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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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FidoCon '90 Update: ...................................... 1
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ASIAN BBS SYSOPS' CONFERENCE 1990 ........................ 3
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ARCmail - International Standard? ........................ 12
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GrenadeMail<tm> And Other Lost Art Forms ................. 15
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REGION 17 FIDOCON Plans Confirmed! ....................... 17
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Region17 Registration Form ............................... 18
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NEW! FidoCon '90 Registration Form ....................... 21
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 23
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 23
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3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 25
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And more!
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ARTICLES
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FidoCon '90 Update (6/25):
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With the increased participation, Conclave '90, home of this
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year's Fidocon, looks to be the best sysops convention yet!
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If you plan on attending and staying for meals or at the hotel,
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we MUST know whether you're coming by July 1st (that's THIS
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WEEK), as that is our cut-off date for notifying the hotel of
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our 'final' numbers. If you register after that, we cannot
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guarantee you a room or a meal ticket.
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The cut-off for discount airfare from American Airlines is July
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1st THIS WEEK, so be sure to get your reservations in right away!
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The Grand Wizard himself, Ben Baker has agreed to attend and be
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our keynote speaker! Those who've heard Ben's talks in the past
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such as "Beyond 10,000 Nodes" or last year's "History of Amateur
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Electronic Networks" or his famous talk on the "Development of
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the Calendar" know that hearing his talks are worth the price of
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registration alone!
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Mike Ratledge is coming! Yes, the author of XRS, one of the
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most popular pieces of software used by members of our hobby
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will be attending and talking about EXpress ReSponse, and giving
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a seminar on the Association of Software Professionals as well.
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We will be mailing out the Conference packets to all registered
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attendees this week. It will contain instructions on getting to
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the hotel, a map of the area, and a tenative seminar schedule.
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For our adventurous attendees, we have added an optional trip to
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Six Flag's Great Adventure theme park in Jackson, NJ for $30/person.
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And now for the BIG announcement! As well as the usual HST
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(courtesy of US Robotics), we will be giving away a "Super
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System" computer package complete with a Multi-line Continuous
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mail TBBS/TIMS bbs package (courtesy of eSoft).
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Registrations after 7/1 will not be eligible (we have to have
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SOME inducements for early registration, you know! :-)
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[Those who registered before 5/1 will be given 3 changes in the
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drawings, while those registering before 6/1 will be given 2. If
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you register before July 1st, you can also participate in our
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prize drawings.]
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Please use the updated registration form you'll find in this
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issue of Fidonews. It's headed FIDOCON '90 REGISTRATION FORM.
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Also, please note that the prices listed only apply to those who
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pre-register using the appropriate form.
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 2 25 Jun 1990
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We hope to see you there!
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Bill VanGlahn, FidoCon '90 committee chairman, 1:1/90 1:107/557
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 3 25 Jun 1990
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Yoshi Mikami
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Fido 3:720/13.12
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RESULTS OF FIRST ASIAN BBS SYSOPS' CONFERENCE IN TAIPEI
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- JUNE 9, 1990
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Note: The non-English special characters that you may see
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below in this memo are Japanese characters in the
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original text.
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Date: June 16, 1990
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To: Kyoo-myun Hahn, Honlin Lue, Toshiyuki Omi, and Other BBS
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Sysops in Asia
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From: Yoshi Mikami, now in Taipei, Taiwan
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Subject: The Results of the First Asian BBS Sysops' Conference in
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Taipei - June 9, 1990 (First Draft Report)
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Dear Friends,
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Six people from Japan (including one who lives in Keelung,
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Taiwan), two from Korea and 45 from ROC/Taiwan attended the First
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Asian BBS Sysops' Conference that was held at Taiwan University
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Alumni Association Bldg. in Taipei on June 9, 1990. On the
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agenda were:
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1. Welcome & Intro H. Lue <20>C<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><C291><EFBFBD> 20
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2. BBS in Asia
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Japan T. Omi <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>r<EFBFBD>K 20
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Korea K.M. Hahn <20>،\<5C>j 20
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Taiwan B.L. Lin <20>є<EFBFBD><D194><EFBFBD> 20
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- - - - - Intermission - - - - - - - - - - - - 15
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3. Multi-Byte Presentations of Asian Languages<65>@
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Taiwan C.C. Lee <20><><EFBFBD>u<EFBFBD><75> 20
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Korea K.M. Hahn <20>،\<5C>j 20
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Japan Y. Mikami <20>O<EFBFBD><4F><EFBFBD>g<EFBFBD>F 20
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4. Special Topics: Relationship with Commercial Networks
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TTN-Serve A. Liu <20><><EFBFBD>ɒ<EFBFBD> 20
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5. Conclusion B.L. Lin <20>є<EFBFBD><D194><EFBFBD> 5
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We had good time, superb discussions that continued all through
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the dinner time from 7:00pm till 9:00pm, and excellent experience
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to share information on what we do in the three Asian countries
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from which the attendees came from.
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Honlin Lue and Jimmy Tsai presided over the conference. Honlin
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kicked off the meeting at 3:30pm (it was a partially rainy day
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towards the end of the late April-early June rainy season and
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Taipei's taxicabs all disappeared), welcoming everybody and
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introducing the participants from overseas and then from Taiwan.
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We had about seven female participants. Among the participants
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were a computer magazine journalist from Korea and a few
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journalists from Taiwan. (Toshiyuki Omi was asked by the
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Japanese computer magazines to write about this conference.) Tad
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 4 25 Jun 1990
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Sekineh, who lives in Keelung, Taiwan, provided simultaneous
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translation over the mini-FM transmitter (that Yoshi Mikami had
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brought from Japan), to which everybody listened with portable FM
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radio.
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Honlin had prepared a big signboad in the conference room and, to
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everybody, a copy of the abstracts of the speakers. He had also
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prepared for the foreign guests nice banners of his own design,
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which showed Taipei's very artistic West Gate (<28><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>) that was
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destroyed during Japan's occupation of Taiwan. If this kind of
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brutality over the human culture ever happened at our time, we
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would stop it in a swift island-wide protest against such a
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stupidity, whether the government of that time felt the gate was
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hazardous to traffic or not, using our telecommunications
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network!
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Toshiyuki Omi, Sysop of Foreign PC User Club (FPUC) BBS, in
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Nagoya, spoke on the general BBS scene in Japan, which he
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summarized in two words: competition and cooperation. He feels
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that the Japanese telecommunications users, inspite of the recent
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competition in domestic and international telecommunication
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systems, cannot enjoy low cost telecommunications which the U.S.
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users are used to. Toshiyuki mentioned that there is a great
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deal of competition and cooperation among the 1,000 or so private
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BBSes, the many non-profit regional systems and a douzen or so
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big commercial networks, such as NIFTY-Serve, the Japanese
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version of CompuServe. He brought with him a BBS Telephone
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Directly (<28>a<EFBFBD>a<EFBFBD>r<EFBFBD>d<EFBFBD>b<EFBFBD><62>), a quarterly publication of all known
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private/public/commercial BBSes in Japan. His BBS is networked
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with unique 8-bit NetMail to about 10 other BBSes in Japan, one
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of which can be dialed up through a digital packet network
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(TYMPAS), domestically and internationally.
