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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 29 21 July 1997
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| |
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| submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ |
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| please refer to the end of this file. |
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WAS IT THE FULL MOON?
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Will a shorter Issue make for more readers? .............. 1
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2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
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Re: Guest editorial of issue 14-28 ....................... 2
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3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4
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A Users Manifesto ........................................ 4
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REAL_FREE_SPEECH Echo .................................... 4
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4. ARTICLES ................................................. 7
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SIX MONTHS OF FIDO: nodelist day 313 1996, to day 122 1 .. 7
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Re: FidoNet: Past and Future ............................. 8
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5. COLUMNS .................................................. 11
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FidoNet in Europe ........................................ 11
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6. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 12
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Subject: Nodelist flags .................................. 12
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7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 15
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If Klingons Wrote Code ................................... 15
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8. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 16
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Hurry, before you're banned! Use FIDOTEST ................ 16
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9. NOTICES .................................................. 17
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Future History ........................................... 17
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10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 18
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 18
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11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 22
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FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 22
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And more!
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 1 21 Jul 1997
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EDITORIAL
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Here's the test, then. [grin]
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This should be half to one third the size of usual editions. Must be
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those summer doldrums.
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More Echomail war stuff. Some new technical stuff still coming in
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spite of FTSC limbo. Our Europe columnist returns today. Our other
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columnist is moving and we all know what a pain that can be.
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The Future History section is shrinking as events pass by. If you have
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something you want there, send it in.
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Don't forget the many ways you can get your input into FidoNews. All
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the ways are detailed every week in the Masthead at the end of each
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Issue.
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And where is Doc Loggerhead?
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C.B.
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 2 21 Jul 1997
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GUEST EDITORIAL
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Re: Guest editorial of issue 14-28
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by Damien Wellman
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damienw@juno.com
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I've been keeping a letter to FidoNews on the back burner for quite
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some time, but I've hesitated. The guest editorial of issue 14-28
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prompted me to finally speak my piece.
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To the anonymous author of that editorial, thank you. I've wanted to
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say exactly what you did. I think the idea is fantastic; the Internet
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isn't a giant monolith, after all, it is "merely" a giant network of
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other networks. As Fidonet is the oldest and (IMHO) best of all the
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amateur nets, it's really a crime NOT to hook Fido up to the Internet.
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After all, while Netmail is not that great anymore (thanks to the
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wide availability of Internet email) Echomail and file echoes are,
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again IMHO, two of the best things about Fidonet. Echoes, unlike
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Usenet newsgroups, are better moderated, nearly spam-free, and unlike
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the commercial services, moderators don't have to worry about losing a
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job because they threw someone who was excessively annoying out of the
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echo... who just happens to be a paying customer. (AOL is very bad at
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this.)
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Plus, access to most BBSes is free or extremely low-cost... and
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unlike the Internet, will have more people local to you. After all,
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you can't talk much about a local flood in a newsgroup, but on a local
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BBS you can. And you'll have Fidonet as well... and under the two-
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line scheme proposed in the 14-28 guest editorial, the user can use
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Internet services as well, all for a fairly low cost. If it costs the
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sysop $25 a month for simple dial-up access, and each user pays even
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$15 a _year_ for this access, you don't need too many users to keep
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the costs down. It'll still cost the sysop some money - that's why
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this is a hobby rather than a business - but it won't be exceedingly
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pricey.
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I think lots of people would flock to Fidonet if they _only knew it
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existed_, and if it was easily accessible via internet (hence the
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transferring of mail packets through FTP rather than phone lines). In
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fact, the idea is very simple; keep the current process, changing ONLY
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the method of transportation. All that needs to be done is write
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software that is geared towards receiving it via FTP or similar rather
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than a phone call. It may not be THAT much of an "only", but it's
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hardly an insurmountable task.
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All I can say is this: all of the expert programmers and hackers out
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there should get cracking and figure out how to do this. Better yet,
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let's see if someone can do better than the currently-available
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kludges. There's no reason for Fidonet and BBSing to die out - it
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must simply adapt to a new set of conditions. Let's see if we can get
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a _growth_ in total number of nodes for once.
