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Volume 5, Number 11 14 March 1988
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| - FidoNews - (_| /_) |
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Editor in Chief Dale Lovell
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Editor Emeritus: Thom Henderson
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Contributing Editors: Al Arango
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FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet
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Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to
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submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission
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standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from
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node 1:1/1.
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Copyright 1988 by the International FidoNet Association. All
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rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for
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noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances,
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please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted
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at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141.
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The contents of the articles contained here are not our
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responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them.
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Everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING
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received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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Some Thoughts on Standards ............................... 1
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PC-SIG CD-ROM On-line 24 hrs ............................. 3
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GIZLIB....A QUICK BASIC DELIGHT .......................... 5
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IDEAS FOR A NEW -AND BETTER- FIDONET ..................... 9
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LT-286 A Superb Replacement For An XT Motherboard ........ 11
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
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Let's YACK about The Programmer's Dictionary ............. 15
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3. NOTICES .................................................. 23
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 23
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 23
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 1 14 Mar 1988
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ARTICLES
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Thom Henderson, 107/528-520/1015
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System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
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Some Thoughts on Standards
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If the FTSC ever publishes a standard on how to do echomail,
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ARCmail, FOSSIL drivers, etc. I'll pay attention, but am I
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supposed to make a big deal out of any random group that meets at
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a wide spot in the road?
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There are at present something like three thousand sysops in
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FidoNet. Probably three hundred of them either now do, have
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done, or intend to do network software -- and nobody knows
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exactly which three hundred. No, we don't really intend to keep
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all three thousand (or even three hundred) informed of every
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little change that we may or may not make to every little
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program, nor do we expect them to keep us informed. In theory,
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at least, this is why you have a standards committee. We have no
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objection to providing input to said committee on any technical
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topic that it may wish to consider, but I don't see how SEA or
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anyone else is bound to do any more than that.
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If you let your standards committee do what it was meant to do,
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then you will reap the benefits. But if you hobble it, thwart
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it, or forbid it to act, then you will be (are) at the mercy of
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the natural "market forces" in your network.
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An excellent current example of this is echomail. None of you
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will allow your standards committee to establish any standards
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relating to echomail. Thus you are all at the potential mercy of
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any developer who comes up with a new wrinkle, twist, or feature
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that might be in demand, even though it may break your existing
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systems. An actual example from your past is the whole Yahoo
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experiment, which broke many systems in the name of perceived
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features. Fortunately that is behind you now, but many of you
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have yet to assimilate the lessons of it.
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I've gotten a few people upset by referring to FidoNet as a
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"mature technology". Those of you who would dearly love to "play
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games" with the protocols (like the late, unlamented Yahoo
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experiment) rail at that designation, but in few (if any) cases
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have I been allowed to explain. By "mature" I mean that it is no
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longer solely (or even mainly) a province of the hackers. Few on
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your network either know or care how the stuff works. All they
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care about is that it does. And THAT is the true strength of
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your network, if you would only realized it. A percent or two of
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performance, or a widget or two that maybe three out of three
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thousand will use, is of little import compared to the mighty
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throng to whom your network is a powerful tool for COMMUNICATION.
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It is for them that Tom Jennings, Randy Bush, Ben Baker, and
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myself saw the need for a standards committee, because for THEIR
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 2 14 Mar 1988
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needs stability is more important than widgets.
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 3 14 Mar 1988
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The IEEE Port CD-ROM at 1:107/233 516-757-9469
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As of March 16th 1987, the entire PC-SIG 705 disk library
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of public-domain and shareware programs is on-line at the IEEE
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Port (1:107/233). This has been done through the sponsorship of
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the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) which
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has provided a Philips CM 100 CD-ROM player and the PC-SIG Disks
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1-705 CD-ROM.
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We have established a somewhat convoluted procedure for
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gaining access to the over 700 directories on the PC-SIG CD-ROM
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disk. This process is described below and is also readable on-
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line at The IEEE Port.
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The files listed below are file requestable 24hrs from
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1:107/233. They are the ARCed Tables of Contents of the various
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disks. Note that because all these files are ARCed you are
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required to first download each of them to your own disk and
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unARC them. Once you have done this, you may search for
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occurrences of any particular string in the Tables of Contents
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with one of these commands:
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DFIND "string"
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FFIND "string" outfile.nam
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where "string" is the value for which you wish to search.
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DFIND will display the results directly on the screen,
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whereas FFIND will write the output of the search to a disk
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file which you may subsequently search manually with an
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editor or list program.
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Index to PC-SIG Disks 1-705
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===========================
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P001-100.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 1 through 100
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P101-200.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 101 through 200
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P201-300.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 201 through 300
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P301-400.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 301 through 400
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P401-500.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 401 through 500
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P501-600.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 501 through 600
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P601-700.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 601 through 700
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P701-705.ARC Table Of Contents for disks 701 through 705
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PC-BIBLE.ARC Table Of Contents for The Bible (King James Vers)
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FIND.ARC Batch commands to search Table of Contents files
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SEALINK.ARC SEAlink 1.13 Excellent protocol to use for batch
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downloading.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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PC-SIG LIBRARY - Disk Access Procedure
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 4 14 Mar 1988
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When you log on to the IEEE Port (300/1200/2400) (no pre-
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registration is required) type "F" from the main menu to get to
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the files area. The procedure to select which particular disk is
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started in area 16 by typing "F". You will be given a menu that
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looks like this:
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Enter I - To get information on what files and programs are
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available.