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Toshiyuki was unique in his own way, not using the NEC computer
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(which is the personal computer that most Japanese users have for
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their home use) so much and rather liking to use foreign-made PCs
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(such as IBM, Mac and Amiga) for their better user interface. A
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question was asked which BBS host programs are typically used on
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the NEC; his answer was many, not any one or two particularly
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used.
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Kyoo-myun Hahn (he always wrote his name as Hahn Kyoo-myun) of
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Seoul, Korea, next discussed (in English) his EMPAL ("electronic
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mail pal=friend") BBS which runs under Xenix, a UNIX vaiant. He
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talked about how data communications over dial-up telephone and
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modem (very expensive only a few years ago) had started in Korea.
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Since he was so busy just before the conference, he was the only
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one who had not submit the abstract of his intended speech.
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However, his presentation was very clear and understandable.
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As a third speaker of the BBS Scene in Asia, Bor-lon Lin near
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Taichung, Taiwan, had prepared a lengthy paper on the Taiwan BBS
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scene, mainly taked about the FidoNet of which Honlin and he play
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key roles, calling overseas and coordinating the 75 or so FidoNet
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BBSes in Taiwan. The FidoNet sysops in Taiwan had made
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modifications to QuickBBS and other U.S.-made BBS host programs,
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 5 25 Jun 1990
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and FrontDoor and other mailer programs, so that the 8-bit
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Chinese language (Big-5 Code) can be used in the message areas
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and the mailer.
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In the Q&A session, Bor-lon himself asked if he has to send a
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large amount of data for the 8 or so small number of FidoNet
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systems in Japan. (The FidoNet systems in Japan are under the
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Taiwan-Korea-Japan area with Taipei as the area hub, which is
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under the Australia-Far East Region with its regional hub in
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Sydney.) I answered that Japan FidoNet's international connection
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just started in January, 1990, and that some more patience is
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required to see an increase in the number of systems. I pointed
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out that his talk was rather biased to the FidoNet in Taiwan, as
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if no non-FidoNet BBS existed in Taiwan and that his presentation
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was better understood only in a FidoNet conference. (See *Note
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below.) There was an abstract of Taiwan's BBS history written by
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Honlin in Chinese, which I found was very instructive---I hope
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someone will translate it into English soon.
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We then proceeded to discuss the technical gutts of the BBSing in
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Asia: the Multi-Byte Presentations of the Asian languages. As
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we know well, the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages use the
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"Han" characters ("Chinese characters" if you like), which are
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presented in a sequence of two or three bytes, in MS-DOS and UNIX
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(AIX if you like). First, C.C. Lee made a well prepared
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presentation of his view of the mult-byte presentation of Chinese
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language, highlighting several key points. C.C. spoke in
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Chinese and his abstract was written in Chinese---I wish his
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abstract was translated into English soon.
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C.C. spoke of a program written recently by Deng Lin, a 16-year
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old high school student, which adds the "Eten" Chinese graphic
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characters to the original Chinese character codes, that the
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receiver can display the sender's original Chinese message in any
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EGA-equipped IBMPC compatible (without any special "Chinese
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character card.") I talked to Deng, the youngest BBS sysop,
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during the dinner time. This kind of approach can be
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experimented in the Japanese and Korean personal computers. The
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source code is included in his package.
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The second speaker of the Multi-Byte presentation was K.M. Hahn.
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He talked about the two Korean character set standards and the
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fact that his BBS supports both. K.M. also discussed the
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somewhat emotional debate of whether the number of the
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Korea-unique characters (Hangeul) should be increased from the
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current 2,000, at the sacrifice of the Han characters.
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Yoshi Mikami, then, spoke about how this Asian BBS Sysops'
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Conference was organized (remembering his experience in the
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oracle bones room at the National Palace Museum in Taipei two
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years ago) and the Japanese view of the multi-byte presentation
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of the Han characters. Although Japan uses one 7,500 JISCII
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character set standard (sometimes called "Shift-JIS")
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universally, it has its own unique problems such as the new,
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additional 6,000 characters being defined in 1990. A set of 5
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specific proposals, such as making one or two key BBSes in Taipei
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 6 25 Jun 1990
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bilingual, and defining the Chinese common names (such as Hau) in
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the Japanese and Korean character sets, were made. Let's make
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Honlin's Modem Way BBS 02-322-5113 and C.C.'s and Jimmy's BBSes
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truly bilingual, Chinese and Englsh, so that the international
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travellers in Taipei can talk to the Chinese people here!
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Each speaker well exceeded the given time, eagar to communicate
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what they want to say. The unique nature of the multi-byte
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situation in each country seemed somewhat boring to some
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participants. Next on the agenda was our relationshi with the
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commercial networks. Taiwan Telecommunications Network (TTN)
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sent five representatives, but three of them had left because it
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was close to 6:30pm when Adam Liu started a well prepared
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presentation of TTN's TTN-Serve, the Chinese language version of
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CompuServe, using transparencies. He described where the
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gateways are located in Taiwan, what PC character codes (Big-5,
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TCA, etc.) can be used, which modem speeds (1200/2400 bps) and
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file transfer methods (XModem and CompuServe B) are supported,
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etc.. TTN-Serve's features, compared to the private BBSes, are
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reliability and availability, and connectivity to CompuServe and
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Japan's NIFTY-Serve, as I understood. To me, it was worthwhile
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to discuss this first commercial network in this area, which will
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start its service in July, 1990. I wish them a lot of success!
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At 6:30pm, Bor-lon Lin concluded the conference, thanking
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everybody for participation. (Or at least I guess that's what he
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said, because Tad had to leave for Keelung a little before
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5:00pm, and Adam who picked up the simultaneous translation made
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his presentation in Chinese---I encouraged him to do so because
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the majority of the audience was from Taiwan---and nobody
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volunteered translation.) We proceeded immediately to the
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buffet-style dinner in the same room, for NT$350.00. I would
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like to thank Honlin, Jimmy and CC to prepare everything on the
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Taipei side. I hope you understand by now that my pushing you to
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get the abstract done, the attendees list propared, etc., etc.
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from Japan was after all needed, in this kind of international
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conference!
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As follow-up, I will be getting from K.M. Hahn the
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English-language summaries of the Korean BBS Scene and Multi-Byte
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Presentations, and the Korean Telecommunications Environment,
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which he said he would be sending to me. I would also would like
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to collect copies of the articles of this BBS Sysops' conference
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when they appear in the computer/telecommunication magazines in
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each country.