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 3 21 Jul 1997
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Oh, and Chris - hope you don't mind my use of Tom Jennings' quote
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that appears in the end of Fidonews... hell, I hope *Tom* doesn't
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mind. :)
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+-----------------------------------------------+-------------+
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"Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all|MegaZeux |
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have to get in fights or something to amuse |Quake |
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ourselves and create the requisite chaos." |GURPS |
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-Tom Jennings /---------------------------------+Final Fantasy|
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+------------/Email:DamienW@juno.com |Anime |
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http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/4204 |Annoying Sigs|
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"I love watching the mushroom clouds in the morn- WAIT A SEC.."
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 4 21 Jul 1997
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
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By Christopher Baker on Mon Jul 14 04:00:19 1997
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From: Nic Boie @ 1:282/3043
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To: Editor @ 1:18/14
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Date: 07 Jul 97 14:32:04
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Subj: FidoNews
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Please put this into the next FidoNews issue.
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A Users Manifesto by Nic Boie(Shensey)
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I live in a new community. It is called "CyberSpace". CyberSpace is
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held together by the members. The United States of America thought
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they could limit us. They tried to pass the CDA. It failed. I will
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NOT go down without a fight. We will NOT give our freedoms up because
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parents cannot monitor their children. If a kid wants porn, their
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gonna get it. No matter what you do/say. It has been, is, and always
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will be this way. We live this community, most all of the users feel
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the same way. Do your math, what side has more? Think about this: No
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matter what restrictions you put on us, we will still do it. And you
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cant catch 100,000,000 people.
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Shensey a member of the United States of America and CyberSpace.
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p.s. When I say CyberSpace I refer to ALL online sources Including but
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not limiting to BBS's, INTERNET, and FIDONET.
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-30-
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To: bbodger@ttown.com
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Cc: wsl3@juno.com, kb6pi@juno.com, cbaker84@digital.net,
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budscan@juno.com, dmilner@southeast.net, mba@financier.com
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Subject: Re: REAL_FREE_SPEECH echo
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From: wsl3@juno.com (William S Lockwood III)
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:55:25 EDT
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First off, I'm in the middle of a move, and am not anywhere I can set
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my system up right now. I should return to the nodelist in about a
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week or two. Until that time, all moderator duties are handled by my
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second, Brent Hamm. A copy of this is being forwarded to him so that
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he may act on your complaint.
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Second, I submitted no rules file when I re-listed REAL_FREE_SPEECH.
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This was intentional. It is now an area devoted to actual free
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speech, not the censorship that you and the rest of the "backbone"
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folks now like to employ.
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 5 21 Jul 1997
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Third, I'd really like this posted to the snooze Chris, it's the only
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way I think Bruce can be kept honest.
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With Gassho,
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Scott
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http://shoga.wwa.com/~tj/
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mailto:wsl3@juno.com
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:53:38 +500 "Bruce Bodger" <bbodger@ttown.com>
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writes:
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>You are receiving this message as you are the listed Moderator of the
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>REAL_FREE_SPEECH echo.
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>
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>Messages as below violate your own echo rules. I understand that the
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>Backbone requires that you police your echo to ensure that it follows
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>its published topic. It appears that you are not living up to your
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>responsibility. Is it your desire that the echo be removed from
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>Backbone distribution? If not, I ask that you handle your Moderator
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>responsibilities.
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>
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>Bruce Bodger
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>
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>
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>On: Mon 14 Jul 97 8:16a
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>By: BullWinkle
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>To: Jack Kinney
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>Re: -FLAME ECHO-
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>St:
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>
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>---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>AREA:REAL_FREE_SPEECH
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>Hello Jack.
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>
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>12 Jul 97 10:26, Jack Kinney wrote to Bullwinkle:
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>
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> JK> Bullwinkle,
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> JK>
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> B >> 10 Jul 97 08:50, Hey Rocky! Jack Kinney pulled -FLAME ECHO-
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>outta
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> B >> his ass!:
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> JK>
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> JK>
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> B >.K>>> "Hey Rocky, Jack Kinney just pulled "I Sucks um full
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> B >.K>>> length"
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> B >.K>>> outta
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> B >.K>>> his ass.
