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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 9 No. 14 (6 April 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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|__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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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1
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Editorial: Smaller but weirder ................................ 1
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2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2
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Billing for Echomail .......................................... 2
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Dallas Selected for FIDOCON '92 ............................... 5
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Zone 2 - what's going on? ..................................... 7
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SEAmail 1.10 revision E is now available ...................... 8
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3. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 10
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Software List ................................................. 10
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4. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 16
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 1 6 Apr 1992
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial: Smaller but weirder
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by Tom Jennings (1:1/1)
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Smaller, but not very weird at all. Actually, quite quiet and
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civilized. Which is however unusual.
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It appears that there will be a FidoCon '92 after all. Since I hadn't
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heard anything about it until the annoucement in this issue, I was
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starting to wonder.
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I promised to do all sorts of fun things this 'Snooze, but alas, I
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flaked again. Actually, I've been working 70+ hours/week. I had two
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days off, first free time in three weeks. Of course I didn't work on
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FidoNews! So did I go to the beach? Lounge in our concrete patio with
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cultivated weeds (not a joke)? Get plastered and stay out all night?
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(FidoNet-news hungry readers can skip the rest of this editorial; it
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is mere blabber.)
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Nope. I revived some junk computers (IBM XT's, with cassette ports
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even!), painted them fun colors, to give out to people who don't have
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any. The more hardware-fetishistic amongst us will whine that giving
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someone a PC1 is worse than no computer at all; I beg to differ. I
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think most people grossly *over*estimate their hardware needs. And I
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can tell you my smart and literate but non-techie friends generating
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print publications with GEOWORKS are quite happy.
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I am going to install modems in all of these machines I build ($40 for
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2400 baud, from Fry Electronics). I've got a decent manual FidoNet
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mailer cobbled from my Fido/FidoNet program, and by connecting their
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box to the phone line they share with their roommates, can poll my
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system (1:125/111) for mail whenever they get around to it. Some of
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the mail is internet-gated files and news.
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Worldnet, here we come...
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 2 6 Apr 1992
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ARTICLES
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by Robert Byrd, SysOp of The Byrd's Nest, 1:221/277
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A Proposal for Equitable Billing for Long Distance Echomail
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Preamble:
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The following document is a draft proposal on setting up a fair,
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equitable and precise billing system for Fidonet hubs and nodes.
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I have noticed since joining Fidonet, that there is one problem
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that keeps rearing its ugly head; the sometimes barbaric
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infighting that occurs between hubs and the nodes that it feeds
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mail to. For the context of this document, mail will refer to
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Netmail and Long Distance Echos. I have seen bitter fighting in
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my home net (1:221/*) on more than one occasion concerning the
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billing practices used by some hubs. I am not pointing my finger
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at anyone in particular here, but this problem is one that will
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not go away unless comprehensive steps are taken to ensure that
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*everyone* receives fair and equitable treatment.
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One practice that has always puzzled me is nodes polling hubs
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for mail. To me, this seems just a tad silly. I think that is
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would be far more logical for the person that has the mail to
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call the person who wants to receive that mail. For example, the
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person from whom I get my long distance echos (a local call for
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me) calls long distance to pick-up the mail. He starts his poll
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at about 3:00 a.m. hoping that the hub he is feeding from has
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actually managed to get through to his feed by then. His system
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then proceeds to dial the hub's number in the hope that the line
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will be available sometime before 8:00 a.m., at which time his
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system quits trying because the phone rates have gone up.
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Now, there is to my eye, two things wrong with the above senario.
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1). If the system my hub is trying to call has not received the
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mail from from his feed, then my hub has wasted a long distance
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call. Not only that, he didn't get the mail. Nor is his system
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going to try again until the next day; he only polls his hub
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once per twenty-four hour period. The net result is: I don't get
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my mail for at least another twenty-four hours. I find this to
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be a messy arangement at best.
