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Volume 7, Number 51 17 December 1990
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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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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the Members of the
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FidoNet (r) International Amateur Electronic Mail System. It is
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a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors
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or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles
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to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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The rest of the story! ................................... 1
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MED_RAYS Echo on Backbone ................................ 3
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XRS 4.00 released! ....................................... 4
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 5
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Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 5
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 6
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 6
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 11
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 11
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 1 17 Dec 1990
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ARTICLES
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Ross Calloway
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1:267/41
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I don't know about you, but I always look forward to seeing
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what's going on in FidoNet land every Monday morning. The daily
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papers may go unread, but FidoNews is something I almost never
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pass over. Not because there is always earth-shattering news in
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it, but because if there is some real news in there, I don't
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want to miss it.
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It is because of my diligence of scanning over the Snooze (as it
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is often so affectionately called) that I am prompted to ask,
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"What the heck is going on?" Say what? I'm referring to the
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reported zonal unrest, the outcries that Zone 1 is out to rule
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the world, or some such nonsense. If there is anything that
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gets me riled up at all, it is an article, or a message (usually
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echomail) that is rampant with only half a story. Please, for
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the sake of good information with which to form an opinion, how
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about putting the FUD factor to rest. If you're going to call a
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spade a spade, then don't keep me us in the dark, print your
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'facts' to substantiate your assertions. You will be doing more
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to help everyone grow a little, then just vent your anger and
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help no-one. You will forgive me for having been conceived and
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raised in Zone 1, my parents never gave me a choice.
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I've never seen anything published in the Snooze, nor put forth
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by the *C' structure, that ever said that people in other zones
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are forbidden from participating in 1) policy decision making,
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2) voting participation, and 3) political representation.
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Every time something or someone makes an attempt to establish
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standards, they are usually shot down in the name of
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'democracy.' It is not surprising to me to see new proposed
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legislation, policies (call it what you wish), finally come
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around to the point of recognizing that FidoNet is more than
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just Zone 1. As our hobby progresses, and grows in orders of
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magnitude, I really fail to understand how anyone can think that
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an attempt to set down some guidelines, revise some old ones
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(POLICY4, ECHOPOL) to name two, can be anything bad. The latest
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policies I've seen do provide for the Zones to carry on their
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business as they see fit, within certain minimal limitations.
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Remember, this includes Zone 1.
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So as for the other Zones. Please don't feel like you are an
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outsider in all of this, or that you are being excluded. Your
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ideas are just as important as everyone else's. Work the
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process through, get something done that we can all live with,
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globally. Whatever might come out of it, I can promise you that
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it isn't going to please everyone, not the first time around
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anyway. But then again, that is my whole point, this global
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community we have is evolving. Lets meld it into something, and
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continue to shape it to (dare I say) perfection. This is not
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 2 17 Dec 1990
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the time to put up walls, it is the time to be taking them down.
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 3 17 Dec 1990
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Daniel Hagan
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Fidonet 1:381/61
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MED_RAYS Medical Echo
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The MED_RAYS Echo is now available on the backbone. The TAG for
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this echo is MED_RAYS, and has been developed to enable persons
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working in the Radiology Areas (i.e. X-Ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear
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Medicine and Radiation Therapy) to pass information related to
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new procedures/techniques, medicolegal ethics, etc. Radiology
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students, professionals, physicians, residents and medical
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students are encouraged to participate.
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Besides offering a means for professionals to exchange ideas
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and new techniques, persons with questions specific to this
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area are also encouraged to participate. Misinformation
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regarding diagnostic radiation exposure to both X-Radiation
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and Sound Radiation (yes they are both waves, although they
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differ in characteristics) has occurred and will re-occur
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within the electronic media. The MED_RAYS echo will be an
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alternative source for persons concerned with exposures to
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various diagnostic modalities to gain additional information.
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To date, topics have included establishing an Ultrasound business,
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radiation protection, employment opportunities, cost of living for
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specific areas, Registry information etc. We look forward to your
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participation in the MED_RAYS area.
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Daniel Hagan
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MED_RAYS Moderator 381/61
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 4 17 Dec 1990
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Version 4.00 of my 'eXpress Response System' program has been
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posted and released via the SDS. This new version will work
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with QuickBBS, RemoteAccess, SuperBBS, TCommNet, Opus, Maximus,
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XBBS and WildCat! (via QuickDoor).
