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Volume 7, Number 32 6 August 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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Hello, I'm Back .......................................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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FidoNews Broke My System ................................. 2
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LHArc vs. ARC(r) and FidoNews ............................ 3
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One FidoNet Policy ....................................... 5
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IFNA Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting 8/4/90 ..... 8
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IFNA Minutes of the Board of Directors 4 August 1990 ..... 11
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Public Notice to All Creditors from the Treasurer of IF .. 19
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 20
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 20
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And more!
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 1 6 Aug 1990
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EDITORIAL
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I guess I could ask you if anything important occurred in my
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absence, but too many people might take it the wrong way.
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Actually, two things happened in my absence. One of them was
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entirely trivial but has gotten everybody's attention; and the
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other was entirely important and has been generally ignored.
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What I want to talk about is what occurred yesterday in Lyndhurst
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New Jersey.
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We put IFNA to rest yesterday. It went, not with a bang, but
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with a whimper. I'm certain that everyone who had anything to do
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with IFNA at any point has his or her own memory of what
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happened, so I won't get into it much. Suffice to say that
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FidoNet has finally arrived at the conclusion that anarchy is
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what it does best -- so it's damned well going to do it.
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That's OK with me. Though I thought IFNA was going to help us do
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it by taking some of the other monkeys off our backs. I think it
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was when somebody decided that IFNA was a bigger monkey than the
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rest, that it all started to get ugly.
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Well, it's all water under D'Bridge (sorry Chris) now.
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By the way, since January FidoNews has been published under a
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specific license from Tom Jennings to myself for use of the name.
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I have also published any IFNA materials sent my way and will
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continue to do so as long as is necessary to clear up the
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business of dissolving the corporation.
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I think I'll pass on the other issue for a week. I want to give
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it all some more thought. In fact, I don't think that I'll
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change compressors again without a two week notice, so let's just
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say that the first issue in September will decide the issue.
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We'll either go back to ARC 5.12, keep LHArc, or choose another.
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I have some thoughts on what we should do and I'll try to give
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them a proper presentation next week.
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Cheers,
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Vince
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 2 6 Aug 1990
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ARTICLES
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FidoNews Broke My System
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This week, I received my copy of FidoNews in LHARC format. It
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broke my BAT file. As a consequence, several people who called and
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requested FidoNews were inconvenienced.
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Upon discovering the problem and unpacking the issue, I discover an
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"editorial". I use the quotes because it was obviously not written
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by the editor, referring in the first paragraph to Vince in the
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third person. On the other hand, it wasn't signed. Considering
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the content, I was led to wonder why Jack Decker had been asked to
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write a guest editorial for FidoNews.
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I have two comments on this distribution change to LHARC.
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First, it was incredibly inconsiderate. I know that I am not the
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only person who had a BAT file which depended upon the packing
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method, and I'm sure that considerable inconvenience was caused to
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sysops throughout the net. Much of this could have been avoided by
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simply giving notice that the change was coming. Doing it without
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warning was, at best, inconsiderate; at worst, excessively
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annoying.
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Second was the motivation for the act itself. I was amazed, upon
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reading the editorial, to find that I had been forced to use
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products of SEA. Silly me! All these years I've been unpacking
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FidoNews using non-SEA products, and that was wrong! Strange,
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though. For a year I distributed FidoNews throughout zone 1, and
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I never touched it with an SEA product. SEA releases a new version
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of a product I don't use, and the packing method changes for
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FidoNews. A new brand of logic is born.
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So, whoever you are, mystery editorial writer and packer of
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FidoNews, thank you so much for breaking my system. So that you
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could make a silly political statement, hundreds of people were
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inconvenienced. Cheap at twice the price?
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I can remember when the editor of FidoNews CARED about FidoNet.
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That is obviously no longer the case. FidoNews has become a tool
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for making political statements, rather than anything resembling a
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newsletter. That's truly sad.
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FidoNews, we'll miss you.
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Steve Bonine, 1:115/777
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 3 6 Aug 1990
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LHArc vs. ARC(r) vs. Zoo and FidoNews - Or what a rude awakening
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Robert Heller
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Locks Hill BBS
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1:321/153.0
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(InterNet: heller@cs.umass.edu)
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I was somewhat irked when Harry Lee decided to change the
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packaging of FidoNews Vol 7, No 31. It didn't arrive at my
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system last Monday (no big deal - it is occasonally late). What
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did arrive (in the NESYSOP EchoMail conference) was a note from
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Harry letting us NE sysops know that the format had changed. It
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would have been better if Harry had given some notice so people
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could have had a chance to either have some input or at least
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prepare for the change.
