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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 8 No. 26 (1 July 1991)
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The newsletter of the |
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FidoNet BBS community | Published by:
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/ \ | "FidoNews" BBS
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/|oo \ | (415)-863-2739
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(_| /_) | FidoNet 1:1/1
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_`@/_ \ _ | Internet:
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| | \ \\ | fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
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|__U__| / \// | Editors:
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_//|| _\ / | Tom Jennings
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(_/(_|(____/ | Tim Pozar
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Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
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amateur network. Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved.
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Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
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only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews.
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Paper price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.00US
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Electronic Price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . free!
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For more information about FidoNews refer to the end of this file.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1
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Editorial from afar (temporally) .............................. 1
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2. FIDONET NEWS .................................................. 2
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3. ARTICLES ...................................................... 3
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Grandparents Echo ............................................. 3
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A New Echomail Hub System - A Proposal ........................ 3
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A Fort Worth Update ........................................... 5
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What? Another article on elections? ........................... 7
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A Word from the Bible - Peter's Conversion .................... 8
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4. RANTS AND FLAMES .............................................. 10
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5. CLASSIFIEDS ................................................... 11
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6. NOTICES ....................................................... 12
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A_THEIST Echo now available ................................... 12
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The Interrupt Stack ........................................... 13
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Personal Censorship for the offended .......................... 14
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7. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 16
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Latest Software Versions ...................................... 16
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial from afar (temporally)
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by Tom Jennings
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This is a canned editorial that will repeat every week like a bad cold
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unless Tim Pozar stops it. (Written 19 June 91)
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[Hmmm... Should I? -Tim]
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I will be out of town until 1 Aug 1991. Tim Pozar is acting as editor
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(he's on the masthead, in case you didn't notice). He can be reached
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at 1:125/555. Articles etc still go to 1:1/1. Probably most of the
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projects I initiated are on hold until I return. 'Salright, we lasted
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this long without them.
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Hey! Bye! Have a nice trip! (Wait... that's your line!)
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FIDONET NEWS
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FidoNetNews -- a weekly section devoted to technical and factual
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issues within the FidoNet -- FidoNet Technical Standards Committee
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reports, *C reports, information on FidoNet standards documents
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and the like.
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 3 1 Jul 1991
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ARTICLES
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Joe Chamberlain
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FidoNet 1:150/175
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GRANDPARENTS Echo
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GPARENTS was formed to discuss the entire realm of
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grandparenting; from being a grandparent, becoming a grandparent,
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wishing you were a grandparent and includes 'Honarary'
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grandparents as well as everyone who ever had a grandparent. Its
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main goal is to present a forum to brag and/or commiserate about
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grandchildren, to devise methods for spoiling grandchildren, and
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plan for the care and feeding of the future's grandchildren. It
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is a place to share the grandparenting experience.
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GPARENTS can be a good companion echo for the PARENTS,
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DADS, and MEMORIES echos. It will offer the parent ideas on how
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to cooperate with a bragging grandparent and it can be an
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effective source of ideas for grandparenting with your own
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grandchildren or other people's grandchildren.
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We would like to have you and your users join us in
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becoming more informed about a national pastime. In the past
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month we have extended congratulations to grandparents on new
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arrivals, exchanged ideas on activities for grandchildren, and
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discussed the difficulties of long-distance grandparenting.
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We hope we can offer an important echo to the BBS community.
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If you would like to participate in the echo please
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notify:
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Ronnie Toth
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Moderator GPARENTS
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1:135/71
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Joe Chamberlain
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1:150/175
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Nathan Moschkin
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1:109/427.0@fidonet.org
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A New Echomail Hub System - A Proposal
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I was looking at my ^aPATH: lines today and I sadi to myself, THIS
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IS CRAZY! Net 261 is Baltimore, and we are net 109, Washington, DC, which
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is the closest major city. Anyway I had a message in RA_SUPPORT that had
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a path like this: 261/1024 13/13 396/1 12/12 13/13 396/1 109/25 40
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 4 1 Jul 1991
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That is wierd. Now this is going to be a short and sweet one, so here we
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go.
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We have Zones, then we have regions, then nets then hubs then leafs. Why
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not let every region have a central echomail hub?
