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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 52 29 December 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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| (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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| 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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THE NEW YEAR'S EVE EDITION!
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Last Issue for 1997 ...................................... 1
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2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
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New ZC in Zone 4 ......................................... 2
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Looking for pointers on points? .......................... 3
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3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
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A simple question razed .................................. 4
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4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 6
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An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !! ....... 6
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5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7
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What happens after Christmas? ............................ 7
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The Night After Christmas ................................ 8
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6. NOTICES .................................................. 11
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Future History ........................................... 11
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7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 12
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 12
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8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 16
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FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 16
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9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 17
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10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 19
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 1 29 Dec 1997
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EDITORIAL
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Another year comes to an end at FidoNews.
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Where are we a year later?
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We still have no International Coordinator. We still can't get six
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guys in a communications network with all sorts of connection
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possibilities to synchronize the delivery of our fundamental
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document - the Nodelist - on a regular basis. At least two of those
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guys don't even communicate with the rest of FidoNet at all.
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Why do some people hang onto Coordinator slots LONG after they've
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retired in office? Is it ego? Inertia? Stupidity?
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We do have our own Internet domain at fidonews.org thanks to jim
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barchuk. We do have people who move Echomail in spite of being under
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continuous attack for their efforts. We used to have a file moving
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network but I haven't seen much of it lately. We still have Sysops
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willing to help other Sysops with technical and sometimes even
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personal problems.
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Does that balance out?
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Zone 4 has a new Zone Coordinator. His first input is in the Letters
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section. This is 100 percent more than his predecessor ever offered.
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He didn't make it into this week's Nodelist in Zone 1, however. [sigh]
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One of our readers needs help getting point operations info. If you've
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got what he needs, please send him some mail.
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What do you think we should expect in the new year?
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C.B.
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 2 29 Dec 1997
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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[I received this several days ago. This week's Nodelist was ruefully
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short {again} of other Zone updates including nothing from Zone 4.
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Ed.]
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From: LAM@rivero.newage.com.ar (Luis Manterola)
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To: cbaker84@digital.net
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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:07:34 -0300
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Subject: Fidonet in Zone 4
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Priority: normal
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Organization: P.L.Rivero y Cia. S.A.
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Hi Christopher!
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Some numbers of Fidonews ago you wrote:
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> F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 41 13 October 1997
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> ===============================================================
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> EDITORIAL
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> ===============================================================
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> Not much new going on. Zone 4 DID get a new ZC. I saw it in the
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> Nodediff on Friday but nobody bothered to let FidoNews know so it
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> could be passed on the easy way. Maybe neither the past or the new
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> ZC4 ever heard of FidoNews?
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I'm sure they perfectly knew about FidoNews, I'll try to explain
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this in the next lines.
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> So, I'll tell you that ZC4 is now:
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> Alejandro Alvarez at 4:900/309 in or around Buenos Aires in
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> Argentina.
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> From his listings, it appears he also an RC and an NC which is
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> a lot of hats if you have more than 20 Nodes in your Region or
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> Net but that is just speculation since no official notice has
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> been forthcoming.
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No, he is not RC90. He is just NC900 and was a temporal ZC4. Ariel
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Nardelli was our ZC4 up to the first days of October. He was a good
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ZC, he made quite a good job from May 1996 to Sept.97 but he didn't
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speak english so it was a little bit difficult for him to communicate
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with you or any other english speaking person.
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Nevertheless he managed to have a translator-friend who helped him to
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participate in some echoes as REGCON.
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Then he left Fidonet for personal causes and named A. Alvarez as a
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temporal ZC4. Alejandro probably didn't tell you at the first time of
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this change because of his temporal condition, he immediately
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organized elections in which I was chosen as the new ZC. I should
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appear as ZC in the next diff. [He didn't in Zone 1. Ed.]
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> One can only hope this ZC4 will be more responsive than the
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> last ZC4. Congratulations [or commiserations as appropriate],
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 3 29 Dec 1997
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> Alejandro! Feel free to use FidoNews to tell us everything. [grin]
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You can count on me to be permanently in touch with you for any
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event that happens in our zone.
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Best Regards.
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Luis Manterola - 4:4/0 - 4:900/525
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Mailto:lam@rivero.newage.com.ar
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From: DAVID_BOUCHER@prodigy.com ( D BOUCHER)
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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 15:34:04, -0500
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To: cbaker84@digital.net
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Subject: Fidonews...?
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Hi Chris,
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Do you know if there is an echo where I can learn more about running a
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'point system'? ...or maybe a FAQ that someone has put together for
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people wanting to run a 'point system'?
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Thanks for your help! (And thanks for your great work on the
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Fidonews.. .)
