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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 42 14 October 1996
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SEND ME YOUR JOKES, YOUR ARTWORK, YOUR HUDDLED .ARTS!
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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An editorial license ..................................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07 ......................... 2
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CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit? ............... 3
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Response to Woodmore and Kindness ........................ 5
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3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 8
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285 ...... 8
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4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9
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Another Computer Virus alert? ............................ 9
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5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11
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Something seasonal? ...................................... 11
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6. NOTICES .................................................. 12
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Future History ........................................... 12
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7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13
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8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 21
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This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 21
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9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 1 14 Oct 1996
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EDITORIAL
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Deteriorata
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Go placidly amid the noise and waste and remember what
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comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and
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passive persons unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your
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tires. Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself and heed
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well their advice, even though they be turkeys. Know what to
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kiss, and when. Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but
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that three do. Wherever possible, put people on hold. Be
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comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment and
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despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big
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future in computer maintenance.
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Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold,
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spindle, and mutilate. Know yourself. If you need help, call
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the FBI. Exercise caution in your daily affairs, especially with
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those persons closest to you - that tomato on your left, for
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instance. Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
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would scarcely get your feet wet. Fall not in love, therefore;
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it will stick to your face. Gracefully surrender the things of
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youth, birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan. And let not the sands of
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time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks. For a good
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time, call 606-4311, ask for Ken. Take heart amid the deepening
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gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And
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reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only
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be worse in Milwaukee.
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You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be
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here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is
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laughing behind your back.
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Therefore, make peace with your god, whatever you conceive
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him to be: hairy thunderer or cosmic muffin. With all its hopes,
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dreams, promises, and urban renewal, the world continues to
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deteriorate. Give up.
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(Excerpted from FidoNews, Volume 3, Nr. 26, 7 Jul 86)
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Just a thought. [snicker]
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C.B.
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ARTICLES
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Is the Elist part of Policy 4.07
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By Bob Moravsik 2606/583
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An interesting "test case" is in the brewing. It seems
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that the private region 13 conference listings
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in Adrian Walker's Elist were "abandoned". After Mr. Walker's
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system sending out warnings and posting the expiration in
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a few conferences they were going to be deleted.
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HENCE I ELISTED THEM as the new moderator. Just heard from
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the RC...he went berserk. Threatened me with penalties:
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Phil Dampier said:
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"Your listing yourself as moderator of various region echos
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within this region in the ELIST constitutes excessively
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annoying behavior. Your immediate relinquishment of those
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listings will prevent impending penalties which will affect
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your ability to participate as a node in this network."
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Dampier then went on placing additional requirements:
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"You can prevent these penalties by sending a message
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to Adrian Walker, who maintains the ELIST, stating that
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your submissions were in error and that you relinquish
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any and all authority to list these echos in the ELIST.
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A carbon copy of this message to my attention is also
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required."
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Naturally, I appealled his threats to Bob Satti and filed a PC
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Phillip Dampier for trying to bypass the *C chain. The issues:
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1. Is the Elist an official part of Fidonet ?
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2. If no go to 8
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3. If YES...how ?
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4. Is listing anything that Adrian Walker will accept
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EAB pursuant to Policy 4.07 ?
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5. Can a RC threaten a node or does he have to file
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a PC like any other node ?
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6. Can his threat be appealled. Seems that the ZC
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can rule on an advisory opinion request rather then
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waiting for the PC to move upward.
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7. Goto 9
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 3 14 Oct 1996
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8. From 1. Blazz...Phil Dampier..."fo"
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9. end
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Maybe this will stimulate some thinking in getting a
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RATIFIED policy on echomail. Hopefully Adrian Walker
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will not compromise the passwords on the Elist as
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I don't intend to give them up. I will give them
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up WHEN and IF Fidonet's policy requires it.
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Meantime R13 Conference is split into two parts. One
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may be moderated by the RC. The other is moderated by
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me and is Elisted.
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The Dampier listings were abandoned; Adrian Walker's
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notices were ignored...ya SNOOZE...ya Looze...
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Bob Moravsik: Elisted Moderator R13
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CIA Drug Pushers? Or is it all Goat shit?