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Region,13
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Hub,13,ProtoStar_Hub
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Region,14,
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Hub,14,Canada_Hub
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Also, every net could have a central echomail "hub". So my path would
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look something like this:
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Message from SoandSo in region 18 at 135/4003. this is how it would go:
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135/4003 to his hub. The from his hub to the net 135 hub (like 135/6000,
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or something..) then from him goes to the regional hub, so:
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PATH: 135/4003 400 6000 18/18 13/13 109/25 109/40
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So as not to be convoluted like first it goes to the DFF Dutch Mailer in
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Holland first.
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Here is what would happen for the routing technique:
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RA_SUPPORT routed (example only).
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135/node1 135/node2 135/node3 135/node4
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- 1000 -- -- 4000 - (HUBS)
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------- 6000 ------ (CENTRAL HUB)
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(REGIONAL) 18/18 -- -- Other HUBS in the net
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1/2(3/4/5/6) - Int'l OGATE
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11/11
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12/12
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13/13 -- Net 109 HUB (109/25) --- Other HUBS --- Leafs
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14/14
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15/15 Etc.
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the same thing could be implemented on a zone bases as well. Send
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comments to Nathan Moschkin at 1:109/427.0@fidonet.org (Echolist
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Coordinator, Net 109)
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- Nathan
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 5 1 Jul 1991
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Aaron Goldblatt
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1:130/32.1 FidoNet
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20:491/110.0 MailNet
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A Fort Worth Nodelist Update
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Since the publication of the preliminary specs for the Fort Worth
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Nodelist format in FidoNews 820 the response has been
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overwhelming. I've gotten mail from every zone at least once,
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and usually a ton. I've tried to reply to each person who sent
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mail, but some problems with outbound netmail on my system have
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prevented some replies from getting out. But never fear, it'll
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come.
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There were a number of problems with the article that I became
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aware of only after its publication. Many people pointed them
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out, so I'm more than acutely aware of them. :-)
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First, there is the matter of the PHONE and FPHONE fields, and
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how it is not feasable to strip parts off the nodelist. So, a
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fix is in the works. Several possibilities are being considered,
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but I think the best one is this:
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Instead of listing the entire number, or instead of stripping
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parts of the number in the manner suggested in the previous
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article, keep the FPHONE field and allow a full phone override
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for the regular PHONE field, like this:
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Host,...,FPHONE,...
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num,...,-PHONE,...
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This means that you could put a dash in front of the full
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phone number, indicating that it is the full phone number,
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instructing the compiler not to add the DIAL_TRANS field.
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This allows non-geographic or inter-area code nets, such as in
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parts of the United States and Canada (the Washington, D.C.
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area comes to mind), as well as in many other parts of the
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world.
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This approach would also allow area codes in true geographic
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nets, while allowing the removal of redundant information.
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A great number of people commented on the dropping of the X?
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mailer capability flag, since some mailer seems to use this. My
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arbitrary removal of this flag seems to have been hasty, so it
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may return in the form of a one byte flag.
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Comments were made on the lack of a NUM field in the PVT and HUB
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fileds. This was simply oversight and lack of proofreading on my
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part. They go right after the Pvt and Hub flags, of course.
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 6 1 Jul 1991
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Several people suggested changing the entire thing to a
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binary-encoded file. I am against this change because it would
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not only require the writing of a program to create the nodelist
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for each platform (something that I am not going to do), but it
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could interfere with some computers' method of saving files. I
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will not take the file formats of each and every computer on the
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market and/or still in use into consideration when designing a
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binary-format file. Every platform has a text editor that can
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save a pure ASCII file. This part seems to work, so I see no
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need to change it.
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People have also noted that a conversion program will be required
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to convert the Fort Worth format nodelist to the St. Louis format
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for those mailers that either haven't been updated or aren't
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supported any more. This is a good idea. Any volonteers?
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Some suggested the dropping of Pvt nodes as a whole. I believe
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that, since the current nodelist format supports the use of Pvt
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nodes, I should, too. The dropping of Pvt nodes is a matter that
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should be left to policy.
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Some suggested ordering nodes in the nodelist by phone number.
