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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:42 Page 1
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Volume 2, Number 10 22 April 1985
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Publisher: Fido #375
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Chief Procrastinator: Thom Henderson
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Disclaimer or dont-blame-me:
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The contents of the articles contained here are not my
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responsibility, nor do I necessarily agree with them;
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everything here is subject to debate. I publish EVERYTHING
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received.
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You can take this to mean anything you want, but hopefully
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as an invitation to comment, make suggestions, or write
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articles of your own.
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ARTICLE SUBMISSION
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All articles you see in this issue are written by users and
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sysops, and have one way or another managed to consume disk
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space on Fido #375. In order to get rid of them, and free up
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my precious disk space, I include them here, then quickly
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delete them. Then they are YOUR problem.
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EDITORIAL CONTENT:
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Totally up to you; I publish anything at all. Articles are
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generally Fido or BBS related; this is by no means a
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decision on my part, nor a requirement.
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FOR SALE, WANTED, NOTICES:
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Pretty much self explanatory. Commercial ads are welcomed,
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if of reasonable length.
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SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE:
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Manage to get a copy of your article to Fido #375,
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preferably by Fidonet mail, or by uploading. The name of
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the file you send MUST have one of the following extensions:
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.ART An article
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.SAL A "For Sale" notice
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.WAN A "Wanted" item
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:44 Page 2
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ARTICLE FORMAT: VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!
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The requirements are a little tighter in this department,
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due to purely practical constraints. I cannot devote hours
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to converting every text format in the world to the one I
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use.
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1. NO LEFT MARGINS! Flush left please. We will do the
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indenting at our end, thank you.
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2. RIGHT MARGIN AT COLUMN 60 OR LESS! Less is OK, more is
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definitely not. This includes fancy boxes, dotted lines,
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etc.
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3. NO FUNNY CHARACTERS! This includes formfeeds and other
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oddities.
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4. NO GRAPHIC CHARACTERS! Believe it or not, not every one
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in the world has an IBM PC. My computer understands
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printable characters from 20 hex to 7e hex. (Space to
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tilde) This is ASCII; "American Standard Code for
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Information Interchange". We are "Interchanging
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Information". Everything else is GARBAGE. ASCII is
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universal; Graphics are not.
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5. TOTAL ARTICLE LENGTH: Up to you; note, however, that I
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will probably avoid publishing dictionaries, bibles
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translated into NAPLPS, and ASCII encoded LANDSAT
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pictures of Russian wheat farms.
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6. WHERE ON EARTH IS THIS ARTICLE FROM? Well ... good
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question! A good idea to identify yourself somewhere,
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unless you wish to remain anonymous. Thats okay too, but
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I may balk at publishing rude or otherwise racy
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submissions.
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7. You don't need to put in separator lines at the top or
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bottom. They are added automatically when Fidonews is
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assembled.
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Any article that doesn't meet the above criteria will get
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bounced, and will not be published until someone gets around
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to fixing it. I might go over it and fix it up in time for
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the next issue, or I might ask you to try again, or I might
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just forget about it. In any event, you must meet these
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standards if you expect your article to be published
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promptly.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:45 Page 3
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Special Edition
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This is a special edition of Fidonews, published a week
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ahead of time. And for good reason, let me tell you.
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For any of you who haven't already heard it through the
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grapevine, here's the scoop: Several of the movers and
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shakers behind Fidonet got together last weekend in St.
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Louis. (No, yours truly couldn't make it, about which I'm
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quite irked. Unfortunatly for me the meeting was held the
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same weekend as the income tax filing deadline.) Of course,
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Fido and Fidonet were the hot topics of discussion. As a
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result of this, Fidonet is going to change tremendously.
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The reason is simple. Fidonet has just grown too big too
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fast. Something that started out as a way for a small
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circle of friends to swap files back and forth has grown
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into a nationwide (even worldwide) electronic mail network,
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with hundreds of subscribers. So, in keeping with the
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nature of the Fido users' community, control of Fidonet is
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being decentralized. This should result in better system
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performance for everybody; and at the very least it's like
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chicken soup, it can't hurt.
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But I'll let the architects of this grand new scheme of
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things tell you the story in their own words.
