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Volume 6, Number 19 8 May 1989
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Dale Lovell
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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. 1:1/1 is a Continuous Mail system, available for
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network mail 24 hours a day.
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Copyright 1989 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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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, 164 Shipley Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107 and
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are used with permission.
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We don't necessarily agree with the contents of every article
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published here. Most of these materials are unsolicited. No
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article will be rejected which is properly attributed and legally
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acceptable. We will publish every responsible submission
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received.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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It's time to speak out on Freedom of the Press ........... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
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Echo CHIPS IN ............................................ 3
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Behind the Scenes on Policy4 ............................. 5
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The Hermit's New Software Releases ....................... 9
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MORE_ICONS Some more ICONS for artistic types ............ 10
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ParaNet Leads The Information Society! ................... 11
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
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The Veterinarian's Corner: Lymphosarcoma ................. 15
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And more!
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 1 8 May 1989
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EDITORIAL
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It's time to speak out on Freedom of the Press
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As many of you have no doubt noticed, FidoNews isn't a rigidly
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controlled publication. Its content often has little or nothing
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to do with the day-in, day-out nonsense involved in being a
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member of FidoNet. There are articles and discussions of some
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amazingly varied topics, reflecting the similarly varied tastes
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of the five thousand member nodes of FidoNet.
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I personally believe that it is a major strength of this
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publication that any member of FidoNet is allowed to contribute
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to a publication that is made available to every other member of
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FidoNet. It is, quite literally, a free and open public forum
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in which any of us can share anything we consider important with
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anyone else.
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Of course, there is a "down" side to this openness. The down
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side is this: not every issue of FidoNews will be of interest
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to everyone in FidoNet. In some cases, there might be one or
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two issues in succession that in some individuals' opinions,
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would have been better off unpublished. I'm sorry to disagree
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with those people, but this is the price that you pay for having
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your own turn with FidoNews when YOU want it. There are
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sometimes excesses, but we'll gradually learn how to minimize
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them without hurting the open policy.
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There now appear to be some rumblings in the coordinators'
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structure to the effect that FidoNews has too low of a "signal
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to noise ratio" and that perhaps the *C's might want to do
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something about it. This is apparently largely due to the fact
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that readership isn't what it used to be, and many NC's have
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been resisting the idea of carrying FidoNews, which is currently
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mandated by Fidonet Policy.
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I can't resist the temptation to suggest that indeed we have had
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the same problem with the *C structure. How about some more
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signal and less noise from them? Whatever happened, for
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example, to the promised WEEKLY update from the coordinators via
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the "RegComm - Communications from RegCon" column? Well, to be
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fair, it only claimed to be a "weekly" update in the January 2
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and January 9 columns. The January 16 column billed itself as a
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"regular" column. Of course, it was the last one submitted.
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When humans get that "regular" they usually need an enema.
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Look, maybe as an individual you don't always like what appears
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in FidoNews. But this is YOUR publication. YOU decide what
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appears in it through YOUR submissions. If you don't like the
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signal to noise ratio, submit something with a high signal level
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and its presence in the newsletter will help keep that ratio
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closer to where you'd like it.
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 2 8 May 1989
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At this point, then, FidoNews seems to have reached a very
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important cusp. We need this open and widely distributed forum.
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The *C's want something that stays a bit closer to the center of
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things. As yet there has been no real concensus among the *C's
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on any course of action, and this means that the time is right
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for you to be heard on this issue. If you agree that FidoNews
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should belong to ALL of us, then you had damned well better get
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off your gluteus maximus and write a note to your coordinator
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saying just that.
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Then, while you're in a writing mood, how about submitting an
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article?
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 3 8 May 1989
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ARTICLES
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Echo "CHIPS" In
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for disABLED User
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It was a cold day last February 16th in upstate New York,
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otherwise known as the Adirondacks of New York state, USA. It
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was also a time when the RONDACK Echo was becoming more active.
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You know, those wintery months when the hacks come in to play,
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where it's warm. For those in the more temperate regions of the
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world, I'm talking about a "heat wave" where the temperature got
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up to zero farenheit. An article in the newspaper about a 14
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year old boy who is suffering from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
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appears, with a big picture of him sitting at his computer, with
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a smile as wide as his 13 inch screen.
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The article quotes his mother as saying that her son, Louis,
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gets his kicks by using the computer to play games and discover
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ways to make the computer work for him. The article touched alot
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of people that day, including the users of the RONDACK Echo.
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Knowing the potential value echomail could be to Louis, one
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of the Rondack'ers, aka Brothers / Sisters found out that he
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didn't have a modem. Well... that day, a message was posted in
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the RONDACK Echo asking for volunteers to pitch in to purchase a
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modem to give to the potential Rondack'r. The response from the
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users was great and by the time midnight came around, on the same
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day, the modem was nearly half paid for.
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Arrangements had been made with the local Independent Living
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Center to act as recipient of donations for the modem. This
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whole experience was new to the local Independent Living Center
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and they welcomed the opportunity to help us out in helping
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others in need. Consequently, they have established an open
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account for the sole use of accumulating funds to be used in the
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purchase of telecommunications equipment and other computer
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hardware that can be disbursed to persons within their service
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area who can benefit from its use. In addition, some of the echo
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participants have offered their time and expertise in helping a
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new user get setup, including training.
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The whole experience also converted some "lurkers" to the
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official "Un-lurker" status of the echo. It was good to see
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evidence of an echo working together to help someone. A pleasant
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change from what you read in some echos. We are not a charitable
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echo, just an echo with charitable users. Not unlike you, I
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suspect. Mmmm, is this a challenge? Yes, why not? I would love
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to challenge any other "echo" to DO something to help those
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around you. Let the public know about the good things that
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FidoNet is capable of, and what its users are doing. If you are
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already involved in a project like this, then please share it
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with us. I'm sure we would benefit from your experience.
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 4 8 May 1989
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Submitted by
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Ross Calloway, moderator
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RONDACK ECHO, 1:267/41
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 5 8 May 1989
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Steve Bonine
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11/0
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Policy4: A Perspective
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The new version of FidoNet policy has been released for a vote by
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the coordinator structure, the results of which will be announced
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in the June 9 nodediff. The new policy document has been
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discussed at length in the REGCON echomail conference, and
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represents my best attempt to capture the consensus of the
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Regional Coordinators who participate in that forum. In this
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FidoNews article, I am expressing my impressions of the document,
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with some indication of how the consensus was reached. I am but
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one of the contributors, but with perhaps a unique perspective.