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My system is somewhat usual - I run CP/M-68K on a Stride 440.
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Under CP/M-68K I have exactly two archival programs: a CP/M-68K
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port of a UNIX port of ARC (r) 5.12 and a version of LU310 I
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wrote for CP/M-68K. I'm planning on changing the OS of this
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beast to OS-9/68K, but that won't happen until I get a FidoNet
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package running on my other system, a Force CPU-30, which runs
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OS-9/68K on a 68030. *I* neither own nor use (or have access to)
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MS-DOS systems (at work I use VAXes, Suns, LISP Machines, and
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soon DECStations, at home 68K systems). Until about last
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Wednesday, I did not have LHArc on any of these machines. The
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only LHArc sources I had were one set in assembler and a set in
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ANSI Draft C. The assembler sources are useless to me, since it
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is 8086 assembler and the ANSI Draft C sources are not a whole
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lot better (only the VAX/VMS C compiler is close enough to ANSI
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Draft C to have any hope of compiling it). I had all of this on
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the "back burnner" - something to port (rewrite) after many other
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things had been done - probably in 6 months.
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Needless to say, when Harry's message arrived on my system I was
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rather irked. Suddenly, I was effectively cuttoff from my weekly
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dose of FidoNews. While I could live without FidoNews, the same
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could not be said of NodeDiffs. True, they are still in ARC (r)
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5.12 format - but if someone decided to change them to LHArc (or
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worse ZIP or PAK), I'd be instandly screwed. I'd be effectively
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dumped off of the net.
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The only save was I just happened to notice a version of LHArc on
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UUNET.UU.NET while crusing through the index files under
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comp.sources.misc (I was looking for something else at the time).
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This was a port of LHArc to generic UNIX (more or less). After
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some fussing I managed to compile it on a Sun 4 under SunOS
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(UNIX) and this past Thursday running on my Force CPU-30. I
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don't think I'll even try to get it running on my CP/M-68K
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machine (it wants too many exotic functions not in the CP/M-68K
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CLIB). Meanwhile, since the sysop of my hub has gone on
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vacation, I have to download FidoNews from my NC's machine.
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 4 6 Aug 1990
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Oh one other thing: LHArc might be freeware and the sources
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readily available, but those sources are not particularly
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"portable". Maybe not as god aweful as ARC (r) 5.12's sources
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(complete with non-standard pre-processor and tons of MS-DOS
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specific library and system calls), but still not really
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portable. This is unfortunately true of many MS-DOS programs.
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Please people, a little thought and a bit of carefull design can
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save a fellow programmer many hours of hair-pulling hassle. I
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allways try to isolate O/S specific functions in a separate file
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and avoid unnecessary use of non-standard constructions or when I
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do need to use them I bracket them with #ifdef's.
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Comments welcome. My machine runs FTS-0001 during Zone 1 ZMH
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(2400 BAUD max) or you crash routed netmail via my hub
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(1:321/152), which is a CM HST/DS system running BinkleyTerm. I
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poll 1:321/152 three times a day (a 1/2 hour before ZMH, a 1/2
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hour after ZMH, and at noon Eastern time).
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Robert Heller, Locks Hill BBS, 1:321/153.0
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Oh, BTW: If anyone else out there in FidoNet land needs a
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version of LHArc for OS-9/68K I'd be happy to send you a copy of
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the sources. Not lightning fast (Zoo is a lot faster), but seems
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to work.
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 5 6 Aug 1990
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Sid Rogers
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Fido (1:324/100)
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August 4, 1990
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"One FidoNet Policy"
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FidoNet deserves one complete policy. A guideline to serve all
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the membership. A single document that provides all the guidance
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and provision we, as single node operators, Hub, Network,
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Regional or Zone Coordinators can reasonably expect to need.
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The current Policy4 document is lacking certain democratic
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provisions which Pablo Kleinman, with other contributors, strove
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to address in "World Policy Document"(WPD), version 1f,
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published here in FidoNews 730. WPD is a fine piece of work
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demonstrating what can be achieved through thoughtful
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considerations of the democratic process; but, it leaves way
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too many holes open for an international policy document.
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I propose we negotiate, draft or divine ONE policy document and
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that document subscribes to the "Four Corners Rule". Under the
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presented WPD, an individual node would be subjected to the WPD
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Policy, Zone Policy, Regional Policy, Network Policy, Hub
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Policy, FTS Policy and EchoMail Policy (if there is one or
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one gets passed). That's just too many "Policy" documents!