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I spent this Saturday morning at the hotel to summarize the
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meeting results, as above, but if you feel that I am somewhat
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biased, please feel free to contact me through Honlin's Modem Way
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BBS, 02-2-322-5113, or James' INTERNET BBS 02-931-3045. I hope
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to get your reactions by June 20, because I plan to make my trip
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to Japan June 24-30 and to report the meeting results to my BBS
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Sysop friends in Japan. I believe that Toshiyuki's article in
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the quarterly NETWORKER magazine will appear in the September 18
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issue---I may have to help him on that.
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I will see you again in a similar meeting in Japan, Korea or
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 7 25 Jun 1990
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Taiwan (maybe, at the same time of the year and at the same
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place?)! Happy BBSing!
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Yoshi Mikami
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Taipei, Taiwan
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(*Note) In the following week, on June 14, I attended the June
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monthly meeting of Taiwan Users' Group (TUG) that was held at
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American Legion Bldg. in Hshilin 7:30-9:00pm, and reported the
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results of this Asian BBS Sysops' Conference. TUG is a group of
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people who share information in English about the members' useof
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mainly IBMPC compatibles. It was an Amiga night, by the way,
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that night. I met there with James Thomas who told me about his
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GT-NET network in Taiwan, with about 25 or so BBSes, such as
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INTERNET BBS 02-931-3045 (English only; TUG uses it as a club
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BBS) and NIGHT CATS BBS 02-821-9910 (bilingual Chinese/ English).
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Two of the GT-NET BBSes have gateway connection to FidoNet.
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James takes care of calling the GT-Power network hub in
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Washington, D.C., regularly, and distributes NetMail and EchoMail
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to other GT-NET BBSes, now mostly in Taipei. So, I know now that
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Taiwan's BBS scene is not synonymous with FidoNet.
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We need eveybody's participation in what we do and therefore
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value even a tiny, independent BBS. We live in a free world,
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so multiplicity should be our mode of BBSing mentality.
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 8 25 Jun 1990
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* Top 10 Most 'Censored' News Stories
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Project Censored 89 - Top 10 Stories
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The growing threat of a handful of monopolistic global media
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lords to the international marketplace of ideas was named the
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top under-reported issue of 1989 according to a national panel
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of media experts.
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Ben Bagdikian, professor at the graduate school of
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journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, warned
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that mammoth private organizations, driven by the profit
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motive, already dominate the world's mass media and
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threaten the freedom of information which is the basis
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for all liberty.
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The second most under-covered story of the year, cited by
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Project Censored, described how international sludge dealers
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are turning Africa into the world's toxic waste dump; the third
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ranked story revealed how U.S. officials are supporting "one of
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the most brutal holocausts since World War II" in Mozambique.
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Now in its 14th year, Project Censored, a national media
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research effort conducted annually at Sonoma State
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University, California, locates stories about significant
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issues which are not widely publicized by the national news
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media.
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Following are the top ten under-reported news stories of
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1989 as announced by project director Carl Jensen, professor
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of Communication Studies at Sonoma State University:
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1. GLOBAL MEDIA LORDS THREATEN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION.
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Five major media corporations already dominate the fight for
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hundreds of millions of minds throughout the world and they
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concede that before the turn of the century they may control
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most of the world's important newspapers, magazines, books,
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broadcast stations, movies, recordings and video cassettes.
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2. TURNING AFRICA INTO THE WORLD'S GARBAGE CAN.
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Africa, already suffering from poverty, drought, famine,
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locusts, "contra" wars, and the AIDS epidemic, appears
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destined to become the world's toxic waste dump as
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international sludge dealers try to dump U.S. and European
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waste onto at least 15 African countries.
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3. THE HOLOCAUST IN MOZAMBIQUE.
|
||
A U.S. State Department official has called the attacks by the
|
||
Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) "one of the most brutal
|
||
holocausts against ordinary human beings since World War II."
|
||
More than one million, mostly innocent men, women, and children
|
||
have already died. RENAMO is reported to be funded by South
|
||
African sources and conservative, right-wing groups in the
|
||
United States and Europe.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 9 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
4. AMERICA'S DECEITFUL WAR ON DRUGS.
|
||
The government's war on drugs is more hype than reality. One of
|
||
the nation's top narcotics prosecutors quit in frustration last
|
||
year after State Department officials interfered in his
|
||
investigations of top people in the cocaine business. A Senate
|
||
subcommittee revealed that foreign policy interests
|
||
sidetracked, disrupted, and undercut the "war on drugs."
|
||
|
||
5. GUATEMALAN BLOOD ON U.S. HANDS.
|
||
The Bush administration strengthened ties with the oppressive
|
||
Guatemalan military last year at the same time that human
|
||
rights violations by the military rose sharply. One
|
||
unpublicized violation occurred last year when a U.S. citizen,
|
||
Sister Diana Ortiz, working as a teacher in Guatemala, was
|
||
kidnapped, beaten, tortured, and sexually molested by three
|
||
men, one of whom was a uniformed Guatemalan police officer.
|
||
The U.S. Department of State didn't register a protest.
|
||
|
||
6. RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LANDFILL.
|
||
Radioactive waste may be joining old tires, banana peels, and
|
||
other regular garbage at the local landfill if the Nuclear
|
||
Regulatory Commission, the Environmental Protection
|
||
Agency and the nuclear industry implement their little-known
|
||
plan to deregulate radioactive waste to "Below Regulatory
|
||
Concern."
|
||
|
||
7. OLIVER NORTH & CO. BANNED FROM COSTA RICA.
|
||
In 1989, Oliver North, former National Security Advisor John
|
||
Poindexter, former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Lewis Tambs,
|
||
Major General Richard Secord, and former CIA station chief in
|
||
Costa Rica Joseph Fernandez were barred by President Oscar
|
||
Arias from ever setting foot in Costa Rica again. A Costa
|
||
Rican congressional commission concluded that the contra
|
||
re-supply network in Costa Rica, which North coordinated
|
||
from the White House, doubled as a drug smuggling operation.
|
||
|
||
8. WALL STREET JOURNAL CENSORS STORY OF CBS BIAS.
|
||
The Wall Street Journal censored a major story by one of its
|
||
top reporters, Mary Williams Walsh, which exposed how one of
|
||
the nation's most respected TV news departments, CBS News,
|
||
broadcast biased news coverage of the Afghanistan war to the
|
||
American people.
|
||
|
||
9. PCBs AND TOXIC WASTE IN YOUR GASOLINE.
|
||
The U.S. General Accounting Office, the EPA, and the FBI are
|
||
investigating sophisticated "waste laundering" schemes in
|
||
which hazardous toxic wastes and solvents, including PCBs,
|
||
are mixed with gasoline and diesel and industrial fuel and
|
||
sold to consumers.