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Rather than publishing the full text of the final draft of
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Policy4 in FidoNews, I will discuss the changes between what was
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published previously and the final version. The full policy file
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will be distributed through the coordinator structure, and is
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available for file request from the RC's using the "magic name"
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of POLICY4.
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I want to emphasize that the opinions expressed in this article
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are my own. If you have questions about Policy4, get a copy and
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read it. It speaks rather well for itself. I have not been
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given any authority to speak for the FidoNet coordinator
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structure, and I don't pretend to do so.
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Section 1.2 -- Organization, and Organization
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------- --- ------------- --- ------------
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The original Policy4 had two sections on each level of FidoNet.
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For example, there was a section describing a network, and
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another describing a network coordinator. These have been
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consolidated; for example, there is now a single section which
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describes networks and network coordinators. Virtually all the
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same words are still there, just organized differently.
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Top-Down Organization
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The summary of FidoNet organization, now section 1.2.8, was
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clarified. Two exceptions to the strict top-down organization of
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FidoNet have been introduced by Policy4: (1) Decisions of the
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IC can be reversed by the Zone Coordinator Council, and (2)
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Decisions of a ZC can be reversed by a majority of the Regional
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Coordinators in that zone.
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This was done to provide a check-and-balance at the highest level
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of FidoNet. In a sense, this mechanism has always existed; under
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Policy3 if a majority of the RC's decided not to support the ZC
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then the effect would be the same. This procedure is formal in
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Policy4, with the RC's as a check on the actions of ZC's, and the
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ZC's as a check on the actions of the IC. Hopefully, none of
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this will ever be invoked.
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 6 8 May 1989
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The appeal process for standard policy complaints is not changed
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with Policy4. If you complain to your NC, and don't like the
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decision, you still appeal to the RC.
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There have been vocal calls for democracy in FidoNet. The
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changes which have been implemented are a step in that direction,
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although a smaller step than some would prefer. The vast
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majority of FidoNet sysops are satisfied with the way that the
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network is organized, and if they are not then the procedure
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exists with Policy4 to get it changed.
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Geography
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Policy4 is quite specific that network membership is based upon
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technical factors, not social factors. This is entirely
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appropriate for a mail network, and this issue is one in which
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agreement was close to unanimous in the RC group. Networks exist
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primarily for the good of FidoNet, not for the members of that
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particular network. When the basic organization of FidoNet is
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compromised, then the integrity of the network is compromised.
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You don't get more basic than this.
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Excessively Annoying Behavior
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----------- -------- --------
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The attempt to define annoying behavior which appeared in the
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initial draft was expanded in the final draft to include the
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distinction between annoying and EXCESSIVELY annoying. The
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guidelines are still vague, as well they should be, but the
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intent was to reduce the quivering from new sysops who are afraid
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that they will be lynched if they make the smallest error.
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Commercial Use of FidoNet
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In order to protect the coordinator structure from potential
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lawsuits, and to clarify the fact that NC's are not generally
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thrilled with subsidizing commercial operations by forwarding
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commercial mail, specific prohibitions on the use of FidoNet for
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strictly commercial purposes have been added. This is a
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difficult issue, as information interchange between vendors and
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users is an activity which benefits both, whereas strictly
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commercial use of a volunteer, amateur network is not
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appropriate.
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Protocol
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It was made clear that the minimum requirement for compatibility
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with FidoNet protocol as defined in the FTSC standard FTS-0001 is
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not optional. More capability is fine, but basic FidoNet
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standard is required.
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EchoMail During ZMH
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 7 8 May 1989
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In the sense that there was quite a bit of spirited discussion,
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this issue was the opposite of the geographic-network issue. It
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was decided to go with the wording "Echomail should not be trans-
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ferred during ZMH." Some RC's wanted the wording stronger; some
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wanted no prohibition at all. The bottom line is simple -- if
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your coordinator can't get through to you during ZMH, chances are
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good that your nodelist entry will disappear. Somehow, the risk
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doesn't seem worth the reward.
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Voice Telephone
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It was decided to require a voice telephone as a part of the
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information sent when requesting a node number. In spite of a
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desire not to obligate the coordinator to use the voice number to
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contact the individual in the case of problems, the consensus was
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that requiring a voice telephone number was actually in the best
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interests of the person requesting a node number, and certainly
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was not unreasonable. After all, why should we issue a node
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number with less information than we require to validate a user
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on our systems?
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Dual Majority
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The dual majority idea (in which a majority of NC's and a
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separate majority of RC's is required to pass a policy change) is
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scrapped. The requirement is now simply a majority of the votes
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cast.
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Language
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There are zero occurences of the words "he", "her", "his", and
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"hers" except in the case histories.
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General Comments
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With obvious bias, I can say that I feel that Policy4 is a
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distinct improvement over Policy3, and should be adopted. The
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changes from Policy3 are not dramatic, but we are overdue in
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bringing our policy document up to date with the way that FidoNet
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operates today. It is perhaps unfortunate that we need such a
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large amount of verbiage to define things which should be
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obvious, but experience shows that this is indeed the case.
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I doubt that any one individual will agree 100% with everything
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in Policy4. We had some spirited discussions in REGCON, and not
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everyone got everything they wanted. I hope that the document
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does not look like it was written by committee, and that it will
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serve us as well as previous versions of FidoNet policy have
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served.
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Acknowledgements
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 8 8 May 1989
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I am not trying to take credit for Policy4. In fact, this is the
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first time I have admitted in an open forum that I had anything
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at all to do with it. It is sad that any time you do anything in
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FidoNet, you open yourself up to personal attack by persons who
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disagree with some aspect of what you've done.
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I would like to thank several other folks who made significant
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contributions to Policy4, but (a) I don't know all of them, and
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(b) I'm not sure that they would appreciate my mention of their
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name, because of the problem of hate mail. I will, therefore,
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content myself with two specific names. Policy4 obviously owes a
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great deal to Policy3, and Thom Henderson's work in that area is
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well known. The first six drafts of Policy4 were coordinated by
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Harry Lee, so things were well under way when I took over the
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task.