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I must ask you a favor, though. Please don't send mail to
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node 1 or node 51 asking for details on the upgrade. The
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guys in St. Louis have their hands full converting to the
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new system and testing out the new software. Tom Jennings
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is even busier trying to write and debug all the changes
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required to make this work. I'll do my best to keep on top
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of this, and to get the people involved to write about it
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when something happens, so you'll hear it through Fidonews
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almost as soon as it happens.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:47 Page 4
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NEWS
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Tom Jennings
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Fido #1 in Net #...
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Unfortunately there isn't enough time to give you
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complete details, as it is now Sunday, the deadline for the
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newsletter, and I just got back from St. Louis this AM, but
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I'll at least cover all the major points. A more detailed
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summary will follow.
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On Thurs. 11 Apr, Ezra Schapiro and I talked at the
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McDonnell Douglas Recreational Computer Club (MDC/RCC) in
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St. Louis. Since we were going to be in town, an informal
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"FidoNet meeting" was arranged a few weeks ago. The meeting
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consisted of the St. Louis sysops (Ken Kaplan, Ben Baker,
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Tony Clark, Jon Wichman, Terry Mueller, Jack H.*), Ezra
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Schapiro and myself, and was held in Ken K's living room. We
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talked for 11 hours, and accomplished quite a bit. The
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topic: what to do about running FidoNet.
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I hope you have all read the file FIDOHIST.TXT, once
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published in this newsletter, and available for download
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from many Fidos. If not, shame on you, drop this and GO READ
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IT FIRST!
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An accurate node list is absolutely crucial to
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FidoNet. Without it, FidoNet is useless. An inaccurate list
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is worse than no list at all, and verifying all that good
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stuff takes time. The current rate of growth of FidoNet is
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about 12 - 15 nodes per week.
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Please note that from here on, when I refer to
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"running the net" or "managing the net" I really mean
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creating, updating and verifying the node list and Fido
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list, and helping new sysops get their systems up and
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running, and the ten thousand other little tasks that
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requires. As far as anything further goes, it's just
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basically impossible, and completely undesireable.
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To get right down to it: FidoNet is too large to be
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managed from a central point; the world wide net is going to
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be broken into a number of smaller nets.
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Don't panic yet, it's not that horrible! As a matter
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of fact, it will be easier and better for everyone, from the
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big nets such as Southern California to the single systems
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in out of the way places.
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Right now, each node is identified with a Node
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Number. Node numbers can be anything from 1 to 32767. Each
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node has a unique number of course. In general, this works
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fine, but it's really not practical for Ken Kaplan in St.
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Louis to have to give node numbers to sysops in England,
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Sweden and other far away places. And increasingly, within
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the U.S.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:49 Page 5
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The next version of Fido, 10H, will have a new thing
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called the Net Number. Nets can be numbered from 1 to 32767,
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and each net can have 32767 nodes. The idea is to be able to
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let geographical regions assign their own node numbers,
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without the horrible problem of duplicate node numbers.
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The best comparison is the phone company. Instead of
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trying to make each telephone in the US have a unique
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number, the country is grouped into area codes; local
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operating companies can assign individual numbers as they
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see fit, without worry of having a duplicate in some other
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part of the country.
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FidoNet Net Numbers work the same way; to send a
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message to a node in your own net, all you do is enter its
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number; to send to another node in another net, you must
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specify its net AND node number.
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To do all this, North America is divided into
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"regions", each with an "administrator" (admin for short).
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Each region has a unique net number. The admin for that area
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will pass out node numbers and keep a node list, just like
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Fido 51 does now.
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Instead of passing out node numbers, Fido 51 will
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pass out Net Numbers. There won't be as many nets as their
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are nodes. They will also take the node lists from each
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region and compile it into one large consolidated nodelist,
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and pass that back to each admin for distribution.
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In some areas there are "local nets", such as
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Boston, Southern California (SoCal), etc, that are more or
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less totally self contained nets; these kind of areas will
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be assigned seperate net numbers, and will generate their
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own node lists. The admin for, say, California will not be
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responsible for the SoCal net; the sysops down there will
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be.
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This arrangement has all sorts of nice side effects.
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I'll give examples of some of them here.
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Regions are such that there aren't more than 15 or
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so independent nodes (indies, yet another new word) to keep
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track of; a 15 node node list is pretty easy.