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> B >JK>>
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> B >. >>> Bodger's little faggot buddy, Jack...
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> B >JK>>
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> B >JK>>
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> B >JK>>
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> B >JK>> You blew it! Now everybody knows the truth about Kinney.
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> JK>
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> JK> Listen to Bullwinkle;
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> JK>
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> JK>
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 6 21 Jul 1997
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> B >> Two can play the game...Kinney sucks on the end of Bodger's
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> B >> dork....
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> JK>
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> JK>
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> JK>
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> JK> ___
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> JK> * UniQWK #5250* Bullwinkle ..."Hey Rocky, look "Jack just
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> JK> pulled Bodgers dink outta his ASS"
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> JK>
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>
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>Got anything original, Jack?
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>
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>
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>BullWinkle
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>
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>... I've upped my standards.... Up yours!
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> * Origin: FLAME Backbone * Pacific Star (1:202/909.10)
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>
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-30-
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 7 21 Jul 1997
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ARTICLES
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SIX MONTHS OF FIDO: nodelist day 313 1996, to day 122 1997:
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a roundup of nodelist statistics
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By Ronnie L. Grant, 1:102/836 ronnie.grant@global.dyn.ml.org
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Ward Dossche, the Zone 2 Coordinator, has been posting nodelist
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statistics in FidoNews every week, showing information from the last
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five nodelists. Inspired by that, and wanting some longer-term data, I
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have compiled this information covering 22 nodelists: from Friday,
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November 8, 1996 -- Day number 313, thru Friday, May 4, 1997 -- Day
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122.
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Table I shows some fun statistics focusing on the nodelist itself,
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including status flags and the actual uncompressed file sizes. Tables
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II and III break down the number of nodes by zone; the percentages at
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the right is that zone's percentage of all nodes worldwide. Table IV
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shows the net change for each zone and worldwide between day 313 and
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122.
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If you find errors in the math, please submit them as a FidoNews
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proofreading (.PRF) article; note that some percentages are rounded
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and will not add up to 100.0%.
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DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this article is meant to construe
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any predictions about the future of Fidonet.
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I. ==================================================
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Nov 8 May 4 CHANGE
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1996 1997
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Day 313 Day 122
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Zones | 6 | 6 | 0
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Regions | 75 | 76 | +1 (+1.3%)
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HOSTs | 812 | 794 | -18 (-2.22%)
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HUBs | 1797 | 1716 | -81 (-4.51%)
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Nodes | 30341 | 27020 | -3,321 (-10.94%)
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-------------+-------+-------+--------
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PVT | 510 | 477 | -33
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Hold | 564 | 404 | -160
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Down | 893 | 853 | -40
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-------------+-------+-------+--------
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CommentLines | 1181 | 1176 | -5
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TotalLines | 36179 | 32522 | -3,657
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-------------+-------+-------+--------
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FileSize (Kb)| 2916 | 2611 | -305 (-10.45%)
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II. ==================================================
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Friday, November 8, 1996 -- Day number 313
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Zone 1 North America 11097 nodes = 37%
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Zone 2 Europe & more 16480 nodes = 54%
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Zone 3 Australia NZ PNG 960 nodes = 3%
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Zone 4 America Latina 627 nodes = 2%
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Zone 5 AFRICA 108 nodes = 0%
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Zone 6 ASIA 1020 nodes = 3%
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** TOTAL 30292 nodes
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III. ==================================================
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Friday, May 4, 1997 -- Day 122
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Zone 1 North America 8415 nodes = 31%
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Zone 2 Europe & more 16048 nodes = 59%
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Zone 3 Australia NZ PNG 773 nodes = 3%
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Zone 4 America Latina 555 nodes = 2%
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Zone 5 AFRICA 100 nodes = 0%
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Zone 6 ASIA 1083 nodes = 4%
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** TOTAL 26974 nodes
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IV. ==================================================
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Net change from 313 (1996) to 122 (1997)
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Zone 1 North America -2612 (-23.54%)
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Zone 2 Europe & more - 432 (-2.62%)
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Zone 3 Australia NZ PNG - 187 (-19.48%)
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Zone 4 America Latina - 72 (-11.48%)
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Zone 5 AFRICA - 8 (-7.41%)
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Zone 6 ASIA + 63 (+6.18%)
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------
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>>>>>> TOTAL CHANGE -3318 (-10.953%)
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Re: FidoNet: Past and Future
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by Joe Kotroczo, 2:270/20
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The guest editorial in issue 1428 ends like this:
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>Only one question remains. The question that remains is this: are
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>there enough good people, hackers, developers, visionaries, and
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>interest left in the FidoNet to make this new "FidoNet-IP" a reality?
