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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 9 No. 10 (9 March 1992)
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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 1992, 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: Controvery Central ................................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2
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Alias use and personal safety ................................. 2
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On Aliases et Al .............................................. 3
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OLVIEW 1.20 - A new release of the GIF file viewer door ....... 7
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Introducing the Battletech Echo! .............................. 8
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"Rush" Fans Echo .............................................. 8
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BRIT_CAR (British Car Echo) ................................... 9
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The FIDO_MOD Echo ............................................. 10
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3. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 11
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Software List ................................................. 11
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4. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 17
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 1 9 Mar 1992
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial: Controvery Central
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by Tom Jennings (1:1/1)
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More interesting and enlightening articles this week on the subject of
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aliases and user-verification. I hope everyone reads them; I have. I
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hope the discussion continues!!!
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David French is no longer able to do the FidoNews Program Versions
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list. It's being transferred to someone else, and should be complete
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in a week or two or three. I think the new process will be better
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than the old one David inherited. Watch this space for Important
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Announcements.
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On another subject, last week there was an article about a sysop
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getting poor treatment at the hands of fellow sysops; turns out there
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were other sides to the story, as always; the original author has
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apologized and all involved are on their way to straightening it all
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out. Everyone involved has been quite civilized.
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I've received three rather lengthy articles elaborating on this, which
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I am going to decline to run here, because it has become rather
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personal. The down side of this is, FidoNews will have presented one
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side of a story that has many sides. Also, the story is of interest
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only to the people involved.
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So if you are interested, you can filerequest from FidoNews! (1:1/1)
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or manually download (415-863-2739/HST) the file "MELODY", which
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contains the three articles.
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I hope this satisfies the need to provide the information to those
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involved, allow others to see what's going on, and yet avoid
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embroiling the FidoNews in a local controversy.
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And last but not least, one of the articles about aliases directly
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addresses the issue of women BBS callers and how they are frequently
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treated in our male-dominated network.
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 2 9 Mar 1992
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ARTICLES
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by Brad Meyers
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1:290/6
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I thought I would personalize the issue of handles and alias
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use. I make no pretense to speak to issues outside those faced
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on my board, and have no answers except for this board.
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Karma *VS* Dogma is a single line, CM, no fees board. All
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users are voice valdiated by myself for reasons which will be
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come clear. KVD was designed to be a safe board for people who
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did not otherwise have a local FIDO board. Except for echos I
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want and a couple that have been brought in as klutz fodder,
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all echos are unique in my net and area.
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This is not a gay board, but I do carry all of the Fido gay
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echos, and import Women to KVD. This is not gender issue
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board, though I do carry GENDER and have carried others. I
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happen to be a Taoist hence I carry a couple of Pagannet echos.
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I do not pass through any echo, all replys are send back the
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way they come to ensure complience with policy.
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KVD also carries a great many of the 12 step recovery echo
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where handles and abreveated names are common. I carry SIP_SAA
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as a key secured area for members of that fellowship. There
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are a fairly large number of physical/mental recovery echos.
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As is probably well known some of the users of this board are
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open to abuse and attack because of who or what they are. Gays
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and lesbians, people with transgender issues, and believers in
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spiritual traditions other than the normal three are often
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attacked, and in some cases have been severely injured and
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killed. If membership in certain 12 step programs were to
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become public knowledge there can be damage to a persons
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personal and business life.
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For these reasons KVD is primarily an alias board. Real names
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must be given to the sysop at logon, and I verify these in my
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validation calls, as I check for the age of the callers. All
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considerations other than security and safety are secondary.
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At the present time Katty Kornor is also carried here. Using
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what ever method they felt proper the moderators have declared
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their echo to be real names only. Even though they have
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explained why, I still fail to understand. Several times I
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have considered dropping it because of this. Maximus makes it
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easy by putting in a real name kludge, though some problems
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crop up at times.