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D - To get information on addressing a particular disk
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from the PC-SIG Library and then to select a disk.
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S - I've seen it all before, let's just select a disk!
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C - Explain the use of SEAlink protocol for downloading
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a disk.
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Q - Quit.
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I highly recommend option "C" for those who do not use SEAlink in
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some form or another. It will save you a lot of time and typing.
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Since you have the instructions here type "S" to select the
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disk you wish to DL from. You will be prompted to enter the
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number of the PC-SIG disk you wish to access. Type the numbers
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as three whole numbers (i.e. to select disk 49 type "049"). You
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will then be informed that you selection has gone thru and to
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proceed to files area 99. In order to actually the access the
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PC-SIG disk that you selected you will have to transfer to file
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area 99. This area does not appear in the list of areas
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maintained by OPUS; that's OK, just use the A99 to go there
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anyway. Area 99 area will be pointing to the PC-SIG disk you
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select.
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Before OPUS will let you in to area 99 you must enter the
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access code "PCSIG". Although you won't be able to use the F(ile
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List) command here, you will be able to use the R(aw Directory)
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display to see the names of all the files on the selected disk.
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You may then download any file(s) as you normally would from any
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file area, the only difference being that you will be DLing from
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a subdirectory of the CD-ROM.
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Usually there is a file named DISK###.TXT on each PC-SIG
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disk so if you select disk 694, use the T(ype) command to list
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out DISK694.TXT and get a descriptive file listing of the
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selected disk.
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I run SEAdog 4.11 on top of Opus 1.03a on an original IBM XT
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with 2 ST 225s. A Zoom Short 2400 baud modem (internal) and a
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Philips CM 100 CD-ROM Player. If you have any questions or
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suggestions I am reachable at 1:107/233. As DLing disks from the
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CDROM can be quite expensive over the phone line, I am more than
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willing to fill any disk that is sent to me with whatever disks
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you request. Please include return postage.
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 5 14 Mar 1988
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By Gene Coppola 107/246
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Some VERY Exciting things are happening to GLIB and
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its loyal users!
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I. What's New
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The first and most obvious is the size of GLIB 1.4!
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The library now has 90 routines available for use including
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COMPLETE mouse and DOS level file control. This is about
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50% more than in GLIB 1.31 and puts it on a par with some
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of the expensive commercial libraries. And, many of the
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GLIB routines run adequately under OS/2!
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A. FUNCTIONS in Assembler!
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This allows you to evaluate a subroutine as an
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expression or assign the result in fewer lines of code!
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For example:
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OLD: CALL exist("foo.bar", ExistFlag)
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IF ExistFlag THEN
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.. <statements>..
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NEW: IF exist("foo.bar") THEN
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.. <statements>..
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This lends itself to a number of advantages: code
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is smaller, more easy to read, makes more sense and so
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forth. All it requires is a simple DECLARE statement at
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the start of your code. Even this is made simple with the
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GLIB14.INC file you should have.
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B. DOS Level File Functions:
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GLIB 1.4 now supports complete file access via DOS
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Functions. In so doing, you can completely avoid those
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annoying runtime errors by letting DOS return you an error
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code, rather than an error!
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C. Mouse support.
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We now have a considerable number of routines
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added for mouse support, including cursor control, mouse
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work area restrictions, mouse sensitivity (Mickey Factor).
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These have been tested on the new Micro-soft (dove bar)
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mouse, the Logitech mouse and the Mouse Systems mouse.
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All seem to work fine except the Mouse Systems seemed
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to need a explicit call to set the cursor mask, so we
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have one which is called MSETCSR.
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D. OVER FORTY new routines !!!
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DAYOFYR - Gets current day of the year (1- 366).
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DLIGHT - Trigger a floppy disk light on.
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FCOPY - Copy a file, as quickly as DOS.
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FCREAT - Create a new file, returning a File handle.
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 6 14 Mar 1988
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FEOF - Set file pointer to the end of a file.
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FOPEN - Open a disk file, getting a DOS file handle.
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FUNIQ - Create a unique/temporary file.
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FWRITE - Write a string to a file opened with a DOS handle.
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GETCH - Allow input from predefined string.
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GET/SET FATTR - Get, set or reset file attributes.
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GET/SET DRV - Get or set the default drive.
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INCR / DECR - Replicate 2 TURBO BASIC functions
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INSON/INSOFF - Toggle insert state on or off
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KBLOOP - Old routine with syntax change.
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LASTDRV - Return last logical drive on the system
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LCOUNT - Count the number of lines in a file QUICKLY.
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LNAMEF - Swap names to last-name-firstformat.
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MCSRINC/MCSRDEC - Decrement mouse cursor flag
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MCSRON/MCSROFF - Mouse cursor on or off.
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MGETXY - Get mouse cursor location
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MLONG /MNORM - Set / reset mouse Mickey Factor.
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MPRESS - Get number of mouse button presses.
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MRELEASE - Get number of mouse button releases.
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MSETXY - Set mouse cursor location
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MSETXRNG / MSETYRNG: Define/limit mouse work area.