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The real credit goes to the Regional Coordinators who participate
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in REGCON. The development of Policy4 is a powerful illustration
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that it is possible to do useful work using echomail. We had a
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couple of discussions on a voice conference facility, but the
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major part of the work was done in REGCON. Zone 3 was repre-
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sented, but not zone 2, much to my disappointment. I want to
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thank all the RC's who provided their insight; it really is a
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joint creation, and all I did was act as listener.
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 9 8 May 1989
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The 10 Point Gothic Column
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The Hermit's New Software Releases
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Greg Glynn - The Airlock Hermit
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From 3:712/506.4 - Home of the Brave
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SPACE HEROS (SPACEH.ARC - 820Mb)
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Great new galactic domination game. Multi player, Multi
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user. Supports VGA/EGA/CGA.
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Aptly Named because you need to be a SPACE HERO to store a
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820Mb game in the first place!
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AUTO FLAME (OUCH.ARC - 57Kb)
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Echomail utility that generates automatic flame messages.
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Many great features like RANDOM-FLAME mode, FLAME-THROWER
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mode and VULCAN THE FLAME EATING MIDGET mode.
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BURNOUT (BURNOUT.ARC - 12Kb)
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Are you a Fidonet "BURNOUT". Find out with this quiz.
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Heres an example:
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14. When some jerk jumps into a conference half way
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through and calls you a "Lilly-Livered Two-Faced
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Low-Down Four-Flushing Side-Windin' Crocker-Crocker"
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do you..
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a. Ignore him
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b. Laugh and him and then Ignore him
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c. Send a reply through the conference calling him a
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"Stupid Git-Faced Half-Baked Broken-Down Lump of
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Slimey Gnu Vomit"
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WINEO (WINEO.ARC 1K)
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Clever little program. Place it anywhere on a hard disk
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and all the other files near it will try to move as far
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away from it as they can. Thus clearing vast amounts of
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disk space around the WINEO.YUK file. Exactly WHY you'd
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want to do this is beyond me!
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More Great New Hermitware on the way. Look for these exiting
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titles on a Bulletin Board near you....
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MIXIT.ARC 190K Realistic Cake Mixing Simulation.
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NUKE_EM.ARC 489K "Fun" Nuclear War Game.
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ROULETTE.ARC 120K Just like Russian Roulette. Will rub out a
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random file once every six times you run it.
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 10 8 May 1989
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L. Edel
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151/2
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MO_ICONS_PLEASE
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For some reason, the ICONS in a past Fido Newsletter, were not
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the icons I have seen in use the past several years!!! Where
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did the nose come from? Originally,, the set goes as follows,
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excluding some that can only be used on IBM, ATARI, COMMODORE,
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etc.
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:) - smile/happy :( - frown/sad
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:D - big smile or laugh :c - pout
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:> - mischievious smile :'( - cry
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;) - wink ;> - sly wink
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:* - kiss [] - hug
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:O - shout/yawn O:) - angel/innocent
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]:> - devil/guilty :I - content
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:# - grimace/frustrated :/ - disfavor/baffled
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:P - sticking out tongue :X - not talking
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:d - tastes good :9 8) - wide-eyed surprise
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B) - glasses [% - mug
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c% - coffee cup U - glass
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u - shot glass Y - wine/cocktail glass
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---<--<-@ long-stemmed rose
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----===== drink sliding down bar
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Also worth considering are the following:
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OLM - On Line Message OTW - On The Way
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OIC - Oh I See H - HUH???
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BTW - By The Way LOL - Laughing Out Loud
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||
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor RAO - Rolling All Over
|
||
LMTO - Laughing My Tush Off BRB - Be Right Back
|
||
AFK - Away From Keys BBL - Be Back Later
|
||
BAK - Back At Keys WLCM - Welcome
|
||
BCNU - Be Seeing You L8R - Later
|
||
ODM - On De Move OTB - Off To Bed
|
||
LTNT - Long Time No Type TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
|
||
RE - Again (Greetings, as in "re-hi")
|
||
LTNS - Long Time No See
|
||
M/F - Male or Female (also known as 'MORFING', as in
|
||
"Oh no! I've been morfed!!")
|
||
|
||
|
||
I hope this make for more "colorful communicating". Just
|
||
remember the quote from Alex Bell (no relationship to the famous
|
||
Bell) "Anything that can be said in a few words, isn't worth
|
||
saying and should be forgotten". Don't blame me I didn't say
|
||
it.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 11 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Leads The Information Society!
|
||
|
||
On October 14, 1988, 'UFO Cover-Up? Live' made it's television
|
||
debut. During the program callers were asked to vote by phone.
|
||
Surprisingly, over 60% of the people that called in reported
|
||
that they believe in the existence of UFOs. Of that percentage,
|
||
several people had reported that they had spotted a UFO.
|
||
|
||
Although the UFOlogical community found that program to be,
|
||
generally, in bad taste, with it's poor treatment of the
|
||
subject, many people who have had an experience find it
|
||
extremely frustrating when attempting to get information about
|
||
the subject.
|
||
|
||
ParaNet was founded three years ago by Jim Speiser to provide an
|
||
electronic outlet for the latest up to the minute UFO
|
||
information, sightings, investigative findings and any other
|
||
information which is related to the phenomenon. The first
|
||
ParaNet system was located in Phoenix, Arizona. Jim worked hard
|
||
to get factual information out to the public and the users of
|
||
ParaNet have grown to over 2000 worldwide. Since it's
|
||
beginning, ParaNet has grown to over 18 online systems located
|
||
throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and
|
||
Australia. All ParaNet systems are on Fido and are accessible
|
||
by computer and modem. The systems carry a wide variety of
|
||
files, over 5 megs, that detail reports, sightings, news
|
||
clippings and articles contributed to ParaNet by users and well
|
||
known authors and investigators. ParaNet has earned a high
|
||
degree of respectability among top research people and published
|
||
authors such as Dr. Bruce Maccabee, a Navy Physicist, and Phil
|
||
Imbrogno, author of Night Siege. These and many other people
|
||
use ParaNet and provide the users with an interface to what is
|
||
currently going on in the community. In addition, we are now
|
||
interfaced with UFO Magazine in Los Angeles, California. The
|
||
publisher and editor, Vicki Cooper maintains an echomail
|
||
conference called Ask UFO which allows users to ask Vicki
|
||
questions concerning the phenomenon. Recently, ParaNet has
|
||
started a SIG on Compuserve in the ISSUES Forum area 7 which is
|
||
designed to give them more accessibility to people who want to
|
||
know what is going on.