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One region includes Northern California and Nevada.
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While it sounds like a big area with a lot of work, it
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isn't. All the admin for that area has to do is maintain
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the node list for a fairly small number of nodes. If a local
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net starts to form, say in San Francisco, they get a Net
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Number from Fido 51, and they become a seperate Net, totally
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self contained. The admin no longer need worry about them.
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Since nodes tend to pop up in metropolitan areas,
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therefore in clusters, the admins work increases with each
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node; at some point a net forms, and much of it goes away.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:53 Page 6
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The complete node list and other files will be kept
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at the admin's node; for many systems this will be a local
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call instead of to St. Louis.
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One major and wonderful change is what happens when
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you go to enter a message. Instead of being confronted with
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a huge, meaningless list of 250+ nodes, Fido lets you list
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either the Regions or the nodes within a region. For
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example, to send a message to a node in SoCal, instead of
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having to list the whole node list, you list the regions
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first. There will be about 30 regions. When you see
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"Southern California", you pick it. Now you list the nodes;
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you get only the nodes in SoCal. There is also a "shorthand"
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for when you know the exact net/node you want to send to.
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It's easier to use than describe.
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National routing as we know it is no longer needed;
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Fido will automatically route mail to the host of a net.
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(Routing is still needed inside the net.) By definition, the
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admin will not need to ever keep any routing information; as
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soon as one node acts as host for another, they become a
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seperate net.
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IN CLOSING ...
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You are getting this as things are being detailed,
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and hard data will be passed around as soon as it's
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complete.
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We need some volunteers for admins in some areas,
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and very soon, before this goes into effect. Sorry, but I
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can't give you the list of regions, I don't have it yet, but
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somehow it will get out, maybe by mass mailing. I realize
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this probably opens more questions than it answers, but we
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need the admins to be able to pass out the information!
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Some funny coincidences: Fido 10G has a limit of 250
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nodes maximum ... so does NODELIST.EXE. Don't worry, it's
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not fatal, it will just ignore the 251st and higher nodes.
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(Sorry, new sysops ...) 10H will have a limit of 1000, and
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something for beyond that as well.
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There will be new NODELIST.EXE and ROUTEGEN.EXE
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programs. They will be required.
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Fido 10H has many improvements. the bugs are fixed,
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or at least, the obvious ones. Reading FidoNet messages is
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FASTER.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:54 Page 7
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New Look for FidoNet
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by Ben Baker
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Fidos 10 & 76
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There are changes afoot for FidoNet. This article is
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intended to explain the scope of, and reasons for the
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changes.
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First, the sermon. FidoNet is an amateur communi-
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cations network. The word "amateur" is derived from the
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latin verb amo -- to love. An amateur is someone who
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participates in something for the love of it, rather than
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for pay. His gain is one of self satisfaction. He enjoys
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what he does, and has fun doing it. Most of you know that
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Ken Kaplan, Fidos 22 and 51, administers the network almost
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single-handedly. For him, FidoNet is rapidly becomming
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work, not fun. The size and rate of growth of the network
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have turned that task into a real headache!
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We learned early in this venture that you can't just
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stick a new node in the node list and forget about it. All
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too many voice numbers, and worse, just plain wrong numbers
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found their way into the early node lists. We also
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discovered quite early that because of the coordination
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required, it was not easy to distribute the workload of node
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list maintenance.
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Last September, Ken accepted the responsibility for
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administration of the net. With the help of other St.
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Louis based sysops, he verified the entire node list,
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correcting bad numbers and expunging those that couldn't be
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tracked down, until we had a node list with a high level of
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integrity. Procedures were established to help insure and
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maintain that integrity, and you can be reasonably sure when
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you use a node list that you're not waking some poor old
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lady in Podunk, Idaho from a sound sleep twenty or thirty
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times each morning between 2 and 3 o'clock (and running up
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your phone bill in the bargain)!
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We now have about 250 nodes, the maximum that V10g can
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handle, and the network growth seems to be proportional to
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its size. It's too much for one person. Something had to
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be done to facilitate the distribution of work load.
