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Not yo mama's net!
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AlleyNet Sysop's Documentation v3.0
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July 6, 1994
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AlleyNet (c) 1994 Ryan A. Simpson
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The top brass:
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Ryan Simpson Danbury, CT Fidonet 1:141/915 AlleyNet
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200:203/2
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AlleyNet System Coordinator / Co-developer
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Sysop of La Casa de Simpson, 203-744-2714
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Jon Persky Weston, CT Fidonet 1:141/256 AlleyNet
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200:203/4
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AlleyNet Region Coordinator / Co-developer
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Sysop of Pultonium Playground, 203-454-2286
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Frederick Tan Trumbull, CT Fidonet 1:141/440 AlleyNet 200:203/140
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AlleyNet Echo Coordinator / Resident Cool Guy
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Sysop of The Wacko Board ][, 203-261-3130
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Rich Unger Stratford, CT Internet rbu@fcc.com
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"The Unofficial Official", now officially official.
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Too cheap to buy a phone line.
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Special Thanks to:
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Mike Zelkin, Alison Cozzubbo (wherever she is), Steve Ungvary, and all our
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sysops and users.
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I. What is AlleyNet?
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AlleyNet is like no other net you've ever seen. You won't find
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annoying moderators, totalitarian way of life, and general restrictions on
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everything. Instead, your opinions will actually matter. Every node in
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AlleyNet becomes an integral part of the decision-making process. On the
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whole, however, the whole object is to have fun. Nothing serious exists
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here. We can go to school if we want that crap. :)
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II. Where did AlleyNet originate?
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The net was first envisioned by Ryan Simpson and Alison Cozzubbo,
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sysop of the late Cat's Alley BBS in New Fairfield, CT. Hence the name
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"AlleyNet" was derived. AlleyNet's first test message occurred on January
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21, 1994. Starting in April 1994, the net started to expand throughout much
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of western Connecticut. Now, we are looking to expand throughout the state
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of Connecticut as well as into New York state and beyond. With your help,
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we will be able to do this.
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III. How do I get hooked up?
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Potential AlleyNet sysops don't exactly have to take the SATs to
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hook up. In fact, we just ask that your system:
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1) Is up when you say it is up. If you say it is up 24 hours a day,
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we shouldn't get a 19-hour string of "No Carriers" trying to poll you.
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2) Does not blatantly engage in illegal activities. We're not the
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FBI, we're not going to search for a hidden section on your board, but this
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is a legitimate net.
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3) Are willing to take responsibility for your users who post on
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the net.
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All potential AlleyNet sysops must complete the application file
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ALLEY.APP with their full real information. This file should be sent to
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one of the "top brass", or (when we get that far) your local
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hub, via netmail. You will then be assigned to a hub or sub-hub, or you
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will be asked to become a hub or sub-hub (completely voluntary of course.)
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Node numbers in most cases are up to you to decide, within the confines of
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the numbering system of the particular hub or sub-hub you're in.
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IV. The numbering system
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AlleyNet's zone number is 200; however, we may be forced to change
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this. The middle number, or net number, will generally correspond to the
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area code of the node. For example, all AlleyNet nodes in Connecticut will
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belong to Net 203. However, once again we may be forced to revise this if
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there are too many nodes and not enough numbers.
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Almost every system will either be a hub, sub-hub, or a downlink of
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a hub or sub-hub. Hubs will have node numbers ending with 00, for example,
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Jon Persky's address is 200:203/100 (although since he is an administrative
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node, he uses 200:203/4.) Sub-hubs are like hubs in that they distribute
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mail to several downlinks. However, sub-hubs still belong to the main hub,
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subscribe to the hub echo, and send mail (in most cases) directly to the
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main hub. We don't have a set policy as of yet in numbering, but it is
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suggested that one set of numbers is reserved for downlinks off the main
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hub and another set is reserved for downlinks off sub-hubs. For example, we
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hope to set up a sub-hub in the Stamford exchange. Its node number would be
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200:203/150. It would send all mail to Jon at /100, but all of Stamford's
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downlinks will send mail to Stamford instead.
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Confused? Good. That's our hypnotic way of dragging you into the
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net.. AAAAAA! :)
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V. Echos
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AlleyNet echos will each be identified by the header "AL_". For
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example, our For Sale echo is AL_FORSALE. Sysops are encouraged to fully
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distinguish AlleyNet echos from FidoNet echos, since we are an entirely
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separate net.
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Almost all echos will have moderators. This is just out of
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necessity to prevent virtual anarchy, :) but as we've said we're not going
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to be proteges of HUMOR moderators. (If you've ever posted anything on the
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HUMOR echo, you know what we're talking about...) Moderators are appointed
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by the AlleyNet heads, however; sysops may petition us if they feel a
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moderator is overstepping his or her bounds.
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Echo rules will be posted regularly by the moderator. Sysops are
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expected to ensure that their users do not overstep their bounds (wow, I
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like saying "overstepping bounds" today..) We suggest that sysops not give
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users write access to AlleyNet echos until they have been verified for full
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access on his or her BBS. Sysops should also allow or disallow the use of
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handles on each individual echo based on the moderator's guidelines.
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If a user or Sysop wishes to create a new echo, he or she should
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post in AL_SUGBOX. Almost all ideas will be approved unless they are
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obscene or practically the same as another echo.
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VI. Something buggin' ya?
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We do our best to listen to Sysops and users. If you have a
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complaint or suggestion, post in AL_SUGBOX. If you want to inform us of a
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wascaly moderator, AL_MODDEC is where you should post. All grievances will
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be fully considered by us. Of course, if you have a private question or
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complaint, you can handle it in Netmail.
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VII. Want to learn more before committing?
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Netmail one of us and we'll explain anything that you need. Also,
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Ryan, Jon, and lots of other AlleyNet gurus hang out in the FidoNet echo
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TEENOPUS and INTERUSER. You can find one or both of us there, as well as
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lots of other AlleyNet VIPS. Woops, I said that already. I'm a little
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redundant today. Oh well..
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Thanx to Jon Persky for typing this thing out. It was worth the effort. It
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looks pretty damn good. I think I'm gonna frame it.
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