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MTYPE - Test for mouse existence.
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PGETCH - GETCH with cenetered prompt.
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RINSTR - Returns LAST position of a char in a string
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READSCRN - Quickly read a string from the CRT
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at current location
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SYSTIME - Return system time as integers.
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TFRMAT - Old routine with slight syntax change
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VFNAME - Test to see if it is a valid filename.
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VIDOFF - Turn CRT off.
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VIDON - Turn CRT back on.
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These are just the NEW routines listed above!
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E. Top QB Libraries Team Up Commercially!!!
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An agreement has been reached between Roy Barrows
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of Project X Development Group and myself to merge our two
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respective QuickBASIC libraries and market them under PROJECT
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X's QBTOOLS/2.1.
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By adding about 80% of the routines in GLIB (the
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balance being duplicates) to QBTOOLS/2 as well as an
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additional 14 or 15 I wrote up just for the occasion, the
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number of callable routines in QBTOOLS/2.1 soars to
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over 220!
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This is not a decision I made lightly. There were
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once 4 BBS distributed QB add on libraries and this is the
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last to move to the commercial arena. After very careful
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examination, it became clear that QBTOOLS and Roy ARE the
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type of product and person that I have no compunction
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about becoming associated with. QBTOOLS is quite genuinely
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innovative and Roy is a gifted programmer, one look at
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OSG (Screen Code Generator) will confirm that!
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 7 14 Mar 1988
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With over 220 routines, at $69.95, QBTOOLS is
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undoubtedly the best value for the dollar in after market
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add on libraries at only .36c per routine! But money is
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not the only factor, because with QBTOOLS you get 220
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WORKING routines.
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Not only that, but you get a couple of the most
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innovative QB developers utilities including OSG,
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the Object Code Screen Generator, a source code
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formatter and a library manager.
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GLIB release 1.40, to be released Saturday Feb 6,
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1988 will be the final BBS type release of GLIB. About
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70 of the 90 routines including the FieldEditor, have
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already been ported to QBTOOLS/2.1 and I will continue
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to develop routines for the QBTOOLS/2.1 library.
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The only conversion involved is to rename the
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routines into longer more descriptive names characteristic
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of the QBTOOLS/2.1 library. This means GLIB users who pick
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up QBTOOLS/2.1 will suffer a minimum of upgrade shock and
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still benefit from the many, many more routines available
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in QBTOOLS/2.1. We will also be including an ALIAS file so
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that longtime users of GLIB can use QBTOOLS with the
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new/long names or the old/short names.
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While there will be no further releases of
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InfoSoft's GLIB or DLIB, USERS who register their copy will
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be eligible for a 50% discount on QBTOOLS/2. This offer is
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good only on the 2.xx releases of QBTOOLS since GLIB could
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remain on BBS everywhere forever. We reserve the right to
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alter, modify, extend or revoke this offer upon the release
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of version 3.0. So, once you get QBTOOLS at $39.95, your cost
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plummets to a paltry .18c per routine. But, you don't
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get the discount by reading this but by registering your copy
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of GLIB 1.4.
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PLEASE!
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o DO NOT attempt to register GLIB with PROJECT X, use
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the mailer enclosed to register GLIB, and your name
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will be forwarded.
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o If you do NOT register GLIB, you do NOT get the
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special 50% discount on QBTOOLS.
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o DO NOT call Project X for GLIB support. I support
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GLIB via The Information Booth at 316 684 8744.
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After Feb 10, 1988 I will also be in a position to
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support or answer questions on QBTOOLS.
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Finally, I want to thank my beta testers Harry Hodson
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Gene Coppola and Don Hawkinson for allowing themselves and
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their machines to become guinea pigs at times.
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 8 14 Mar 1988
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Thank you for your support,
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Gizmo Mike
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The Information Booth
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316 684 8744
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GLIB14.ARC is available on 107/246 for F/R or download.
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 9 14 Mar 1988
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Pablo Kleinman
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Node 368/101
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IDEAS FOR A NEW -AND BETTER- FIDONET
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(Let's make some changes...)
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Time goes by and the FidoNet grows faster every day.
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I don't think that, when creating the Fido Bulletin Board System,
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Tom Jennings knew he was starting something this big.
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I have read lately some articles, where sysops express
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their disagreement regarding the way things are going right now,
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specially with IFNA.
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Some sysops chose to form another, parallel net (like
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Ryugen Fisher, for example), some others just expressed their
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disappointment.
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Thru this article, I want to give you my opinion, and to
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present you a new idea, a new idea that also contains new
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concepts.
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I think something MUST BE DONE, before it is "too late".
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The FidoNet nodelist has already 3000+ members, in all the
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5 continents of the world, in about 30 countries. FidoNet has
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become a totally INTERNATIONAL network, rather than an "American
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one with some nodes overseas".
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THE NEW IDEA I WANT TO PROPOSE IS THE FOLLOWING:
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One "FidoNet Association" is created for each of the 4
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zones (I'm assuming that Latin America will be Zone 4).
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These associations may vary in their internal
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organization, since each zone's requirements and neccesities are
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very different.
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When they are finally established, each designates 3
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members to take part on the International FidoNet Council, that
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is finally formed by those 12 representatives of the 4 zones.
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Each zone has the right to have the Presidency of the
|
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Council for 6 months a year (each has the right to preside over
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the council once every two years).