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Fredric L. Rice (frice@stbbs.com)
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1:218/890.0 (818) 335-9601
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A glut of files have been coming in about the recient allegations
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that the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has
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been dealing in drugs in a successfull attempt to suppress the
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blacks in the country. I've discarded most of them and kept the
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files which at least attempt to offer some names, dates, times,
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and locations in the allegations. Since this is an interesting
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social phenomena, I thought netters might find this stuff as
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interesting as I do.
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This isn't the first time I've seen these claims being made as I
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can recall such claims being voiced back in the 1970's. Such
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allegations were largely ignored then and they quickly died out.
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What makes the repeat of these claims notable in the late 1990's
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is the fact that the social environment of the 1970's is quite
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different than the social environment of the 1990's. In the
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United States _everyone_ wants to be a victim so they can claim
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they're not responsible for their own fate. That attitude was
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epidemic in the 1970's yet not pandemic at the time. Now things
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have changed and there is a need to blame anyone one can for
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one's lot in life -- and the CIA is a good, faceless, corrupt
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and widely-recognized evil entity which quickly serves as the
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fall guy. Additionally _this_ time there are people willing to
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name names and be a bit specific about their claims.
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I suspect that more reasonably acceptable files will be added
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to the list of files that I'll keep so the Magic File Name of
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DRUGS will return the current FILES.BBS for this archive.
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-=- Begin file list FILES.BBS -=-
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 4 14 Oct 1996
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The latest news during October 1996 is that the the United
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States terrorist organization known as the Central Intelligence
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Agency (CIA) has been heavilly involved in trafficing in crack
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cocain since the 1960's deliberately to suppress the domestic
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black populace and to keep them down. The stories have taken
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on all the attributes of an urban legend except that it should
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more properly be considered a national hoax. The difficulty
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of just passing off the stories as nonsense stems from the
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history of the CIA's involvement in selling drugs for firearms
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and firearms for drugs to support "freedom fighters" in other
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countries. (Cnl. Oliver North's admissions of guilt were
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validated.) The history of the CIA lends credability to this
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latest series of allegations and it's certain to be a long-
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lasting topic among conspiracy buffs and human rights
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organizations. The Chairman of The Skeptic Tank routinely
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archives urban legend stories and makes them available to the
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general public as a matter of the Tank's charter -- we don't
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often hold the opinion expressed within these archives. - flr
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AG62688A.TXT This begins a three-day series of articles in the
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ARKANSAS GAZETTE about the allegations of drug
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trafficking in Mena.
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AG62688B.TXT In the second story on June 26th... allegations by
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Eugene Wheaton from a sworn deposition charged that
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Barry Seal's gun and drug smuggling ran with
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impunity because of the consent of the DEA and CIA
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AG62788A.TXT Eight years ago, news reports out of Arkansas
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explored the allegations of drug smuggling, gun-
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running and money-laundering activities around the
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Mena Intermountain Regional Airport.
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AG62788B.TXT Mena, Arkansas holds many mysteries. This article
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is one of a series in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE that
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explores the Mena saga.
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AG62888.TXT This is where we know most about CIA operations
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connected with cocaine trafficking. In this report,
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we discover how the Mena airport has facilities to
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service airplanes from around the world.
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AP072396.TXT DEA knew about CIA murders in Guatemala - Associated
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Press - 07-23-96 - By PAULINE ARRILLAGA -
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Associated Press Writer - HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) The
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Drug Enforcement Administration knew about and
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helped cover up the CIA...
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AP091796.TXT Rep. Wants CIA Drug Probe - Associated Press -
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September 17, 1996. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maxine
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Waters, who has demanded inquiries into drug-running
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allegations involving the CIA...
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CIADEA.TXT Dea Agents Accuse Cia of Tapping Phones - 09/12/96;
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18:38 - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The CIA and other spy
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agencies have systematically tapped the phones of
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overseas Drug Enforcement Administration offices
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CSM92096.TXT The following article was printed in the Friday,
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September 20, 1996 issue of *The Christian Science
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Monitor* on page 3: - CIA UNDER PRESSURE TO DIVULGE
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INFO ON CONTRAS - By Warren Richey
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LDBROWN3.TXT Excerpt from: PARTNERS IN POWER by Roger Morris pg.