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2). If the system my hub is trying to call has a busy signal
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right up till 8:00 a.m., then my hub's system gives up because
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of the raise in the phone rates. The net result is the same as
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the above example; I don't get the mail for at least another
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twenty-four hours. Not only that, the system my hub is trying to
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call may be nuking packets that are not picked up on time. I am
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not sure if this is the case in my own hub-hub-node system, but
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I have heard of such things happening.
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 3 6 Apr 1992
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The Proposal:
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Part 1:
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I propose that the systems that have the mail do the calling.
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This is a pretty simple thing to implement I would think. For
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example, when 1:12/12 get the mail in from 1:13/13 then 1:12/12
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would start calling the hubs that are feeding from him (I am
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going to use the word him to mean him/her/it/etc.).
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Notice first off that the problem of timing is eliminated. The
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hubs that usually poll 1:12/12 do not have to worry about
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getting a window into 1:12/12. They also do not have to worry
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about whether or not there is actually anything there to pick up
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when they do call. Right away we have eliminated the sometimes
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convulted problem of setting up times for all the systems to
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call that poll 1:12/12 for mail.
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Now then, after 1:12/12 has called to the system that feeds my
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hub, that system will start calling the systems that feed from
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him. Now my hub does not have to worry about when to call,
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whether there is mail there to collect, or the ever present busy
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signal.
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This is obviously a simplistic example. I think that is does
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serve to show how this proposal could be put into effect though.
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Part 2:
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That hubs and nodes should be charged exactly what it costs to
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pass the mail to/from them.
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Presently, in the area I am in, nodes are generally charged a
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flat rate by their hub for mail service. In some cases, the hub
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is losing money on this deal. Not only that, some nodes (which
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carry only a few LD echos) are subsidising other nodes (those
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who carry *alot* of LD echos). I find this system to be unfair
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to both the hub and the nodes who carry only a few LD echos.
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Bu implementing the proposals in Part 1, an accurate billing
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system could be brought forward. In order for this system to
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work, a few things will have to taken for granted.
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1). That *all* hubs have a least a 9600 v32bis modem. I know
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that this is asking alot. However, someone who is feeding more
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than one or two nodes *should* have one. If the hub is not in a
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position to purchase the modem, then *perhaps* the nodes that
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are feeding from him should collectivly purchase one. This would
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mean of course that if the hub should move or stop hubbing that
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the modem would be transferred to the replacement hub. Also,
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modem prices are now dropping like the proverbial rock.
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 4 6 Apr 1992
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2). That *all* hubs have AreaFix and Raid working smoothly on
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their systems. This is a given on most hubs, but not all.
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3). Once a month the hub will have to figure out exactly what
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to charge each hub/node that is feeding from him (based I
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suppose on what he had to pay to get the mail in that they are
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getting from him, as well as what he had to pay to send it to
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them).
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This may be the hardest part of this proposal to implement. I do
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however think that there is someone in Fidonet that can come up
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with a piece of software to aid in this part. Billing would be
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done on a cost/connect time/transfer rate ratio (or something
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better if anyone can think of it).
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This practice will allow hubs/nodes to pay for exactly what they
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are getting. No longer will the little guy be paying for the
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excesses of the big guy. Sysops who are echomail fanatics (yes,
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I am one too) will pay for the pleasure of reading all those LD
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echos.
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4). In order to facilitate an orderly transfer of funds, a
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monthly budget figure could be arrived at (much like the way
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Union Gas works their monthly budget plan). Payment would be
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made in advance for at least three months to the hub you are
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feeding from. By using the software mentioned in the above
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section, tri-monthly adjustments to the budget amounts could be
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initiated. The software could also send a monthly netmail
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message to the hub/node showing exactly what costs were
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incurred. I would expect that after a "warm-up" period,
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hubs/nodes would have a fairly reasonable idea of what costs
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they can expect to pay. Also, the three month miminum advance
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payment will discourage those SysOps who are trying to get
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someting for nothing.