|
||
|
||
10. THE CHICKEN INDUSTRY AND THE NATIONAL SALMONELLA EPIDEMIC.
|
||
The chicken industry's drive for profits, aided by relaxed
|
||
inspection practices by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has
|
||
led to a national epidemic of 2.5 million cases of salmonella
|
||
poisoning a year, 500,000 hospitalizations, and 9,000 deaths.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 10 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
The other 15 under-reported stories of 1989 were: How the
|
||
Federal Emergency Management Agency Failed the Nation; The
|
||
Secret Pan Am 103 Report the Media Ignored; The U.S. is
|
||
Poisoning the Rest of the World with Banned Pesticides; The
|
||
U.S. Presence is Destroying the Environment in Central America;
|
||
Media Reliance on Conservative Sources Debunk Myth of Liberal
|
||
Bias; Faulty Computers Can Trigger World War III; RICO and
|
||
SLAPP Lawsuits Endanger Free Speech Rights; NASA Lied to Get
|
||
Plutonium Payload Into Space; U.S. Congress Ignored Soviet Plea
|
||
for Nuclear Test Ban; The Oppression of Exploitation of Native
|
||
Americans; How the U.S. and the Media Propagandized the War on
|
||
Drugs; The Profitable Revovlving Employment Door Between the
|
||
Environmental Protection Agency and the Polluters; Sellafield:
|
||
The Largest Source of Radioactive Contamination in the World;
|
||
The National Parks are in Serious Trouble; The Plaintive Case
|
||
for Animal Rights.
|
||
|
||
The panel of judges who selected the top ten stories were:
|
||
Dr. Donna Allen, founding editor of Media Report to Women;
|
||
Jonathan Alter, Senior Writer, Newsweek; Ben Bagdikian,
|
||
professor, Graduate School of Journalism, University of
|
||
California, Berkeley; Jim Cameron, founder and systems
|
||
operator, CompuServe Journalism Forum; Noam Chomsky, professor,
|
||
Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of
|
||
Technology; George Gerbner, professor, Annenberg School of
|
||
Communications, University of Pennsylvania; Nicholas Johnson,
|
||
professor, College of Law, University of Iowa; Rhoda H.
|
||
Karpatkin, executive director, Consumer's Union; Charles L.
|
||
Klotzer, editor and publicsher, St. Louis Journalism Revew;
|
||
Judith Krug, director, Office for Intellectual Freedom,
|
||
American Library Association; Frances Moore Lappe, executive
|
||
director, Food First; Bill Moyers, executive editor, Public
|
||
Affairs Television; Jack L. Nelson, professor, Graduate School
|
||
of Education, Rutgers University; Herbert I. Schiller,
|
||
professor, Department of Communication, University of
|
||
California, San Diego; Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld, president, D.C.
|
||
Productions.
|
||
|
||
Jensen, who created Project Censored in 1976, said "The
|
||
impact of global media lords on the free flow of information is
|
||
seen in the number of critical issues which are undercovered or
|
||
"censored" by the mass media each year. The media's penchant
|
||
for self-censorship and desire to avoid sensitive issues,
|
||
coupled with the Bush administration which is even more
|
||
secretive than the Reagan era, deprives the public of
|
||
information about issues it should know about."
|
||
|
||
|
||
Source: PeaceNet - gen.newsletters
|
||
Posted on the New York Transfer BBS at (718) 448-2358 in the
|
||
RADICAL_POLITICS echomail conference and ported from the ANEWS
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 11 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
alternative news echomail conference.
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 12 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
ARCMail -- Is it REALLY the International "Standard?"
|
||
|
||
Daniel J. Matlock
|
||
President, CLUB 9600 Software Development (tm)
|
||
Node 1:106/9600.0
|
||
|
||
A few weeks ago, almost every network coordinator in Zone 1 was
|
||
sent a netmail message from my system asking them about their
|
||
local network's favorite and most used compression method. The
|
||
results to this survey are as follows:
|
||
|
||
+--------+ Votes for each compression method: +
|
||
| Region | ARC | LZH | PAK | ZIP | ZOO |
|
||
+========+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+
|
||
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
|
||
|--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
|
||
+========+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+
|
||
| Totals | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
|
||
+--------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|
||
|
||
As you can probably tell, ZIPmail is more popular than ARCmail,
|
||
the so-called "standard" in FidoNet. I collected a total of 34
|
||
votes and out of those votes:
|
||
|
||
(These are rough numbers, none of them were "perfect"
|
||
percentages:)
|
||
|
||
63% for ZIPmail
|
||
31% for ARCmail
|
||
3% for PAKmail
|
||
3% for LZHmail
|
||
0% for ZOOmail
|
||
====
|
||
100%
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 13 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Now, on to the subject of this article. Take a look at the
|
||
following segment from a recent nodelist:
|
||
|
||
|\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|
|
||
| |
|
||
| ;S The following flags define the type(s) of compression of |
|
||
| ;S mail packets supported. |
|
||
| ;S |
|
||
| ;S Flag Meaning |
|
||
| ;S |
|
||
| ;S MN No compression supported |
|
||
| ;S |
|
||
| ;S NOTE: The only compression method standard in |
|
||
| ;S FidoNet is archiving, using the standard SEA ARC |
|
||
| ;S format, with archive names defined by the |
|
||
| ;S specification for ARCMail 0.6. The absence of the |
|
||
| ;S MN flag indicates that ARCMail 0.6 compression is |
|
||
| ;S supported by this node. |
|
||
| |
|
||
|/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|
|
||
|
||
What strikes me as strange is this: if ZIPmail is used and
|
||
preferred more than ARCmail, why is ARCmail still the "standard?"
|
||
|
||
From the surveys that I got back, the people that use ZIP feel
|
||
rather strongly for it. In fact, 50% of the ZIP people said that
|
||
thier ENTIRE network used ZIP.
|
||
|
||
My proposal: three new compression flags are added: "MA" and
|
||
"MZ" and "MB". "MA" would signify the fact that the system
|
||
supports ARCmail, and "MZ" would signify the fact that the system
|
||
supports ZIPmail. Finally, "MB" would signify that the node
|
||
supports both ARCmail and ZIPMail.
|
||
|
||
It seems that ZIP is going to be a fairly stable compression
|
||
method, as I have heard that Phil Katz, the inventor and patent
|
||
holder of ZIP, does not plan to release any more versions (don't
|
||
hold me to this -- that's what I heard on the local SysOp's
|
||
echo).
|
||
|
||
I have also seen that ZIP is available for computers other than
|
||
the IBM compatible computers, also, so ZIP should be compatible
|
||
with most computers that access the FidoNet network.
|
||
|
||
In addition to the standard ARCmail being replaced with ZIPmail,
|
||
I believe that the NODEDIFFs and FIDONEWS should originate as
|
||
ZIPped files. I have found that ZIPped NODEDIFFs take up one
|
||
half of the diskspace required from ARChived NODEDIFFs, and less
|
||
diskspace means less time spent transmitting the files -- which
|
||
means lower long distance costs.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 14 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
I do understand some disadvantages to changing the standard
|
||
compression method. New coding will have to be added to most
|
||
programs to recognize the MZ, MA, and MB flags in the nodelist.