|
||
|
||
ParaNet has a goal of getting a BBS in every major city around
|
||
the country. We are looking for sysops who have an interest in
|
||
the subject and the paranormal in general. We provide an
|
||
exciting forum and welcome serious inquiries. There is no
|
||
obligation to joining ParaNet, nor do you have to devote your
|
||
system to it. Michael Corbin, the new Administrator and
|
||
Director invite you to explore the world of ParaNet. For an
|
||
application, send net mail to Michael Corbin at 1:104/422 and
|
||
request that an application and information packet be sent to
|
||
you. This is your chance to become part of one of the most
|
||
exciting and informative news organizations to ever come to the
|
||
world of the electronic bulletin board system.
|
||
|
||
Below is a list of the ParaNet nodes around the world:
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 12 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Alpha -- Headquarters Node
|
||
Denver, Colorado
|
||
Michael Corbin Sysop - Administrator and Director
|
||
Don Ecker - Cosysop and Director of Public Relations
|
||
Fido Address: 1:104/422
|
||
Telephone: (303)431-1343 9600 Baud HST
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Gamma
|
||
Lexington, Kentucky
|
||
Doug Rogers - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:108/110
|
||
Telephone: (606)271-0558 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Delta
|
||
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
|
||
John Bowden - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:140/32
|
||
Telephone: (306)934-2919 9600 Baud HST
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Epsilon
|
||
Warren, Michigan
|
||
Jacques Leclerc - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:120/80
|
||
Telephone: (313)751-4057 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Zeta
|
||
Bethany Park, Indiana
|
||
Terry Fields - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:231/40
|
||
Telephone: (317)831-1827 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Theta
|
||
Fareham, United Kingdom
|
||
Archie Clark - Sysop - Bureau Chief United Kingdom
|
||
Fido Address: 2:251/15
|
||
Telephone: 011-44-329-45824 9600 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Iota
|
||
Gosport, United Kingdom
|
||
Simon Rowe - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 2:251/23
|
||
Telephone: 011-44-705-511501 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Kappa
|
||
Manassas, Virginia
|
||
Jim MacDiarmid - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:265/12
|
||
Telephone: (703)368-4642 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Lambda
|
||
Fairport, New York
|
||
Brad Langton - Sysop
|
||
Not echomail capable
|
||
Telephone: (716)377-3985 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Mu
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 13 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
Sandy Hook, Conneticut
|
||
Brett Siedman - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:141/790
|
||
Telephone: (203)270-1913 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Xi
|
||
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
|
||
Lanny Conn - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:170/701
|
||
Telephone: (918)224-1766 9600 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Omicron
|
||
Bushkill, Pennsylvania
|
||
Paul Faeder - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:13/60
|
||
Telephone: (717)588-7549 9600 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Pi
|
||
Austin, Texas
|
||
John Cauley - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:382/53
|
||
Telephone: (512)331-7447 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Tau
|
||
Fort Smith, Arkansas
|
||
Bryon Smith - Sysop - Public Relations CoDirector
|
||
Fido Address: 1:19/19
|
||
Telephone: (501)646-5812 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Phi
|
||
Birmingham, Alabama
|
||
Bill Freeman - Sysop
|
||
Not echomail capable
|
||
Telephone: (205)854-2308 2400 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Chi
|
||
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
||
Ralph Schwarz - Sysop
|
||
Fido Address: 1:132/113
|
||
Telephone: (603)888-3840 9600 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Psi
|
||
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
||
Linda Murphy - Sysop - Network Coordinator
|
||
Fido Address: 1:304/1
|
||
Telephone: (602)527-0043 9600 Baud
|
||
|
||
ParaNet Omega
|
||
Kingsbury, Victoria Australia
|
||
Bob Fletcher - Sysop - Bureau Chief Australia
|
||
Fido Address: 3:633/360
|
||
Telephone: 011-61-3-467-7984
|
||
|
||
You are welcome to call Michael by voice at:
|
||
(303)420-6758
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 14 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 15 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COLUMNS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Veterinarian's Corner
|
||
Excerpts from the ANIMED GroupMail Conference
|
||
|
||
by Don Thomson, 1:102/1005
|
||
|
||
(From an ongoing conversation in ANIMED):
|
||
|
||
Well...
|
||
|
||
I don't have really good news. "xxxx" has cancer of the lymph
|
||
nodes, called lymphosarcoma. He has a type called multicentric
|
||
lymphosarcoma, which just basically means that all of his lymph
|
||
nodes appear to be involved. This is probably the most common
|
||
type, and stage that this disease is diagnosed. Sadly, there is
|
||
no ultimate cure for this disease. Ultimately this will kill
|
||
him. I'm sorry.
|
||
|
||
On the positive side....
|
||
|
||
The disease while incurable, can be brought into remission, that
|
||
is completely free from apparent disease in about 85-90% of the
|
||
cases in which chemotherapy is used. In most cases the pets are
|
||
happy and healthy in all respects during treatment - no
|
||
vommiting, no hair loss, no diarrhea etc that the words
|
||
chemotherapy always tends to bring to mind. Remissions
|
||
generally can be maintained for a period of between 3 months and
|
||
30 months. In terms of biological equivalents, 3 months of
|
||
cancer remission in the dog is comparable to 15 months in man.
|
||
An average lifespan of a dog with multicentric lymphosarcoma
|
||
UNTREATED is 1-3 months. Treated an average survival is 9-12
|
||
months. I have had one patient of mine do well for 1 1/2 years.
|
||
On the other hand, I have had a few cases that did not respond to
|
||
treatment at all, but like I said, we are able to induce
|
||
remission in at least 85% of the patients treated. There are
|
||
other less aggressive treatments, mainly classified as
|
||
'paliative', which slow the progress of the disease, but rarely,
|
||
if ever, induce remission. These have few side effects, but
|
||
generally are effective for less than 4-5 months.
|
||
|
||
There are reported cases of prolonged remission greater than 3
|
||
years, which we consider a 'cure', but these cases are rare. The
|
||
most successful case I know of was in remission for 3 years.