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404-411. Early in 1984, a twenty-nine-year-old
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 5 14 Oct 1996
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Arkansas trooper named Larry Douglass Brown was
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eagerly applying for work with the Central
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Intelligence Agency.
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SJMCIA10.TXT Testimony links U.S. to drugs-guns trade Dealers
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got their 'own little arsenal' Published: Aug. 18,
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1996 BY GARY WEBB Mercury News Staff Writer
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SJMCIA11.TXT FBI Memo connecting cocaine trafficking to
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Contras and CIA
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SJMCIA15.TXT Drug agent thought she was onto something big
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Meneses' trail was getting warm when her superiors
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took her off the case - Published: Aug. 19, 1996
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BY GARY WEBB
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SJMCIA16.TXT War on drugs has unequal impact on black
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Americans - Contra case illustrates the
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discrepancy: Nicaraguan goes free; L.A. dealer
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faces life
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SJMCIA17.TXT FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - Date of
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transcription 2/27/87
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SJMCIA18.TXT San Francisco Bay Area man tangled in drug web
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Tales to DEA of gun running, drug trafficking fall
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on deaf ears Published: Aug. 20, 1996 BY GARY WEBB
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SJMCIA19.TXT OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL SUITE 701 555
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THIRTEENTH STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
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(202) 383-8940 RECORD OF INTERVIEW Date of
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Transcription 3/16/87
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SJMCIA20.TXT Drug expert: 'Crack' born in San Francisco Bay
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Area in '74 - It was a failed attempt to copy
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something else. Published: Aug. 19, 1996. BY GARY
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WEBB.
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SJMCIA21.TXT Oliver North labels CIA-drug allegations 'garbage'
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- Published: Sept. 22, 1996 - Associated Press
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SJMCIA22.TXT Document sheds light on Contra-cocaine link -
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Published: Oct. 3, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA
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KRAMER Mercury News Staff Writer
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SJMCIA23.TXT Affidavit: Cops knew of drug ring - Document sheds
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light on Contra-cocaine link - Published:
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Oct. 3, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER
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Mercury News Staff Writer
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SJMCIA24.TXT Gag order concealed possible CIA drug ties - But
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records were copied secretly - Published:
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Sept. 29, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB AND PAMELA KRAMER
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Mercury News Staff Writer
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SJMCIACO America's 'crack' plague has roots in Nicaragua
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war - Colombia-San Francisco Bay Area drug
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pipeline helped finance CIA-backed Contras -
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Published: Aug. 18, 1996 - BY GARY WEBB Mercury
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News Staff Writer
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SJMIRCON.TXT Robert Owen's deposition from Iran-Contra
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Committee
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WSJ42287.TXT Here is the JOURNAL's first report on the
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CIA-connected cocaine trafficking through Mena,
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Arkansas.
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 6 14 Oct 1996
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Response to Woodmore and Kindness
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by Bob Moravsik
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As to the practical aspect of a Zone policy why
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don't each of you read Section one of Policy
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4.07. Local policies MUST meet certain tests.
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One important one is that they are REQUIRED
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by local conditions. Not desired, wanted,
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needed etc...but REQUIRED.
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Zone one has no echo policy. Some twit type try
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hard to market the situation where people
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think there is one. Zone one HAS NO ECHOMAIL policy
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other then "biggest .bbs wins". There are multiple
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and conflicting practices. BUT NOTHING FOR WHICH
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a person's membership in Fidonet is at risk.
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Let me poise these questions:
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1. If the people that "vote" against a Z2 EP ignore
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it ...then what ?
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2. If those people put in another Z2ep is it anymore
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enforceable then Woodmorepol.
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Section one of the existing ratified policy contains
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wisdom. Since message flow all over the world and
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since any node can link to any other node via any
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way...how do you expect to enforce a policy that
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is limited by geography..as to a technology that
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ISN'T.