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 3 9 Mar 1992
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This has caused a conflict that seems to have no answer. How a
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board where people can log on and talk to others in a
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supporting environment can also have echos that automatically
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break their anonymous standing is something I have not worked
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out yet. I may have to drop KK and Xpress it from 1:290/627 or
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290/4 for my personal use.
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I would hope that moderators would remember that use of an
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alias can be an important part of dealing with reality. This
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board has been used by 12 steppers and young gays and lesbians
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as a way to discuss things with others in the same spot, and in
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a couple of instances may have been part of what convinced a
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suicidal person to try something else first.
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An alias does not mean someone is trying to hide from you or
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from reality, it may in fact be one of the few ways someone in
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a world of hurt can reach out for help.
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by Donald Tees
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Ex-Libris BBS, Windrush Farm, 1:221/192 (Ontario, Canada)
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Two articles form FNEWS909 struck both raw nerves and
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bemusement at the same time ... at least from this sysop. I
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refer to the extremely well done article on privacy, and the
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annoyance expressed by Mr. Cosby over the net's treatment of
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"Melody".
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Why bemusement? Because the ban on aliases is the silliest
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damn thing that I have ever seen. The average sysop has a name
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typed in over a modem and a telephone number. The telephone
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number may be checked, but probably at the most to see if there
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is a modem at the other end of it. Why on earth does the
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die-hard anti-alias person assume that John Smith is not really
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Janet Smith. I would be tremendously surprised if 1% of users
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are sex-checked or identity-checked by their sysops.
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The reason that fidonet is 99% women is simple. The node
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list is laden with anti-women bigots. Most women cannot be
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bothered with the hassle of hate mail, obscene phone calls,
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being treated as idiots, etc. Being reasonably intelligent,
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they therefore use men's names when BBSing. At a guess, at
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least twenty percent of the persons on an echo are aliased.
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Incidentally, to those of you that doubt this, the reverse
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can be done by those men that choose to educate themselves. Log
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into a few boards as a woman, and post normally. You will be
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astonished. Better yet, log in as both male and female, then
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compare the treatment accorded you.
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 4 9 Mar 1992
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Practically, there is no ban on an alias on Fido. There is
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only a ban on poorly chosen names.
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As to the problems of Melody ... she has my sympathy and
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support. That a woman needs to pretend masculinity to use
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fidonet is both scandalous and puerile.
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Original Message Date: 01 Mar 92 10:56:26
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From: Terry Travis on 1:104/69
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To: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111
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Subj: MISSING ANNOUNCEMENT
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I've been watching for the announcement of who won the bid for FidoCon
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'92, and as yet I have not seen same. Has a decision been made?
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While I have your attention, the following is the current status report
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for IBECC '92.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Contact: Terry Travis or Michelle Weisblat
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IBECC
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A Non-Profit Educational, Literary, and Scientific Society
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P.O. Box 486
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Louisville, CO 80027-0486
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Presents
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The 1992 International BBSing and Electronic Communications Conference
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(303) 426-1847 [VOICE]
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(303) 429-0449 [Fax]
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(303) 426-1866 [DATA/BBS]
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E-Mail: IBECC@f69.n104.z1.FidoNet.Org
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What is IBECC '92?
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IBECC '92 is the SECOND ANNUAL International BBSing and Electronic
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Communications Conference.
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It will be held AUGUST 13-16, 1992 in Denver, Colorado. This year's theme
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is "Socially Responsible Computing."
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Special Guests
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DR. JERRY POURNELLE, Ph.D. - Computer Columnist and Editor (Byte), Author
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(Science Fact and Fiction), Lecturer, Consultant on the Impact of High
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Technology on Society, Chairman of the Citizen's Advisory Council on
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National Space Policy, and Outspoken Social Critic - Speaking on "Socially
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Responsible Computing", the future of communications and technology in an
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electronic world, as well as his own views on the society of tomorrow.
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 5 9 Mar 1992
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LARRY NIVEN - Futurist, Hugo Award-Winning Author, Designer of Worlds,
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Supporter of Space Conquest - Speaking on the future of networks as
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personal interfaces, reality overtaking fantasy, and living with computers
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when you really don't want to.