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Postamble:
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I realize that this document is very likely to receive alot of
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negative feedback.
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If the feedback is constructive critisism, then I welcome it.
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If however, people dismiss it out of hand, I will have to wonder
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what their motives are. The only people who are going to be hurt
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by implementing this proposal are those people who are running
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systems that are leeching off the good nature of their hubs.
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These people probably won't be too happy with the prospect of
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having to pay for all that LD echomail. On the other hand, those
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people who only get LD echos that they or their users actually
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read are most likely to welcome this change in billing
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procedures.
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 5 6 Apr 1992
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Please direct all replies to me:
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Robert Byrd, SysOp of The Byrd's Nest, 1:221/277
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FidoCon '92 Selection Results
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Zone 1 Region Coordinators
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Zone 1 Zone Coordinator
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The 1992 FidoCon site selection process has concluded and we
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are pleased to announce that the Ron Bemis/Dallas Texas
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proposal garnered the majority of votes.
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The results were :
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Bemis/Dallas 7 votes
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Henderson/New Jersey 3 votes
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Travis/Denver 0 votes
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10 votes is 100% participation.
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We congratulate the winners, which include members of Nets
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124 and 130, and we really shouldn't consider the others as
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having lost, as they submitted fine proposals, and in the
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case of the Travis/IBECC conference, while not flying the
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FidoCon flag, will certainly be a good event. The Henderson/
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New Jersey has lost two years running, but we hope that
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option returns for next year.
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We would also like to apologize for the far too optimistic
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schedule set to select from amoungst the proposals. We took
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a week's delay to wait for more proposals and an additional
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two weeks to allow time for more feedback from regional
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sysops to their respective RCs. We all felt this was necessary.
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FidoCon tradition has put the selection of next years Fidocon
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( which will be Fidocon '93 ) at this years event, so get those
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proposal pens out and start planning.
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And without further delay, the winning proposal :
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The Dallas Fidocon '92 Proposal
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Ron Bemis 1:124/1113
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I would like to propose the Summit Hotel in Dallas Texas as
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the site of the 1992 FidoCon, to take place on September 4-6.
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The Summit, located at the intersection of I-635 and I-35 in
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North Dallas, has earned an enviable reputation for its
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excellence in quality service, food and hospitality. Just 15
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minutes from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and
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centrally located to all of what Dallas/Fort Worth has to
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offer, this special hotel provides the perfect combination
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 6 6 Apr 1992
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for both local residents and travelers.
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Hotel guests can enjoy:
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* Complimentary transportation to/from Love Field Airport and
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a special rate of $4.00 each way to/from the DFW airport.
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* Indoor/outdoor swimming pool, sauna and whirlpool.
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* Three restaurants.
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* Two lounges (one providing live entertainment).
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* Thrifty Car Rental service.
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* American Airlines desk.
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* Complimentary use of the on-property fitness center.
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Rate Schedule:
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Single occupancy for 2 nights, airport transportation,
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conference with breaks, lunch each day, Saturday banquet
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........... $178 inclusive.
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Double occupancy for 2 nights, airport transportation,
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conference with breaks, lunch each day, Saturday banquet
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........... $244 inclusive.
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No sleeping room, conference with breaks, lunch each day,
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Saturday banquet
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............ $64 inclusive
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Saturday banquet only
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............ $30 inclusive.
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Conference and breaks only
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............ $10 inclusive.
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The hotel catering department will coordinate light lunches
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(sandwiches, etc.), coffee in the morning and soft drinks in
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the afternoon. Fine choices will be available for the
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banquet.
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Meeting rooms are tentatively reserved for the following:
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Saturday, September 5
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10:00am-5:00pm General Session 200 attendees
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Lunch Rounds 200 attendees
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Dinner Banquet Rounds 200 attendees
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Sunday, September 6
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10:00am-5:00pm General Session 200 attendees
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Lunch Rounds 200 attendees
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Modular phone jacks are available in 20 sleeping rooms.