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Look at the foolishness in Z1. First there was
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an echopol attempt. It spent more time on distribution
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then on policy. It bombed. Then we had "boppy". The
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famous document which made believe. It bombed. Now
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the fad is "faq's". All these things are openly
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ignored by most of Z1 (most members don't even know
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or care about any of them).
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OK WHAT IS THE SOLUTION:
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1. Tweek Policy 4.07 to correct it and make it
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easier to change. Do it worldwide.
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2. Devise an internation echomail policy. Don't even
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touch the distribution problem. Let distribution
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system spring up as technology allows. (Read the
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current policy...other then NC "host routing"..it's
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SILENT..). The EP should be written around the
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ECHOLIST (like the nodelist). Don't define new
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positions. Let each *C do it ot allow delagation
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(appointment). To have a seperate coordination
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system is technically stupid. In Z1 the "ec's"
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have "grabbed" netmail too. We have...ahem:
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 7 14 Oct 1996
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"echomail routed netmail"
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3. Then have this policy ratified as per P 4.08
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(P 4.07 tweeked)
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A Z2 only policy is a waste of time. Will each
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conference that flows in Z2 be subject to Woodmorepol.
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OF COURSE NOT.
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So...Mr. Kindness and Mr. Woodmore. Instead of brushing
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off an article with childish comments. Address the
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international impact of a zone policy on messages
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and moderators OUTSIDE the zone. Is excessilly annoying
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behavior a geographical thing in cyberspace. Can I as
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a Z1 sysop be excommunicated for DOING what a
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Z2 policy says is EAB. THEN WHY SHOULD A Z2 SYSOP
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be excommunicated UNLESS the PROHIBITION IS REQUIRED
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by local condition...note required. (sec 1)
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OK...address these issues intelligently without the
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one liners. Maybe a few other ZC's can tackle this.
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Bob Moravsik
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 8 14 Oct 1996
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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 285
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By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
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ZC/2
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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|Zone|Nl-257|Nodelist-264|Nodelist-271|Nodelist-278|Nodelist-285|%%|
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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| 1 | 11962|11810 -152 |11826 16 |11826 0 |11666 -160 |38|
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| 2 | 15412|16392 980 |16406 14 |16394 -12 |16341 -53 |53|
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| 3 | 958| 954 -4 | 954 0 | 951 -3 | 950 -1 | 3|
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| 4 | 630| 629 -1 | 629 0 | 629 0 | 610 -19 | 2|
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| 5 | 100| 100 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 97 -3 | 0|
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| 6 | 1020| 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1022 2 | 3|
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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| 30082|30905 823 |30935 30 |30920 -15 |30686 -234 |
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+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 9 14 Oct 1996
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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
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To: "Baker, Christopher" <cbaker84@digital.net (Christopher Baker)>
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 08:30:18 -0500
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Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
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Subject: Fwd: Computer Virus Alert
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==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
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From: BludyRed@aol.com
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To: Multiple recipients of list <noban@Mainstream.net>
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Subject: Computer Virus Alert
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Attention NOBAN Subscribers:
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WARNING; Be aware of the following new, politically oriented,
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computer viruses that have been recently detected. Many are stealth
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viruses and will surreptitiously infect your system without your
|
||
knowledge. Also be advised, that many of these viruses are of a NEWLY
|
||
DISCOVERED STRAIN that, it is suspected, can also infect the computer
|
||
OPERATOR.
|
||
|
||
(1) PAT BUCHANAN VIRUS: Your system works fine, but it complains
|
||
loudly about foreign software.
|
||
|
||
(2) COLIN POWELL VIRUS: Makes it's presence known, but doesn't do
|
||
anything. Secretly, you wish it would.
|
||
|
||
(3) HILLARY CLINTON VIRUS: File disappear, only to reappear
|
||
mysteriously a year later, in another directory.
|
||
|
||
(4) BOB DOLE VIRUS: Could be virulent, but it's been around too long
|
||
to be much of a threat.
|
||
|
||
(5) STEVE FORBES VIRUS: All files are reported as the same size.
|
||
|
||
(6) DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Their is sumthing rong with your komputer,
|
||
but ewe cant figyour outt watt!
|
||
|
||
(7) GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your
|
||
diagnostic software says everything is fine.
|
||
|
||
(8) NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of
|
||
people really mad just thinking about it.
|
||
|
||
(9) FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of
|
||
little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which
|
||
claim to be the most important part of your computer.
|
||
|
||
(10) GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PC's infected will lose
|
||
30 percent of their data 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a
|
||
3.5 percent margin of error).