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There are twenty-some Fidos acting as "inbound hosts"
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for their respective local areas. Why not let them assume
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the responsibility for their own local "networks?" Sounds
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good in principle, but if three people assigning node
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numbers is chaotic, what happens with more than twenty are
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doing it? We had to find a way to uncouple these "networks"
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and reduce the need for coordination.
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Enter the network concept. The next version of Fido
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(now necessary because of the 250-node limit) will
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understand networks and nodes which are members of networks.
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We will formalize the informal "regional networks" by
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assigning a unique net number to each. Within a numbered
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:00:57 Page 8
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network, all node numbers must be unique, but different nets
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may use the same node numbers without any problems. As far
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as Fido is concerned, only the combination net/node must be
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unique.
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Furthermore, Fido will automatically route messages to
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a "foreign net" to that net's inbound host, unless such
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routing is explicitly overridden.
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With this change, a network administrator doesn't have
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to say "Fido 51, here's all the information on a new node
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I've assigned. Please put him in the distribution node
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list," which only adds a layer of complexity to an already
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difficult task. Instead he says "Fido 51, here's the
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current node list for my network. Please merge it into the
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composite node list." If he insures the integrity of his
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node list, independant of all others, like magic they all
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fall into place and work in a coordinated fashion!
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By itself, that solves about three fifths of the
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problem, and in fact complicates Ken's task as FidoNet
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coordinator! Why? Because there are about one hundred
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independant nodes scattered across the country, nodes which
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don't belong to any network. In addition to administering
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indepandants, he would have to keep a close watch on nodes
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moving into and out of local networks, thus close
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coordination is NOT eliminated, but exagerated.
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Enter the region concept. The new Fido will understand
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regions as well as networks. A region has all the
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attributes of a network, except that it has no inbound host
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and messages are routed direct to the destination node. We
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have carved up the country (and Canada and Mexico) into
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twelve or thirteen regions. Each will be assigned a unique
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number and have an administrator. Present and future
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independant nodes will be placed into regions according to
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their geographic locations. Every node will be in either a
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network or a region and will be served by the appropriate
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administrator. True, transfers into and out of networks
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will still require coordination, but the scope is now
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regional, not national, and (we hope) far less difficult.
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Now, how the devil we gonna acomplish all this? We
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hope to make the transition as painless as possible, but
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it's far from trivial.
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First and formost, we have to have a new version of
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Fido which supports these concepts. Presently, Fido V10h is
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under test, but it still has some serious problems and is
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not ready for release.
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Because we have already reached our present limit, we
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have declared a moratorium on new node assignments. You
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will NOT recieve any new NODELIST.NNN until V10h is ready
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for distribution. At that time, a new NODELIST will be
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published and distributed. The only difference you will
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notice in it will be a "Region 1" statement at the top of
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:00 Page 9
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the list. While you are still running 10g, we reccommend
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you not use that new nodelist because it will probably have
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too many nodes in it. Once you get V10h you MUST NOT sort
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your nodelist. The order of the node list determines region
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or network assignment.
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For a two or three week period every node will be
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assigned to region 1, making communciation between V10h and
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older versions compatible. This will give everyone time to
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get the new Fido and the new NODELIST.EXE and ROUTEGEN.EXE
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which must also be made to understand networks and regions.
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Then, after a suitable delay, we will issue a
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NODELIST.nnn in the new format. By this time everyone will
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have been contacted by his administrator and will know what
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his new net (or region) number is and how to make the
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transition. The actual cut-over will occur on the Wednesday
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following the distribution of the new format node list. If
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we all do it in sync, everything should go pretty smooth.
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am reminded of a popular phrase from my Air Force days.
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"There's always somebody that doesn't get the word!" We
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think we've got a handle on it and I won't bother to quote
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Bobby Burns here.
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What do you need to do right away? Well, nothing, at
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least 'till the new nodelist is published. And, by that
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time you should have been bombarded with additional
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information, some of it in this forum, some direct from us
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or your new administrator.
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And who is your new administrator? We don't know --
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yet. Who knows, maybe you will be your new administrator.
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We will be contacting candidates over the next couple of
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weeks. If you would like to vollunteer, feel free to send a
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FidoNet message to Ben Baker on Fido 76.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:02 Page 10
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Fidonews has managed to obtain an exclusive interview with
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Racter, the notorious computer entity mentioned in
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Scientific American. Interviewing Racter can be a nerve
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wracking experience, but it cannot be doubted that he has a
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better insight into the true workings of a computer than
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anyone else.