|
||
|
||
DB Thomson, DVM
|
||
1:102/1005
|
||
9:871/16
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 16 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
The following is the third in a series of four columns Fred Grosby
|
||
(a federal government employee, and a user on "The Falcon's Rock")
|
||
has written. He deserves all the credit for writing them. I
|
||
suggested that he upload them to my system, because I enjoyed
|
||
reading them in our local Mensa newsletter, Capital M. I hope you
|
||
enjoy reading them, too. The archive of all four is available for
|
||
file request from 1:109/501 as BSOUTH.ZIP.
|
||
|
||
Notes From Bureaucracy South (Part 3)
|
||
By Fred Grosby, a user on 1:109/501
|
||
|
||
Five years ago, we got our first desktop computers. They were
|
||
weird-looking things, with murky screens and clunky disk drives.
|
||
They came with graphics printers that could not be driven by any
|
||
software known to humankind and the most incompatible modems
|
||
available. Definitely not State Of The Art. Still, they were what
|
||
we had, so we found lots of useful things to do with them.
|
||
|
||
Over the years, we have upgraded those old clunkers to make them
|
||
work better. We have added hard disk drives and more memory.
|
||
We've upgraded the software, too, replacing the semi-obsolete stuff
|
||
that came with the hardware with the latest upgrades. We even
|
||
found a way to get those incompatible graphics printers to print
|
||
graphics. Still, even with all of our upgrades, our systems were
|
||
still not State Of The Art. So the Computer HArdware and software
|
||
Modernization Project (CHAMP) task force was formed, and studies
|
||
were conducted, and bids were let, and $8 million of your tax money
|
||
was obligated, and today we are proud users of our new, State Of
|
||
The Art CHAMP micros.
|
||
|
||
I know that this stuff is State Of The Art because starting six
|
||
months before the first installment showed up the CHAMP people put
|
||
out a barrage of propaganda that told me so. Of course, I also
|
||
have the evidence of my own eyes. There it is, printed right on
|
||
the back of our new high-end monitors: UL Pending. I've never
|
||
seen that before. Every piece of electronic equipment that I have
|
||
ever seen has been UL Listed. These are UL Pending. Folks, these
|
||
monitors are so State Of The Art that Underwriters Laboratories
|
||
hasn't even had time to approve them yet. Still, I kind of worry.
|
||
What if that monitor would have failed some critical Underwriters
|
||
Laboratories test? What if the thing blows up in my face? I guess
|
||
that there are some risks involved in being on the cutting edge of
|
||
technology.
|
||
|
||
The video circuit board is also State Of The Art. That's what the
|
||
guy who replaced the one in my computer told me. Damn thing turned
|
||
my monitor into a psychedelic display. So I asked him, if these
|
||
things are State Of The Art, how come mine only lasted two weeks?
|
||
Well, he said, this was a big job, and the contractor had delivered
|
||
a lot of equipment, and with that much equipment you have to expect
|
||
a failure or two. Maybe he meant that when you use State Of The
|
||
Art, UL Pending equipment, you have to expect a failure or two.
|
||
Well, with all due respect to this guy, no, I do not expect a
|
||
failure or two. The failures are never expected.
|
||
|
||
The computer that I use has failed three times, and twice it has
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 17 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
been the fault of the bocaboards. Bocaboards are State Of The Art
|
||
circuit boards that control the input and output ports for things
|
||
like printers and modems. What makes them State Of The Art is that
|
||
you set the configuration of the board with a software program
|
||
instead of with little dip switches, so that the configuration of
|
||
the board can be changed from within a program. Well, that's OK, I
|
||
guess, although why you would want to change ports in the middle of
|
||
the stream is beyond me. The problem is, the settings must be
|
||
maintained in the bocaboard's internal memory even when the
|
||
computer is switched off. That is done with batteries. Batteries
|
||
that drain. Batteries that die, with regularity and without
|
||
warning. Arrrrrrgh! The repair woman claims that the contacts lie
|
||
at such an angle that they actually short out the batteries. The
|
||
last time she replaced the batteries on my bocaboards, she bent the
|
||
contacts so that would not happen again. Sure.
|
||
|
||
The bocaboards in my computer have developed a new trick. They
|
||
just sort of go on strike. I start the computer. No bocaboards.
|
||
No ports. No printer. No modem. No nothing. I run the software
|
||
program. The software says that everything is working fine. I run
|
||
my application again. No problem. A couple of days later, I go
|
||
through it all again. This happened the day after one of the CHAMP
|
||
people came through and did a quality check on the computers in our
|
||
office. Quality check, indeed!
|
||
|
||
Not only are our CHAMP micros State Of The Art, they are User
|
||
Friendly. This means that the systems came to us all set up and
|
||
ready to go, with a swell menu system that fires up your software
|
||
at the push of a key. Well, they did forget a couple of little
|
||
things. Like setting the communications software to use the
|
||
correct serial port. Or setting the new word processor to work
|
||
with the new printers. Or giving us the manuals so we could figure
|
||
out how to do it ourselves. I guess that when a system is User
|
||
Friendly you don't need manuals.
|
||
|
||
We also got some new word processing software that is both State Of
|
||
The Art and User Friendly. It will do all sorts of neat stuff,
|
||
most of which we have no use for whatsoever. Unfortunately, it
|
||
will not do something that we really need it to do. I guess that
|
||
makes it, well, Nearly Perfect. What Nearly Perfect will not do is
|
||
Print Pause. To accommodate our archaic filing system, we need to
|
||
print file information on the copies of a document, but not on the
|
||
original. With our old word processing software, you could put in
|
||
a print pause and terminate printing before the original got
|
||
adulterated. Nearly Perfect would not do this when we got it.
|
||
Panic ensued. After much consultation, the Nearly Perfect people
|
||
came up with a solution that involves hitting a function key
|
||
combination, going into a menu, saying you want to print, saying
|
||
what you want to print, saying how much of it you want to print,
|
||
and then telling the thing to start printing, damnit! For every
|
||
document, whether you actually use Print Pause or not. User
|
||
Friendly.
|
||
|
||
As if all of this wasn't enough, in a few weeks, or months,
|
||
or...well, one of these days they are going to hook all of our
|
||
computers together into Local Area Networks, which is supposed to
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 18 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
be the ultimate in State Of The Art. What they are going to do is
|
||
wire our computers up to central file servers. Then they're going
|
||
to take all of the software off of our computers and put it on the
|
||
file servers, turning our nice, State Of The Art microcomputers
|
||
into dumb remote terminals. This doesn't sound like State Of The
|
||
Art to me, but the CHAMP people know what they are doing, I guess.