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 10 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
(11) OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper
|
||
shredder.
|
||
|
||
(12) CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, and the screen
|
||
splits in half with the same message appearing on each side of
|
||
the screen. The message says that the blame for the gridlock is
|
||
caused by the other side.
|
||
|
||
(13) GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my
|
||
docs...no new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the
|
||
free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the
|
||
Congressional virus.
|
||
|
||
(14) ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system,
|
||
just before the whole thing quits. Then space aliens land at your
|
||
daughter's wedding.
|
||
|
||
|
||
My thanks to VET66@aol.com, jpitt689@primenet.com and the Dinky
|
||
Dao Express for providing this timely warning.
|
||
|
||
BludyRed
|
||
|
||
===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 11 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COMIX IN ASCII
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
Date: 29 Sep 90 22:50:38
|
||
From: Dave Aronson
|
||
To: Jonathan Rolfe @ 906/201
|
||
Subj: Re: Happy New Year
|
||
_____________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
> I always wondered what the creative could do within the
|
||
> constraints of ASCII! Now let's see if anyone can get some runes
|
||
> together for Hallowe'en!
|
||
|
||
Maybe something like:
|
||
|
||
_ H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N ! !
|
||
/ \ ___
|
||
( ) ////
|
||
\ _ / ////
|
||
**********************
|
||
****************************
|
||
************************************
|
||
******\~~~~~~/***********\~~~~~~/*******
|
||
********\ /*************\ /*********
|
||
**********\ /******/^\******\ /***********
|
||
************\/******/ \******\/*************
|
||
*******************/_____\********************
|
||
********************************************** #
|
||
*********\~~~~|***|~~~~~|***|~~~~/********** #
|
||
**********\ |***| ___ |***| /***|\___/|*/^^\ #
|
||
***********\ ~~~ |***| ~~~ /*****` o.o '/ \ #
|
||
************\___|***|___/*******=(___)= /^\ \#
|
||
*********************************U\ / \ )
|
||
***************************** #^# #^#
|
||
************************** # # # #
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
(which I picked up from a long-forgotten source). If anyone can
|
||
snailmail me a written copy of "Happy Samhain" in runed Gaelic, I'll
|
||
take a whack at ASCIIfying it....
|
||
|
||
Origin: TIDMADT Enterprises (703) 370-7054 (1:109/120)
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 12 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Future History
|
||
|
||
29 Oct 1996
|
||
Republic Day, Turkey.
|
||
|
||
5 Nov 1996
|
||
Election day, U.S.A.
|
||
|
||
5 Nov 1996
|
||
Guy Fawkes Day, England.
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1996
|
||
Twelfth Anniversary of FidoNews Volume 1, Issue 1.
|
||
|
||
12 Dec 1996
|
||
Constitution Day, Russia
|
||
|
||
26 Jan 1997
|
||
Australia Day, Australia.
|
||
|
||
6 Feb 1997
|
||
Waitangi Day, New Zealand.
|
||
|
||
16 Feb 1997
|
||
Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush.
|
||
|
||
29 Feb 1997
|
||
Nothing will happen on this day.
|
||
|
||
25 May 1997
|
||
Independence Day, Argentina
|
||
|
||
11 Jun 1997
|
||
Independence Day, Russia
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1998
|
||
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
|
||
Tom Jennings.
|
||
|
||
31 Dec 1999
|
||
Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
|
||
|
||
15 Sep 2000
|
||
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
|
||
|
||
-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
|
||
Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 13 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
Latest Greatest Software Versions
|
||
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
Ah, bliss. I'm finally caught up! There are some issues pending, but
|
||
they're all waiting for responses from authors. As of this moment,
|
||
my inbox is totally empty.