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The Council's President must be one of the 4 representatives
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sent by the zone who designates him/her, and has the right to vote
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twice when there is a tied vote.
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The International Council is in charge of various things,
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like designating the International Technical Coordinator, setting
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the technical standards (either directly or by naming a
|
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"technical committee"), publishing the Net's official newsletter,
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and establishing the Net's basic international rules.
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Comprehensive rules are established by each zone's association.
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The International Council also acts as a "supreme
|
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tribunal" for interzonal disputes. Any disputes within a zone are
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to be arbitrated by the zone's association.
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The Zonal FidoNet Associations are to be TRANSPARENTLY
|
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DEMOCRATIC, which ensures the democratic qualities of the
|
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International FidoNet Council, as well as of the net itself.
|
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The Zonal Associations have the right to name the
|
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coordinators for all the networks, regions as well as the zone's.
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I HOPE YOU'LL HELP SHAPE THIS IDEA:
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FidoNews 5-11 Page 10 14 Mar 1988
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I personally think this concept still needs to be shaped
|
||
up. The "main idea" puts a special emphasis in democracy,
|
||
as well as on each sysops' right to determine their coordinators,
|
||
authorities and delegates to the main International Council.
|
||
I would like everybody to participate in the development
|
||
of this new idea, to ensure it's representability of all the
|
||
sysop's wishes.
|
||
Please, send mail to node 368/101 (soon-to-be 800/1) with
|
||
your opinions.
|
||
If FidoNet's and IFNA's current authorities consider
|
||
this idea feasible, an echomail conference could be created to
|
||
ensure everybody's participation on the development of this
|
||
new idea.
|
||
Thank you for taking the time to read this article, and
|
||
thanks to IFNA for maintaining a publication where everyone can
|
||
express oneself freely.
|
||
|
||
Pablo Kleinman (368/101)
|
||
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 11 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Recently I saw an ad for an LT-286 replacement XT
|
||
motherboard. The price was so low, ($249) that I just
|
||
had to order one.
|
||
|
||
I expected to receive a real piece of garbage, but since
|
||
it comes with a 30 day money back warranty, I felt I had
|
||
nothing to lose. The LT-286 is also covered by a 2 year
|
||
warranty as well.
|
||
|
||
What I received was a nice surprise. The motherboard
|
||
came packed securely in anti-static plastic, packed with
|
||
peanuts in a heavy shipping container designed to hold
|
||
the motherboard, the manual, and additional memory or
|
||
co-processor chips.
|
||
|
||
Upon examination, I found a well designed circuit board
|
||
with no last minute jumpers soldered in. The memory chip
|
||
sockets are placed as far as possible from the 80286
|
||
chip to avoid heat problems.
|
||
|
||
This board has been designed to replace the motherboard
|
||
in an XT or clone, and has several features not seen in
|
||
any other replacement board.
|
||
|
||
The following VLSI components and subsystems are on the
|
||
motherboard as received and tested.
|
||
|
||
1) Intel 80286 microprocessor.
|
||
2) Intel 82284 8Mhz clock generator.
|
||
3) Intel 80287 co-processor (optional).
|
||
4) Intel 8237-5 4 channel DMA controller.
|
||
5) Intel 8255A-5 parallel interface.
|
||
6) Intel 8253-5 timer.
|
||
7) Intel 8259A interrupt controller.
|
||
A) 32k of Read Only Memory, optional to 64k.
|
||
B) One Megabyte of high speed, parity checked RAM.
|
||
C) High performance NO WAIT STATE bus controller.
|
||
D) 16 bit system bus to XT IO bus interface.
|
||
|
||
My only complaint with the design is the placement of
|
||
the 80287 chip socket. You will need to remove the
|
||
motherboard to install the 80287 chip at a later date.
|
||
|
||
Unlike an XT motherboard, this board has multiple data
|
||
buses. This is the key to understanding the astounding
|
||
speed this board produces. The LT-286 incorporates
|
||
several distinct data buses.
|
||
|
||
A) A fast 16-bit bus for the 80286 CPU and 80287 chip.
|
||
B) A fast 16-bit system bus for onboard RAM and EPROM.
|
||
C) A moderately fast 8-bit bus for onboard I/O.
|
||
D) A slow 8-bit expansion bus for offboard I/O.
|
||
|
||
The onboard RAM and I/O devices are clocked at the full
|
||
80286 speed using the 16 bit bus. The expansion bus
|
||
interface is clocked at a slower 4.77 Mhz rate. This
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 12 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
zero wait state system runs many times faster than its
|
||
clock speed might suggest to the casual observer who
|
||
naively compares computers by their clock speed.
|
||
|
||
My old board (a dual speed NEC V20) was only able to
|
||
accomplish at best a 1.7 on Norton's SI while the LT-286
|
||
registers a 7.7 using the same test.
|
||
|
||
Using the new Landmark Speed Test the LT-286 registers
|
||
an 8.8 reflecting the extra speed due to zero wait state
|
||
operation.
|
||
|
||
The second reason the LT-286 is so fast is the fact that
|
||
it incorporates a built in disk cache system. When the
|
||
motherboard is fully populated with 1 Megabyte of RAM
|
||
the excess RAM above 640k is used for the disk cache.
