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Volume 7, Number 50 10 December 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 and for the Members of the
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FidoNet (r) International Amateur Electronic Mail System. It is
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a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors
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or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles
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to this 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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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. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Zones, Zones, Zones ...................................... 1
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 2
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 2
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 4
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 4
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 9
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 9
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 1 10 Dec 1990
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ARTICLES
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Nathan Moschkin
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1:109/427
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Zones, Zones, Zones...
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I was reading the article about Zone 3 defecting, and you know,
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he's right! This fidonet shouldn't all be run by Zone 1, I
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don't think it's fair. I think all Zone coordinators and
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echomail coordinators should have a say in the echopol and
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Policy5 (when it's finished) Because you keep approving things
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with little consideration for other zones. They're going to
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break away soon if we don't let them share. Americans think "Oh,
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our country's the best there is, that means all of fidonet's
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rules have to be made here, we should never consider what other
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countries think!". Heck, it's not even ZONE 1, it's only the
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U.S., because Canada has no say either, or little say at all. I
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think we should have a hiearchy with some sense! I think there
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should be something to the sort of International Coordinator -->
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Zone Coordinator --> COUNTRY coordinator --> regional coordinator
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--> Net coord. I also think that the International Coordinator
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should act as president and the zone and country coordinators
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act like congress ( from a USA viewpoint, prime minister,
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parlement, what have you). So Echopol and PolicyX can get voted
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on, but the catch is, the IC can rarely veto anything decided on
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by the two houses of congress. That's the way my letter stands,
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and that's the way it will remain...
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 2 10 Dec 1990
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COLUMNS
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Henry Clark
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1:124/6120
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From the Horse's Mouth Dept., Addendum --
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As mentioned last time, there are a bunch of niceties I would
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like to see in the 2.50 release of Binkleyterm. I just heard
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another couple :
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5. use MaxTime parm for incoming file requests,
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6. TAB key on ALT-S file name completes file name
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( or not if the file doesn't exist )
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Binkley's configuration parameters include three sets of
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incomming file request 'limiters', for example :
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ProtReqList c:\opus\okfile.lst
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ProtReqLim 10
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ProtMaxBytes 1000000
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These specify the available files, count of files and total size
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of files that will be sent to a node who connects with a
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password protected session.
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The problem with the setup I've shown is that an incomming 14.4k
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bps connection may use 15 minutes to get the byte limit, where
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as a 2400 bps connection might use AN HOUR. As a local mail
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hub, ( and owner of a high speed modem ), I don't want the
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board tied up for an hour.
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A parameter for the maximum minutes, such as
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ProtMaxTime 20
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would enable me to set the MaxBytes parms high and not worry
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about tying up the board. The transmit time value would be
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checked before each file is sent ( file size * 8 / bps rate )
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and compared to the MaxTime value remaining ( MaxTime - session
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time ).
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You know it's a fabulous thing to have the source code for a
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program you use everyday.
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Timing is Everything --
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 3 10 Dec 1990
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Have you ever looked at your BBS configuration and compared the
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download limit to the time allowed ? Do you enforce a download
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limit per day ? Do you enforce an upload/download ratio ?
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One sure way to receive junk uploads ( thereby creating extra
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sysop work ) is to enforce a up/down transfer ratio. I suggest
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that using a time limit, and letting the user use the time
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anyway he/she wants is the cleanest way to insure that uploads
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you do receive are worthwhile.
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I think Socrates said "One DOS utility is worth a thousand
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echomail messages." He also might have said "Be excellent to
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one another." I think.
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Christmas in Daneland --
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Last Sunday, I got Honey and Kevin routed off to Daneland for
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the holidays. I thought it was a bit early myself, but the
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official explanation was that Kevin was going to learn a lot of
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Danish. They plan to stay for 6 weeks !
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So then, they hang out in Frankfurt for a few days waiting on
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some hot RENTAL CAR to zoom up to DK in. Holy sphincter
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tightener!
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I'll be heading over in a couple of weeks. We use "Daddy's"
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flight coupons to get from Dallas to Frankfurt. I think one of
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her girlfriends in Frankfurt is going up about the time I need
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a ride... Otherwise, it's the train for me.
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So We Want a Baby --
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And it ain't happening, you know. So I get this doctor's
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appointment and you know I hate clinics. And they have to get
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this SPERM sample, so I'm given this jar and the nurse shows me
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to a small room and hands me a magazine. Yeah, right, and I'm
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in there for HOURS...
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So, you know, I wear out my right arm, and I wear out my left
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arm, and I'm running warm water on it, and beating it against
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the sink... and I just can't the lid off that jar !