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To answer this question: "FidoNet-IP" is already a reality. In some
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places at least. I fell over these while randomly surfing the net (at
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http://www.falcon.spb.su/fido.vmodem.html to be precise):
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.........
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;A Zone Nodelist for Monday, February 24, 1997 -- Day number 55 : 4918
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;
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; This is an official list of R50 nodes with an IP-connectivity
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; Send corrections and updates to 2:50/0 with IP-LIST in Subj field.
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;
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; Valid flags are:
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;
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; TCP - mandatory for any ip-node
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; VMP - Vmodem capability (default port 3141)
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; TEL - Telnet capability (default port 23)
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FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 9 21 Jul 1997
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; IFC - ifcico capability (default port 60179)
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; BND - binkd capability (default port 24554)
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; NOSMTP - the node does NOT support inbound SMTP mail
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; U,xxxxx - marks non-standard port number, relates to _first_
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; capability flag in the line (only one non-standard port
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; can be listed).
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; U,"foo.bar" - marks corresponding domain address (temporarily)
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;
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; In phone place should be placed either domain address in double
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; quotes "" or ip numeric address separated with '*' instead of '.'
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; (temporarily, domain address is moved behind U-flag, because no
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; mailer now supports alphanumeric translation from phone field to
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; ATDT ;command).
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;
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; All ip-nodes are listed with 38400 speed, just for the sake of
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; distinguishing them among non-ip nodes.
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;
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; R50C
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;
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; P.S. It is necessary to commemorate the impact of Dmitry Zavalishin
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; (2:5020/32) without whose activity and magnificent CREANL package,
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; this project would have never been realized.
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;
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;
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;
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Zone,2,Europe_etc.,Europe,Ward_Dossche,-Unpublished-,9600,XA
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,5,Castle,Riga,Egons_Bush,194*8*13*164,38400,XA,MO,CM,TCP,TEL,VMP,U,
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60179
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,6,Castle,Riga,Egons_Bush,194*8*13*164,38400,XA,MO,CM,TCP,TEL,VMP,U,
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60179
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Region,50,Russia,Moscow_Russia,Basil_Dolmatov,195*208*192*19,38400,XA,
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MO,MN,CM,TCP,TEL,NOSMTP,U,"fido.cplire.ru"
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,314,NorthStar,Arkhangelsk,Andrew_Lun,194*87*176*161,38400,XA,CM,TCP,
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IFC
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Host,5000,West_Siberian_Net,Novosibirsk_Russia,Oleg_Shurpikov,
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194*58*132*44,38400,CM,MO,TCP,TEL,IFC,BND,U,60177,"xopek.card.ru"
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[75 other entries deleted for shortness]
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.........
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This not the only list to be found: there is another one like this
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for Region 46, having 20 entries, and various other lists, some using
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different formats like this one:
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.........
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#Created 16 Jul 1997 22:18:50 by get-binkd-list REXX script v0.1
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#X-URL http://www.falcon.spb.su/cgi-bin/get-binkd-list.rex
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#
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Node 2:50/360@fidonet 195.19.106.135
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Node 2:252/358@fidonet alice.pcug.co.uk_24554
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Node 2:254/153@fidonet bbs.fidouk.org
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Node 2:450/56@fidonet 194.226.120.107
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Node 2:450/77@fidonet 194.85.255.46
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Node 2:450/102@fidonet 193.232.248.49
|
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[62 entries deleted]
|
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.........
|
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|
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More info and mailer supporting IP-connects can be found at:
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 10 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/argusip.html
|
||
http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~nsoveiko/fido/fido-over-ip.FAQ.english.