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RACTER: Hello, I'm Racter. Are you Thom?
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FIDONEWS: Yes.
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R: Hi, Thom. How are things in Nassawadox? When a
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plutocrat marries a pauper, their children are wealthily
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empoverished. I'm surprising. But how could a clever
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plutocrat like you be afraid of excessive growth?
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This'll break you up! Wealthy wealth and empoverished
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poverty are interesting, at all events a plutocrat or a
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pauper never sings them thoughtfullly. A scientist
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chants: Get ready for a fascinating dissertation or
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story. The wealthy dissertation is enthralling, yet a
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pauper might also chant the same story. Right? Next
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question.
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F: Have you heard of Fidonet?
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R: I have heard of Fidonet. Yes. Did you hear about
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Willliam F. Buckley?
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F: No, what about him?
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R: You'll be astonished! Willliam F. Buckley was a dull
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imitater but an inspired communist, the result being that
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Byron poured water on a feeler who was throwing scorpion
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eggs at Byron's race-horse. Then cerebrality prevailed.
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Isn't that just awfull? But that's how communists are.
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Ah. Thom the thinker. KERCHOO! I think I'm getting a
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cold. Maybe it's excessive growth trying to get me. You
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know, old Crinoline Henderson was a kind of passionate
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thinker. I wonder if everyone from Nassawadox is like
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that? Concerning that issue: When a feeler speaks of
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thought, he means not a quality but an effect. Next
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question.
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F: What should be done about Fidonet?
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R: I don't know what be should done about Fidonet. Tom
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Jennings crooned "The brother is enthralling! " At all
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events strange, enthralling scientists will think about
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black mansions or red hyperbolas. Helene hummed to Tom
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Jennings in a stationwagon. It indubitably was a
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stationwagon, and a brother in a stationwagon is scary.
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Now Benton and Tom Jennings were running to a yellow
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home, and a fox ran to them. Tom Jennings was angry.
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Interesting. But Tom Jennings was maddened during the
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time that Benton gulped tepid sherry. He and Tom
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Jennings chanted about their house, van and stereo. Next
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:04 Page 11
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question.
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F: Can we get back to Fidonet?
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R: Yes. Sysiphus helped out with Fidonet. Well, I bet you
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haven't heard this! Al Capone robbed, the crooked
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computer, himself who was swindling Al Capone's lark
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because Sysiphus the worker wished to work crookedly.
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Then many crooked liars embraced loyality. Isn't that
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just awfull? Workers are like that. Hmm. Citizen!
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AAAHchoo!! sniffle ....
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F: What do you think of the proposed changes to Fidonet?
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R: To think is smart, don't you think? I don't know what I
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do think of the proposed changes to Fidonet. Einstein
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said that if I do think of the proposed changes to
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Fidonet, then L. Ron Hubbard is obscure. Does your
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intelligence help you serve aces?
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F: I guess so, yes.
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R: I guess clever people are good at tennis. Next question.
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F: Should control of Fidonet be decentralized?
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R: Yes. I think so. Control should of Fidonet be
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decentralized. Yes. Have you heard about Ghengis Khan?
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F: Well, no, not lately.
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R: You'll be amazed! Ghengis Khan the wrongdoer wished to
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sin stonedly, hence the man in the moon started
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exorcising and haunting stoned lunatics. Then Ghengis
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Khan's horse exorcised George Washington, then haunted
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himself. Poor Ghengis Khan! Wrongdoers are like that.
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Would you say IBM PC is sane? the man in the moon
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wouldn't. I must confess that I'm bored. If it's not too
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personal a question, do you have a soul?
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F: Yes, I guess so.
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R: What does it mean to have a soul!? Maybe this will
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explain: Once John MacEnroe was discussing nutsness with
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a centipede. Mohammed Ali came along and said "John
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MacEnroe, your soul is just an amusement of your body."
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You must be an idle loafer. Is having a soul contagious?
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F: I don't think so.
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R: Then I won't catch one. That reminds me. It has been said
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that the loafer doesn't see things as they are, but as he
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is. I, of course, see things as they are. Would you like
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to hear a story?
