|
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I had one of those wonderful weekends, where nothing was
|
||
planned, and I could just loaf around and get some rest. HA.
|
||
Saturday morning, I get called to work, the accounting
|
||
adjustments have not arrived over our backbone network. At
|
||
noon, I get the request to write a program to stuff the numbers
|
||
into our database. I told them, "I have a computer conference
|
||
at 1", which of course, was my life saving Pizza Party. About
|
||
4 I get home and someone's over looking to buy the old car.
|
||
After two hours, they don't even buy it.
|
||
|
||
About 6, my boss calls, and I tell them, "I'm about half done".
|
||
Honey comes in and tells me we're leaving at 6:30 for a
|
||
surprise anniversary party; sure surprised me. I get home at
|
||
10 and call my boss, "I'm testing it now". Get everyone off to
|
||
bed, it's 11 and I finally sit down to start. Didn't have one
|
||
line of code written.
|
||
|
||
At midnight I'm compiling the program in San Angelo; this is
|
||
PC Anywhere from home to office, and IRMA from office to the
|
||
mainframe. Fortunately, I only had one bug. Unfortunately, at
|
||
1 AM the database goes down for maintenance. At 2:30 it's back
|
||
up, and I start the adjustments, and at 4 it's finally done.
|
||
|
||
You know, I used to could stay up all night, easy. Now, it
|
||
hurts. I have no idea why...
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 7-22 Page 12 28 May 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Software Versions
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Fido 12s+ Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5d1
|
||
Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.64* TBBS 2.1
|
||
Kitten 2.16 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
||
Maximus 1.00 RBBSmail 17.2 Telegard 2.5*
|
||
Opus 1.12+* RemoteAccess 2.0* TPBoard 6.1*
|
||
PCBoard 14.2* SLBBS 1.76* Wildcat! 2.10
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30*
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0
|
||
FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01 Crossnet v1.5*
|
||
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
||
XlaxDiff 2.35* Gmail 2.05
|
||
XlaxNode 2.35* GROUP 2.16
|
||
GUS 1.30
|
||
LHARC 1.13
|
||
MSG 4.0
|
||
MSGED 1.99
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10*
|
||
QM 1.0
|
||
QSORT 4.03
|
||
SLMAIL 1.35*
|
||
StarLink 1.01
|
||
TagMail 2.20
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Telemail 1.20*
|
||
TMail 1.14*
|
||
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
||
TosScan 1.00*
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
||
XRS 3.20*
|
||
ZmailQ 1.10
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-22 Page 13 28 May 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Red Ryder Host v2.1b10 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
|
||
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
|
||
FBBS 0.91* TImport 1.331
|
||
TExport 1.32
|
||
Timestamp 1.6
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
Import 3.2
|
||
Export 3.21
|
||
Sundial 3.2
|
||
PreStamp 3.2
|
||
OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mantissa 3.21
|
||
Zenith 1.5
|
||
UNZIP 1.02b
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Paragon 2.06+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
||
TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5*
|
||
WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01
|
||
ConfMail 1.10
|
||
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
||
ElectricHerald1.66*
|
||
Lharc 1.10
|
||
MessageFilter 1.52*
|
||
oMMM 1.49b
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
PkAX 1.00
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
||
PolyxAmy 2.02*
|
||
RMB 1.30
|
||
TrapList 1.12*
|
||
UNzip 0.86
|
||
Yuck! 1.61*
|
||
Zoo 2.00
|
||
|
||
Atari ST
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-22 Page 14 28 May 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
|
||
Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
|
||
GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
|
||
PKUNZIP 1.10
|
||
MSGED 1.96S
|
||
SRENUM 6.2
|
||
Trenum 0.10
|
||
OMMM 1.40
|
||
|
||
|
||
+ 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.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-22 Page 15 28 May 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
|
||
|
||
3 Jun 1990
|
||
Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be
|
||
held at the World Congress Center and other locations.
|
||
|
||
5 Jun 1990
|
||
David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
|
||
|
||
12 Jun 1990
|
||
Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets.
|
||
|
||
14 Jul 1990
|
||
Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
|
||
Please note that the date has changed: The conferences are
|
||
one day later than originally planned !
|
||
|
||
27 Jul 1990
|
||
The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in
|
||
the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka,
|
||
1:105/54.
|
||
|
||
1 Aug 1990
|
||
Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
|
||
details.
|
||
|
||
5 Oct 1990
|
||
21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
|
||
|
||
6 Nov 1990
|
||
First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
|
||
|
||
14 Nov 1990
|
||
Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
|
||
2:332/16.0
|
||
|
||
1 Jan 1991
|
||
Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
|
||
Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
|
||
|
||
16 Feb 1991
|
||
Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
|
||
|
||
7 Oct 1991
|
||
Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
|
||
will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
|
||
FidoNews 7-22 Page 16 28 May 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
|
||
Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
|
||
Islands will retain area code 415.
|
||
|
||
1 Feb 1992
|
||
Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
|
||
eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
|
||
code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
|
||
West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
|
||
Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
|
||
Montebello) will retain area code 213.
|
||
|
||
|
||
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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|
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|
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