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Nondedicated lines can be made available in the meeting
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rooms. Dedicated lines can be installed in the meeting
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rooms by prior arrangement with the phone company.
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 7 6 Apr 1992
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Hospitality suites are available for $100 for the parlor
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and $49 for the connecting upgraded sleeping room.
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Other options available:
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Thursday night early arrival ............... $49.00
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Official FidoCon '92 T-Shirt ............... $15.00
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Gallerica Mall Day Bus Trip ................ $ 1.00
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by Michael Bravo of 2:5030/2
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Hello you out there! The following is a comment triggered by a comment
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Tom Jennings made in Fnews 912 about Zone 2. Among other words, he
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wrote:
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> etc) they'd find themselves *completely* at the mercy of the holders
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> of the lists. If the worst happens, as it appears is about to in zone
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> 2, all they have to do is retain the last nodelist they are in,
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> regenerate the net fragments (if necessary), and generate a new
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> nodelist. Hopefully displacing the idiots trying for the power play.
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I understand that there's almost no idea outside Zone 2 about what's
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going on in there, except muffled rumours. I'd like to clarify the
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situation, or at least say how _I_ see it from my place. Well, some
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might wonder why the only defence for the whole zone comes from xUSSR
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- hmm, I don't know. It's always so in unfair arguments - the right
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side prefers to be silent, and those wrong are shouting the most.
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Okay, let's go on with the story. What it all started with, our
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previous esteemed ZC, Felix Kasza, did resign. The reasons for that is
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a separate story, so I will not embark on that. Suffice to say, he was
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good ZC, and we all owe him a lot (literally, too - he has paid out of
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his own pocket for many, many mails). Then Ron Dwight stepped in. What
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he had to begin with, there was no Santa Klaus delivering mail to
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regions on his dime, and many people DID have to do something on their
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own. The growling began, but invisible as yet. But what really started
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the thing, it was simple _suggestion_ ZC made in ENET.SYSOP (Zone 2
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sysop echo) that nodelist size can be somewhat reduced with _small_
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efforts from *Cs doing their job more thoroughly (well, Tom, noone
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complains about big nodelist, but what if it can _really_ be made less
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in size without anyone hurt?). Noone was FORCED to do anything or
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threatened with anything. It was a _suggestion_. Anyone having reading
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skills above such of 7 age old kid could prove that reading Ron's
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messages. But the hounds were off the leash. Since that, Ron is
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receiving such an amount of bashing, kicking, and outright insults,
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that it's a pain just to read ENET.SYSOP. The story continues, but I
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don't want to bore you readers with details. If some people will
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write me and tell they're interested, I can try and make some mor e
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reports on the Zone 2, if noone of its sysops don't care <wicked
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grin>.
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 8 6 Apr 1992
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So the abstract is: please don't believe when you're being told about
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Zone 2 tiranny - IT DOESN'T EXIST. What does exist, it is stout ZC,
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trying to make Fidonet Zone 2 better, looking into the future and not
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in his pocket or list of political opponents.
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System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
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520/519@AlterNet 1:107/519@FidoNet
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SEAmail 1.10
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Revision E
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Revision E to SEAmail version 1.10 is now available, and incorporates
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the following changes:
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* Null modem connections tended to loop thinking that they had an
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incoming call. This has now been fixed.
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* A new "Print wide" option has been added to MAIL to allow printing
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messages on wide (132 column) printer paper.
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* An error condition (i.e. "bug") in Novell Netware has been
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detected that would erroeously caused LANMAIL to think that it had
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a resource deadlock. We have changed LANMAIL to work around this
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problem.
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* Non-networked multiline OS/2 systems were operating in a non-
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optimal fashion due to the lack of datagram support for
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interprocess communication. We have modified our stub NETAPI.DLL
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dynalink to correct this situation.