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Also, ideas for hex-encoding of flag fields at the end of a
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listing is in order. Neither of these options is a good idea, in
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my opinion, because of the time involved in conversion. Changing
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to a new nodelist format will be bad enough - I don't propose to
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turn the world upside down twice. Also, many NCs are not
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programmers, have no background in hex, and, while hex isn't that
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hard to pick up, the number of combinations available for any
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given mailer capability flag/modem type/speed/whatever makes it
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very hard to define a system that will account for each variation
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in equipment, and that NCs will want to implement.
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And there was even discussion about dropping the CM flag. I
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believe that this is a bad move - the nodelist is a
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representation of nodes that meet the minimum requirements for
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being a member of FidoNet. According to FTS-0001 this is
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compliance with ZMH only - not being CM, not supporting FREQs.
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Just accepting mail during ZMH. Therefore, any capabilities that
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are extra, such as supporting 24-hour mail, should be listed with
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extra flags. If a capability is required of all nodes in
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FTS-0001 it should not be listed in the nodelist because all
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nodes are understood to support it, but additional capabilities
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should be listed because there are some that do not. It should
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not be the other way around.
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That confusing enough for you?
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In closing, I told some of you that a revision would hit the News
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by July 1, 1991. This is that revision. I will release the next
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version, a full FSC-formatted document, for publication in
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FidoNews sometime in September or October. I'm going out of town
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on July 3 and will not return until the middle of August. I'm
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not even going to take a computer with me! If you're going to
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the GenCon Game Fair in Milwalkee, well, maybe I'll see you
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there. Until next time, WOOF!
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 7 1 Jul 1991
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Greg Trotter
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1:147/63
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greg@slinky.fidonet.org
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Yet Another Vote Proposal
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I've read with great interest the discussions going on about how
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Fidonet elections are held. On the one hand, we have those that say
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that the current method, which involves the *C to collect votes from
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those under him and submit one vote, is the only practical method.
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The proponents of this method say that it would not be practical to
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count the votes.
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On the other hand, there are others who say that if computers can do
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nothing else they can COUNT. Why not have them do all the work? I
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don't think it's a technical reason. I realize that there are many
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different types of platforms running Fidonet systems, but a counting
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program should not be diffucult to implement, especially if it looked
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for a message addressed to it, dealt with it, and sent a reply to the
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sender saying how is was recorded.
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But I think there is another motive here. The current system is much
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like the electoral college of the United States, where each state has
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a set number of electors (the total number of representatives in
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Congress), and (generally) all of the votes for that state go with
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whom the state chose as their favorite.
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Both systems favor smaller units, whether they be states or nets. But
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it's a bit more pronounced in Fidonet, because a net with four nodes
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has an equal voice as a net of 100 nodes. The result of this is the
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node in the small net has a vote about 25 times more powerful than one
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in the large net.
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However, a system that counts a vote from each and every node, while
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being equal to each node, is NOT equitable to each net. Result: from
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the one net, one vote system comes a vote that favors the wishes of
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small nets; from the one node, one vote method comes a vote that
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favors the large nets.
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The answer? Many nations today have a bicameral legislative system -
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such as the House of Representatives and the Senate in the United
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States. Fidonet needs to have one too. The method is this:
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Nodes send their votes to their NC (or RC for independents). The *C
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uses software that tallies the votes, puts them in a single file, and,
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at the proper time, netmails the file to the *C at the level above.
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The process repeats itself until it gets to the top of the tree (the
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IC). The IC then counts the votes in two ways: first, by a
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node-by-node basis; secondly, by a net-by-net basis. The measure would
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have to pass BOTH ways for a measure to pass. Therefore, if a measure
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is popular with about 25% of the nodes as a whole, but is extremely
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popular with small nets, the measure would not pass. By the same
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 8 1 Jul 1991
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token, a measure that passed by about 60% of the nodes, but is
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unpopular among small nets, the measure may not pass. It would have to
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be beneficial to large AND small nets -- and, most importantly,
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individual nodes -- to be passed.
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Of course, this requires a policy change. One is probably due, as
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current versions of policy are usually about the same as current
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versions of MS-DOS. ;-)
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Greg Trotter
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Steve Winter
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FidoNet 1:151/208 209 210
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Preface: The purpose of my writings here is not to necessarily
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"convert" or hassle anyone who is content in their current lifestyle
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or religion; but rather, to show what the real Biblical criteria
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for Christianity is, and thereby expose those who are conning others.