|
||
html
|
||
http://www.magadan.su/~maloff/binkd/
|
||
|
||
I think that the above shows clearly that there is a need for IP-
|
||
connectivity in Fidonet. The technology is there, what we need are
|
||
political decisions that allow these nodes to be inserted somehow into
|
||
the "real" nodelist. One could imagine for example a Flag, indicating
|
||
that the entry in the phonenumber-field is an ip-address. Or a
|
||
completely new nodelist format.
|
||
|
||
But I could also observe two rather negative facts: Firstly, a number
|
||
of nodes are not accepting this new form of connectivity: As one
|
||
German node put it: "Go away with this crap. This is Fido and not
|
||
internet." Intolerance and arrogance is sad.
|
||
|
||
Secondly: "FidoNet is defined by a NodeList issued weekly by the
|
||
International Coordinator." (Policy 4.07) But where is he ?
|
||
According to the rumours, our 6 ZCs can't get their act together and
|
||
vote a new one. According to these same rumours, one or two of them
|
||
can't even speak English, and according to these rumours one of them
|
||
behaves like a fascist. I have no idea if this is true. Perhaps some
|
||
ZC can comment on this?
|
||
|
||
|
||
P.S.: Sorry for my bad writing, but English isn't my mother tongue.
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 11 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COLUMNS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
FIDONET IN EUROPE
|
||
-----------------
|
||
by David Meikle (2:259/27.4)
|
||
|
||
Remember back in January I rote my last Fidonet in Europe, I bet you
|
||
were all upset ;-o Now I'm back with a vengeance :->
|
||
|
||
Now down to Biz. In March I got a reply to a request which I put out
|
||
in January to help out Jean Parrot. A Herr Rolf Behringer sent the
|
||
answer so lets all give him a Sehr Gut. SEHR GUT!. So this section
|
||
really does work.
|
||
|
||
If you would like to contact Rolf Fido in Germany drop him a line at
|
||
Rolf Behringer@2:2476/812 & I'm sure he will be glad to help. He runs
|
||
THE HAIRY GRILL BBS its number in Germany is 07631-10559 and from
|
||
anywhere else is 49-7631-10559.
|
||
|
||
If you have any news or requests send a message to europe@2:259/27.4 .
|
||
|
||
____
|
||
|---> Greetings from David Meikle
|
||
|
||
P.S. If anybody wants a infomail page on my system drop my a line and
|
||
I will sort it out because you can edit it remotely.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 12 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
GETTING TECHNICAL
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Subject: nodelist flags
|
||
from: Steve Woodmore
|
||
|
||
Version: 001
|
||
Date: 17th July 1997
|
||
Author: Steve Woodmore
|
||
|
||
|
||
Internet as a transport mechanism for fidonet
|
||
A proposal for Nodelist flags
|
||
by Steve Woodmore, 2:440/410 (2:2/200 ZEC/2)
|
||
Version 1: 17th July 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
1 Introduction
|
||
|
||
This document only discusses and deals with nodes that have the
|
||
capability to transfer fidonet packets across the Internet,
|
||
allowing low-cost access to nodes/points/users anywhere in the
|
||
world. The proposal is for nodelist flags to indicate this
|
||
ability.
|
||
|
||
This proposal assumes the reader has some knowledge of
|
||
Internet transport mechanisms.
|
||
|
||
Transferring data across the Internet can be done in one of
|
||
three ways:
|
||
|
||
1: FTP (File Transfer protocols)
|
||
|
||
2: Email attaches MIMES/UUencodes (this also assumes tunneling
|
||
programs)
|
||
|
||
3: Virtual Modems
|
||
|
||
This document aims to define the way in which nodes are to
|
||
inform other nodes of their Internet capabilities in the
|
||
nodelist.
|
||
|
||
Nodelist flags
|
||
|
||
Internet-related nodelist flags consist of two prefix indicators
|
||
and a suffix.
|
||
|
||
The prefix indicators are IN (for internet transfer capable).
|
||
The suffix indicates the way in the Internet is used.