|
||
|
||
They sent me to a training course on the Local Area Network. They
|
||
had sixteen computers hooked up to file server, and we got to try
|
||
it out. I learned two things. I learned that when sixteen
|
||
terminals all try to access the same software all at once, the
|
||
whole system slows right down, to about the speed of one of our old
|
||
clunkers. And I learned that when the file server crashes, nobody
|
||
can get anything done. And it is "when", not "if." You see, our
|
||
building has power problems, and occasionally we get a surge. Now,
|
||
all of our micros have surge protectors, so they just shrug it off.
|
||
The file servers, however, have State Of The Art uninterruptable
|
||
power supplies. That's fine, except that when that power supply
|
||
gets hit with a surge, it's response is to drop all of the
|
||
terminals off the network and shut the file server down. No
|
||
server, no software, no work.
|
||
|
||
The specter of having all of our software trapped in some dead file
|
||
server has led to the formation of a small band known as The
|
||
Software Squirrels. We are squirreling away copies of our software
|
||
in out-of-the-way places, against the day when the file servers
|
||
crap out. Somebody suggested that this might violate some rule or
|
||
other, but that is not the issue. Survival is the issue, and we
|
||
will do what we must. I do not intend to be held hostage by a file
|
||
server, State Of The Art or not.
|
||
|
||
Back in a little cubbyhole between two cubicles is one of our
|
||
original computers. It is one of the rarest of the breed, with
|
||
it's color monitor and built-in hard disk. All day, every day, for
|
||
five years, that old clunker turned out useful work of every sort.
|
||
We don't use it for much any more, but when we need it, it still
|
||
gets the job done. It has the best monitor in the place, a simple
|
||
print pause, and no batteries anywhere. And it has never broken
|
||
down. Not once.
|
||
|
||
Soon enough, that old clunker will be gone. A CHAMP micro will
|
||
take it's place, and some contractor will show up and take it away,
|
||
to be sold for scrap. I'll be sorry to see it go. It has been a
|
||
good and loyal friend, and although the new computer that replaces
|
||
it will be faster, it will not necessarily be better. God knows it
|
||
will not be as reliable. But it will be State Of The Art, and
|
||
that's what counts here at Bureaucracy South.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 19 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
A Public Service Announcement
|
||
Recognizing Our Roots
|
||
|
||
FidoNet has come an awfully long way in a very short period
|
||
of time. Anymore, file requests, ARCmail, Zmodem mail
|
||
transfers, crash mail capability, EchoMail, update requests,
|
||
zones, points, multiple networks and so on are considered 'de
|
||
rigueur.'
|
||
|
||
It's important to recognize and realize our roots as a
|
||
network. When was the last time you ever unpacked a copy of
|
||
Fido 11w and took a look? Have you EVER examined a copy of
|
||
Fido 11w? Fido 11w, for those that don't know, was the last
|
||
version of the Fido BBS (written by the venerable Tom
|
||
Jennings) to be released for free non-commercial use. If you
|
||
take a look at Fido 11w, then compare its features to that of
|
||
your sleek, modern mailer, you'll be truly amazed at what's
|
||
happened to the network in just a couple of years.
|
||
|
||
Fact is, compliance with the Fido Technical Standards
|
||
Committee document FSC-0001 is still considered the "bare
|
||
minimum" to be admitted to the network. Fido 11w is a perfect
|
||
example of a to-the-letter implementation of FSC-0001 - no
|
||
more, no less.
|
||
|
||
My printed copy of FSC-0001 is dated April 25, 1987, and
|
||
though there are later revisions, the document hasn't changed
|
||
a great deal. The spec does not provide technical information
|
||
on file requests, multiple zones, multiple networks, Zmodem
|
||
mail transfers, SEAlink mail transfers, ARCmail, crash mail,
|
||
update requests, EchoMail or any of the other niceties to
|
||
which we've grown accustomed. (Some of them are casually
|
||
mentioned in the text, but not expanded upon on a technical
|
||
level.)
|
||
|
||
Although it's healthy and necessary for technology to grow,
|
||
and it's nice for us to be here to see it all happen, it's
|
||
necessary to recognize what it was that got us here.
|
||
|
||
It's fun to talk about 3.8 liter V-6 supercharged engines
|
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under the hoods of our new sports cars with their digital
|
||
dashes, trip computers, power windows and high-wattage car
|
||
stereos. But a complete appreciation for that technology
|
||
cannot be had without knowledge of such history makers as the
|
||
Ford Model T.
|
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|
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And so it is with FidoNet. We owe a lot to people like Thom
|
||
Henderson, Jeff Rush, Wynn Wagner, Vince Perriello, Joaquim
|
||
Homrighausen, Bob Hartman, and many, many others too numerous
|
||
to mention. But the fact of the matter is, if it weren't for
|
||
Tom Jennings toying around with a new idea to economically
|
||
keep in touch with friends by computer, we wouldn't all be
|
||
here playing around with a nifty piece of technology that's
|
||
within reach of so many.
|
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|
||
Appreciate your roots. A message brought to you by your local
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 20 8 May 1989
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FidoNet historian.
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 21 8 May 1989
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|
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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|
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|
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From: Daniel Tobias of 380/7.0
|
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To: Fidonews Editor of 1/1.0
|
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Subj: My Submission in This Issue [Fidonews V. 6, Nr. 18]
|
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|
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Thank you for publishing my submission regarding drug
|
||
legalization. Since it has been nearly two months since I sent
|
||
it, I had feared it had run afoul of the new, tighter FidoNews
|
||
policy, or had been lost in the shuffle at the change of
|
||
editors.
|
||
|
||
However, in the interim since submission, I have changed my
|
||
FidoNet address, so those who try to contact me at the address
|
||
given in the article won't get through. My new address is
|
||
1:380/7. My new system, Dan's Den, is reachable at (318)
|
||
424-9260. One of the primary subjects of interest supported by
|
||
this system is libertarianism, the philosophy of individual
|
||
liberty.
|
||
|
||
Please inform your readers of my new address so that any
|
||
responses to my article can be properly directed.