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Whether they are conning people financially, socially, or on the
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FidoNet echos that allow religious discussion; false preachers and
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false Christians are doing great harm to their fellow man.
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Just a basic elementary Bible knowledge could keep current and
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future "Jim & Tammy", "Jimmy S.", or "Billy G." types from conning
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anyone on or off of FidoNet or other Network.
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(J & T, J.S, and Billy G. never have taught the real Bible message).
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Peter's Conversion
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Mark 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing
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they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be
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converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.
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We have many people today claiming to be converted or "saved". Yet,
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none of them spent time with Jesus. Peter spent quite a bit of time
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with the Lord, yet, we see that Peter was not yet "converted" or
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"born again". Even though he obviously "believed". We see that Jesus
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told Peter that WHEN he was converted (future tense). In fact we
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notice that Peter even denied the Lord after this conversation:
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Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
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desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:
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Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:
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and WHEN thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
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Luke 22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with
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thee, both into prison, and to death.
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Luke 22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow
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this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 9 1 Jul 1991
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The only major "conversion" event that LATER happened to Peter was
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when he was filled with the Holy Ghost (speaking in tongues) in the
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Upper Room. (see Acts 2:4)
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He never denied the Lord after that. The Holy Ghost (with speaking
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in tongues) is the "birth of the Spirit" that Jesus mentioned
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in John 3:5. It was in the Upper Room that Peter was "CONVERTED"
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or "born again of the Spirit."
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Many today make great swelling claims of Christianity, and claim
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to be Christian even though they don't even believe in "tongues";
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their pride will prevent them from considering that they might have
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been deceived.
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But, just as Peter was wrong when he said that he would never deny
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the Lord; are also these others wrong, when they claim to be
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"Christian" without meeting the Biblical criteria, which includes
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the baptism of the Holy Ghost (with speaking in tongues).
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see Acts 2:38.
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Steve Winter - [moderator HOLY_BIBLE]
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 10 1 Jul 1991
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RANTS AND FLAMES
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_(*#$_(*@#(* (*^$+)#(%&+| #$)%(&*#_$ @_#( @$
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^@#+)(#&%$*+)$%&*+$*%&#@(@#_|)*%|)#%&)#*%&+(@#&*_+(@#*^&@###
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*&#_($*&#$_(*#&$_(#*$&$ _(#$*#$+)#($&*+#)$ &#+$*&#
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()*&#$_(&^#$_(#*$_#($^&#_$(^&#_$(&^#$_(&#^ damn right _(#^&$_(#^&
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$*&#$_+(* #)$&(%($%+)($%*+$)%($* it's ugly _#&%^# &
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#($_*#$_ FidoNet (*$&%_@#_(*&@#_(@*#&_ @#_(*&@#_(*
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)*&#$ Flames *^$+)#(% (not for the timid) @_#(
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(*#$_(*^@#+) and #_|)*% &+(@#&*_+(@#*^&@###
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(#$*&#_($*&#$_(*#&$_(#* Rants *&+#$*&#+$*&#
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)*&#$_(a regular feature)^&#_$(&^#$_ $^&#$_(#^
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(*^#$_*#^&$)*#&$^%)#*$&^_#($*^&#_($ Section #&%^_
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_(*#&$_(#* #($*& #$* _(*&@#_(@*# *&@#_(*&
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)&*+_)*&+)*&+))&*(*&
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(*&_(*&_(*&
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 11 1 Jul 1991
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CLASSIFIEDS
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ADVERTISEMENT POLICY: Submissions must be 20 lines or less each,
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maximum two ads per advertiser, 70 characters per line maximum. No
|
||
control codes except CR and LF. (Refer to contact info at the end of
|
||
this newsletter for details.)
|
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|
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Please notify us if you have any trouble with an advertiser. FidoNews
|
||
does not endorse any products or services advertised here.