|
||
|
||
As I mentioned when I started working on this column, I will
|
||
occasionally highlight a new (or newly updated) entry. This is the
|
||
first:
|
||
|
||
"BeeMail is a Windows 100% GUI FTS mailer, tosser, scanner and
|
||
echomail processor. It can be used as a front-end mailer for any
|
||
Windows or DOS BBS. There are two functionally identical versions
|
||
of Beemail: win16 and win32."
|
||
|
||
Fidonet contact info: Andrius Cepaitis, 2:470/1 Freq:BEEMAIL
|
||
|
||
Internet contact info: hq@beemail.com
|
||
http://beemail.com
|
||
ftp://beemail.com
|
||
|
||
In general, I don't include entries for beta versions of software.
|
||
I made an exception in this case, as the package is already in use.
|
||
Beemail is planned to release around December this year.
|
||
|
||
I removed the Apple CP/M section this week. Obviously, I'll reinstate
|
||
it in the unlikely event I hear from a sysop who runs or authors BBS-
|
||
related software for it.
|
||
|
||
Next week, Apple II Software will probably get the axe.
|
||
|
||
Phased out this week: Apple CP/M Software
|
||
|
||
Phase-out highlights:
|
||
This week: Archimedes Software Deadline for info: 18 Oct 1996.
|
||
Last week: Apple II Software Deadline for info: 18 Oct 1996.
|
||
|
||
-=- Snip -=-
|
||
|
||
Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column
|
||
|
||
OS Platform :
|
||
Software package name :
|
||
Version :
|
||
Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
|
||
Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? :
|
||
Author / Support staff contact name :
|
||
Author / Support staff contact node :
|
||
Magic name (at the above-listed node) :
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 14 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
Please include a sentence describing what the package does.
|
||
|
||
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
-=- Snip -=-
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
|
||
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
|
||
CheckPnt 0.5 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 CHECKPNT
|
||
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
|
||
FrontDoor 2.12 M S Joaquim Homrighausen
|
||
2:201/330 FD
|
||
FrontDoor 2.20c M C Joaquim Homrighausen
|
||
2:201/330 FDINFO
|
||
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
||
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:297/11 IMAIL
|
||
ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
||
InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
|
||
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
|
||
InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
|
||
InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
|
||
IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
|
||
Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY
|
||
Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386
|
||
MakePl 1.8 N F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 MAKEPL
|
||
Marena 1.1 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 MARENA
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAX
|
||
McMail g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
|
||
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
|
||
O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
|
||
PcMerge 2.7 N F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
||
PlatinumXpress 1.1 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX11TD.ZIP
|
||
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
|
||
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
|
||
Silver Xpress
|
||
Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
|
||
Reader 4.3 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR43.ZIP
|
||
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISH
|
||
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
|
||
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS
|
||
TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG
|
||
TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS
|
||
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
|
||
XRobot 3.01 O S Joaquim Homrighausen
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 15 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
2:201/330 XRDOS
|
||
|
||
OS/2:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
|
||
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
||
ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXP
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
PcMerge 2.3 N F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
||
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
|
||
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISHP
|
||
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
XRobot 3.01 O S Joaquim Homrighausen
|
||
2:201/330 XROS2
|
||
|
||
Windows (16-bit apps):
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
|
||
|
||
Windows (32-bit apps):
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXN
|
||
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
|
||
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
|
||
|
||
Unix:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ifmail 2.8f M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
|
||
ifmail-tx 2.8f-tx7.7 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
|
||
Amiga:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
|
||
Function: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
|
||
C-Compression, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed
|
||
by the first match.