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The "Four Corners Rule" means if it isn't within the "four
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corners" of the policy document it isn't policy; that one does
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not have to look elsewhere for guidance; that everything is
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covered by one all inclusive, specific document. That means
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the basic policy, the minimum acceptable technical standards,
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standards of practice and echomail policy are all in ONE
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"official" document.
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Tech standards, standards of practice and Email Policy can be
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attached as either exhibits or amended articles or by any
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other means that firmly attaches them to the one, specific,
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democratically approved policy document.
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While the "Four Corners Rule" is the principle problem with the
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proposed WPD, there are other gaps, too. These are Financial
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Disclosure, Network Sovereignty, Policy Complaint Penalties,
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Standards of Practice, EchoMail Fees, and Conference Standards.
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FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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Their are two separate financial disclosure issues neither of
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which are directly addressed by WPD. The first is an individual
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nodes absolute right to privacy regarding its financial status.
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I hold that an individual's financial arrangements are no one
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else's business; that no other node may demand an accounting of
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any other node's operation and that such a demand goes beyond
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"excessively annoying". I would also extend this to network
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financial arrangements which I consider sacrosanct to the
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network itself.
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 6 6 Aug 1990
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This raises the second disclosure problem. Certainly if there is
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any "cost sharing" plan within a network that those
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participating should have access to those accounting records
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which must be kept for inspection. But such inspection is
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specifically limited to the parties involved. That means Network
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XXX cannot demand Network YYY open its books, if any, for
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inspection.
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Only the principals involved may reasonably expect a full and
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complete accounting.
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NETWORK SOVEREIGNTY
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I suggest each and every network is sovereign respective to its
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own region. That means individual members of Network XXX cannot
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directly call for action or make any demands, whatsoever, on
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Network YYY; that such an attempt at intervention goes way
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beyond "excessively annoying".
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If there is a dispute between Networks, then a formal policy
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must be followed to redress the grievance. Something of the
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order that a plurality of network nodes petition the NC who
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acts on their behalf to file a grievance against the offending
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network with the RC.
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POLICY COMPLAINT PENALTIES
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If any penalties are to be imposed by any mediator then these
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penalties need to be specific. I suggest FidoNet establish
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at least three, formal penalty classes: Explusion, Censure and
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Reprimand.
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Explusion
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You're outta here! Causes or crimes for explusion need to be as
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specific as possible. But it means you are outta FidoNet.
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Censure
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Less drastic that explusion but to carry a mandatory "down"
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listing in the nodelist for a specific time not to exceed, say,
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one year.
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Reprimand
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Less serious than Censure but to carry a mandatory "down"
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listing in the nodelist for a specific time not to exceed, say,
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thirty days or three nodediffs.
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I feel it absolutely paramount that penalties be specified and
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meted out according to defined World Policy; not at and on the
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whim of an individual moderator.
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 7 6 Aug 1990
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STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
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Current Standards of Practices (SOPs) are not necessarily all
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that specific. Maybe they don't need to be; but, as of the last
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FidoNews publication some folk seem to feel others must not
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break their off-line processing procedures by sending them a
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file in a flavor they didn't expect. If the majority concurs
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then formal SOPs should be clearly defined and included in the
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final WPD.
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ECHOMAIL FEES
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What! You mean I gotta pay? No. Fees for mail and "cost sharing"
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plans should be defined and regulated in the WPD. Some places,
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like mine for instance, fall into the "you can't get there from
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here" category. We've worked it out (actually Jim Greely has
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worked it out) and mail freely arrives for the time being. But
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others are not so fortunate and cost is a very real factor. As
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an organization, FidoNet should endeavor to remove all costs
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via any means at its disposal while at the same time overseeing
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fees or "cost sharing" and regulating same.
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CONFERENCE STANDARDS
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I firmly believe the WPD should include specific subsections
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dealing with the WORLDCON and ZoneCONS. This section should
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include selection procedures, minimum standards, if any, and
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policy regarding "seed funds" together with financial disclosure
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provisions.
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CONCLUSION
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While the efforts to reduce the length of the WPD are greatly
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appreciated, now is the time to put an end to vagueness and add
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more specificity to the final document, creating ONE true World
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FidoNet Policy on which the membership at large can embrace
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knowing all their "rights" are truly protected.
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 8 6 Aug 1990
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International FidoNet Association, Inc. (IFNA)
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Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting
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4 August 1990 14:00
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The Annual Membership Meeting of IFNA was opened by the
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Chairman of the Board Thom Henderson at 14:10 hours in the
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City of Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
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Members present were asked to see the Secretary/Treasurer
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to verify their eligibility to vote at this meeting.
