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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 9 No. 3 (20 January 1992)
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The newsletter of the |
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FidoNet BBS community | Published by:
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/ \ | "FidoNews" BBS
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/|oo \ | (415)-863-2739
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(_| /_) | FidoNet 1:1/1
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_`@/_ \ _ | Internet:
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| | \ \\ | fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
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|__U__| / \// | Editors:
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_//|| _\ / | Tom Jennings
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(_/(_|(____/ | Tim Pozar
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Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
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amateur network. Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved.
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Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
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only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews.
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Paper price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.00US
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Electronic Price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . free!
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For more information about FidoNews refer to the end of this file.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1
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Editorial: Can I borrow your feet? ............................ 1
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2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2
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Country Computing ............................................. 2
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Nodelist flags - The Abuse .................................... 3
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This New Echo, BIOMED - What Is It? ........................... 5
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A_THEIST Echo now on Backbone! ................................ 6
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New Echo for Those Interested in Florida_USA! ................. 7
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MENSANS_ONLY Echo Notice ...................................... 8
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SKEPTIC Echo reorganizing! .................................... 9
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3. RANTS AND FLAMES .............................................. 11
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4. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 12
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Software List ................................................. 12
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5. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 18
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 1 20 Jan 1992
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial: Can I borrow your feet?
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by Tom Jennings (1:1/1)
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... mine are busy filling my mouth. Hey, what else is new?
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Actually I'm surprised I got so little criticism for last week's
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editorial. As I wrote it, I kinda realized it was probably not a great
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thing. One of out FidoNews' regulars tried to play Simon-says regarding
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the approriateness of it in light of the recent ARTSPEC changes; I
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suggested he re-read them. But I also teed of a friend, which is a drag
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(and will get a personal response).
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Maybe I should have used the TV network broadcasters instead; besides
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being communications (hah!) oriented, they're slightly less far down a
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similar path, only their problem is resisting new technologies cuz they
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don't make sense for short-term profitability (and it's a field I do
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actually some specific non-mainstream-media info on).
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But bashing is too easy, and that's the main problem with last week's
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editorial, correct or not. So as I criticized our collective tendency
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to complain, I did the same. Consistency? Nahhh....
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I'll shut up now.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 2 20 Jan 1992
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ARTICLES
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by Donald Tees
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Ex-Libris BBS, Windrush Farm, 1:221/192 (Ontario, Canada)
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Whimsy from the Farm
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Outside, there are 90 kilometer per hour winds. We have had
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15 centimeters of snow in the last few hours, and another 15 are
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expected. Roads are closed, schools are closed. We are isolated
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except for the phone and the BBS. A good day to catch up on
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reading Fidonews, re-indexing and purging files, and writing to
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Fidonews.
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I have been meaning to do this for some time. I read
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Fidonews quite regularly, and it has always struck me that it is
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a just a tad serious. I BBS for fun, as do most. But poor Tom
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is the only one I seem to read anything personal about. Perhaps
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this can start a trend, and we can learn a bit about just how
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far flung and different this network of ours is. Who, where
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why, what. Some background.
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Who? I am a programmer by trade, age 45, and have been
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programming for all my adult life. The last 17 years as a
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freelancer, before that as a company man. I have programmed in
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several dozen languages, and like assembler of various sorts
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best. But I am not proud, and will work in whatever the job
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requires.
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Where? Out of a farm about 120 kilometers west of Toronto,
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Canada. My customers range over a semi-circle about 600 miles
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in diameter. Most work comes in over the BBS, and goes out the
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same way. The Fido access is for fun, but the BBS pays its'
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way. Public access is free; customers pay for my time.
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What? Weird stuff. My last job was a computer 7000 feet
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underground that weighed trains as they rolled by, then
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transmitted the data to the surface via a fibre link. Maybe I
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can lay claim to the lowest BBS call in history; I called my BBS
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from down there to pick up some code I forgot.
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What is life like around here? Well, today is not typical.
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Today at seven in the morning I put on a snowmobile suit,
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flightboots, a balaclava, heavy mitts, and headed for the barn.
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I could not see it; it is two hundred and fifty feet from the
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house. Ninety kilometer winds plus snow plus temperatures in the
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teens are probably something the California readers are not used
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to. (Hell, neithor are we.) The barn door had blown open; I had
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to thaw the water pipe with a heat gun.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 3 20 Jan 1992
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I fed the horses (five of them), the cats (three in the
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barn), and the dog (a 120 pound newfoundland puppy). I managed
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to shovel enough snow out of the way to get the barn door
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closed, and braced it against the wind. Then went out the back
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way, and got back to the house. I had put the coffee on before
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going out; I poured myself a cup, stripped off two layers of
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clothing (leaving one), and sat down to answer my E-mail. I
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have a small network of six PC's and four phone lines, so we are
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not really isolated. But it sure feels like it.