|
||
This is a true read/write cache. The only disadvantage
|
||
to this feature is that it takes 8k of main memory. The
|
||
cache can be turned off by changing jumpers on the
|
||
motherboard or by software methods.
|
||
|
||
The BIOS is dated September 7, 1987 and displays a
|
||
Copyright by Wave Mate. It is nice to have a recent BIOS
|
||
for a change. It shows that the designers of the LT-286
|
||
are regularly updating their product.
|
||
|
||
Before installing the LT-286 make sure you back up any
|
||
hard disks you have installed. Some controllers are very
|
||
sensitive to CPU timing and will require you to format
|
||
again, after you install the LT-286.
|
||
|
||
Don't take this statement the wrong way! After I
|
||
installed the board and did a complete format I had no
|
||
problems with the hard disk or the controller.
|
||
|
||
Installing the mother board took me about 15 minutes,
|
||
and it should not take you much longer. The longest time
|
||
was spent transferring the RAM chips from my old board.
|
||
The chips sockets on the LT-286 are well designed, but
|
||
it takes considerable effort to insert the RAM chips.
|
||
These sockets certainly will never allow a chip to jar
|
||
loose, and are probably also used in the TEMPEST grade
|
||
system the designers produce.
|
||
|
||
The new motherboard was an EXACT fit, and installed with
|
||
no problem what so ever, even though it went into a
|
||
clone and not a pure IBM XT.
|
||
|
||
A complete printed manual was included, with an updated
|
||
supplement, but there were no instructions included for
|
||
do-it-yourself installation.
|
||
|
||
All the connectors were where they belonged and if you
|
||
inspect the connections BEFORE you remove your board
|
||
you should be able to replace it with no problems. Since
|
||
the LT-286 comes with a 30 day money back warranty and I
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 13 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
run a multi-user bulletin board, the best way to burn in
|
||
this board was to run the BBS on it. So I set up the BBS
|
||
and let it run. I have had no problems to date, and the
|
||
board runs cool and performs well.
|
||
|
||
I have had no problem with any software I own. I tested
|
||
the LT-286 with all the standards, including Lotus 123,
|
||
dBase III+, Paradox, Professional Write, and Wordstar.
|
||
|
||
Even heavily protected software like PC-TECHNICIAN ran
|
||
with no problems. Due to the fast speed some protected
|
||
software might not run. However since all the major
|
||
software packages are no longer protected, this should
|
||
not present a problem.
|
||
|
||
Just to check I installed Lotus from my master disks
|
||
with no problems. dBase III+ also installed with no
|
||
problems. Vault and Prolock protected software installed
|
||
with no problems I could see.
|
||
|
||
Customer support is of primary concern, especially to
|
||
someone who might not be comfortable with installing a
|
||
new motherboard. I made up several interesting problems
|
||
and called for technical support. In each case the
|
||
technician was able to diagnose the problem and supply
|
||
the correct answer. Each technician was knowledgeable
|
||
and did not try and rush me off the phone. They spent as
|
||
much time as was needed to work through each problem.
|
||
|
||
The LT-286 is a fine product with a good design and good
|
||
technical support. I recommend this to anyone who wants
|
||
to upgrade their PC or XT to a 286 machine.
|
||
|
||
In this version their are eight expansion slots which
|
||
are 8-bit slots. This allows you to keep your old
|
||
expansion boards and use them with the LT-286. My Intel
|
||
Above Board, which is notorious for not working with
|
||
high speed systems works quite well. The bus design on
|
||
the LT-286 was designed to allow 8-bit expansion cards
|
||
to perform just like they were still in an 8088 system.
|
||
|
||
The LT-286 is really the baby in a fine line of new
|
||
products. Several other motherboards are also available
|
||
with both 8-bit and 16-bit buses, with clock speeds from
|
||
7.2 to 12.5 Mhz.
|
||
|
||
I would love to be able to test their top of the line
|
||
16-bit 12.5 Mhz motherboard in my system.
|
||
|
||
CTXT Systems, Incorporated founded in 1985, is the
|
||
originator of the Lateral Technology Concept, an
|
||
engineering philosophy based on technological hybrid
|
||
optimization. First manifested in the Lateral Technology
|
||
line of motherboards and desktop computer units, the
|
||
ultimate expression of Lateral Technology arrived in
|
||
1987 with their magnificent LTP-7 portable computer,
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 14 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
incorporating many industry firsts in a unique package:
|
||
a 14 inch diagonal 720x350 resolution gas plasma screen;
|
||
three half-height storage devices (up to 160Mb internal
|
||
hard disk drives available); seven full length expansion
|
||
slots in an Angular-Bus design (patent pending); full
|
||
size 84-key keyboard; a dozen brand new electronic
|
||
features, all in a 15"x17"x7 1/2" format weighing only
|
||
26 pounds thanks to the LTP-7's all TITANIUM chassis.
|
||
|
||
CTXT Systems Incorporated is located at 9205 E. Alabama
|
||
Avenue in Chatsworth, California. Their phone number is
|
||
(818)-341-4227. Their FAX number is (818)-709-6907.
|
||
|
||
If you call for information or to place an order please
|
||
ask for Susan Selbrede, and please mention this article
|
||
in FidoNews as your source of information about CTXT
|
||
Systems.