|
||
|
||
Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
|
||
X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Source
|
||
|
||
|
||
Old info from: 01/27/92
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 16 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software NodeList Utilities Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Kitten 1.01 EditNL 4.00 MailBase 4.11a@
|
||
Lynx 1.30 FDND 1.10 MSG 4.5*
|
||
Merlin 1.39n MakeNL 2.31 MsgLnk 1.0c
|
||
Oracomm 5.M.6P@ Parselst 1.33 MsgMstr 2.03a
|
||
Oracomm Plus 6.E@ Prune 1.40 MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
PCBoard 14.5a SysNL 3.14 MSGTOSS 1.3
|
||
Phoenix 1.07* XlatList 2.90 Netsex 2.00b
|
||
ProBoard 1.20* XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 OFFLINE 1.35
|
||
QuickBBS 2.75 Oliver 1.0a
|
||
RBBS 17.3b Other Utilities OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
|
||
RemoteAccess 1.11* Name Version PKInsert 7.10
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.05 -------------------- PolyXarc 2.1a
|
||
SLBBS 2.15C* 2DAPoint 1.50* QM 1.00a
|
||
Socrates 1.11 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 QSort 4.04
|
||
SuperBBS 1.12* ARCAsim 2.31 RAD Plus 2.11
|
||
SuperComm 0.99 ARCmail 3.00* Raid 1.00
|
||
TAG 2.5g Areafix 1.20 RBBSMail 18.0
|
||
TBBS 2.1 ConfMail 4.00 ScanToss 1.28
|
||
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Crossnet 1.5 ScMail 1.00
|
||
Telegard 2.7* DOMAIN 1.42 ScEdit 1.12
|
||
TPBoard 6.1 DEMM 1.06 Sirius 1.0x
|
||
WildCat! 3.02* DGMM 1.06 SLMail 2.15C
|
||
XBBS 1.77 DOMAIN 1.42 StarLink 1.01
|
||
EEngine 0.32 TagMail 2.41
|
||
Network Mailers EMM 2.11* TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Name Version EZPoint 2.1 Telemail 1.5*
|
||
-------------------- FGroup 1.00 TGroup 1.13
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 FidoPCB 1.0s@ TIRES 3.11
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 FNPGate 2.70 TMail 1.21
|
||
Dreamer 1.06 GateWorks 3.06e TosScan 1.00
|
||
Dutchie 2.90c GMail 2.05 UFGATE 1.03
|
||
Milqtoast 1.00 GMD 3.10 VPurge 4.09e
|
||
PreNM 1.48 GMM 1.21 WEdit 2.0@
|
||
SEAdog 4.60 GoldEd 2.31p WildMail 2.00
|
||
SEAmail 1.01 GROUP 2.23 WMail 2.2
|
||
TIMS 1.0(mod8) GUS 1.40 WNode 2.1
|
||
Harvey's Robot 4.10 XRS 4.99
|
||
Compression HeadEdit 1.18 XST 2.3e
|
||
Utilities HLIST 1.09 YUPPIE! 2.00
|
||
Name Version ISIS 5.12@ ZmailH 1.25
|
||
-------------------- Lola 1.01d ZSX 2.40
|
||
ARC 7.12 Mosaic 1.00b
|
||
ARJ 2.20
|
||
LHA 2.13
|
||
PAK 2.51
|
||
PKPak 3.61
|
||
PKZip 1.10
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 17 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
OS/2 Systems
|
||
------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z)
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
|
||
ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
|
||
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
|
||
Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
|
||
Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
|
||
-------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
|
||
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
|
||
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
|
||
1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
|
||
SEAmail 1.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Xenix/Unix 386
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
ARC 5.21
|
||
C-LHARC 1.00
|
||
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
|
||
|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
|
||
Omail 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.32
|
||
Unzip 3.10
|
||
VPurge 4.08
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
QNX
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03
|
||
QCP 1.02
|
||
NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6
|
||
Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05
|
||
QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00
|
||
LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01
|
||
Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple II
|
||
--------
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 18 14 Oct 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
|
||
GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
|
||
ShrinkIt 3.30*
|
||
|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
||
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
|
||
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
|
||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
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Telefinder Host Import 3.2
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2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
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MacArd 0.04
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Mantissa 3.21
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Point System Mehitable 2.0
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Software OriginatorII 2.0
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Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
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CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
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MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
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TImport 1.92
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Tset 1.3
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TSort 1.0
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UNZIP 1.02c
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Zenith 1.5
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Zip Extract 0.10
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Amiga
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-----
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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
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DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
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Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
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Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12
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TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
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XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@
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Utilities FileMgr 2.08
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Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
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NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18
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Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
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-------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
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ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
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Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
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TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
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PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
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UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
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Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
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Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
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TrapToss 1.20
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|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
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Atari ST/TT
|
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-----------
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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
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LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
|
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QuickBBS/ST 1.06* ConfMail 4.10
|
||
NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
|
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Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
|
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Compression -------------------- FastPack 1.20
|
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Utilities ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
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Name Version EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
|
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-------------------- sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
|
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ARC 6.02 Trenum 0.10
|
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LHARC 2.01i
|
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PackConvert
|
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STZip 1.1*
|
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UnJARST 2.00
|
||
WhatArc 2.02
|
||
|
||
|
||
Archimedes
|
||
----------
|
||
|
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20
|
||
Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01
|
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RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00
|
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DeLZ 0.01
|
||
MailED 0.95
|
||
NetFile 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
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Raul 1.01
|
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!Spark 2.16
|
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!SparkMail 2.08
|
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!SparkPlug 2.14
|
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UnArj 2.21
|
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UnZip 3.00
|
||
Zip 1.00
|
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|
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FIDONEWS 13-42 Page 20 14 Oct 1996