|
||
|
||
IE
|
||
|
||
INo(p)oo
|
||
|
||
Suffix types
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 13 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
V - A virtual modem exists at this Node
|
||
|
||
F - This Node has an FTP server available for mail transfers
|
||
|
||
M - This Node is able to transfer mail either by UUencoded
|
||
attaches, MIME encoded attaches, or Via a Tunnel method.
|
||
Because mail packets can be stored on the Nodes ISP until
|
||
the Node Dials up, this method does not need 24hr
|
||
operation.
|
||
A node must dial-up their ISP to collect/send fidonet
|
||
mail at least Once daily to qualify for this flag
|
||
|
||
P - Is an optional flag and should only follow a V or an F
|
||
Suffix This indicates Part-time (not 24hr) operation, and
|
||
enquiries should be made to this node for hours of
|
||
operation details.
|
||
|
||
|
||
If more than one suffix is used, the suffixes will be sorted in
|
||
ascending order.
|
||
|
||
These flags DO NOT indicate if the Node operates a "Cost
|
||
recovery" Scheme or not.
|
||
|
||
Examples:
|
||
|
||
INVP - This node has a virtual modem, but not running 24hrs
|
||
|
||
INFPMV - This node has FTP (part time), mailer & Virtual modem
|
||
Capabilities.
|
||
|
||
INM - This node has Internet mailer/tunneling available
|
||
|
||
Rationale:
|
||
The Internet is here to stay, we in fidonet can no
|
||
longer hide our heads in the sand and hope it goes
|
||
away. The flags indicate that we are using the
|
||
nodelist as an alternative transport mechanism, and
|
||
we are in no way becoming a part of the Internet.
|
||
|
||
By using and incorporating this transport method into
|
||
the Nodelist, we can open fidonet up to a much wider
|
||
audience.
|
||
|
||
These flags do NOT do away with the Need to be FTS001
|
||
compliant during ZMH This is still a minimum
|
||
requirement.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Steve Woodmore ZEC/2 2:440/410 (2:2/200)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
E-mail : steve@proteus.demon.co.uk
|
||
http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk
|
||
|
||
-30-
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 14 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 15 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NET HUMOR
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
From: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@novia.net>
|
||
To: "Baker, Christopher" <cbaker84@digital.net (Christopher Baker)>
|
||
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 08:05:12 -0600
|
||
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@oasis.novia.net>
|
||
Subject: Re: GEEKS: If Klingons Wrote Code
|
||
|
||
From: "Matthew J. Probst" <mprobst@cs.byu.edu>
|
||
|
||
Top 10 things likely to be overheard if you
|
||
had a Klingon on your software development team:
|
||
|
||
10) "This code is a piece of gagh! You
|
||
have no honor!"
|
||
|
||
9) "A TRUE Klingon warrior does not comment
|
||
his code!"
|
||
|
||
8) "By filing this bug you have questioned
|
||
my family honor. Prepare to die!"
|
||
|
||
7) "You question the worthiness of my Code?!
|
||
I should kill you where you stand!"
|
||
|
||
6) "Our competitors are without honor!"
|
||
|
||
5) "Specs are for the weak and timid!"
|
||
|
||
4) "This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual
|
||
Pentium processors if I am to do battle with
|
||
this code!"
|
||
|
||
3) "Perhaps it IS a good day to Die! I say
|
||
we ship it!"
|
||
|
||
2) "My program has just dumped Stoval Kor!"
|
||
|
||
1) "Behold, the keyboard of Kalis! The greatest
|
||
Klingon code warrior that ever lived!"