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The Chairman of the Board discussed general points of
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Robert's Rules of Order and the definition of a Chairman of
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the Board.
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The Agenda for the meeting was read by the Secretary/
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Treasurer and approved.
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- Agenda 1990 IFNA Membership Meeting -
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I. Ammendments to the Agenda
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A. None as of the opening of the meeting
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II. Old Business
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A. Dissolution of the IFNA
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III. New Business
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A. None as of the opening of the meeting
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Agenda item I. was open for discussion. No ammendments
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were brought forth by the membership. Agenda item I.
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was closed.
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Agenda item II. was opened for discussion.
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Mr. Vince Perriello asked that the following statement be
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entered into the minutes of the meeting - If you vote to
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retain the International FidoNet Association then you must
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accept person responsibility for the International FidoNet
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Association.
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A motion was made to dissolve the International FidoNet
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Association and seconded.
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The Secretary/Treasurer read the Statement of Dissolution
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 9 6 Aug 1990
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as recommended by the Board of Directors.
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On the Future Dissolution of the International FidoNet
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Association
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WHEREAS:
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At the Board of Directors Meeting concluded on 27 Aug 1989
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a Resolution was passed to hold a Referendum of FidoNet to
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determine if the International FidoNet Association, Inc.
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should continue to exist, and
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WHEREAS:
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In the Referendum of FidoNet concluded on 1 Dec 1989 fewer
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than one half of the sysops of FidoNet desired that the
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Association officially represent them, and
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WHEREAS:
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The Board of Directors established the rule for the
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election that upon failure of this Referendum the Board of
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Directors would initiate dissolution of the Association,
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and
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WHEREAS:
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Missouri statute requires receiving at least two thirds of
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the votes entitled to be cast by members present at a
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membership meeting in order to dissolve a corporation
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therefore be it
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RESOLVED:
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That the Board of Directors recommends to the membership
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that the Association be dissolved.
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RESOLVED:
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That the question of dissolution be submitted to the
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membership for a vote at the next Annual Membership
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Meeting, or, prior to that meeting, by consent of the
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membership pursuant to Missouri statute 355.460.
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RESOLVED:
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That the Association take no action that is not required
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by statute, Articles of Association, or Bylaws until such
|
||
time as the vote to dissolve is completed.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That the Regular Annual Board Meeting of our Association
|
||
scheduled for 16 February 1990 is hereby canceled.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 10 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That the next Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
|
||
Association shall be at the Annual Meeting of our
|
||
membership after the vote is concluded, and that all
|
||
motions now before the Board regarding the disposal of
|
||
assets be tabled until that time.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Motion was opened for discussion. No Discussion.
|
||
|
||
The Secretary/Treasurer was asked to take a Roll Call
|
||
vote.
|
||
|
||
Results of Roll Call Vote:
|
||
|
||
|
||
Yes No Abstain
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Ben Baker Don Daniels
|
||
Irene Henderson Kris Veitch
|
||
Tom Jennings (proxy by Vince Perriello)
|
||
Burt Juda
|
||
Robert Moravsik
|
||
Jeffrey Nonken
|
||
Blanche Nonken
|
||
George Peace
|
||
Vince Perriello
|
||
John Roberts
|
||
Karl Schinke
|
||
Bill VanGlahn
|
||
|
||
Total 12 0 2
|
||
|
||
|
||
Motion to dissolve the International FidoNet Association
|
||
passed.
|
||
|
||
Motion to adjourn.
|
||
Seconded
|
||
|
||
Motion to adjourne passed
|
||
|
||
The Annual Membership meeting of the IFNA was adjourned
|
||
at 14:30 hours on August 4th, 1990.
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 11 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
International FidoNet Asociation, Inc. (IFNA)
|
||
|
||
Minutes of the Board of Directors
|
||
|
||
4 August 1990 15:00
|
||
|
||
|
||
The meeting of the Board of Directors of the IFNA was
|
||
opened by the Chairman of the Board Thom Henderson at 15:02
|
||
hours in the City of Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
|
||
|
||
Agenda Item I.
|
||
|
||
Roll Call
|
||
|
||
|
||
Attending:
|
||
|
||
Phil Buonomo
|
||
Don Daniels
|
||
Fabian Gordon
|
||
Irene Henderson
|
||
Jim Hruby
|
||
Burt Juda
|
||
John Roberts
|
||
Robert Rudolph
|
||
Ivan Schaffel
|
||
Karl Schinke
|
||
Kris Veitch
|
||
|
||
|
||
Alternates Held:
|
||
|
||
Bill VanGlahn alternate for Mark Hawthorne
|
||
Thom Henderson alternate for Steve Jordan
|
||
George Peace for Steve Barnes
|
||
Vince Perriello for Tom Jennings
|
||
Robert Moravsik for Bill Bolton
|
||
Sam Saulys for Matt Whelan
|
||
|
||
|
||
Agenda Item II.