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In keeping with my philosophy of giving the maximum value for
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money, along with version 4.00 I have instituted a new "Family
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Registration Plan". If you have more than one XRS user in your
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family you may register for the basic $20 for the first person
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plus only $5 for each extra person!
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XRS is Shareware - the "Try before you buy" software. There is
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absolutely no crippling or missing features, nor does XRS drop
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dead after a certain number of uses or messages written. The
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$20 fee for SysOp registration is waved if you setup RaQmSeX or
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compatible mailbag creating program like Zip_Mail, XMX or XOR.
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone again
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for your help during the Hurricane Hugo disaster - your aid was
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truly appreciated, and I will always remember where my friends
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are! Thanks again, and hope to see you in Colorodo in August!
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Filenames for FREQ are:
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XRS4ALL.ZIP (435K bytes) - contains:
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XRS4CORE.ZIP - *R*E*Q*U*I*R*E*D* "Core" files
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XRS400XT.ZIP - generic "XT" RESP*.EXE files only
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XRS400AT.ZIP - V20/30-80286+ "AT" RESP*.EXE files
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XRS4KITS.ZIP (310K bytes) - contains:
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XRS4KIT1.ZIP - previously released "ToolKit" items
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XRS4KIT2.ZIP - new and/or updated toolkit programs
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The files are also available individually, as well as these:
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XRS4LANG.ZIP (64K bytes) contains:
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XRS400NL.ZIP - Dutch foreign native language overlays
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XRS400GE.ZIP - Germen foreign native language overlays
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XRS400SW.ZIP - Swedish foreign native language overlays
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XRS400FR.ZIP - French foreign native language overlays
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Files available from the following (or your local SDS node!):
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1:372/6666 - my least busy FREQ_only node HST/14400/V.42bis
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1:372/666 - another HST/14400/V.42bis - FREQs 21 hours a day
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1:372/888 - a Hayes V.32/V.42bis "Ultra" - FREQS 23 hours/day
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1:360/1 in North Augusta, S.C. - HST (Ed Meloan)
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1:109/124 in Washington, D.C. area - HST (Miles Hoover)
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2:512/1 in Venray, the Netherlands - HST (Peter Janssens)
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 5 17 Dec 1990
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COLUMNS
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Henry Clark
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1:124/6120
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A Sentimental Moment --
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Today was the last day of my contract with one of the larger
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common carriers in the world. ( Yep, I worked for a local
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phone company. ) I did all the good contractor things this last
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day, you know, backed up the hard disk, borrowed the portable
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for the holidays, made commented directory listings, picked up
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a laser toner cartridge, held information meetings... all
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those standard last day things. You'd think a company that
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size wouldn't run out of diskettes.
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It turned out to be a 29 month stay, plenty of time to get to
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know everybody, and everybody's families and it's really hard
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to leave. But then again, it's really easy to think about what
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I'm going to do next. So far, I've thought of nothing, and
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that's a pretty fine idea right now.
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So I suppose I'll trot off to Denmark and find Honey and The Kid
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and I'll bet they still love me. I've already decided that
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Honey's kiss will be proportional to the amount of money she's
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spent. She'll never figure that one out.
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And I'm gonna get in lots of four year old games before we
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switch to five year old games.
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And I'll wish you and your friends and family the best of times
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this year's end, too. You, of all people, know that sitting
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here alone in front of the screen, and pressing this ^ key can
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be done with either hand. Or both. I think that's about as
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big a holiday message as I can muster.