|
||
|
||
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|
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FidoNews 6-19 Page 22 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
From: ROP GONGGRIJP of 280/1.0
|
||
To: SYSOP of 1/1.0
|
||
Subj: Galactic Hacker Party Announcement for FIDONEWS
|
||
|
||
GALACTIC HACKER PARTY
|
||
2nd, 3rd, 4th of August 1989
|
||
PARADISO, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
|
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|
||
During the summer of 1989 the world as we know it will go into
|
||
overload. An interstellar particle stream of hackers, phone
|
||
phreaks, radioactivists and assorted technological subversives
|
||
will be fusing their energies into a media melt-down as the
|
||
global village plugs into Amsterdam for three electrifying days
|
||
of information interchange and electronic capers.
|
||
|
||
Aided by the advanced communications technology to which they
|
||
are accustomed, the hacker forces will discuss strategies, play
|
||
games, and generally have a good time. Free access to
|
||
permanently open on-line facilities will enable them to keep in
|
||
touch with home base -- wherever that is.
|
||
|
||
Those who rightly fear the threat of information tyranny and
|
||
want to learn what they can do about it are urgently invited to
|
||
interface in Amsterdam in August. There will be much to learn
|
||
from people who know. Celebrity guests with something to say
|
||
will be present in body or electronic spirit.
|
||
|
||
The Force must be nurtured. If you are refused transport
|
||
because your laptop looks like a bomb, cut off behind enemy
|
||
lines, or unable to attend for any other reason, then join us on
|
||
the networks. Other hacker groups are requested to organize
|
||
similar gatherings to coincide with ours. We can provide
|
||
low-cost international communications links during the
|
||
conference.
|
||
|
||
For further information, take up contact as soon as possible
|
||
with:
|
||
|
||
HACK-TIC PARADISO
|
||
P.O. box 22953 Weteringschans 6-8
|
||
1100 DL Amsterdam 1017 SG Amsterdam
|
||
The Netherlands The Netherlands
|
||
|
||
tel: +31 20 6001480 tel: +31 20 264521 / +31 20 237348
|
||
fax: +31 20 763706 fax: +31 20 222721
|
||
|
||
uucp : ..!mcvax!neabbs!rop
|
||
fido : 2:280/1 Hack Tic
|
||
telex: 12969 neabs nl
|
||
|
||
|
||
Please relay this announcement through all channels of
|
||
communication that you can access.
|
||
|
||
SPREAD THE BYTE,SPREAD THE BYTE, SPREAD THE BYTE,SPREAD THE BYTE
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 23 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
----------------- Amsterdam, spring 1989 -----------------------
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 24 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FOR SALE
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
ATTENTION SYSOPS - EARN $$$$ for your system.
|
||
- FAITES $$$$ pour votre systeme
|
||
|
||
*N=O=U=V=E=A=U* *N=E=W* *N=O=U=V=E=A=U* *N=E=W*
|
||
|
||
Premier Automation Inc., master distributors for OSBORNE
|
||
Computers in Canada is pleased to announce that it has been
|
||
appointed the Master Distributor of
|
||
|
||
EZ-DOS 4.0+ (tm)
|
||
|
||
EZ-DOS 4.0+ (tm) is a powerful single-user, single tasking DOS
|
||
4.xx compatible operating system for use on computers utilizing
|
||
the full family of Intel micro- processors.
|
||
|
||
Key Features include:
|
||
* Single-user, single tasking DOS 4.xx compatible
|
||
operating system
|
||
* Runs DOS 1.x, 2.x,3.x, 4.x applications
|
||
* Supports DOS 3.x file-level and byte-level
|
||
record locking
|
||
Media Support:
|
||
* Full DOS 4.x media and file system support
|
||
* Multiple DOS partitions greater than 32 megabytes, up
|
||
to 512 Megabytes
|
||
* Password protection of files and subdirectories
|
||
* ESDI and SCSI ROM definitions supported
|
||
Utility Support:
|
||
* Complete utility set compatible with DOS 3.x utilities
|
||
* Built-in help screens describing options available to
|
||
the user.
|
||
Implementation:
|
||
* DOS-compatible BIOS
|
||
* Supports DOS-compatible loadable character and block
|
||
device drivers
|
||
Internationalization:
|
||
* International keyboard support
|
||
* 8 bit and 16 bit filename support
|
||
* Separate message files for ease of translation
|
||
* Support for double-byte character sets (Kanji,etc.)
|
||
Target System:
|
||
* Systems based on the Intel(r) 8086, 8088, 80286, or
|
||
80386 processors
|
||
* Recommend 256 Kbytes of RAM
|
||
* Supports VGA(tm), EGA, MCGA, CGA, MDA, or Hercules(tm)
|
||
graphics
|
||
|
||
S=P=E=C=I=A=L P=O=U=R L=E Q=U=E=B=E=C
|
||
|
||
Disponible en Francais avec manuel et aide commandes a l'ecran en
|
||
francais.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 25 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
EZ-DOS 4.0+ (tm) comes bundled with the following software:
|
||
|
||
* TopDOS, a powerful file manager with built text editor
|
||
* Gem/3 Desktop, Windows type icon-based interface
|
||
* True Basic 2.0, High level transportable basic
|
||
|
||
Suggested list price for the English package is $149.00
|
||
and for the French package is $169.00
|
||
|
||
Sysops: For more details on your cost prices
|
||
Contact Rene Champagne at 684-6610 Voice
|
||
or send a message to OZZIE's FIDO 167/101
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 26 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
New Echo Mail Processor For QuickBBS
|
||
|
||
The Mojave Group is pleased to announce the release of the Zzyzx
|
||
Integrated Mail Processor for QuickBBS (ZMailQ).
|
||
|
||
ZMail is a replacement for echogen/qecho, mailscan, and
|
||
mailtoss. It is fully zone capable and is point aware.
|
||
|
||
ZMail uses an intelligent disk an memory management algorithm
|
||
that allows it to unpack large quantities in minimal disk space
|
||
and memory overhead. In testing ZMail has been able to
|
||
completely process a 3Mg mail packet in 1.7Mg of disk space,
|
||
while forwarding to 3 other systems. If ZMail can not process
|
||
an entire packet in one pass it can save it's location and pick
|
||
up after the system has had a chance to send some of the
|
||
outbound messages.
|
||
|
||
ZMail generates a log of all activity.
|
||
|
||
ZMail will create a traffic report detailing what echo areas
|
||
have received traffic and what the average daily message traffic
|
||
is.
|
||
|
||
ZMail will not count "Passthrough" areas against the 200 board
|
||
limit of QuickBBS.