|
||
|
||
Ammendments to the Agenda
|
||
|
||
Special Rule made to adjourn no later than
|
||
15:55 hours.
|
||
|
||
Rule seconded.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 12 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Agenda Item III.
|
||
Reports
|
||
|
||
No Committee Reports Available
|
||
Treasurer's Report was given and approved.
|
||
|
||
Mr. Phil Buonomo asked that the minutes show
|
||
that no monies were issued to the 1990 FidoCon
|
||
committee.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Agenda Item IV.
|
||
|
||
Old Business
|
||
|
||
A. Dissolution of the IFNA
|
||
B. Dissolution of the FTSC
|
||
C. Dissolution of the VP/TC
|
||
D. Dissolution of the Publications Committee
|
||
|
||
|
||
Motion to bring back items A,B,C and D from Old
|
||
Business.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
|
||
Appeal by Don Daniels on a new motion.
|
||
|
||
Motion reads:
|
||
|
||
RESOLUTION TO DEAL WITH THE PROCESS OF
|
||
CORPORATE DISSOLUTION
|
||
|
||
The Board of Directors shall appoint a commission of five
|
||
trustees who shall be charged with the responsibility of
|
||
handling any and all affairs of the corporation related to
|
||
its dissolution and final distribution of its assets, in
|
||
accordance with the requirements set forth in the Articles
|
||
of Association and Bylaws.
|
||
|
||
The Secretary/Treasurer is to fill one of the five seats
|
||
on this commission.
|
||
|
||
All decisions of the commission resulting in the
|
||
distribution of any corporate assets shall require unani-
|
||
mous concurrence.
|
||
|
||
Motion not seconded.
|
||
Failed.
|
||
|
||
Motion to bring back items A, B, C, and D passed.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 13 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Motion to ammend agenda to move item A to last.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Failed.
|
||
Motion to accept item A.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
Motion to accept item B.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Discussion on Resloved point 1 and 2.
|
||
Call for Vote.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
Motion to accept item C.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
Motion to accept item D.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Discussion.
|
||
Motion to ammend first RESOLVED and strike ",effec-
|
||
tive immediately on the publication of a copy of this
|
||
Resolution."
|
||
Motion to ammend passed.
|
||
|
||
Vote on item D. as ammended.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
Special Rule called.
|
||
Motion to Ignore.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
Nominations for dispursement of cash funds.
|
||
Nominations closed.
|
||
Roll Call Vote:
|
||
|
||
Nominees are:
|
||
|
||
Tomorrow's Children Vietnam Veterans
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tomorrow's Children designated as receipient of
|
||
funds.
|
||
|
||
Fabian Gordon requested that the minutes show
|
||
that the vote was unanimous. So noted.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Agenda Item V.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 14 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
New Business
|
||
|
||
Motion to post a public notice in FidoNews to all
|
||
creditors to the corporation that they have 60
|
||
days to place before the Secretary/Treasurer any
|
||
debts owed them by the corporation.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
Motion to Adjourn.
|
||
Seconded.
|
||
Discussion.
|
||
|
||
Mr. Vince Perriello asked that it be noted:
|
||
|
||
This is not a time of celebration, a lot of mistakes
|
||
were made, and we are now at the end of a very long
|
||
road.
|
||
|
||
Thom Henderson stated his agreement.
|
||
|
||
Close of discussion.
|
||
Passed.
|
||
|
||
The meeting of the Board of Directors of the
|
||
International FidoNet Association was adjourned
|
||
at 16:10 hours on August 4th, 1990.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Detail of Items A,B,C, and D of Agenda Item IV.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Item A:
|
||
|
||
On the Dissolution of the International FidoNet Association
|
||
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
At the Board of Directors Meeting concluded on 27 Aug 1989
|
||
a Resolution was passed to hold a Referendum of our membership
|
||
to determine if the International FidoNet Association, Inc.
|
||
should continue to exist, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
In the Referendum of our membership concluded on 1 Dec 1989
|
||
fewer than one third of our membership desired that the Associ-
|
||
ation continue to exist, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
Under the rules established for that Referendum greater
|
||
than two thirds of our membership is deemed to desire that the
|
||
Association cease to exist
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 15 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
therefore be it
|
||
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That the International FidoNet Association, Inc. is hereby
|
||
dissolved as of the end of the Board meeting in which this
|
||
resolution is passed.