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Outside I can hear the wind whistle trough the pine trees,
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and my front lawn looks like a surrealistic sculpture. Portions
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are bare, and other are close to five feet deep. The wind has
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carved drifts into wonderfull shapes. By counting the fence
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poles of the nearest paddock, I estimate the visability at about
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two hundred feet. The road is buried. It is going to take a
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couple hours with the front end loader to dig out the lane
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to-morrow.
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Although Net 221 covers an area of about 75 miles by 40
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miles, it is largely urban. I have one of the two or three
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rural BBS's in the net, and often engage in friendly banter and
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snickering with the urban types. They seem to find it odd that
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we knew our Christmass goose by name. We find it odd that they
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put curtains over their windows. The local echos are good
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conversation, and quite active.
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So, that is a bit about life here. Whether Tom sees fit to
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include random ramblings in the newsletter, time will tell. If
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you are ever up in the Toronto area, drop in. The coffee is
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always on. Don.
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by Peter Tan (6:600/403)
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The Abuse of Nodelist flags
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Before I begin, let me run a quick intro on myself. As can be seen
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above, my name is Peter Tan. I have been in FidoNet since 1988 or so (I
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can't really remember). Not exactly a veteran, but I've seen a lot of
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action.
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Why am I writing this? Because I am irritated. Ever seen the current
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nodelist? It weighs in at slightly over 1MB, full-sized. There are some
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of us who *NEEDS* to keep the full-sized nodelists on our system, and
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there are some who need just the local-area extract of the nodelist.
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I am writing from the viewpoint as one of the "us" that needs to keep
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the full-sized nodelist on the system.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 4 20 Jan 1992
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Now, as one of the "us" that needs to keep the nodelist, full-sized, on
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the system, it gets a bit irritating to see the nodelist flags being
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abused. Sad to say, the bulk of this comes from within Zone 6.
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If you go hunting in the nodelist, you will see such examples:
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,1,My_BBS_Name,MYLOCATION,Sysop_Name,1-234-567890,9600,CM,XX,XA,MO, -
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MNP,HST,V32,V32b,V42,V42b,V22,V23
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(The above is not based on any single node. It is an example, and it is
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to be taken as such. You can see a lot of this type of "overkill" of
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nodelist flags, especially within the Zone 6 segment of the nodelist.)
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What I feel is that a lot of the flags listed in this fictitious node
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are UNNECESSARY. For example, once you're listed as "V32b", V32 is
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implied, since if you can't handshake at V32, how can you then do so at
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V32bis? Besides, the fallback from a V32bis connect is a V32 connect
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(correct me if I'm wrong please).
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;S |----------------------------------------------------------|
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;S | | Bark | WaZOO |
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;S | |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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;S | | File | Update | File | Update |
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;S | Flag | Requests | Requests | Requests | Requests |
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;S |------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
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;S | XA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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;S | XB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
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;S | XC | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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;S | XP | Yes | Yes | No | No |
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;S | XR | Yes | No | Yes | No |
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;S | XW | No | No | Yes | No |
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;S | XX | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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;S |----------------------------------------------------------|
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The table above lists the File-Request flags as found in NODELIST.017.
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In the fictitious node given above, it has "XX,XA" marked. According to
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the table, the "XX" is redundant. "XA" will more than suffice in this
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respect.
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The whole point of writing this becomes a bit clearer now. It becomes
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apparent that if all these redundant info were to be removed from the
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nodelist, it could conceivably allow the nodelist to shrink in size, and
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yet hold practically the same amount of information as it did before!
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If all the relevant parts of the *C structure would just take the time
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out to remove such excess info from the nodelist, merging of NODEDIFFs
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and NODELISTs could be done faster, compiling the nodelist will take
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less time, *AND* the nodelist would take a smaller amount of space on
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our disks. I am thus appealing to all who are part of the *C structure,
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to help wipe out redundancy.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 5 20 Jan 1992
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A Look At The BIOMED Echo
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By Ray Brown, CBET, Moderator
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SysOp, USS Triumph BBS, 1:135/70
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Greetings and salutations. My name is Ray Brown. In mundane
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life, I am employed at a hospital in Miami, Florida, where I am a
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Biomedical Equipment Technician. Usually, a BMET has at least an
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Associate's Degree from an accredited college; some even have 4-year
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degrees as Clinical Engineers. A BMET in a hospital situation may work
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on almost any medical device that has direct contact with patients.