|
||
Also, our current nodelist processors must be able to unZIP
|
||
instead of unARCing nodelists.
|
||
|
||
This "conversion" can not take place all at once, either. I
|
||
propose that all software that is now released (or is to be
|
||
released in the future) support ZIPmail and ZIPped nodelists.
|
||
Nodelists can be named NODELIST.Z?? (for Zipped). Nodediffs
|
||
would follow the same naming structure (NODEDIFF.Z??). FIDONEWS
|
||
would simply be compressed with ZIP instead of ARC, to leave us
|
||
with FNEWSxxxx.ZIP.
|
||
|
||
It seems that this article has grown larger than I wanted it to
|
||
get, so I will end it now. If you have any comments (or
|
||
hate-mail?) about this article, please contact me via netmail at
|
||
1:106/9600. I am waiting to hear YOUR opinions.
|
||
|
||
SPECIAL THANKS: To ALL of Zone 1's Network Coordinators that
|
||
responded. Without your help, I couldn't have made my point
|
||
about ZIP! Thanks again!
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 15 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
By Eric Vice at 163/305 (The Main Menu QBBS)
|
||
|
||
GrenadeMail<tm> And Other Lost Art Forms
|
||
========================================
|
||
|
||
I'll admit, I'm relatively new to FidoNet, and for the most
|
||
part, I'm enjoying it immensely. It's like I've gained a
|
||
couple thousand new users, and the best part of it is, most
|
||
of them don't have to be 'trained'. (i.e. don't type in
|
||
caps, play with the other children, page me more than three
|
||
times within 60 seconds, and you're done like dinner, etc..)
|
||
|
||
Once in a while, however, (less often in Net 163 than any
|
||
other net, of course), I do wake up and power up the monitor
|
||
of 'Godzilla the 386' to find a piece of GrenadeMail<tm> in
|
||
my morning assortment of netmail.
|
||
|
||
I get 'em from all sorts. I get 'em from my hub, I get 'em
|
||
from my net, I *never* get 'em from my NC (right Charles?),
|
||
and even once in a while, I get 'em from someone I've never
|
||
met before in my life, who lives a couple of nets away (like
|
||
the morning I woke up to find a loaded shell in the morning
|
||
mail, addressed from a node in New Jersey.. luckily it was
|
||
easily disarmed).
|
||
|
||
My point is this: We're all (I hope) hobbiests, even the
|
||
ones who charge for access. I'm *quite* sure that Tom
|
||
Jennings never knew what he was getting into when he started
|
||
this... he never *knew* that some day there was going to be
|
||
more than 8000 nodes bouncing mail and other assorted data
|
||
across five zones which span a good percentage of the
|
||
civilized world. One thing I *do* know though (without even
|
||
asking him) is that he did *not* intend FidoNet to be a
|
||
grenade lobbing mechanism for people to take pot shots at
|
||
people that they otherwise would be too scared, or too
|
||
stupid (heaven forbid) to do so in person.
|
||
|
||
Right now you're saying to yourself, "What is this silly
|
||
fool from Canada talking about anyways? When is he going to
|
||
get to his point?" I'm nearly there.
|
||
|
||
I'm declaring August 1st, 1990 (or September 1st, 1990 if
|
||
this article doesn't make it to press in time) to be
|
||
International Fidonet GrenadeMail<tm> Disarmament Day.
|
||
(Please mark this on the calendar in the back of the issue).
|
||
We've all sent a few grenades through the mail channels
|
||
before. On August 1st (again, presuming this article makes
|
||
it to press), take the initiative! Send a message to
|
||
somebody who you've stabbed in the back in days, weeks,
|
||
months, or even years past! Call a truce! Tom Mack, in the
|
||
documentation for his RBBS-PC bulletin board system, said
|
||
(this is from memory, so excuse if the wording is a little
|
||
off)... "The purpose of this Bulletin Board System is for
|
||
the FREE exchange of information..." -- Information travels
|
||
a lot "free'er" when you don't have to intentionally
|
||
"route-around" someone who you don't want to associate with.
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 16 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
This thing started out as a simple method of communication
|
||
among friends, and if we all keep a level mind, and make a
|
||
renewed effort at a pleasant, cheerful (ok, let's not go
|
||
overboard) attitude, we can keep it that way, and establish
|
||
a precedent by which we can ensure that Fido will live for
|
||
many more years, and not meet the doom that other
|
||
grenade-throwing sessions in history have met... doom,
|
||
destruction, and ultimately, death.
|
||
|
||
So disarm a grenade on August 1st.... The life you save,
|
||
may be your own.
|
||
|
||
Credits
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
Charles Herriot, my beloved, although strange-at-times NC,
|
||
for coming up with the strangest terminologies sometimes,
|
||
who got me hooked on the term "GrenadeMail<tm>".
|
||
|
||
'Phanteem Logger' for tackling all the jobs that are too
|
||
messy for the NC to handle. Thanks again Charles... :-)
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 17 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Janet Murray
|
||
Fido 1:105/23
|
||
|
||
Welcome GUESTS at the
|
||
REGION 17 FIDONET(r) CONVENTION
|
||
|
||
A number of Famous Fido Folks from outside Region 17 are planning
|
||
to attend the only FidoNet convention on the West Coast this
|
||
summer: the REGION 17 FIDONET(r) Convention to be held July
|
||
27-29 at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in Corbett,
|
||
Oregon.
|
||
|
||
DOUG BOONE has promised to take a "short" vacation from Opus 1.20
|
||
development;
|
||
|
||
VINCE PERRIELLO will robot the FidoNews that weekend;
|
||
|
||
BOB HARTMAN will "renum" from a distance;
|
||
|
||
and ROD BOWMAN will meander north from Region 10.
|
||
|
||
There are also a few Famous Fido Folks in Region 17 who plan to
|
||
attend: THE CURMUDGEON (ZoneGate to the Universe); KEN
|
||
GANSHIRT; and STEVEN BARNES.
|
||
|
||
The "Curmudgeon Toss" - traditional in Region 17 Conventions -
|
||
has been replaced this year with "Curmudgeon Bungee Diving" - an
|
||
event more suited to the unique natural setting of Menucha, high
|
||
on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. The Oregon
|
||
Chamber of Commerce and major shoe sponsors were reluctant to
|
||
endorse this event, so Ken Zwaschka had a better idea: see prior
|
||
issues of FidoNews for details.
|
||
|
||
[Curmudgeon Clones are an endangered species!]
|
||
|
||
A major international electronics firm located in Portland,
|
||
Oregon, has asked permission to make a "significant" announcement
|
||
at the Regional FidoNet convention. They will also be providing
|
||
some of their products for prizes! (The unidentified firm is
|
||
neither Nike nor a bungee-cord producer!)
|
||
|
||
Send your registration form or questions to Ken Zwaschka @105/54
|
||
|
||
SOON!