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--
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Dave in Boston
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(For E-mail, mailto:David_Boucher@Prodigy.com?subject=fromEMCsig )
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 4 29 Dec 1997
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ARTICLES
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A simple question razed
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by Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109
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In 1448 Lee Kindness responded to a question from Rich Veraa:
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> From: Rich Veraa
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> Does anyone know howcome a net in Ontario lists a node in Malasia?
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LE> And can I ask you why it matters? This sort of geographical
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LE> nonsense is damaging to Fidonet - it merely gives some "power
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LE> hungry fiends" something to worry about.
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He asked a simple question. Rather than answering, Lee accuses him of
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being a power hungry fiend?!?!. For a simple question?
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LE> Do a bit of research and find out about Fidonet in Asia and you
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LE> might see why a node would want to be in zones 1 or 2...
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How? Where does one start such research? Read NET_DEV perhaps?
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Certainly asking about it in FidoNews won't do him any good, will it?
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It matters. But there can be a reason for it. It is spelled out how
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and why geography comes into play in assigning nodes in Policy.
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But instead of trying to explain, Mr. Kindness has to use the question
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as a yet another excuse for him to piss and moan.
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People ask "O where, O where has our poor dog gone?" People blame the
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lessening of the NodeList to many things, always technical. It's the
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Internet, or the FTSC, or Policy, or it's the Software, this or that,
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over and over. And nobody offer solutions beyond, "If they just
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published *MY* FSC, it will fix FidoNet!" Like hell it will.
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BBSes get fewer and fewer new callers because BBSes get stricter and
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stricter, with caller ID, callback verifiers, 20 questions asked, wait
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periods, download ratios, etc. etc.
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Usenet offers immediate reading and writing to discussion groups, no
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questions asked. It allows anonymity. There's more freedom.
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FTP and HTTP offers immediate downloading (and searches for) thousands
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of programs, source code, pictures and various other sundries. No
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questions asked. No wait periods. No ratios. There's more freedom.
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And here in the snooze, and in many Echoes, we keep hearing over and
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over, tiny-dick know-nothings constantly pissing and moaning.
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People are leaving FidoNet not because the FTSC are lax in their
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duties. Not because the Internet uses better technology. But because
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BBSes are run under fear of handles and unknown phone numbers. Because
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people are hearing too often from those who want others to give them
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name recognition piss and moan when they don't get it. Because people
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 5 29 Dec 1997
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are sick and tired of hearing over and over, the accusations, the
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insults, the complaints and the sheer idiocy that goes on here by
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the vocal minority.
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O yeah. To the virtual schmucks complaining about the NESYSOP NC
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election: The Network Coordinator is appointed by the Regional
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Coordinator. There needn't even be an election.
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Some things are just a little more important than Fidonet.
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-- Mike Bilow
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 6 29 Dec 1997
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COORDINATORS CORNER
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An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !!
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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/Jul!Ndl-332!Nodel.-339!Nodel.-346!Nodel.-353!Nodel.-360!%%!
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+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
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! 1/360 ! 6400 ! 6338 -62! 6338 0! 6420 82! 6199 -221!27!
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! 2/360 ! 14826 !14627 -199!14654 27!14769 115!14523 -246!63!
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! 3/360 ! 602 ! 591 -11! 591 0! 602 11! 580 -22! 3!
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! 4/353 ! 441 ! 436 -5! 434 -2! 438 4! 435 -3! 2!
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! 5/353 ! 92 ! 92 0! 92 0! 92 0! 91 -1! 0!
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! 6/318 ! 1091 ! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 5!
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+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
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! 23452 !23175 -277!23200 25!23412 212!22919 -493!
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+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
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New is I've added the Julian-date of each zone-segment from which
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the current nodelist in zone-2 was compiled.
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For the purpose of comparison here's the same info from about 6 months
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ago. (no, zone-5 and -6 did not grow, only the zonal entries of each
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zone now are included in the count and 6 months ago not)
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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|Zone|Nl-157|Nodelist-164|Nodelist-171|Nodelist-178|Nodelist-185|%%|
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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| 1 | 8182| 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 7828 -354 |30|
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| 2 | 15774|15703 -71 |15666 -37 |15640 -26 |15577 -63 |60|
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| 3 | 758| 758 0 | 758 0 | 743 -15 | 728 -15 | 3|
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| 4 | 519| 514 -5 | 514 0 | 519 5 | 517 -2 | 2|
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| 5 | 87| 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0|
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| 6 | 1078| 1078 0 | 1079 1 | 1079 0 | 1079 0 | 4|
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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| 26398|26322 -76 |26286 -36 |26250 -36 |25816 -434 |
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+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
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With the different measuring systems compensated the net-result in
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6 months is:
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Zone-1 : -1667 = -21.2%
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2 : -1078 = - 6.9%
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3 : - 154 = -21.1%
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4 : - 87 = -16.8%
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5 : - 3 = - 3.4%
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6 : status-quo
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Different types of comments are possible ...