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DAVID HUGHES, SR. - Architect of Big Sky Telegraph (the Montana Electronic
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School House), Consultant, Mover and Shaker, President of Old Colorado
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City Communications, U.S. Military (ret) - Speaking on NREN, the
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SuperComputer Highway, and education through computers and networking.
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Attending IBECC '92
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-------------------
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IBECC '92 is an intensive THREE-DAY conference. Sessions planned include:
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"Introduction to BBSing" (What is a BBS, and How Do I Use It?), "BBSes and
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the Law" (The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of BBS Operators and
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Users), "Safe Computing" (The Detection and Prevention of Computer
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Infection), "Rumor Control 1992" (Knowing the Difference Between Fact and
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Fiction, and Taking Action Where Needed), "Why Kelly CAN Read" (An
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Exploration into Education and the Computer), "NREN" (The National
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SuperComputer Highway and How it Will Affect Us All), "Staying Alive"
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(BBSing, Electronic Communication and the Homebound / Physically
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Challenged), and "Security? What's That?" (The What, Why, and How of
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Keeping Your Data and Information Safe).
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Should you attend? If you have an interest in electronic communications,
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bulletin boards, telecommuting, security or safe computing, yes. If you
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would like to understand what a "hacker" is, and is not, and what you can
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do to protect your electronic privacy, yes. If your children make more use
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of your modem or computer than you do, yes. In fact, unless you have
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absolutely no interest in using your computer for interacting with the
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world, you should be there!
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So that the conference will retain its personal and informal atmosphere,
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attendance at IBECC '92 is strictly limited.
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What Is IBECC?
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IBECC is a Non-Profit Educational, Scientific, Literary and Charitable
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Society (IRS 501(c)(3) applied for). Incorporated in Colorado, IBECC's
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purposes include the promotion of national and international electronic
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communications, the advancement of telecommunications and
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teleconferencing, the improvement of communications between electronic
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networks, education in the uses, requirements, and security of online
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services, and general support of the electronic community.
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A non-profit organization, IBECC is much MORE than just another `trade
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show' -- it is a year-round clearing house for ideas, news, and relevant
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information. IBECC represents the interests and concerns of not only the
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professional, but the hobbyist and home user as well.
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 6 9 Mar 1992
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IBECC is primarily Volunteer-Run. Membership (currently $25.00/year
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individual, $100.00/year corporate) pays for the IBECC Newsletter and
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electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS), telephones, support and
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information services, etc. - not salaries. The founders of IBECC, who are
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all handicapped, are extensively involved in computer networks and
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electronic communications, and also run several BBSes in the Denver area.
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----------------------------------------
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IBECC '92 Membership & Hotel Information
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----------------------------------------
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(All Rates are in U.S. Dollars)
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VIP (Includes IBECC Membership and VIP Suite)
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SPECIAL RATE THROUGH MARCH 8, 1992: $80.00
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March 9, 1992 through June 15, 1992: $125.00
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June 16, 1992 through July 31, 1992: $175.00
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August 1, 1992 and at the door (if available): $200.00
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Spouse/Significant Other, with VIP Member: $9.69
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Children (Under 14), with VIP Member: FREE
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Call or Write for Other Rates
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(Conference Only, Handicapped, etc)
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Conference Location
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The conference will be held in the SAME HOTEL AS LAST YEAR:
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Sheraton Denver West Hotel & Convention Center
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360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO 80228
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(800) LAKEWOOD or (303) 987-2000
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Rates
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$62.00 (+ tax) Single or Double
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Please Mention IBECC for this DISCOUNTED RATE!
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Special Rates on Hospitality and Sleeping Suites
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may be Arranged through IBECC
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VENDORS, DEALERS, and DISTRIBUTORS
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----------------------------------
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Dealer and Vendor Booths and Tables Available
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at VERY Competitive Rates
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 7 9 Mar 1992
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Please Call or Write for Information and Rates
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IBECC - Now, More than Ever, Your Connection to the WORLD!