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FidoNews 8-26 Page 12 1 Jul 1991
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======================================================================
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NOTICES
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||
======================================================================
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|
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Christopher Baker
|
||
Rights On! 1:374/14
|
||
|
||
A_THEIST Echo Available
|
||
|
||
|
||
A_theism means free of religion in the way a_political means
|
||
free of politics or a_sexual means free of sex
|
||
characteristics or drives.
|
||
|
||
With that in mind and ever cognizant of the continued
|
||
pressure of religion to intrude itself into our government
|
||
and its operations, the A_THEIST Echo is provided to inform
|
||
and alarm and hopefully wake up the sleeping and too long
|
||
silent majority to the peril on our doorstep.
|
||
|
||
It is, at present, a non-backbone Echo Hosted and Moderated
|
||
by Rights On! [1:374/14] and Christopher Baker [card
|
||
carrying member of American Atheists, Inc.]. Initial links
|
||
will be provided from this system to any and all who request
|
||
same. Links are now available from: 1:109/120; 1:114/15;
|
||
1:152/20; 1:151/606; 1:112/2020; and via PODS. More links
|
||
are noted in the current ELIST.
|
||
|
||
The Echo is open to anyone who can discuss, without
|
||
proselytizing, the extreme desirability of maintaining the
|
||
absolute separation of State and church in this country as
|
||
provided for in our Constitution.
|
||
|
||
A sample of the first few messages and the statement of
|
||
purpose of the Echo is available as A_THEIST.ZIP from this
|
||
system anytime except 0100-0130 and 0500-0800 ET [USR HST
|
||
ds online] if you wish to get an idea of whether to commit
|
||
disk space to the Echo. An archive of the past traffic from
|
||
the Echo is also available as A_ECHO.ZIP.
|
||
|
||
Backbone status has been applied for. Ask your Backbone
|
||
connection to get it for you!
|
||
|
||
I hope you will join us or ask your Sysop to request a link
|
||
via Netmail to 1:374/14.
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 13 1 Jul 1991
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|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
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|
||
26 Jul 1991
|
||
WORLDCON '91 -- July 26-28 -- The First Global Fidonet Conference -
|
||
London England. Details From 2:25/102 or 1:103/158 freq magic name
|
||
WORLDCON.
|
||
|
||
15 Aug 1991
|
||
8 Sep 1991
|
||
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 Nov 1991
|
||
Area code 301 will split. Area code 410 will consist of the
|
||
northeastern part of Maryland, as well as the eastern shore. This will
|
||
include Baltimore and the surrounding area. Area 301 will include
|
||
southern and western parts of the state, including the areas around
|
||
Washington DC. Area 410 phones will answer to calls to area 301 until
|
||
November, 1992.
|
||
|
||
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.
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1993
|
||
Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
|
||
|
||
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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|
||
|
||
Howard Sucher
|
||
FidoNet 2:247/83
|
||
|
||
The English Professor Echo
|
||
|
||
The English Professor echo is for anyone who wants to learn, practice,
|
||
or just brush up on there English skills. Here is a brief idea of
|
||
what this echo will provide: It will correct your grammar mistakes so
|
||
you do not keep repeating the same ones over and over again. If you
|
||
have a report due for school and need help developing it. If you need
|
||
help with developing a presentation or you just want to converse about
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 14 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
the English language, than this echo is for you!
|
||
|
||
For those of you who are interested in American Economics this echo is
|
||
also for you!
|
||
|
||
This echo has NO RULES or SET TOPICS unlike other echos. This echo is
|
||
like a class room where you will constantly learn new things. All
|
||
types of people are welcomed here, including teachers and parents!
|
||
However this echo is not just for the student. It is also for others
|
||
to learn a great deal more about the English language you use every
|
||
day. You can talk to others around the world about other langauge
|
||
problems.
|
||
|
||
Do you have problems with verbs, nouns or adjectives? Do you get bad
|
||
marks on your English papers? Would you like to write better? Would
|
||
you like to speak clearly in a presentation? Do you get nervous when
|
||
talking to others in English? Do you have problems when you try to
|
||
translate your native language to English?
|
||
If you can answer yes to any of the above, than the ENGLISH_PROFESSOR
|
||
Echo is for you!
|
||
|
||
The English Professor echo is currently not on the backbone. If enough
|
||
systems link up, we will do out best to put it on the BBR. The echo
|
||
is hosted by Howard Sucher (2:247/83).
|
||
|
||
The following is a list of systems that are capable of supporting links:
|
||
This list is as of June 26, 1991.
|
||
You may request to link up to it via the following systems:
|
||
2:247/1, 2:249/2, 2:359/1 and more to come.
|
||
|
||
I hope you will join us today or ask your sysop to link in via the above
|
||
systems. If you have any questions netmail me at 2:247/83.