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 18 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Janet Murray
|
||
1:105/23
|
||
|
||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|
||
* FIDONET REGION 17 CONVENTION *
|
||
* OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FORM *
|
||
* July 27-29, 1990 *
|
||
* Menucha Camp and Conference Grounds *
|
||
* Corbett, Oregon *
|
||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|
||
|
||
Name _____________________________ FidoNet Address _________
|
||
|
||
SnailMail Address ___________________________________________
|
||
|
||
___________________________________________ Date Sent ______
|
||
|
||
Voice phone (in case of questions): ________________________
|
||
|
||
Please indicate for each person attending, the option selected,
|
||
and fill in the appropriate charges:
|
||
|
||
_Number_ _Name(s)_ _Subtotals_
|
||
|
||
Registration fee @ $5
|
||
_____ (FidoNet Sysops ONLY) $ _____
|
||
|
||
OPTION A: Friday 5 p.m. to Sunday 11 a.m.
|
||
DORM
|
||
_____ Adult(s) __________________________ $ 65.50 _____
|
||
|
||
_____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____
|
||
(Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time student)
|
||
_____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____
|
||
(Age 11 and under)
|
||
_____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____
|
||
|
||
SEMI-PRIVATE
|
||
_____ Adult(s) __________________________ 83.50 _____
|
||
|
||
_____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____
|
||
(in parents' room)
|
||
_____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____
|
||
(in parents' room)
|
||
|
||
PRIVATE
|
||
_____ Adult(s) __________________________ 102.50 _____
|
||
|
||
OPTION B: Saturday 8 a.m. to Sunday 11 a.m.
|
||
DORM
|
||
_____ Adult(s) __________________________ 48.00 _____
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 19 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
_____ Student(s) ________________________ 42.50 _____
|
||
(Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time Student)
|
||
_____ Child(ren) ________________________ 29.50 _____
|
||
(Age 11 and under)
|
||
_____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____
|
||
|
||
SEMI-PRIVATE
|
||
_____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 59.00 _____
|
||
|
||
_____ Student(s) _________________________ 42.50 _____
|
||
(in parents' room)
|
||
_____ Child(ren) _________________________ 29.50 _____
|
||
(in parents' room)
|
||
|
||
PRIVATE
|
||
_____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 72.50 _____
|
||
|
||
OPTION C: Saturday 8 a.m. to Saturday 10 p.m.
|
||
(Meals only, no accommodations)
|
||
|
||
_____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 37.00 _____
|
||
|
||
_____ Student(s) _________________________ 32.00 _____
|
||
|
||
_____ Child(ren) _________________________ 21.00 _____
|
||
|
||
SUBTOTAL $ _____
|
||
|
||
|
||
LATE REGISTRATION FEES (_after_ May 15th):
|
||
|
||
================================================================
|
||
| IMPORTANT NOTE: Since we must estimate _and pay for_ |
|
||
| the number who will be attending by mid-May, there |
|
||
| will be a limited number of places for late registrants! |
|
||
================================================================
|
||
|
||
Paid by June 15th:
|
||
_____ Number of reservations @ $10 _____
|
||
|
||
Paid by July 15th
|
||
_____ Number of reservations @ $20 _____
|
||
|
||
Paid after July 15th
|
||
_____ Number of reservations @ $30 _____
|
||
|
||
TOTAL ADDITIONS $ _____
|
||
|
||
TOTAL PAYMENT ENCLOSED: $ _____
|
||
Make checks payable (in U.S. Funds) to:
|
||
Net 105 Treasury / REG17CON
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 20 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Send registration to:
|
||
|
||
Region 17 Convention
|
||
c/o Ken Zwaschka
|
||
Ken Zwaschka & Associates
|
||
P.O. Box 2226
|
||
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 97208-2226
|
||
|
||
Reservations and room assignments will be confirmed via NetMail
|
||
within 48 hours of receipt.
|
||
|
||
Registration packets with a map to Menucha and information about
|
||
Portland metropolitan area shopping and recreational faciltities
|
||
will be mailed to all registrants on July 1st.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 21 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Secret Sysop Society presents __
|
||
*** Conclave '90 *** / \
|
||
The SYSOPS Convention /|oo \
|
||
Home of FidoCon 1990 (_| /_)
|
||
Lyndhurst, New Jersey _`@/_ \ _
|
||
August 1-5, 1990 | | \ \\
|
||
| (*) | \ ))
|
||
______ |__U__| / \//
|
||
/ Fido \ _//|| _\ /
|
||
(________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm)
|
||
|
||
Rate Plan Schedule: (Hotel rooms cannot be guaranteed if you
|
||
register after July 1st!)
|
||
A. Single Occupancy...................$545.00
|
||
B. Double Occupancy...................$400.00
|
||
C. Conference w/ meals................$250.00
|
||
D. Conference w/ Banquet..............$105.00
|
||
E. Conference only.....................$75.00
|
||
F. Banquet only........................$30.00
|
||
G. Registrant & Spouse................$670.00
|
||
|
||
Plans A B & G include all conference and hotel fees and meals.
|
||
Prices are for pre-registrants using this form only.
|
||
|
||
You must pay by Check, Money Order, or Credit Card. Please send
|
||
no cash. All monies must be in U.S. Funds. Checks should be
|
||
made out to: "Conclave '90"
|
||
|
||
The following registration form must be completed and mailed to:
|
||
PO Box 12
|
||
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
|
||
|
||
You may register by Netmailing this completed form to 1:1/90 for
|
||
processing. Rename it to ZNNNXXXX.REG where Z is your Zone
|
||
number, N is your Net number, and X is your Node number. US Mail
|
||
confirmation is required within 72 hours of electronic filing.
|
||
|
||
If you are paying by credit card, please include the required
|
||
information. For your own security, do not route any message
|
||
with your credit card number on it. Crash it directly to 1:1/90.
|
||
|
||
The official Conclave '90 airline is American Airlines.
|
||
American offers a 5% discount the lowest applicable round-trip
|
||
fare, including 1st class travel, subject to availability of
|
||
inventory. All fare rules and restrictions apply. In addition,
|
||
American offers 40% off their round trip unrestricted day coach
|
||
fare. International travelers qualify for special benefits,
|
||
including complimentary admittance to the Admiral's Club Lounge
|
||
at any American Airlines terminal. Newark is an American Air-
|
||
lines city with direct flights to most major cities. When making
|
||
reservations, you must call American's Toll-free reservation
|
||
number at 800-433-1790, and reference Star number 13704F.