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\x/ard
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 7 29 Dec 1997
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NET HUMOR
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--- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 ---
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By Christopher Baker on Sat Dec 27 17:37:17 1997
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From: Jim Venedam
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To: All
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Date: 26 Dec 97 11:54:00
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Subj: After Christmas
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Subject: A Post-Holiday Poem
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From: bobd@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com (Bob D'Amore)
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This appeared in the Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)
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Sat. Dec.26, 1992.
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HAPPY SHOPPING TO ALL!
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======================
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by Suzanne Delcamp
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Asbury Park Press Staff Writer
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(Poem reprinted with author's permission)
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'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the counties,
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The people went shopping to return all their bounty.
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The shoppers -- so many! -- roamed warily through the malls,
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All seeking elusive discount Christmas balls.
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The children came, too, and broke out into grins,
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As they watched Mom return orange ties from Aunt Mims.
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The teens prowled the record stores; the dads looked for books.
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A horde of old ladies searched for marked-down crochet hooks.
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Away in the parking lot, nearby spaces were rare,
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Though if you drove far away enough there were plenty to spare.
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The malls were just bustling, the folks dashing to and fro,
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And the prospect of bargains made some shoppers glow.
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Then what to consumers' wondering eyes should appear,
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But a clearance rack of sweaters all made from cashmere.
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I smiled at the shoppers, so lively and quick,
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Everyone was eager to spend the money from St. Nick.
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More rapid than eagles, shoppers came and came,
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Some reciting the stores they'd visit, name after name.
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First Macy's! Then Caldor! And Herman's and Braddock's.
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And don't forget McCrory, Lord & Taylor and Wallach's!
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To the upper level! To the lower level! Thank goodness for the mall!
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Let's shop away, shop away, shop away all!
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And as corridors got crowded and the madness intensified,
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The shoppers greeted waiting lines that stretched out to July,
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Up to the counters the lines snaked inch by inch,
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But then when else is returning ever such a cinch?
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 8 29 Dec 1997
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Then in the twinkling of an eye something opened up quite near,
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I stopped and I shook myself. An available cashier!
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But as I drew up my packages and was turning around,
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Someone raced to the register, beating me hands down.
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She was piled under packages, from her head to her toes,
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And the remnants of Christmas wrapping clung to her clothes.
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After shifting her bundle she began to unpack,
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That's when I realized they were all being taken back!
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Her eyes were glazed, her dimples anything but merry!
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Her face looked tired. Was she happy? Not very.
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Her small little mouth was drawn tight as a knot,
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And there at her side were several tired tots.
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She set down her packages, starting with the neon tinsel wreath, Then
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came the toothpick maker and some mechanical chattering teeth. The
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clerk eyed her wearily, but still the packages came,
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A ring rack, a poster, a plastic Great Dane.
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There was something funny about her, with her passel of elves,
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And I smirked as I watched her, in spite of myself.
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But with a wink of her eye and a twist of her head,
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I saw that once all this was returned there was more shopping ahead.
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She spoke not a word, just went back to her work.
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New play shoes for Willy, a new skirt for work.
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And then pointing a finger and rising up on her toes,
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She broke into a trot as she headed toward the bargain panty hose.
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As she sprang down the aisle, to her children she whistled,
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And they all flew behind her like tiny guided missles.
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But I heard her exclaim as she pranced out of sight,
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"Happy Shopping to all, and to all a good night!"
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Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46)
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--- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 ---
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By Christopher Baker on Sat Dec 27 17:37:44 1997
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From: Jim Venedam
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To: All
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Date: 26 Dec 97 11:56:00
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Subj: After Christmas II
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The Night After Christmas
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`Twas the night after Christmas, and boy, what a house!
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I felt like hell, and so did the spouse.
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The eggnog and turkey and candy were swell,
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but ten hours later, I sure didn't feel well.
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 9 29 Dec 1997
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The stockings weren't hung by the chimney with care,
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the darned things were sprawled on the back of a chair.
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The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
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but I had a large pack of ice on my head!
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And when I finally dozed off in a nap,
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the ice woke me up when it fell on my lap.
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Then for some unknown reason, I wanted a drink,
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so I started feeling my way to the sink.
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I got along fine, till I stepped on the cat,
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I don't recall what happened after that.
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When I came to, the house was flooded with light,
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although under a table, I was high as a kite!
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While visions of sugar plums danced in my head,
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I somehow got up and back into bed.
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Then what to my wandering eyes should appear...
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but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer!
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Then the sleigh seemed to change into a red fire truck,
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and each reindeer turned into a bleary eyed buck.
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I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
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I tried to call out, but my tongue was too thick.
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Then the old devil whistled and shouted with glee,
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while the bucks pawed the earth as they grinned at me!
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Then he called them by names, and the names made me shudder.