|
||
|
||
Susan is a very polite, well informed person who will be
|
||
glad to help you with any questions you might have, or
|
||
to take your order.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 15 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COLUMNS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
YACK
|
||
Yet Another Complicated Komment
|
||
|
||
by Steven K. Hoskin
|
||
( STEVE HOSKIN at 1:128/11 )
|
||
|
||
Episode 3: The Programmer's Dictionary
|
||
|
||
|
||
The orginal version of this that I ever saw was in a
|
||
photocopied article from a magazine of some kind. I therefore
|
||
have no clue as to whom I should be giving credit for the initial
|
||
conception of this collection of fundies, but over the years my
|
||
friends and I have added to this, and this is one of the later
|
||
versions of...
|
||
|
||
The Programmer's Dictionary
|
||
---------------------------
|
||
|
||
Algorithm - New type of musical beat, known best for being hard
|
||
to dance to.
|
||
|
||
Analyst - The person who always has an answer. See also,
|
||
Son/Daughter.
|
||
|
||
Argument - Unpleasant encounter with the instructor after mid-
|
||
terms.
|
||
|
||
Array - That which comes out of Buck Roger's gun.
|
||
|
||
Assumed Decimal Point - Located two postions to the right of a
|
||
programmer's current salary in estimating his own worth.
|
||
|
||
BASIC - 1. Adjective used to describe programs to give to
|
||
rookies. 2. Programming language once erroneously thought
|
||
to be user-friendly.
|
||
|
||
Backup - Action taken by a programmer when an accident is about
|
||
to happen in front of his/her car.
|
||
|
||
Batch - A small complaint.
|
||
|
||
Binary - A program missing two program statements.
|
||
|
||
Bit - The increment by which programmers slowly go mad.
|
||
|
||
Board - Most common mental state of most programmers.
|
||
|
||
Bucket - An item on a table that catches spare data.
|
||
|
||
Bug - A small German car that runs rampid in your program.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 16 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Bus - As in Greyhound or PDP, upon which all data commute to
|
||
work.
|
||
|
||
Byte - 1. What computer science students do to their pencils. 2.
|
||
An action that programmers teach their dogs to do to
|
||
operators.
|
||
|
||
C - A lie commonly told by novice programmers; "I see..."
|
||
|
||
COBOL - Fraternity/Sorority mix party.
|
||
|
||
CRT - An adjective that describes the way programmers talk to
|
||
operators, i.e., "Why are you so curt to me?"
|
||
|
||
Cable - Pay television for programmers and printers.
|
||
|
||
Card Punch - Machine known in this day and age for making good
|
||
note cards to write memos on.
|
||
|
||
Card Reader - Woman who tells fortunes.
|
||
|
||
Chaining - A method of attaching programmers to desks to speed up
|
||
output.
|
||
|
||
Checkpoint - The location from which a programmer draws his
|
||
salary.
|
||
|
||
Close - Description of the constant state of operator's minds.
|
||
|
||
Comments - See Fixed Word Length.
|
||
|
||
Common Language - The first thing a programmer must forget in
|
||
order to be successful.
|
||
|
||
Comp Sci Instructor - See also, God.
|
||
|
||
Compiler - Program that continuously finds fault with your work.
|
||
See also, Wife/Husband.
|
||
|
||
Complex - Adjective used to describe problems to be avoided.
|
||
|
||
Computer - Scientific Phenomenon; it is probably the only thing
|
||
in this world that can understand a programmer.
|
||
|
||
Computer Bank - Where your computer stores the money it embezzles
|
||
when your accounting program has a "bug" in it.
|
||
|
||
Concantonation - Catholic ritual performed once a year to bless
|
||
programmers.
|
||
|
||
Copyright - 1. A hacker's self-invested authority to duplicate
|
||
any software package on the market. 2. Knowledge that such
|
||
duplication has been performed properly
|
||
|
||
Core Storage - A receptacle for the center section of apples.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 17 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Counter - A device over which martinis are served.
|
||
|
||
Cursor - Someone who Batches a lot.
|
||
|
||
DATA DIVISION - Keypunch section.
|
||
|
||
DIVISION - Partitions between offices.
|
||
|
||
Data Base - Phrase commonly heard by the first base coach of a
|
||
softball team made up entirely of programmers.
|
||
|
||
Debugging Aids - 1. Insecticides. 2. Computer Science
|
||
instructors.
|
||
|
||
Decision Gate - What programmers use to choose which computer
|
||
language they will use.
|
||
|
||
Device Driver - Licensed vehicle operator.
|
||
|
||
Digitizer - Machine that reduces physical objects to computer
|
||
memory, just like in the movie TRON.
|
||
|
||
Directory - Listing showing where everyone works. See also, Dump
|
||
List.
|
||
|
||
Disk - Toy used by programmers with nothing better to do. See
|
||
also, Board, Frisbee.
|
||
|
||
Disk Management - Sensible care of one's back.
|
||
|
||
Disk Pack - The result of lifting too much weight over your head.
|
||
|
||
Dummy Arguments - Discussions between operators.
|
||
|
||
Dump - Slang term for the computer building (i.e., Why do I
|
||
spend so much time in this Dump?)
|
||
|
||
Dump List - List of office branches in the computer building.
|
||
|
||
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION - The people that scan your office for fire
|
||
hazards and unhealthy deposits of smoke.
|
||
|
||
Error - What someone else has made when he disagrees with your
|
||
computer output.
|
||
|
||
Execution - Punishment for programmers who do not follow the
|
||
Standards Manual. See also, Network.
|
||
|
||
External Storage - Wastebasket.
|
||
|
||
FORTRAN - Model train set up on the floor, usually HO scale.
|
||
|
||
Fixed Word Length - Four-letter words used by programmers in a
|
||
state of confusion.
|
||
|
||
Flippy Disk - Side two of an LP record.