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
|
||
Fredric L. Rice, 1:102/901.0
|
||
|
||
"God abhors a naked singularity
|
||
so he censors it with an event horizon." -- Stephen Hawking
|
||
|
||
Legion SysOps have groveled for me to write an unambiguous censoring
|
||
utility and have been surprised to learn that what they've been
|
||
looking for already exists. (I have a well-deserved reputation for
|
||
software that censors or otherwise sterilizes, it seems, and it has
|
||
been mentioned that I have a generally technocratic predilection
|
||
towards throwing software at any social enigma that might offend a
|
||
critical thought processes.)
|
||
|
||
It's released with the understanding that the software gets 'floppied'
|
||
or destroyed after this particular social problem goes away.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 15 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
Educate.LZH actually moves repellent articles out of FidoNews and puts
|
||
them into a holding file without operator intervention. A backup of
|
||
the original issue is offered so that if you supply FidoNews to other
|
||
sites, they can get the uncensored issue.
|
||
|
||
Let's site academician elitism and intolerance for this one.
|
||
|
||
Fredric.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 16 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
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|
||
|
||
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||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5g
|
||
Fido 12t+ QuickBBS 2.66 TBBS 2.1
|
||
GSBBS 3.02 RBBS 17.3B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
||
Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
|
||
Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 1.01* TPBoard 6.1
|
||
Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.55
|
||
Opus 1.14+ Socrates 1.10 WWIV 4.12
|
||
PCBoard 14.5a SuperBBS 1.10 XBBS 1.17
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.40 EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 ARCAsim 2.30
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
|
||
FrontDoor 2.00 Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
InterMail 2.01* SysNL 3.14 Crossnet v1.5
|
||
PRENM 1.47 XlatList 2.90 DOMAIN 1.42
|
||
SEAdog 4.60* XlaxDiff 2.40* EMM 2.02
|
||
TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxNode 2.40* 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18
|
||
Gmail 2.05
|
||
GROUP 2.16
|
||
GUS 1.30
|
||
HeadEdit 1.18
|
||
IMAIL 1.10
|
||
InterPCB 1.31
|
||
LHARC 1.13
|
||
MSG 4.1
|
||
MSGED 2.06
|
||
MSGTOSS 1.3
|
||
Oliver 1.0a
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10
|
||
PolyXarc 2.1a*
|
||
QM 1.0
|
||
QSORT 4.03
|
||
ScanToss 1.28
|
||
Sirius 1.0x
|
||
SLMAIL 1.36
|
||
StarLink 1.01
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 17 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
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TagMail 2.41
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
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Telemail 1.27
|
||
TMail 1.21
|
||
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
||
TosScan 1.00
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
||
XRS 4.50*
|
||
XST 2.3e
|
||
ZmailH 1.14
|
||
|
||
|
||
OS/2 Systems
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 1.02 BinkleyTerm 2.40 Parselst 1.32
|
||
ConfMail 4.00
|
||
EchoStat 6.0
|
||
oMMM 1.52
|
||
Omail 3.1
|
||
MsgEd 2.06
|
||
MsgLink 1.0C
|
||
MsgNum 4.14
|
||
LH2 0.50
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
|
||
ARC2 6.00
|
||
PolyXarc 2.1a*
|
||
Qsort 2.1
|
||
Raid 1.0
|
||
Remapper 1.2
|
||
Tick 2.0
|
||
VPurge 2.07
|
||
|
||
|
||
Xenix/Unix 386
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.32B Unzip 3.10
|
||
ARC 5.21
|
||
ParseLst 1.32
|
||
Vpurge 4.08
|
||
[Contact: Jon Hogan-Duran 3:711/909, Ommm 1.42
|
||
Willy Paine 1:343/15, Eddy van Loo Msged 2.06
|
||
2:285/406] Zoo 2.01
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 18 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
C-Lharc 1.00
|
||
Omail 1.00
|
||
MSGREN
|
||
MSGLNK 1.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple II
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
GBBS Pro 2.1 Fruity Dog 2.0* ShrinkIt 3.23
|
||
DDBBS + 7.4* ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
||
deARC2e 2.1
|
||
ProSel 8.69*
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple CP/M
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
|
||
MsgUtil 2.5
|
||
PackUser v4
|
||
Filer v2-D
|
||
UNARC.COM 1.20
|
||
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 LHArc 0.41
|
||