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IBECC BBS: (303) 426-1866 (3/12/24/96/14.4 v.32bis/v.42/HST)
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IBECC VOICE INFORMATION: (303) 426-1847 (Mon-Sat, 9AM-9PM, MST)
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IBECC Mailing Address: P.O. Box 486, Louisville, CO 80027-0486
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Nothing like having 3 conventions this year.
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Terry L. Travis
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Vice-President IBECC
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Distribution List:
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Matt Whelan
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George Peace
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David Garrett
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Mark Lynch
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Luke Kolin
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Bill Andrus
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Tim Pearson
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Marv Carson
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D Dawson
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Bob Satti
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Ben Mann
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H Clark
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Ron Dwight
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by Dennis Dodd
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SysOp, The Graphics WorkShop BBS, 1:123/57 (Memphis TN)
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I would like to send a quick word out to all of you that have
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installed my on-line GIF file viewer door. There is a new release
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available, version 1.20.
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Version 1.20 provides significant enhancements over versions 1.00 and
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1.10. The file search method used is much improved. New user screens
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that provide better information about the GIFs selected for preview
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are now in place as well. Error detection and handling are greatly
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enhanced too. I strongly urge anyone running version 1.00 or 1.10
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to upgrade to the new version.
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Many thanks to all of you that have FREQed and installed OLVIEW. I
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had no idea that this crazy idea would be of interest to so many
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people.
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 8 9 Mar 1992
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OLVIEW v1.20 is freeware and available by FREQing 'OLV120.ARJ' from:
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OLV120.ARJ (191k)
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--------------------
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1:123/31 - USR HST
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1:123/57 - USR dual standard
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Thank you for your time, and happy BBSing!
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Birth of the Battetech Echo.
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by Mark Wandrey
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The 1st Circuit BBS
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1:231/340 in Magnificent Indianapolis Indiana
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317-545-7340
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The Battletech echo is now available for private distribution from
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1:231/340, the 1st Circuit BBS. For those who are unfamiliar with
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Battletech, it is a game of miniature combat placed in the far future.
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There are also a line of Role Playing products created for the same
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universe as well as a number (more than 12) novels writen for the same
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universe.
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This new echo is to provide an outlet for discussions on Battletech the
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game and the universe that FASA has created around it. Moderated by
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Mark Wandrey, topics can include anything from rules questions to talk
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about the newest novel that ROC may have published. Only conversations
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about other game systems and companies are off topic.
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The Battletech echo will be Elisted as BATTLETECH, and will only be
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available from 1:231/340 until such time as a network of systems is
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established or it goes national backbone.
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If you are interested in carrying this echo, contact 1:231/340 via Net
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Mail or, call Mark Wandrey at 317-547-1100 and ask for extension #302.
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Mark Wandrey
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Sysop, 1:231/340
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Al Filandro 1:141/885 1:141/1800@Fidonet
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Rush-Fan Echo Started
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Hi All! When I began my BBS system back in 1990, Cygnus X-I, I didn't
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realize how many SySops in Fido-land (and elsewhere) shared a common
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interest in both the music and philosophy of the rock-band "RUSH".
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After being in Fido (and several other nets) along with semi-frequent
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calls to online information services such as Prodigy and Compuserve,
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I noticed quite a few BBS's and commercial conferences sharing in
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discussions about the band, its social and political views and lyrics
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 9 9 Mar 1992
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and other items of interest to the die-hard Rush fan.
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I have decided therefore to open-up a "Rush-Conference" based here in
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Southington Connecticut. The topic of discussion in this echo will be
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anything and everything to do with the band and of course, its
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prominent lyrics. Since this would be considered a 'specialized'
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echo, those of you running some kind of Rush-themed system (and I
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have seen many out there with names such as "2112", "Madrigal",
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"Reverse Polarity" etc) or those of you just interested in the group,
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I urge you to send me netmail and I will turn you on for the echo.