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Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 6 17 Dec 1990
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=================================================================
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LATEST VERSIONS
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Latest Software Versions
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MS-DOS Systems
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Bulletin Board Software
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5g
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Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.66 TBBS 2.1
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GSBBS 3.01 RBBS 17.3A TComm/TCommNet 3.4
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Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
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Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 0.04a TPBoard 6.1
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Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.50
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Opus 1.13+ Socrates 1.10 WWIV 4.12
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PCBoard 14.5 XBBS 1.15
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Network Node List Other
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Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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BinkleyTerm 2.40 EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0
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D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 ARCAsim 2.30
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Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
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FrontDoor 1.99c Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
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PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.14 Crossnet v1.5
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SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 DOMAIN 1.42
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TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxDiff 2.35 EMM 2.02
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XlaxNode 2.35 Gmail 2.05
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GROUP 2.16
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GUS 1.30
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HeadEdit 1.15
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InterPCB 1.31
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LHARC 1.13
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MSG 4.1
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MSGED 2.00
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MSGTOSS 1.3
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.10
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QM 1.0
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QSORT 4.03
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Sirius 1.0x
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SLMAIL 1.36
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StarLink 1.01
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TagMail 2.41
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TCOMMail 2.2
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Telemail 1.27
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TMail 1.15
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TPBNetEd 3.2
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 7 17 Dec 1990
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TosScan 1.00
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UFGATE 1.03
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XRS 4.00*
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XST 2.2
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ZmailQ 1.12
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OS/2 Systems
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Maximus-CBCS 1.02 BinkleyTerm 2.40 Parselst 1.32
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ConfMail 4.00
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EchoStat 6.0
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oMMM 1.52
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Omail 3.1
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MsgEd 2.00
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MsgLink 1.0C
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MsgNum 4.14
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LH2 0.50
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
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ARC2 6.00
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PolyXARC 2.00
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Qsort 2.1
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Raid 1.0
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Remapper 1.2
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Tick 2.0
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VPurge 2.07
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Xenix/Unix
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BBS Software Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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MaximusCBCS 1.02.Unix.B0 BinkleyTerm 2.30b Unzip 3.10
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ARC 5.21
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ParseLst 1.30b
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ConfMail 3.31b
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Ommm 1.40b
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Msged 1.99b
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Zoo 2.01
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C-Lharc 1.00
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Omail 1.00b
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 8 17 Dec 1990
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Apple CP/M
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
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MsgUtil 2.5
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PackUser v4
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Filer v2-D
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UNARC.COM 1.20
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Macintosh
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
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Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
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WWIV (Mac) 3.0 LHArc 0.33
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Hermes 1.01 StuffIt Classic 1.6
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FBBS 0.91 Compactor 1.21
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TImport 1.92
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TExport 1.92
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Timestamp 1.6
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Tset 1.3
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Import 3.2
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Export 3.21
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Sundial 3.2
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PreStamp 3.2
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OriginatorII 2.0
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AreaFix 1.6
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Mantissa 3.21
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Zenith 1.5
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Eventmeister 1.0
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TSort 1.0
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Mehitable 2.0
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UNZIP 1.02c
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Amiga
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Paragon 2.07+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
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TransAmiga 1.04 TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 9 17 Dec 1990
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WelMat 0.42 booz 1.01
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ConfMail 1.10
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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ElectricHerald1.66
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Lharc 1.21
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MessageFilter 1.52
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oMMM 1.49b
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ParseLst 1.30
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PkAX 1.00
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
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PolyxAmy 2.02
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RMB 1.30
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Skyparse 2.30
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TrapList 1.12
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UNzip 0.86
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Yuck! 1.61
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Zoo 2.01
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Atari ST
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--------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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FIDOdoor/ST 2.00* BinkleyTerm 2.40j* ConfMail 4.02
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.30 ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 1.02 ARC 6.02
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GS Point 0.61 FiFo 2.1c
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LHARC 0.60
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LED ST 0.10
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BYE 0.25
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 2.01
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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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FidoNews 7-51 Page 10 17 Dec 1990
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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 7-51 Page 11 17 Dec 1990
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=================================================================
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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The Interrupt Stack
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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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16 Feb 1991
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Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
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31 Mar 1991
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Jim Grubs (W8GRT) was issued his first ham radio license forty
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years ago today. His first station was made from an ARC-5
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"Command Set" removed from a B-17 bomber.
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12 May 1991
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Fourth anniversary of FidoNet operations in Latin America and
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second anniversary of the creation of Zone-4.
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8 Sep 1991
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25th anniversary of first airing of Star Trek on NBC!
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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,
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
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Islands will retain area code 415.
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1 Feb 1992
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Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
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eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
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code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
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West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
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Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
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Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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1 Dec 1993
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Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
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5 Jun 1997
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David Dodell's 40th Birthday
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FidoNews 7-51 Page 12 17 Dec 1990
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