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 18 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Floating Control - A characteristic exhibited when you have to go
|
||
to the restroom but can't leave the computer.
|
||
|
||
Floating Point - The absolute limit before floating control is
|
||
lost.
|
||
|
||
Floppy Disk - The result of driving a Floppy Drive.
|
||
|
||
Floppy Drive - A car with a flat tire.
|
||
|
||
Flow Chart - A graphic representation of the fastest route to the
|
||
restroom.
|
||
|
||
Format - What you wipe your feet on before entering the computer
|
||
building.
|
||
|
||
Free - Obsolete expression.
|
||
|
||
Function - What a program never does on the first run, seldom
|
||
does on subsequent runs, and when it finally does, is a good
|
||
indication that the program is obsolete.
|
||
|
||
Function Key - Tool required to make a program work. Commonly
|
||
hidden in Bugs.
|
||
|
||
GOSUB - Polite way for programmers to tell operators where to go.
|
||
See also, Go To.
|
||
|
||
Gigabyte - The little laugh that comes out of an operator's mouth
|
||
when he/she bites his/her tongue.
|
||
|
||
Global Variable - Internationally known Variable, such as Anita
|
||
Bryant. See also, Variable.
|
||
|
||
Go To - Often used in conjunction with Biblical locations. See
|
||
also, fixed word length.
|
||
|
||
Hacker - Someone who coughs a lot.
|
||
|
||
Hard Disk - The result of much muscle-building work on one's
|
||
back.
|
||
|
||
Hard Drive - A car with solid rubber wheels.
|
||
|
||
Hardware - Something that, if you play with it long enough, it
|
||
breaks. See also, Software.
|
||
|
||
Head Crash - Last step before a computer Go To, usually executed
|
||
by a programmer crashing his head against the nearest wall.
|
||
|
||
Head Thrashing - What programmers do when upset at operators. See
|
||
also, Head Crash.
|
||
|
||
Hexadecimal - High resolution trick, using a six-sided dot for a
|
||
decimal point.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 19 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Hierarchy - Chain of command.
|
||
|
||
High Memory - State of mind a programmer is in when his/her
|
||
program finally works properly. See also, Function.
|
||
|
||
High Order Language - See Fixed Word Length.
|
||
|
||
IC - Lie commonly uttered by Computer Science students.
|
||
|
||
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION - The security guards for your company's
|
||
parking lot.
|
||
|
||
Infinite Loop - See Loop.
|
||
|
||
Initialize - First visual input devices appearing on infant
|
||
programs.
|
||
|
||
Input - Food, whiskey, beer, aspirin, etc.
|
||
|
||
Interrupt - Usually the result of a Keypunch. See also, Head
|
||
Crash.
|
||
|
||
Jump - 1. Dangerous move commonly made by programmers to get to
|
||
conclusions easier. 2. Something programmers do when a
|
||
program works. See also, High Memory
|
||
|
||
Jumper - 1. Programmer with a working program. 2. Suit worn by
|
||
female programmers.
|
||
|
||
Keyboard - A random series of keystrokes, usually either "asdf"
|
||
or "l;kj", used when programmers are bored.
|
||
|
||
Keypunch - Error solving technique used by many programmers,
|
||
consisting of applying his fist to the teletype terminal.
|
||
|
||
Laser Printer - Machine dedicated to producing blueprints for new
|
||
and better Lasers.
|
||
|
||
Last Pointer - Used by the Computer Science Instructor as
|
||
deterence. See also, Next Pointer.
|
||
|
||
Light Pen - A pen commonly used by programmers because it is
|
||
easier to use, due to its reduced weight.
|
||
|
||
Line Printer - Machine that prints lines on blank paper. Also
|
||
known as Paper Shredder.
|
||
|
||
Local Variable - Closet Variable. See also, Variable.
|
||
|
||
Logical Operator - Extinct Species.
|
||
|
||
Logo - The way a survivalist programmer goes past a window when
|
||
someone is shooting at him through it.
|
||
|
||
Logorithm - Old kind of musical beat, best known for its lack of
|
||
motion.
|
||
FidoNews 5-11 Page 20 14 Mar 1988
|
||
|
||
|
||
Loop - See Infinite Loop.
|
||
|
||
Low Memory - 1. The characteristic a calculator exhibits when
|
||
the battery is out of energy. 2. Adjectival phrase
|
||
describing most programmer's ability to remember.
|
||
|
||
Machine Language - Grunts, groans, squeaks, shudders, etc.
|
||
|
||
Macro - The last half of an expression of surprise; "Holy
|
||
Macrol".
|
||
|
||
Mag Tape - New scientific metallic adhesive strip that can be
|
||
applied to the hubcaps of your car to make them look "cool".