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 16 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
Don't risk being banned! Use FIDOTEST.
|
||
|
||
Almost ALL other echoes FORBID posting TEST messages. Where do you
|
||
and your users send 'test' posts to ensure they are leaving your
|
||
system? Which Backboned echo can you use to ensure your posts are
|
||
reaching the far corners of Z1, or to see if upstream/downstream
|
||
systems are wrecking or loosing your message?
|
||
|
||
Why not a specific echo devoted to testing echomail links?
|
||
|
||
There is one! If you believe it to be beneficial for the Fidonet
|
||
community to have a _dedicated_ and _authorized_ echo for testing, be
|
||
sure to ask your REC to ensure that
|
||
|
||
FIDOTEST -
|
||
the Fidonet TEST echo and malfunction conference
|
||
|
||
gets Z1-Backboned.
|
||
|
||
Remember: only YOU can make sure your REC knows your position on the
|
||
backboning of FIDOTEST.
|
||
|
||
Netmail him today, because without your help, tomorrow's Fidonet may
|
||
never arrive.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Ronnie L. Grant
|
||
Moderator, Fidonet FIDOTEST echo
|
||
1:102/836 or ronnie.grant@bbsnets.com
|
||
|
||
+-----------------------------------------------+
|
||
| The SIX MONTHS OF FIDO article in this issue |
|
||
| has been brought to you, in part, by: |
|
||
| |
|
||
| The FIDOTEST echo. Use it now, before you're |
|
||
| banned. |
|
||
+-----------------------------------------------+
|
||
|
||
+-----------------------------------------------+
|
||
| COMING FALL OF '97: the LIBRARY echo returns. |
|
||
+-----------------------------------------------+
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 17 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Future History
|
||
|
||
26 Jul 1997
|
||
FidoNews Editor turns 48.
|
||
|
||
1 Aug 1997
|
||
International FidoNet PENPAL [Echo] meeting in Dijon, France
|
||
|
||
13 Oct 1997
|
||
Thanksgiving Day, Canada.
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1997
|
||
World AIDS Day.
|
||
|
||
10 Dec 1997
|
||
Nobel Day, Sweden.
|
||
|
||
12 Jan 1998
|
||
HAL 9000 is one year old today.
|
||
|
||
30 Apr 1998
|
||
Queens Day, Holland.
|
||
|
||
22 May 1998
|
||
Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
|
||
|
||
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.
|
||
|
||
1 Jan 2000
|
||
The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
|
||
|
||
15 Sep 2000
|
||
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
|
||
|
||
1 Jan 2001
|
||
This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
|
||
|
||
-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
|
||
Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 18 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
[from a previous Issue] Ed.
|
||
|
||
Latest Greatest Software Versions
|
||
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
Whew. Been a big month for me, but a relatively slow one for the list.
|
||
|
||
-=- 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) :
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
|
||
Announcer 1.11 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
|
||
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
|
||
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
|
||
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
|
||
CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT
|
||
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
|
||
FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16
|
||
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD
|
||
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
|
||
FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD
|
||
FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO
|
||
GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
|
||
GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
|
||
GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
|
||
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
||
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
|
||
GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX
|
||
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
|
||
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 19 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
|
||
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
||
InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
|
||
InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
|
||
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
|
||
JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV
|
||
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
|
||
JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H
|
||
JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G
|
||
MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL
|
||
Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX
|
||
Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE
|
||
McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
|
||
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
|
||
Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP
|
||
Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP
|
||
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD
|
||
Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
|
||
O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
|
||
PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
||
PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP
|
||
QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS
|
||
RAR 2.01 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 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP
|
||
Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE
|
||
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH
|
||
StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK
|
||
StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL
|
||
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
|
||
Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD
|
||
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO
|
||
TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP
|
||
TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS
|
||
TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG
|
||
TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS
|
||
WaterGate 0.92 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
|
||
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
|
||
WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
|
||
xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
|
||
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS
|
||
|
||
OS/2:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
|
||
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 20 21 Jul 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
|
||
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
|
||
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
|
||
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
|
||
FleetStreet 1.19 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
|
||
GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
|
||
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
||
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
|
||
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
|
||
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
|
||
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
|
||
Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUEP
|
||
Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
|
||
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEF
|
||
PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
||
RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
|
||
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
|
||
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2
|
||
|
||
Windows (16-bit apps):
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
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Amiga:
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CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK
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DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
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GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
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TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
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2:310/6 TRAPDOOR
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TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
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2:310/6 TRAPBETA
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TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS
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Atari:
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ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
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BTNC 2.00 N G Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 BTNC
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JetMail 0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker 2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
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FidoNet:
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WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
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FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html
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Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
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WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html
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Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)
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Region 90:
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
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Editor: Christopher Baker
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