|
||
|
||
ZMail will allow the sysop to determine how many duplicate
|
||
signatures to keep. Thus reducing the amount of disk space
|
||
required for the program.
|
||
|
||
ZMail imports SEEN-BY and PATH lines.
|
||
|
||
ZMail uses a Closest-Address Algorithim to determine the systems
|
||
address for outbound mail.
|
||
|
||
ZMail comes on a disk with a printed manual and tech support
|
||
available.
|
||
|
||
Currently ZMailQ is selling for $10/per copy. We will begin
|
||
shipping on May 5th. The price for the program will be
|
||
increased to $20 on May 19th. To get your copy at the
|
||
introductory price please send a check or money order to:
|
||
|
||
The Mojave Group
|
||
7735 Osceola St.
|
||
Westminster, CO 80030
|
||
|
||
Colorado Residents please add $.30 for sales tax. Denver Metro
|
||
Area Residents please add $.36 for sales and RTD tax.
|
||
Westminster Colorado Residents please add $.68 for sales and RTD
|
||
tax.
|
||
|
||
be sure to include your primary address including zone, net,
|
||
node, and point number if any.
|
||
|
||
To qualify for the introductory price you letter must be
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 27 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
postmarked no later than May 19, 1989.
|
||
|
||
Sincerely,
|
||
Claude Warren
|
||
1:104/62.0
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 28 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Software Versions
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Fido 12k Opus 1.03b TBBS 2.1
|
||
QuickBBS 2.03 TPBoard 5.0 TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
||
Lynx 1.30* Phoenix 1.3 RBBS 17.1D
|
||
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C* EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.01
|
||
SEAdog 4.50 MakeNL 2.12 ARCmail 2.0
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.20* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
D'Bridge 1.18* XlatList 2.90 TPB Editor 1.21
|
||
FrontDoor 2.0 XlaxNode 2.32 TCOMMail 2.2*
|
||
PRENM 1.40 XlaxDiff 2.32 TMail 8901
|
||
ParseList 1.30 UFGATE 1.03
|
||
GROUP 2.07*
|
||
EMM 1.40
|
||
MSGED 1.99
|
||
XRS 2.0*
|
||
|
||
* Recently changed
|
||
|
||
Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
|
||
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
|
||
all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 29 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
The Interrupt Stack
|
||
|
||
|
||
15 May 1989
|
||
Denmark changes telephone numbers from 7 to 8 digits.
|
||
|
||
19 May 1989
|
||
Start of EuroCon III at Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Contact
|
||
Hans Ligthelm of 2:500/3 for details.
|
||
|
||
5 Jun 1989
|
||
David Dodell's 32nd Birthday
|
||
|
||
2 Aug 1989
|
||
Start of Galactic Hacker Party in Amsterdam, Holland. Contact
|
||
Rop Gonggrijp at 2:280/1 for details.
|
||
|
||
24 Aug 1989
|
||
Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
|
||
|
||
24 Aug 1989
|
||
FidoCon '89 starts at the Holiday Inn in San Jose,
|
||
California. Trade show, seminars, etc. Contact 1/89
|
||
for info.
|
||
|
||
5 Oct 1989
|
||
20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
|
||
|
||
11 Nov 1989
|
||
A new area code forms in northern Illinois at 12:01 am.
|
||
Chicago proper will remain area code 312; suburban areas
|
||
formerly served with that code will become area code 708.
|
||
|
||
If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
||
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 30 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
REPORTS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
IFNA Nominations and Elections Committee
|
||
c/o 1:107/210
|
||
|
||
Director Nominations Reminder
|
||
|
||
Remember that written nominations (as required by the Bylaws) for
|
||
the position of Director of IFNA are due in to the IFNA Secretary
|
||
by May 24. Complete details on the process are available in
|
||
FIDONEWS #615.
|
||
|
||
If you are interested in running for a Director position, please
|
||
notify the Nominations and Elections Committee immediately at
|
||
1:107/210!
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 6-19 Page 31 8 May 1989
|
||
|
||
|
||
OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
|
||
|
||
Mort Sternheim 1:321/109 Chairman of the Board
|
||
Bob Rudolph 1:261/628 President
|
||
Matt Whelan 3:3/1 Vice President
|
||
Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Vice President-Technical Coordinator
|
||
Linda Grennan 1:147/1 Secretary
|
||
Kris Veitch 1:147/30 Treasurer
|
||
|
||
|
||
IFNA COMMITTEE AND BOARD CHAIRS
|
||
|
||
Administration and Finance Mark Grennan 1:147/1
|
||
Board of Directors Mort Sternheim 1:321/109
|
||
Bylaws Don Daniels 1:107/210
|
||
Ethics Vic Hill 1:147/4
|
||
Executive Committee Bob Rudolph 1:261/628
|
||
International Affairs Rob Gonsalves 2:500/1
|
||
Membership Services David Drexler 1:147/1
|
||
Nominations & Elections David Melnick 1:107/233
|
||
Public Affairs David Drexler 1:147/1
|
||
Publications Rick Siegel 1:107/27
|
||
Security & Individual Rights Jim Cannell 1:143/21
|
||
Technical Standards Rick Moore 1:115/333
|
||
|
||
|
||
IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
||
|
||
DIVISION AT-LARGE
|
||
|
||
10 Courtney Harris 1:102/732 Don Daniels 1:107/210
|
||
11 Bill Allbritten 1:11/301 Mort Sternheim 1:321/109
|
||
12 Bill Bolton 3:711/403 Mark Grennan 1:147/1
|
||
13 Irene Henderson 1:107/9 (vacant)
|
||
14 Ken Kaplan 1:100/22 Ted Polczyinski 1:154/5
|
||
15 Scott Miller 1:128/12 Matt Whelan 3:3/1
|
||
16 Ivan Schaffel 1:141/390 Robert Rudolph 1:261/628
|
||
17 Neal Curtin 1:343/1 Steve Jordan 1:206/2871
|
||
18 Andrew Adler 1:135/47 Kris Veitch 1:147/30
|
||
19 David Drexler 1:147/1 (vacant)
|
||
2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 David Melnik 1:107/233
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
|
||
Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that
|
||
pays a specified annual membership fee. IFNA serves the
|
||
international FidoNet-compatible electronic mail community to
|
||
increase worldwide communications.
|
||
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