|
||
|
||
Mainframe - The portion of a film used to focus the projector.
|
||
|
||
Mass Bus - A very large bus, sometimes a GMC motor coach. See
|
||
also, Bus.
|
||
|
||
Memory Dump - Amnesia.
|
||
|
||
Memory Extension Board - Review of a programmer's ability to
|
||
remember.
|
||
|
||
Mouse - Small creature that leaves tracks on a screen.
|
||
|
||
Network - Punishment for programmers who do not write efficient
|
||
code, where they are sent out to tie terminals together as
|
||
hard labor.
|
||
|
||
Next Pointer - The pointer designated by the Comp Sci instructor
|
||
to be used when the Current Pointer breaks. See also,
|
||
Pointer, Pointer Stack.
|
||
|
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Open - Description of the constant state of operator's mouths.
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Operator - The person who always rips your program in half when
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removing it from the line printer. See also, Inefficient.
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Output - See Floating Control.
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Overflow - That condition resulting from exceeding the Floating
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Point.
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Owner - The person who tells you when you can and cannot use the
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computer.
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PASCAL - Frantic shout by quarterback when throwing the football
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to an unaware reciever.
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PINBOL - Most widely used language. Terminals often found in
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pool halls.
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PROCEDURE DIVISION - The office that tries to tell you how to do
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your job. See also, Wife, Husband.
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Pointer - Used by computer science instructors to encourage
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students to behave.
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Pointer Stack - Arsenal. See also, Pointer.
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Post Mortem Dump - Place for dead programmers. See also, Dump.
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Programmer - Red-eyed mumbling mammal capable of conversing with
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inanimate objects.
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RAM - 1. A mountain animal. 2. Usual speed at which a
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headcrash is performed.
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RETURN - 1. What some programmers never do when they "lose" it.
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2. What some programs never do when they "Go West".
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RPG II - Artoo's little cousin.
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Run - Ritual feared greatly by programmers.
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|
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Runaway Subscript - Delinquint member of your program's family.
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|
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SNOBOL - What programmers throw at operators in the winter time.
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|
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Scope - 1. Thing programmers do to a new dump (See Dump). 2.
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Mouthwash for operators.
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|
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Screen - Used in futile by programmers to try and keep bugs out
|
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of their programs.
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|
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Significant Digit - Middle finger of either hand, commonly used
|
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by programmers while talking to operators.
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Sin - Not attending Concantonation services.
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Software - Something where, if you play with it long enough, it
|
||
works. See also, Hardware.
|
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|
||
Software Piracy - The act of stealing a programmer's bed.
|
||
|
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Squash Routine - Pre-planned execution of agile moves in an old
|
||
British game.
|
||
|
||
Stack - Favourite part on a female computer for male programmers.
|
||
|
||
Standards Book - Instructions for driving stick-shift cars.
|
||
|
||
String - Used to tie data together.
|
||
|
||
Structured Programming - Contradiction of terms.
|
||
|
||
TROFF - What pigs eat out of.
|
||
|
||
TRON - What your mother or wife says when she's found a new suit
|
||
for you, "Here's something I want you to TRON."
|
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|
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TURBO PASCAL - New and powerful car, requiring a special diskette
|
||
in order to legally drive it. Commonly seen breaking speed
|
||
limits when traversing Mass Buses.
|
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|
||
Tape - Sometimes used to chain programmers.
|
||
|
||
Tape Drive - Best known for its ability to have lunch in the
|
||
middle of reading the only copy of a source tape.
|
||
|
||
Terminal - Status of most programmers, especially after the user
|
||
sees the programs he/she has written.
|
||
|
||
Text Editor - Employee of a local newspaper.
|
||
|
||
Top-Down Structure - Impressive accidental coincidence when
|
||
found. See also, Structured Programming.
|
||
|
||
Trapezoidal Rule - Country ruled completely by trapezoids.
|
||
|
||
Underflow - Symptom of an impotent programmer.
|
||
|
||
User - The person who never seems to be able to tell you what
|
||
he/she wants from the computer.
|
||
|
||
User-Friendly - Synonym for anti-programmer.
|
||
|
||
Variable - Bi-sexual programmer.
|
||
|
||
Vector - The first name of the lowest part of your operating
|
||
system's memory.
|
||
|
||
Voice Synthesizer - Device used by programmers to communicate
|
||
with human beings.
|
||
|
||
WATFOR - Statement frequently uttered by computer science
|
||
students.
|
||
|
||
WRITE Statement - Opposite of Wrong Statement.
|
||
|
||
Word Processor - Machine that makes food out of old computer
|
||
listings.
|
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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16 May 1988
|
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Digital Equipment Corporations Users Society Spring Symposium.
|
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Will be held May 16-May 20 in Cincinnati, OH.
|
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|
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16 Jul 1988
|
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A new areacode, 508, will form in eastern Massachusetts and
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|
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formed from the current areacode 617. Greater Boston will
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|
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|
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|
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25 Aug 1988
|
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Start of the Fifth International FidoNet Conference, to be
|
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held at the Drawbridge Inn in Cincinnati, OH. Contact Tim
|
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Sullivan at 108/62 for more information. This is FidoNet's big
|
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|
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you've been talking with all this time. We're hoping to see
|
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|
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|
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24 Aug 1989
|
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