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|
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|
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Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
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||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
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BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
|
||
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
|
||
RList 1.03
|
||
RTick 2.00
|
||
UnBundle 1.4
|
||
UnSeen 1.1
|
||
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
Key to old info:
|
||
+ - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
|
||
* - Recently Updated Version
|
||
@ - New Addition
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
|
||
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
|
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|
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FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY
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|
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|
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|
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it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]
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|
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|
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Version: 2.6.2
|
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Comment: Clear-signing is Electronic Digital Authenticity!
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|
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|
||
|
||
|
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Pending a formal decision about including 'encrypted' material inside
|
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FidoNews from the Zone Coordinator Council, the guts of the FidoNews
|
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public-key have been removed from this listing.
|
||
|
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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the
|
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Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone
|
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|
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|
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This section will contain only this disclaimer and instructions until
|
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a ZCC decision is forwarded to the Editor.
|
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|
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Sorry for any inconvenience.
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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=================================================================
|
||
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
|
||
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|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
|
||
|
||
Editor: Christopher Baker
|
||
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
|
||
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar,
|
||
Tom Jennings, Sylvia Maxwell,
|
||
Donald Tees
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews Editor"
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/23
|
||
BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)
|
||
|
||
more addresses:
|
||
Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net
|
||
cbak.rights@opus.global.org
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews Editor
|
||
P.O. Box 471
|
||
Edgewater, FL 32132-0471
|
||
U.S.A.
|
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|
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|
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voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please]
|
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[1800-0100 UTC/GMT]
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|
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
|
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
|
||
of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
|
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authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
|
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does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
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these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
|
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FidoNews.
|
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|
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
|
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the Editor.
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|
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|
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|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
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file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
|
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PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
|
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address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
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FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
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|
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|
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particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
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where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
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current year [6], i.e., FNWSMAY6.ZIP for all the Issues from May 96.
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|
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Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
|
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1 - 12 for 1984 - 1995, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
|
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size from 48K to 1.2M.
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http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
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ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
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ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
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|
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You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
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http://www.geocities.com/athens/6894/
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STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
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Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
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|
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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
|
||
available almost immediately after publication on the Editor's new
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homepage on the World Wide Web at:
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|
||
http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
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|
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There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
|
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to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
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link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
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A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
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1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
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Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It
|
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is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
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Zone 1 Echomail Backbone.
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|
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Anyone interested in getting a copy of the INTERNET GATEWAY FAQ may
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file-request GISFAQ.ZIP from 1:133/411.0, or send an internet message
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to fidofaq@gisatl.fidonet.org. No message or text or subject is
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necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
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response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
|
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should now mail to fidonet@gisatl.fidonet.org rather than the
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previously listed address.
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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 Editor, or file-requestable
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from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
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also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
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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, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
|
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and are used with permission.
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|
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"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
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or we'd all have to get in fights
|
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or something to amuse ourselves
|
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
|
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