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* CFGEDIT has been modified to allow for giving a long distance
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dialing suffix (i.e. a credit card number) as part of the "/D"
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command line switch. In addition, a selection for "dial 9 for
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everything" was added, and the "direct outside line" selection was
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moved to the top of the list.
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* A condition was corrected that could occasionally cause a "divide
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by zero" error during a file transfer.
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* A bug was corrected that could cause numerous GroupMail archives
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to be sent erroneously in response to a file request.
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Anyone with SEAmail version 1.10 revision D can upgrade their system
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free of charge by going into their SEAmail directory and issuing the
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command:
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 9 6 Apr 1992
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upgrade sm110e
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Those with the OS/2 version should type:
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upgrade sm110ep
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 10 6 Apr 1992
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LATEST VERSIONS
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Latest Greatest SoftWare Versions
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Latest Update: 01/27/92
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MS-DOS Systems
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BBS Software NodeList Utilities Compression
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Name Version Name Version Utilities
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ADTBBS 1.50@ EditNL 4.00 --------------------
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Aurora 1.32b FDND 1.10 ARC 7.12
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DMG 2.93 MakeNL 2.31 ARJ 2.20
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DreamBBS 1.05 Parselst 1.33 LHA 2.13
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Fido/FidoNet 12.21 Prune 1.40 PAK 2.51
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Genesis Deluxe 3.2 SysNL 3.14 PKPak 3.61
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GSBBS 3.02 XlatList 2.90 PKZip 1.10
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Kitten 1.01 XlaxNode/Diff 2.53
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Lynx 1.30
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Maximus-CBCS 2.00
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Merlin 1.39n Other Utilities(A-M) Other Utilities(N-Z)
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Opus 1.73a* Name Version Name Version
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Oracomm 5.M.6P@ -------------------- --------------------
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Oracomm Plus 6.E@ 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b
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PCBoard 14.5a 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35
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Phoenix 1.07* ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a
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ProBoard 1.20* ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
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QuickBBS 2.75 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10
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RBBS 17.3b ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a
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RemoteAccess 1.11* Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a
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SimplexBBS 1.05 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
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SLBBS 2.15C* DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11
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Socrates 1.11 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00
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SuperBBS 1.12* DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0
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SuperComm 0.99 EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28
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TAG 2.5g EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00
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TBBS 2.1 EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12
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TComm/TCommNet 3.4 FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x
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Telegard 2.7* FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C
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TPBoard 6.1 FNPGate 2.70 SquishMail 1.00
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TriTel 2.0* GateWorks 3.06e StarLink 1.01
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WildCat! 3.02* GMail 2.05 TagMail 2.41
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WWIV 4.20 GMD 3.10 TCOMMail 2.2
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XBBS 1.77 GMM 1.21 Telemail 1.5*
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GoldEd 2.31p TGroup 1.13
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GROUP 2.23 TIRES 3.11
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Network Mailers GUS 1.40 TMail 1.21
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Name Version Harvey's Robot 4.10 TosScan 1.00
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-------------------- HeadEdit 1.18 UFGATE 1.03
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BinkleyTerm 2.50 HLIST 1.09 VPurge 4.09e
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D'Bridge 1.30 IMAIL 1.20 WEdit 2.0@
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Dreamer 1.06 InterPCB 1.31 WildMail 2.00
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 11 6 Apr 1992
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Dutchie 2.90c ISIS 5.12@ WMail 2.2
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FrontDoor 2.02 Lola 1.01d WNode 2.1
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InterMail 2.01 Mosaic 1.00b XRS 4.99
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Milqtoast 1.00 MailBase 4.11a@ XST 2.3e
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PreNM 1.48 MSG 4.5* YUPPIE! 2.00
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SEAdog 4.60 MSGED 2.06 ZmailH 1.25
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SEAmail 1.01 MsgLnk 1.0c ZSX 2.40
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TIMS 1.0(mod8) MsgMstr 2.03a
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MsgNum 4.16d
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MSGTOSS 1.3
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OS/2 Systems
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BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z)
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
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Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
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Maximus-CBCS 2.00 ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
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SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
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EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
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EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
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Network Mailers FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
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Name Version GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
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-------------------- LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
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BinkleyTerm 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
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BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MsgEd 2.06c SquishMail 1.00
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BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
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1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
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SEAmail 1.01
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Xenix/Unix 386
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
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ARC 5.21
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C-LHARC 1.00
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MsgEd 2.06
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|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
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|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