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That the Treasurer of the Association is hereby directed to
|
||
pay all outstanding debts of the Association.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any undeposited checks for dues from our membership
|
||
are to be returned or destroyed.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That in accordance with Article XII of our Articles of
|
||
Association, any remaining funds or other material assets of
|
||
the Association not otherwise provided for are to be turned
|
||
over to [501(c)3].
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any non-material assets of the Association not other-
|
||
wise provided for, including but not limited to good will,
|
||
copyrights, and trademarks, are hereby released into the public
|
||
domain.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Item B.
|
||
|
||
On the Dissolution of the FidoNet Technical Standards Committee
|
||
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
There exists a FidoNet Technical Standards Committee of the
|
||
International FidoNet Association, Inc. which is responsi
|
||
ble for the development and documentation of technical stand-
|
||
ards used by FidoNet, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
The International FidoNet Association, Inc. is being dis-
|
||
solved, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
The affairs of the International FidoNet Association, Inc.
|
||
must be concluded and its assets disposed of in accordance with
|
||
Federal and state law, Article XII of our Articles of Incorpo-
|
||
ration, and the wishes of our membership
|
||
|
||
|
||
therefore be it
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 16 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
copyrights, that the Association may have in any past or
|
||
present copies of any FidoNet technical documents are hereby
|
||
released into the public domain.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any authority anyone may have to copyright any techni-
|
||
cal document or other publication in the name of the Associa-
|
||
tion is hereby withdrawn.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
trademark rights, that the Association may have granted to the
|
||
Chairman of the FidoNet Technical Standards Committee or to any
|
||
other person to use the term "FidoNet" are hereby withdrawn.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
copyrights or patent rights, that the Association may have in
|
||
any process or method embodied in a FidoNet technical document
|
||
are hereby released into the public domain.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Item C.
|
||
|
||
On the Dissolution of the IFNA Technical Coordinator
|
||
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
There exists an officer of the International FidoNet Asso-
|
||
ciation, Inc. known as a Vice President/Technical Coordinator
|
||
who is responsible for the weekly publication of a node list
|
||
known as the "IFNA FidoNet Nodelist" and bearing the copyright
|
||
of the Association, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
The International FidoNet Association, Inc. is being dis-
|
||
solved, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
The affairs of the International FidoNet Association, Inc.
|
||
must be concluded and its assets disposed of in accordance with
|
||
Federal and state law, Article XII of our Articles of Incorpo-
|
||
ration, and the wishes of our membership
|
||
|
||
|
||
therefore be it
|
||
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 17 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
That the authority of the VP/TC to publish an "IFNA FidoNet
|
||
Nodelist" is hereby withdrawn.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
copyrights, that the Association may have in any past or
|
||
present copies of the IFNA FidoNet Nodelist are hereby released
|
||
into the public domain.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any authority anyone may have to copyright any node
|
||
list or other publication in the name of the Association is
|
||
hereby withdrawn.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
trademark rights, that the Association may have granted to the
|
||
VP/TC or to any other person to use the term "FidoNet" are
|
||
hereby withdrawn.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
trademark rights, that the Association may have been granted
|
||
to use the term "FidoNet" hereby revert to Tom Jennings as
|
||
original holder of that trademark.
|
||
|
||
Item D.
|
||
|
||
On the Dissolution of the IFNA Publications Committee
|
||
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
There exists a Publications Committee of the International
|
||
FidoNet Association, Inc. which is responsible for the publica-
|
||
tion of certain documents on behalf of the Association, pri-
|
||
marily consisting of a weekly newsletter known as "FidoNews",
|
||
and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
The International FidoNet Association, Inc. is being dis-
|
||
solved, and
|
||
|
||
WHEREAS:
|
||
The affairs of the International FidoNet Association, Inc.
|
||
must be concluded and its assets disposed of in accordance with
|
||
Federal and state law, Article XII of our Articles of Incorpo-
|
||
ration, and the wishes of our membership
|
||
|
||
|
||
therefore be it
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 18 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That the newsletter known as FidoNews shall cease to be the
|
||
Official Publication of the International FidoNet Association,
|
||
Inc.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
copyrights, that the Association may have in back issues of the
|
||
publication known as FidoNews are hereby released into the
|
||
public domain.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
trademark rights, that the Association may have in the word
|
||
"FidoNews" are hereby released into the public domain.