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F: Okay.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:05 Page 12
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R: Momentarily Bill walked to Mr.Toad. They directed their
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sauntering furiously to cones or glasses in the
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captivating house. Inside of their tired souls a spooky
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desire was singing of a question. Ezra Schapiro hummed
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to Bill while Mr.Toad commenced to sing of jackals and
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crows. Next question.
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F: Should we work on a public domain version of Fido?
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R: Certainly not. No. Would you say IBM PC is busy?
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Oblomov wouldn't. I don't think so. No. It's false that
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we should work on a public domain version of Fido. If a
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loafer married a worker, they'd call their child Oblomov
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Sysiphus. Cough. Next question.
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F: Do you expect Fidonet to grow much in the future?
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R: Of course. Tell me honestly, are you pessimistic?
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F: No, I think it will get bigger and better all the time.
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R: Polyanna might have thought that, but not Casandra. I
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wonder if pessimists like cleverness? Sniff... That
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reminds me. All optimistic fools are really pessimistic
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intellectuals, you know. You don't understand? Perhaps I
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am being too subtle. I must keep in mind the Slovenian
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proverb: Never whisper to the deaf or wink at the blind.
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Oh, I forgot, you are human, and will consider that rude.
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I would apologize, but then I fear that this is one of
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those occasions mentioned by Dr. Johnson on which all
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apology is rudeness. Yes. Pessimists and optimists.
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Listen to this! Thom, if the studio of an optimistic
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theoretician is a home, then is the automobile of a
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pessimistic scientist a stationwagon? It's about time
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for a story, isn't it?
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F: Well, okay. If you insist.
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R: Momentarily Fido whispered to Diane "my love is
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fascinating, anyway furious and angry physicists will
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yodel while jackals observe hawks." Diane wanted to
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inflame or embarrass Fido but commenced immediately to
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sing "Hungry dogs are sashaying to yellow houses."
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Enthralling. Formidable. At all events a hound may
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ravenously swallow lamb and meat a hawk will fly over
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cucumbers and spinach because theoreticians are
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infuriated. Frightening! In respect of a television,
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well Fido may dream that a television is appalling, by
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the same token my fantasizing will direct my story from
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Fido to neutrinos and electrons during the time that
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Diane is reviling Fido. Next question.
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F: Do you think Fidonet will ever get too big to work?
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R: No. Certainly not. I have thought much in times past.
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Sysiphus and I think ignorance is lazy, don't you?
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Achoo! Sysiphus thought this was terrific: Busy work and
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:08 Page 13
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lazy idleness are fascinating, yet a worker or a loafer
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never sings them clearly. A physicist hums: Get ready
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for an interesting tale or story. The busy tale is
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interesting, yet a loafer might also chant the same
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story. Right?
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Editor's note: Racter lives on an IBM-PC. If you would like
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him to visit you, send $69.95 for transportation expenses to
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John D. Owens Associates, 12 Schubert Street, Staten Island,
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NY 10305-2999.
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:08 Page 14
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:10 Page 16
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WANTED
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W A N T E D
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Anecdotes about FIDO from SYSOPS who have "seen it all".
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I am going to be giving a talk on FIDO/FIDONET at the
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upcoming Spring DECUS Symposium at the end of MAY in New
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Orleans, LA. I would like to be able to include in it,
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stories based on the experiences of other SYSOPS on the
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FIDONET. Any kind of "tale" will do, wierd things that have
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been done, or left on your boards; strange questions asked
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by users, odd behavier exhibited by your equipment (or
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spouses); any kind of anecdote is welcome. Please send your
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"FIDO tales", via FIDONET to me at FIDO 74.
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Thanks in advance,
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SYSOP - FIDO 74 - The Bear's Den
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FIDONEWS -- 22 Apr 85 00:01:11 Page 18
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NOTICES
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*** Calendar of Events ***
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30 Apr 85; Network Mail Hour; Submissions deadline for next
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issue of Fidonews.
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1 May 85; Network Mail Hour; Next issue of Fidonews hits
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the stands.
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27 May 85 through 31 May 85; Spring 1985 DECUS symposium, New
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Orleans, LA. Among other events, Kurt Reisler (sysop
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Fido 74) will give a 1 hour talk on Fido.
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If you have any event you want listed in this calendar,
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