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 22 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
F I D O - C O N '90 R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
|
||
|
||
Name: __________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
Address: _____________________________ Apt. or Suite: _________
|
||
|
||
City: _________________________ State or Province: ____________
|
||
|
||
Postal Code: __________________ Country: ______________________
|
||
|
||
Voice Phone: ______________________ Data: _____________________
|
||
|
||
Zone:Net/Node.Point@Domain: ____________________________________
|
||
|
||
Special requirements: __________________________________________
|
||
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| Option | Full | | Pre-Reg. | Line |
|
||
|(Choose 1: A-G)| Name | Qty | Pricing | Total |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN A** | | | $545.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN B** | | | $400.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN C | | | $250.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN D | | | $105.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN E | | | $ 75.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
| PLAN G** | | | $670.00 | |
|
||
+===============+=====================+=====+==========+=======+
|
||
|*NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
|*Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
|*NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
|*Medieval Times| | | $ 50.00 | |
|
||
+---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+
|
||
** includes registration, Hotel, and meals | Total $ | |
|
||
* Requires Pre-registration (before 7/1) +==========+=======+
|
||
|
||
MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________
|
||
|
||
Expiration: ___________ Signature _____________________________
|
||
( Credit card registrations require valid signature )
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 23 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COLUMNS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Henry Clark
|
||
124/6120
|
||
|
||
|
||
Postcards --
|
||
|
||
I'm sorry I can't reprint all the mail I've received, but this
|
||
one deserves special attention...
|
||
|
||
Raymond Lowe :
|
||
Hi
|
||
I was just reading your column in FIDO723.NWS when I had
|
||
this horrible thought - "What", I thought, "would happen if
|
||
Henry stopped writing his column?"
|
||
Well for starters I'd save two pages of paper a week, and
|
||
about 10 minutes of reading time.
|
||
Then there'd be a saving of 4K or so on each of 7000 nodes
|
||
(call it 27Meg), then there's transmission time (I creep along
|
||
at 1200 bps {we're not allowed to say "baud" anymore}), then
|
||
savings on international phone charges, etc.
|
||
I was starting to like the hang of this when I realized
|
||
that without your column I'd not be able to keep up with what
|
||
Honey was doing. "No," I said "it's just too much to give up;
|
||
Henry will have to keep writing."
|
||
Seriously though, your thoughtful and humorous insights
|
||
are greatly appreciated. I just thought I'd better drop you a
|
||
line as knowing the great vibrant standards of APATHYnet it is
|
||
quite possible that you've not been getting any feedback from
|
||
your fans.
|
||
So greetings and encouragement from the other side of the
|
||
world; please keep it up.
|
||
|
||
Hey, Rainman, I've got nice house in Mohe for you
|
||
! But no, then there wouldn't be a BBS in Cheung
|
||
Chan. Dallas is a little north of you, but
|
||
almost exactly on the opposite side of the earth.
|
||
"(Good {to hear} [from [you]])".
|
||
|
||
I would be remiss if I didn't mention my first letter from
|
||
John DeCarlo. I framed it and put it on the wall above the
|
||
monitor ! ( Almost ) All ya'll : thanks.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Wet and Wild 1 --
|
||
|
||
OH FOR GAWD'S SAKE ! Our local traffic areas are receiving
|
||
quite a bit of attention lately concerning two topics : 1) the
|
||
election versus the appointment of FIDONET officials, and 2)
|
||
the voluntary versus mandatory method of supporting echomail
|
||
costs.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 24 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Now, I wouldn't dream of boring you kind readers with any
|
||
'to do' on these topics, but it seems to me that everyNET
|
||
would have these kinds of controversy and would naturally
|
||
choose the 'e-mail' forum for hashing out the details.
|
||
|
||
What strikes me is the huge scale of attitudes, from
|
||
vehemently opinionated to outright anger. No way would
|
||
someone say these things face to face, and that's what bothers
|
||
me. When you blast someone in particular ( and we all do
|
||
occasionally ) you need to stop and realize that hundreds of
|
||
others are going to read it as well.
|
||
|
||
I mean, what if one of your workmates is unzipped. Do you
|
||
tell him/her during the monthly status meeting ? No, you pick
|
||
a private moment and you are discreet.
|
||
|
||
I'm thinking : what about printing out some of these wild
|
||
flaming fire-snorting acid attack messages, and hiring some kid
|
||
to roll it up and put it the sender's front door. ( Like those
|
||
stupid ads for lawn care/carpet cleaning/air conditioner
|
||
maintenance/aluminum siding/etc... ) Personalize it bit, eh ?
|
||
|
||
|
||
Wet and Wild 2 --
|
||
|
||
I'm pretty sure the reason Honey wouldn't go to Wet and Wild
|
||
with me was because of the name. You know, how they get into
|
||
these exclusive engagement things. But the other neighborhood
|
||
girls talked her into it. This is the park with the big water
|
||
slides, and dozen or so swimming pools.
|
||
|
||
Lots of young, well, you know, uh, yeah, that's right... My
|
||
daddy always said there were three kinds of girls in the world
|
||
: Young, Younger, and You're under arrest.
|
||
|
||
I can't decide whether to wear one of those thong deals, or my
|
||
giant hot pink baggy shorts. Honey has one of these high cut,
|
||
lycra tight fit deals. It's great. I like to do it head first,
|
||
upside down, backwards. Especially when it's real slippery.
|
||
And the water slides are fun, too.
|
||
|
||
Our Creator has been fair: he trades us lawn mowing for string
|
||
bikinis. I love the summer.
|
||
|
||
Oh, and Rainman : Honey sends you an electronic kiss. I
|
||
started to say 'blowing' but well, you know...
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 25 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Dave Thompson
|
||
1:18/60
|
||
|
||
I would like to clarify the term Public Domain. Although I am
|
||
no lawyer, my understanding of the term public domain is it
|
||
denotes the fact that the author has relinquished control over
|
||
whatever it is that is contributed to the public domain. As
|
||
such, the author has given up all rights associated with the
|
||
product. With regard to software, that usually means the author
|
||
produced a product but does not want to support or enhance it,
|
||
hence he or she contributes it to the public domain for use and
|
||
modification by anybody and everybody. This means that the
|
||
author cannot place conditions on redistribution. Anybody can
|
||
sell copies of the program if they can find someone to pay them
|
||
for it. The comments of a copyright lawyer would be appropriate
|
||
here.
|
||
|
||
I occasionally write programs to support both QuickBBS and
|
||
Remote Access BBS systems. Of the two programs I have released
|
||
to the public, both are distributed as freeware. This means
|
||
that sysops are free to use them without financial remuneration
|
||
to me, the programmer. However, I control the code (it is
|
||
copyrighted) and retain rights over how the executables are
|
||
redistributed. My programs are most definitely *not* public
|
||
domain. I also do not want distributors of public domain and
|
||
shareware software to charge five bucks (or more) for the
|
||
diskette containing my software.
|
||
|
||
Why? It is a matter of principle. I do not charge for my
|
||
software. If anyone has a right to profit from it, it should be
|
||
me. Because I forfeit financial compensation for the software,
|
||
I see no reason why someone else should profit from it.
|
||
|
||
There may be a further point here. While I do not subscribe to
|
||
this particular point of view, there are some people who believe
|
||
very strongly that software should be free for the use. I
|
||
respect that opinion and the fact that they are willing to allow
|
||
me to use their intellectual property. I can not understand how
|
||
they can afford to do this, but they have certainly earned my
|
||
respect. I can understand that they would not want their
|
||
software to be redistributed for profit.