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any authority anyone may have to copyright any news-
|
||
letter or other publication in the name of the Association is
|
||
hereby withdrawn.
|
||
|
||
RESOLVED:
|
||
That any and all rights, including but not limited to
|
||
copyrights, that the Association may have in any other publica-
|
||
tions of the IFNA Publications Committee are hereby released
|
||
into the public domain.
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 19 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
PUBLIC NOTICE
|
||
|
||
As of 6 August 1990, all persons, companies, and
|
||
corporations are hereby given 60 days in which to
|
||
present the Treasurer of the Inetrantional FidoNet
|
||
Association with any and all debts due them. The
|
||
International FidoNet Association membership has
|
||
voted and approved immediate dissolution of the
|
||
corporation. Send all debts and appropriate
|
||
receipts to the following address for review:
|
||
|
||
Kris A. Veitch
|
||
Treasurer
|
||
International FidoNet Association
|
||
1405 SW 81st
|
||
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 20 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COLUMNS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Henry Clark
|
||
124/6120
|
||
|
||
|
||
Scattershooting from the Truck --
|
||
|
||
Man oh man, Fidonews is getting big, isn't it ?
|
||
|
||
Fortunately for me, that archive method change didn't choke my
|
||
batch file, which I'll share with you :
|
||
|
||
@echo ---NEWSPROC---
|
||
if not exist c:\netfiles\fnews*.* goto End
|
||
cd \fidonews
|
||
for %%o in ( fnews*.* ) do set OLDNEWS=%%o
|
||
cd \netfiles
|
||
for %%n in ( fnews*.* ) do set NEWNEWS=%%n
|
||
cd \binkley
|
||
if "%OLDNEWS%" == "%NEWNEWS%" goto Dupenews
|
||
del c:\fidonews\fnews*.*
|
||
copy \netfiles\fnews*.* \fidonews\
|
||
del \netfiles\fnews*.*
|
||
goto End
|
||
|
||
:Dupenews
|
||
del \netfiles\fnews*.*
|
||
goto End
|
||
|
||
:End
|
||
set OLDNEWS=
|
||
set NEWNEWS=
|
||
|
||
Actually, there is a little more to it than this, for example,
|
||
right after the netfiles delete, there is a call to a robot
|
||
sender. But you get the idea. The environment variable
|
||
comparison does the trick of avoiding duplicate file
|
||
processing.
|
||
|
||
|
||
New Software --
|
||
|
||
Last week, rather than writing this column, I installed Binkley
|
||
2.40 and Opus 1.13. These were both upgrades ( from 2.30 and
|
||
from 1.03, respectively ). This column is a lot more fun.
|
||
|
||
I have a lot of source code changes to Binkley which I like to
|
||
run. Unfortunately for me, I had scrapped the Microsoft C 5.1
|
||
compiler in favor of 6.0, and this caused several problems in
|
||
porting my changes from 2.30. Not the least of which is,
|
||
nobody else seems to be able to run my version of the program !
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 21 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
One of the less fancy/more useful features is a RingTries Bink
|
||
config parameter, I usually set it to 4. On a dial out, if the
|
||
other modem is RINGING 4 times, Bink gives up, hangs up and
|
||
reports NO ANSWER. I believe this is an important feature
|
||
because I don't think you should leave your line 'off hook'
|
||
when your system goes off line.
|
||
|
||
As for Opus, well, it's nice, except for the 'A' area change
|
||
command. In the old Opus, the 'A' command would give you a
|
||
list of areas. The new Opus gives you a secondary menu, and
|
||
you have to enter again. Of course, this is not explained in
|
||
the menu, it just happens that I can't type "shift ?" without
|
||
lifting my shoulder !
|
||
|
||
The Opus install program quit with a run time error, but seemed
|
||
to do enough that I didn't bother to try it again. I guess I
|
||
knew enough to be prepared for that. But now it runs, and I get
|
||
to save about 650k by no longer needing the old style nodelist.
|
||
|
||
Man oh man, that Nodelist sure is big, isn't it ?
|
||
|
||
|
||
Interesting Code Section --
|
||
|
||
I came across some assembly language that uses the CPU
|
||
pre-fetch queue to determine what type of CPU is present, and
|
||
whether or not the program is being executed by a debugger. It
|
||
uses self modifying code which will run or not run depending on
|
||
whether the CPU has pre-fetched the modified instruction. If
|
||
you run the self-modifying code under a DEBUGGER, the pre-fetch
|
||
queue is circumvented by the debugger's execution of the
|
||
program instructions. For example :
|
||
|
||
mov al,L2 ; possible address
|
||
lea si,L0+1 ; modify address
|
||
cli
|
||
mov [si],al ; overwrite jmp destination
|
||
L0: jmp SHORT L1 ; if trace active, goes to L2
|
||
; else goes to L1
|
||
L1: sti ; normal running address
|
||
...