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 4 10 Dec 1990
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LATEST VERSIONS
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Latest Software Versions
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MS-DOS Systems
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Bulletin Board Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5g
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Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.66 TBBS 2.1
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GSBBS 3.01 RBBS 17.3A TComm/TCommNet 3.4
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Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
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Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 0.04a TPBoard 6.1
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Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.50
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Opus 1.13+ Socrates 1.10 WWIV 4.12
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PCBoard 14.5 XBBS 1.15
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Network Node List Other
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Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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BinkleyTerm 2.40 EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0
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D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 ARCAsim 2.30
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Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
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FrontDoor 1.99c Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
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PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.14 Crossnet v1.5
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SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 DOMAIN 1.42
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TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxDiff 2.35 EMM 2.02
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XlaxNode 2.35 Gmail 2.05
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GROUP 2.16
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GUS 1.30
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HeadEdit 1.15
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InterPCB 1.31
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LHARC 1.13
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MSG 4.1
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MSGED 2.00
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MSGTOSS 1.3
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.10
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QM 1.0
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QSORT 4.03
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Sirius 1.0x
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SLMAIL 1.36
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StarLink 1.01
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TagMail 2.41
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TCOMMail 2.2
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Telemail 1.27
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TMail 1.15
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TPBNetEd 3.2
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 5 10 Dec 1990
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TosScan 1.00
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UFGATE 1.03
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XRS 3.40
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XST 2.2
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ZmailQ 1.12
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OS/2 Systems
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Maximus-CBCS 1.02 BinkleyTerm 2.40 Parselst 1.32
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ConfMail 4.00
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EchoStat 6.0
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oMMM 1.52
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Omail 3.1
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MsgEd 2.00
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MsgLink 1.0C
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MsgNum 4.14
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LH2 0.50
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
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ARC2 6.00
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PolyXARC 2.00
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Qsort 2.1
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Raid 1.0
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Remapper 1.2
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Tick 2.0
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VPurge 2.07
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Xenix/Unix
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BBS Software Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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MaximusCBCS 1.02.Unix.B0 BinkleyTerm 2.30b Unzip 3.10
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ARC 5.21
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ParseLst 1.30b
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ConfMail 3.31b
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Ommm 1.40b
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Msged 1.99b
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Zoo 2.01
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C-Lharc 1.00
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Omail 1.00b
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 6 10 Dec 1990
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Apple CP/M
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
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MsgUtil 2.5
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PackUser v4
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Filer v2-D
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UNARC.COM 1.20
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Macintosh
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---------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
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Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
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WWIV (Mac) 3.0 LHArc 0.33
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Hermes 1.01 StuffIt Classic 1.6
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FBBS 0.91 Compactor 1.21
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TImport 1.92
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TExport 1.92
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Timestamp 1.6
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Tset 1.3
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Import 3.2
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Export 3.21
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Sundial 3.2
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PreStamp 3.2
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OriginatorII 2.0
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AreaFix 1.6
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Mantissa 3.21
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Zenith 1.5
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Eventmeister 1.0
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TSort 1.0
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Mehitable 2.0
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UNZIP 1.02c
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Amiga
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-----
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Paragon 2.07+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 7 10 Dec 1990
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TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
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WelMat 0.42 booz 1.01
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ConfMail 1.10
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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ElectricHerald1.66
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Lharc 1.21
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MessageFilter 1.52
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oMMM 1.49b
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ParseLst 1.30
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PkAX 1.00
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
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PolyxAmy 2.02
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RMB 1.30
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Skyparse 2.30
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TrapList 1.12
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UNzip 0.86
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Yuck! 1.61
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Zoo 2.01
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Atari ST
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--------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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FIDOdoor/ST 2.00* BinkleyTerm 2.40j* ConfMail 4.02
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.30 ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 1.02 ARC 6.02
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GS Point 0.61 FiFo 2.1c
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LHARC 0.60
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LED ST 0.10
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BYE 0.25
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 2.01
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SRENUM 6.2
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Trenum 0.10
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OMMM 1.40
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Mailers Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 Unzip 2.1TH
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ARC 1.03
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 8 10 Dec 1990
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!Spark 2.00d
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ParseLst 1.30
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BatchPacker 1.00
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-50 Page 9 10 Dec 1990
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=================================================================
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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The Interrupt Stack
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1 Jan 1991
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Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
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Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
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16 Feb 1991
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Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
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31 Mar 1991
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Jim Grubs (W8GRT) was issued his first ham radio license forty
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years ago today. His first station was made from an ARC-5
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"Command Set" removed from a B-17 bomber.
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12 May 1991
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Fourth anniversary of FidoNet operations in Latin America and
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second anniversary of the creation of Zone-4.
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8 Sep 1991
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25th anniversary of first airing of Star Trek on NBC!
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7 Oct 1991
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Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
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will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
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Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
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Islands will retain area code 415.
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1 Feb 1992
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Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
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eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
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code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
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West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
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Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
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Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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1 Dec 1993
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Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
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5 Jun 1997
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David Dodell's 40th Birthday
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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