Hermes 1.5 StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
||
FBBS 0.91 Compact Pro 1.30
|
||
Precision Systems 0.95b* TImport 1.92
|
||
TeleFinder Host 2.12T10 TExport 1.92
|
||
Timestamp 1.6
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
Import 3.2
|
||
Export 3.21
|
||
Point System Software Sundial 3.2
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 19 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
PreStamp 3.2
|
||
Name Version OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Copernicus 1.0 Mantissa 3.21
|
||
CounterPoint 1.09 Zenith 1.5
|
||
Eventmeister 1.0
|
||
TSort 1.0
|
||
Mehitable 2.0
|
||
UNZIP 1.02c
|
||
Zip Extract 0.10
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Falcon CBBS 0.45 BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
||
Paragon 2.082+ TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
|
||
TransAmiga 1.07 WelMat 0.44 booz 1.01
|
||
ConfMail 1.12
|
||
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
||
ElectricHerald1.66
|
||
Lharc 1.30
|
||
Login 0.18
|
||
MessageFilter 1.52
|
||
oMMM 1.49b
|
||
ParseLst 1.64
|
||
PkAX 1.00
|
||
PolyxAmy 2.02
|
||
RMB 1.30
|
||
Roof 44.03
|
||
RoboWriter 1.02
|
||
Rsh 4.06
|
||
Skyparse 2.30
|
||
Tick 0.75
|
||
TrapList 1.12
|
||
UNZIP 1.31
|
||
Yuck! 1.61
|
||
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
Atari ST/TT
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Network Node List
|
||
Software Version Mailer Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
FIDOdoor/ST 2.3.2* BinkleyTerm 2.40l ParseList 1.30
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 1.02 The BOX 1.20 Xlist 1.12
|
||
Pandora BBS 2.41c EchoFix 1.20
|
||
GS Point 0.61 sTICK/Hatch 5.50
|
||
LED ST 1.00
|
||
MSGED 1.96S
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 20 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
Archiver Msg Format Other
|
||
Utilities Version Converters Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
LHARC 0.60 TB2BINK 1.00 ConfMail 4.03
|
||
LHARC2 3.18 BINK2TB 1.00 ComScan 1.02
|
||
ARC 6.02 FiFo 2.1n* Import 1.14
|
||
PKUNZIP 1.10 OMMM 1.40
|
||
Pack 1.00
|
||
FastPack 1.20
|
||
FDrenum 2.2.7
|
||
Trenum 0.10
|
||
|
||
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.
|
||
|
||
/* NOTE: Until 1 Aug 1991 versions are on "hold" til the editor gets
|
||
back and finds a volunteer to maintain this file. -- tomj */
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 21 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
|
||
|
||
Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Periello
|
||
Special thanks to Ken Kaplan, 1:100/22, aka Fido #22
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews" BBS
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/1
|
||
Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
|
||
BBS (415)-863-2739 (9600 HST/V32)
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews
|
||
Box 77731
|
||
San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107 USA
|
||
|
||
Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
|
||
amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual
|
||
articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The
|
||
contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the
|
||
rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in these articles are those
|
||
of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews is copyright 1991 Fido Software. All rights reserved.
|
||
Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
|
||
only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews (we're
|
||
easy).
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from
|
||
the FidoNews BBS via manual download or Wazoo FileRequest, or from
|
||
various sites in the FidoNet and via uucp. PRINTED COPIES mailed
|
||
may be obtained from Fido Software for $5.00US each PostPaid First
|
||
Class within North America, or $7.00US elsewhere, mailed Air Mail.
|
||
(US funds drawn upon a US bank only.)
|
||
|
||
Periodic subscriptions are not available at this time; if enough
|
||
people request it I will implement it.
|
||
|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
||
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
||
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
|
||
from 1:1/1 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC".
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-26 Page 22 1 Jul 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
||
trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107, USA and are used with permission.
|
||
|
||
-- END
|
||
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||
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