|
||
L2: sti ; being traced address
|
||
|
||
The overwrite instruction will always modify the memory, but if
|
||
the pre-fetch queue of the CPU has already read the instruction
|
||
at L0, ( before the mov is executed ) then the jump will occur
|
||
as coded. If a debugger is active, the CPU will not have
|
||
pre-fetched the jmp instruction, and the jump will go the
|
||
overwritten address, L2.
|
||
|
||
Now the CPU detection code ( don't try to trace it ! ) :
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 22 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
xor ax,ax ; clear ax
|
||
lea si,L1+1 ; attempt to set
|
||
mov BYTE PTR [si],al ; al to zero
|
||
nop ; queue fill
|
||
nop ;
|
||
L1: mov al,1 ; al=1 if not i8088
|
||
lea si,L2+1 ; attempt to set
|
||
mov BYTE PTR [si],al ; al to zero or one
|
||
nop ; queue fill
|
||
nop ;
|
||
nop ;
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nop ;
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L2: mov al,2 ; al=2 if i386
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The resulting values of al=0 : i8088, al=1 if i8086 or i286, or
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al=2 if i386. PC Magazine has a WHATCPU utility that uses stack
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and flag instructions to tell you exactly what CPU your program
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is running on ( see V9N13 ).
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'Hun'ey Checks In --
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Of course the airlines destroyed Honey's bags, so right off
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there's a couple of hundred. She and Kevin call everyday, so
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there's another hundred. Taking everyone out for dinner, more
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hundreds. New clothes, glassware, etc. : more hundreds.
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Jutland, visiting cousins : hundreds. Will go to Legoland
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( a hundred ) and probably Germany ( several hundred ).
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Hundred, hundred, hundred. Hun is Danish for 'she', dread is
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English for 'extreme anxiety'. Hundred, hundred, hundred.
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FidoNews 7-32 Page 23 6 Aug 1990
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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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--------------
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Bulletin Board Software
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||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
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||
|
||
DMG 2.93* Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5e*
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Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.64* TBBS 2.1
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Lynx 1.30 RBBS 17.3A* TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
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Kitten 2.16 RBBSmail 17.3A* Telegard 2.5*
|
||
Maximus 1.00 RemoteAccess .03* TPBoard 6.1*
|
||
Opus 1.12+* SLBBS 1.76* Wildcat! 2.15*
|
||
PCBoard 14.2* Socrates 1.00 XBBS 1.13
|
||
|
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Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.40* EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
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D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30*
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
|
||
FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.11 Crossnet v1.5*
|
||
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
||
TIMS 1.0(Mod8)* XlaxDiff 2.35* Gmail 2.05
|
||
XlaxNode 2.35* GROUP 2.16
|
||
GUS 1.30
|
||
INTERPCB 1.20*
|
||
LHARC 1.13
|
||
MSG 4.1*
|
||
MSGED 1.99
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10*
|
||
QM 1.0
|
||
QSORT 4.03
|
||
Sirius 1.0w*
|
||
SLMAIL 1.35*
|
||
StarLink 1.01
|
||
TagMail 2.20
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Telemail 1.20*
|
||
TMail 1.15
|
||
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
||
TosScan 1.00*
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
||
XRS 3.40*
|
||
ZmailQ 1.10
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 24 6 Aug 1990
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||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
Hermes 0.88* 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
|
||
FidoNews 7-32 Page 25 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
LED ST 0.10*
|
||
BYE 0.25*
|
||
PKUNZIP 1.10
|
||
MSGED 1.96S
|
||
SRENUM 6.2
|
||
Trenum 0.10
|
||
OMMM 1.40
|
||
|
||
|
||
Archimedes
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Mailers Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
ARCbbs 1.44* BinkleyTerm 2.03* Unzip 2.1TH
|
||
ARC 1.03
|
||
!Spark 2.00d*
|
||
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
BatchPacker 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 7-32 Page 26 6 Aug 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
|
||
|
||
17 Aug 1990
|
||
Start of first ever Searchlight SysOps convention in Chicago, IL.
|
||
Contact Marge Robbins at 1:283/120 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,
|
||
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.
|
||
|
||
5 Jun 1997
|
||
David Dodell's 40th Birthday
|
||
|
||
|
||
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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