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All participants in the echo will be asked to poll my system once a
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week or once every several weeks as the load will most-likely not be
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that great.
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If you wish to get started with the echo (the more the merrier!) please
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send me netmail at 1:141/885 or 1:141/1800 or contact me on my BBS
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in CT at 203-628-9702. The conference tag is RUSH_FAN.
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BRIT_CAR is a Zone One Backbone echo devoted to the discussion of
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the various vehicles produced in the United Kingdom and exported
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into North America. The purpose of the echo includes:
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- trouble shooting;
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- provide a forum for the many British car clubs in North
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America to announce events etc.;
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- to act as a forum for various owners to locate parts and
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suppliers;
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- provide a forum for those with an interest in British
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automotives to discuss their various concerns and to act
|
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as a platform for a greater desimination of knowledge.
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Messages of a technical nature from the UseNet British-cars mailing
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list are regularly crossposted into the echo.
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Additionally, this conference supplements the current backbone
|
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conference devoted to various automobiles. The current conference
|
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is mainly aimed at North American vehicles, which bear little
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resemblence to anything produced in the UK. British cars tend
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to be either specialised and bear little resemblence to anything
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else (ie Jaguars), have a great commonality (Mini's, MG's etc),
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or be a mesh of British and American technology (TR-8, Sunbeam
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Tiger etc.). Furthermore, it would be of benefit to those British
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car owners to be able to discuss their vehicles without wading
|
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through the traffic of American car owners discussing how Corvettes
|
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are better than Mustangs which are better than...
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 10 9 Mar 1992
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Steve Winter
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FidoNet 1:3641/238 239 240
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New echo: FIDO_MOD
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Why?
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Because great efforts are being taken by several control freaks to
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||
undermine moderator ownership of backbone FidoNet Echos and the current
|
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"moderator" echos are being moderated by the aforementioned and so the
|
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discussion/expose of their efforts has been declared "off-topic".
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How? At this time FIDO_MOD can be picked up from 1:3641/238
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Who?
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Open to all.
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Huh?
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If the principle that a moderator owns their echo can be sucessfully
|
||
undermined, then no moderator's echo is safe. The premise that "those
|
||
paying to distribute the backbone deserve editorial control above
|
||
moderators" could ruin FidoNet.
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Steve Winter - 1:3641/238
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 11 9 Mar 1992
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QNX
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Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
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Key: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
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* - Recently Updated Version
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||
@ - New Addition
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
|
||
NOTE: 8 Mar 92
|
||
|
||
FidoNews versions list update process is about to change, once again.
|
||
It will be taken over by someone else. In the mean time hold onto
|
||
your hats (and programs).
|
||
|
||
Watch for an announcement within a week or two.
|
||
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 17 9 Mar 1992
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
|
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|
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Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Periello
|
||
|
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"FidoNews" BBS
|
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FidoNet 1:1/1
|
||
Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
|
||
BBS (415)-863-2739 (9600 HST/V32)
|
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|
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(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews
|
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Box 77731
|
||
San Francisco
|
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CA 94107 USA
|
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Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
|
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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
|
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of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
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|
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FidoNews is copyright 1992 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 (we're
|
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easy).
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OBTAINING COPIES: FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from
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the FidoNews BBS via manual download or Wazoo FileRequest, or from
|
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various sites in the FidoNet and via uucp. PRINTED COPIES mailed
|
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may be obtained from Fido Software for $5.00US each PostPaid First
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Class within North America, or $7.00US elsewhere, mailed Air Mail.
|
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(US funds drawn upon a US bank only.)
|
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|
||
Periodic subscriptions are not available at this time; if enough
|
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people request it I will implement it.
|
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|
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|
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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
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FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
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from 1:1/1 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC".
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FidoNews 9-10 Page 18 9 Mar 1992
|
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|
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|
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
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trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco
|
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CA 94107, USA and are used with permission.
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