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Omail 1.00
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ParseLst 1.32
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Unzip 3.10
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VPurge 4.08
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Zoo 2.01
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 12 6 Apr 1992
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QNX
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
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QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03
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QCP 1.02
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NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6
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Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1
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-------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05
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QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00
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LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01
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Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
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Zoo 2.01
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Apple II
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
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DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
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GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
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ShrinkIt 3.30*
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|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04
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Apple CP/M
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
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Daisy 2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Filer 2-D
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MsgUtil 2.5
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Nodecomp 0.37
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PackUser 4
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UNARC.Com 1.20
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Macintosh
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
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Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
|
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Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
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||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
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||
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 13 6 Apr 1992
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2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
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MacArd 0.04
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||
Mantissa 3.21
|
||
Point System Mehitable 2.0
|
||
Software OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
Name Version PreStamp 3.2
|
||
-------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6
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||
Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
|
||
CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
|
||
MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
|
||
TImport 1.92
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
TSort 1.0
|
||
UNZIP 1.02c
|
||
Zenith 1.5
|
||
Zip Extract 0.10
|
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Amiga
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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||
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4D-BBS 1.65 BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
|
||
DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
|
||
Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
|
||
Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12
|
||
TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
|
||
XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@
|
||
Utilities FileMgr 2.08
|
||
Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
|
||
NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18
|
||
Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
|
||
-------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
|
||
ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
|
||
Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
|
||
TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
|
||
PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
|
||
UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
|
||
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
|
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Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
|
||
TrapToss 1.20
|
||
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
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Atari ST/TT
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
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||
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1
|
||
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
|
||
MSGED 1.99 ConfMail 4.10
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 14 6 Apr 1992
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Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
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||
-------------------- FastPack 1.20
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||
Compression ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
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Utilities EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
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||
Name Version sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
|
||
-------------------- Trenum 0.10
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ARC 6.02
|
||
LHARC 2.01i
|
||
PackConvert
|
||
STZip 1.1*
|
||
UnJARST 2.00
|
||
WhatArc 2.02
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20
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Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01
|
||
RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00
|
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DeLZ 0.01
|
||
MailED 0.95
|
||
NetFile 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
Raul 1.01
|
||
!Spark 2.16
|
||
!SparkMail 2.08
|
||
!SparkPlug 2.14
|
||
UnArj 2.21
|
||
UnZip 3.00
|
||
Zip 1.00
|
||
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|
||
Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
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BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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||
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RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
|
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DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0
|
||
OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2
|
||
UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1
|
||
UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01
|
||
FReq 2.5a
|
||
LookNode 2.00
|
||
ParseLST
|
||
PReq 2.2
|
||
FidoNews 9-14 Page 15 6 Apr 1992
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RList 1.03
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||
RTick 2.00
|
||
UnBundle 1.4
|
||
UnSeen 1.1
|
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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Key: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
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NOTE: 8 Mar 92
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FidoNews versions list update process is about to change, once again.
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It will be taken over by someone else. In the mean time hold onto
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your hats (and programs).
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Watch for an announcement within a week or two.
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 16 6 Apr 1992
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
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Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello
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Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
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FidoNews
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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
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articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The
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contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the
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rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in these articles are those
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FidoNews 9-14 Page 17 6 Apr 1992
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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