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 26 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
TO: Vince Perriello of 1/1.0
|
||
FROM: Michael Baumann of 3610/60
|
||
SUBJECT: Fnews Vol 7, Num 24 - June 11, 1990 [Editor's
|
||
response: . . .]
|
||
|
||
Although I do agree that the articles in question were
|
||
of a 'commercial' nature; I feel that you were well within
|
||
the rights and responsibilities of the position you hold as
|
||
editor to post them.
|
||
|
||
I would also have to agree that according to the 'black and
|
||
white' of the policy as adopted by FIDO, you may well be in
|
||
violation of the regulations. However, as not even the laws
|
||
of this nation are maintained solely by their 'black and
|
||
white' representations but also by their intent, I feel it
|
||
is necessary to examine the intent of this regulation as
|
||
well.
|
||
|
||
It seems quite clear to me; if you were to post on a
|
||
continuing basis, 'sales adds' for items that are generally
|
||
well known to all computer enthusiasts (i.e., diskettes,
|
||
computers, commercial software, monitors, etc.) you would be
|
||
in direct conflict with both the written word / and its'
|
||
intent. As these articles in particular were of a 'this is
|
||
a new idea to the industry and oh, by the way it is
|
||
available from me' format, I feel they do not violate the
|
||
intent of the policy statement.
|
||
|
||
I, for one, am very glad that those articles were included
|
||
in "OUR" newsletter and look forward to seeing more of that
|
||
in the future. I feel you were well within your 'rights' to
|
||
publish this informative type of article on the up and
|
||
coming changes in our favored hobby and I would welcome the
|
||
addition of a new section in the newsletter where that type
|
||
of information could be passed on to us on a continuing
|
||
basis. This is not to say, I would welcome additional
|
||
suppliers to say 'yeah and you can also get that from me'
|
||
but is intended as a place where the introduction of new
|
||
events and what's on the horizon in the field can be
|
||
announced.
|
||
|
||
I am well aware that there may be many in the network that
|
||
might not share my interpretation of the intent, but that
|
||
opinion is mine and having and expressing it is one of the
|
||
privileges of belonging to a 'VOLUNTEER' organization. You
|
||
asked for comments on the matter and I felt compelled to
|
||
express my opinion on the subject and show my support for
|
||
your actions. I wish to thank you for your apparent concern
|
||
to help keep us informed as to new events and changes in the
|
||
industry and am very pleased that you decided to run the
|
||
articles. I do regret, however, that your attempts to keep
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 27 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
us up-to-date has caused the grief that you are now facing.
|
||
|
||
In conclusion, I would think as long as you are not using
|
||
'editorial discretion' to ban certain articles submitted by
|
||
those un-known or not personal friends of yours and instead
|
||
use the "editor's knife" to carve out those that are of a
|
||
non-informative and/or purely sales oriented nature; then
|
||
you are definitely operating within the intent of the
|
||
Policy. I wish to commend you for a job well done and will
|
||
continue to look forward to getting the new copy of "OUR"
|
||
newsletter.
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 28 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Software Versions
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Fido 12s+ Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5e*
|
||
Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.64* TBBS 2.1
|
||
Kitten 2.16 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
||
Maximus 1.00 RBBSmail 17.2 Telegard 2.5*
|
||
Opus 1.12+* RemoteAccess .03* TPBoard 6.1*
|
||
PCBoard 14.2* SLBBS 1.76* Wildcat! 2.10
|
||
|
||
Network Node List Other
|
||
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30*
|
||
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
|
||
FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.11 Crossnet v1.5*
|
||
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
||
TIMS 1.0(Mod4)* XlaxDiff 2.35* Gmail 2.05
|
||
XlaxNode 2.35* GROUP 2.16
|
||
GUS 1.30
|
||
LHARC 1.13
|
||
MSG 4.1*
|
||
MSGED 1.99
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10*
|
||
QM 1.0
|
||
QSORT 4.03
|
||
Sirius 1.0w*
|
||
SLMAIL 1.35*
|
||
StarLink 1.01
|
||
TagMail 2.20
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Telemail 1.20*
|
||
TMail 1.15
|
||
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
||
TosScan 1.00*
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
||
XRS 3.20*
|
||
ZmailQ 1.10
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 29 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Red Ryder Host v2.1b10 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
|
||
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
|
||
FBBS 0.91* TImport 1.331
|
||
Hermes 0.88* TExport 1.32
|
||
Timestamp 1.6
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
Import 3.2
|
||
Export 3.21
|
||
Sundial 3.2
|
||
PreStamp 3.2
|
||
OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mantissa 3.21
|
||
Zenith 1.5
|
||
UNZIP 1.02b
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
Paragon 2.06+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
||
TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5*
|
||
WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01
|
||
ConfMail 1.10
|
||
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
||
ElectricHerald1.66*
|
||
Lharc 1.10
|
||
MessageFilter 1.52*
|
||
oMMM 1.49b
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
PkAX 1.00
|
||
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
||
PolyxAmy 2.02*
|
||
RMB 1.30
|
||
TrapList 1.12*
|
||
UNzip 0.86
|
||
Yuck! 1.61*
|
||
Zoo 2.00
|
||
|
||
Atari ST
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 30 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
|
||
FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
|
||
Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
|
||
GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 1.96S
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SRENUM 6.2
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Trenum 0.10
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OMMM 1.40
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Mailers Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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ARCbbs 1.44* BinkleyTerm 2.03* Unzip 2.1TH
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ARC 1.03
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!Spark 2.00d*
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ParseLst 1.30
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BatchPacker 1.00*
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
|
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-26 Page 31 25 Jun 1990
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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The Interrupt Stack
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14 Jul 1990
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Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Please note that the date has changed: The conferences are
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one day later than originally planned !
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27 Jul 1990
|
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The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in
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the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka,
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1:105/54.
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1 Aug 1990
|
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Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
|
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details.
|
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|
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5 Oct 1990
|
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21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
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|
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6 Nov 1990
|
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First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
|
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14 Nov 1990
|
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Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
|
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2:332/16.0
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|
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1 Jan 1991
|
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Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
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Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
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|
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16 Feb 1991
|
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Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
|
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|
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7 Oct 1991
|
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Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
|
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will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
|
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Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
|
||
Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
|
||
Islands will retain area code 415.
|
||
|
||
1 Feb 1992
|
||
Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
|
||
eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
|
||
code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
|
||
West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
|
||
Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
|
||
FidoNews 7-26 Page 32 25 Jun 1990
|
||
|
||
|
||
Montebello) will retain area code 213.
|
||
|
||
|
||
If you have something which you would like to see on this
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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