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When I heard them, I felt like a ship minus a rudder!
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"Now Eggnog! Bacardi! Now Bourbon and Brandy!"
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"Now Fruitcake! Cold turkey! Gin Rickey and Candy!"
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To the top of his head, to the top of his skull,
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now whack away, crack away, with thumps that are dull!
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And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof,
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the prancing and pawing of each cloven hoof.
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How long this went on, I'm sure I can't say,
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though it seemed like eternity, plus one more day!
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But finally, the night after Christmas had passed,
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and I found I could really think at last!
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So I thought of the New Year a few days away,
|
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and I've made me a vow that no temper can sway.
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|
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I'm sticking to water - don't even want ice!
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But there's nothing as tasty or nothing as nice.
|
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The night after New Year's may bother some guys,
|
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but I've learned my lesson, and now I am wise.
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|
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You can have your rich victuals and liquor that's red,
|
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but what goes to my stomach won't go to my head.
|
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So a big Happy New Year to you and to all,
|
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I'm back on the wagon, and hope I don't fall!
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Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46)
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 10 29 Dec 1997
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 11 29 Dec 1997
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=================================================================
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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Future History
|
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|
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12 Jan 1998
|
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HAL 9000 is one year old today.
|
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|
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30 Apr 1998
|
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Queens Day, Holland.
|
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|
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17 May 1998
|
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Independence Day, Norway.
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|
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22 May 1998
|
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Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
|
||
|
||
14 Sep 1998
|
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Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].
|
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|
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22 Sep 1998
|
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First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.
|
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|
||
1 Dec 1998
|
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Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
|
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Tom Jennings.
|
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|
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24 Jul 1999
|
||
XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
|
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|
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31 Dec 1999
|
||
Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
|
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|
||
1 Jan 2000
|
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
|
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|
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1 Jun 2000
|
||
EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
|
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|
||
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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|
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|
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|
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 12 29 Dec 1997
|
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|
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|
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=================================================================
|
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
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[from 1449. Ed.]
|
||
Latest Greatest Software Versions
|
||
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
New entry: Tornado, a BBS from Konstantin Klyagin. Welcome to 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 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
|
||
Announcer 1.12 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 XR5 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 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
|
||
FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX
|
||
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 14-52 Page 13 29 Dec 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
|
||
NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR
|
||
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
|
||
Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP
|
||
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
|
||
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 5.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO
|
||
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 0.93 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:
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 14 29 Dec 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ALLFIX/2 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
|
||
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 BOS2_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
|
||
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
|
||
FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
|
||
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
|
||
FleetStreet 1.21 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
|
||
FP-OS/2 97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow 323/107 FPOS2
|
||
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
|
||
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO2
|
||
WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
|
||
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 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
|
||
FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW
|
||
|
||
Windows (32-bit apps):
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Argus 95/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 A9I
|
||
Argus NT/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ANI
|
||
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
|
||
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP
|
||
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_W32
|
||
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
|
||
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTW
|
||
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
|
||
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
|
||
Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP
|
||
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFW
|
||
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
|
||
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
|
||
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
|
||
FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 15 29 Dec 1997
|
||
|
||
|
||
WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
|
||
WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP
|
||
|
||
Unix:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ifmail 2.12 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
|
||
ifmail-tx ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
|
||
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM
|
||
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
|
||
Amiga:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
CrashMail 1.31 T X Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHMAIL
|
||
CrashTick 1.2 O F Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHTICK
|
||
DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
|
||
GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
|
||
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
||
TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
|
||
2:310/6 TRAPDOOR
|
||
TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS
|
||
|
||
Atari:
|
||
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
|
||
BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY
|
||
BTNC 2.00 N G Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 BTNC
|
||
JetMail 0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker 2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
|
||
Semper 0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten 2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA
|
||
|
||
Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
|
||
C-Compression, F-Fossil, 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-Free w/ Source
|
||
|
||
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 16 29 Dec 1997
|
||
|
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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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of this appearance.
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FidoNet:
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Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
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FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
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HTML FNews http://www.fidonews.org
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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://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc/ftscmirr.htm
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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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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
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Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm
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Region 14: [disappeared?]
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Region 15: [disappeared?]
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Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm
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Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm
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REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/
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Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html
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Region 19: http://www.compconn.net
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
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ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm
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Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)
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Region 25:
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http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French)
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss)
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Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian)
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
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REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
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Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
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Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)
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Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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Zone 4: (not yet listed)
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Region 90:
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Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish)
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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
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Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)
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FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 19 29 Dec 1997
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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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Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
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Donald Tees
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"FidoNews Editor"
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FidoNet 1:1/23
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BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)
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more addresses:
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Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net
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cbaker84@fidonews.org
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cbaker84@aol.com
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cbaker84@msn.com
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FidoNews Editor
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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
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of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
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|
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