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This includes, but is not limited to, things such as patient beds, EKG
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monitors and telemetry, defibrillators, respiratory equipment, IV
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pumps, electronic blood-pressure measuring devices, and even testing
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the electrical receptacles in a patient's room, so as to certify that
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everything is electrically safe and will not harm the patient. Also,
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BMET's work in various other areas, such as on dialysis machines,
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physical therapy machines, EEG machines, and Operating Room tables,
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lights, and electro-surgical generators ("Bovies"). And, some BMET's
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work solely on X-Ray, CAT-Scan, and MRI equipment, and others
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yet work only on laboratory equipment, such as blood and urine
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analyzers.
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A BMET may elect to be Certified in one of three fields:
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General CBET, Laboratory CBET, and X-Ray CBET. This requires a
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minimum of two years' experience, along with taking and passing a
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rather hard test, administered by the International Certification
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Commission (a branch of the Association for the Advancement of Medical
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Instrumentation). Once passed, a BMET becomes a Certified Biomedical
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Equipment Technician, or CBET, which is a legal title, such as M.D. or
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R.N. A CBET or BMET is a recognized and valuable member of a
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hospital's medical support staff.
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I also SysOp a FidoNet BBS, the USS Triumph BBS, which is an
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enjoyable hobby. I obtain a variety of echos for both myself and my
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readers. About 1 1/2 years ago, I learned of a small, privately-
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distributed echo called BIOMED, which was for people like me
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to chat and discuss problems and situations unique to our field. I
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joined the echo, and had some discussions with a few BMET's. I then
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learned that the Moderator of BIOMED was not interested in supporting
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the echo any longer, so I asked if I could take it over. No objection
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was raised, and I pursued it. I made sure that the echo was properly
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placed in Mike Fuch's EchoList (ELIST), noting that it was still
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privately distributed, and to contact me for feeds. Within 3 months,
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the echo had grown to over 10 systems in 3 FidoNet Regions. I then
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asked each SysOp of the systems to make a formal request to their REC
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to get the BIOMED echo "BackBoned". This was successfully done, and
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around September of 1991, BIOMED became a BackBone echo.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 6 20 Jan 1992
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However, since that time, participating systems have slackened
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off, and callers have slowed their posted. I realized that advertising
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solely in the ELIST was not enough. I then "re-discovered" the
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FidoNews, and so I wish to ask all that see this humble article, if
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they know of someone that is a BMET /CBET, to please request through
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your NEC or REC for the BIOMED echo. Otherwise, it may die a long and
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lingering death...
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Also, if there is any interest in BIOMED from non-Zone 1 folks,
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specifically OZ (Australia) or the U.K., please let me know, and I'll
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work on getting the echo to you.
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In closing, if anyone has any questions about the echo, please
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either consult the ELIST, or netmail Ray Brown @ 1:135/70. The USS
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Triumph BBS has a USR HST 14,400 modem, and is running FidoBBS v.12U
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"barefoot". Thank you!
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_Ray_
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Christopher Baker
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Rights On! 1:374/14
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A_THEIST Echo Available
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A_theism means free of religion in the way a_political means
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free of politics or a_sexual means free of sex
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characteristics or drives.
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With that in mind and ever cognizant of the continued
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pressure of religion to intrude itself into our government
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and its operations, the A_THEIST Echo is provided to inform
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and alarm and hopefully wake up the sleeping and too long
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silent majority to the peril on our doorstep.
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It is now a Zone 1 Backbone Echo Hosted and Moderated
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by Rights On! [1:374/14] and Christopher Baker [card
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carrying member of American Atheists, Inc.]. Initial links
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may be obtained from your local Backbone source connection.
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Zone 3 is being fed through 3:681/857 and Zone 2 through
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2:243/11 via a Gate at 1:374/14 until direct links can be
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made to those Zones via the international Backbone links.
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The Echo is open to anyone who can discuss, without
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proselytizing, the extreme desirability of maintaining the
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absolute separation of State and church in this country as
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provided for in our Constitution.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 7 20 Jan 1992
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A sample of the first few messages and the statement of
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purpose of the Echo is available as A_THEIST.ZIP from this
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system anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone 1 ZMH [USR HST
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ds online] if you wish to get an idea of whether to commit
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disk space to the Echo. An archive of the past traffic from
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the Echo is also available as A_ECHO1.ZIP, A_ECHO2.ZIP, and
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A_ECHO3.ZIP, A_ECHO4.ZIP, etc.
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Backbone status has been approved. Ask your Backbone
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connection to get it for you! The complete info is available
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in the current ELISTnnn.XXX file available from your NEC or
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REC or here. [Request ELIST.]
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I hope you will join us or ask your Sysop to request a link
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via their regular Backbone connections!
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TTFN.
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Chris
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Christopher Baker
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Rights On!, 1:374/14, Titusville_FL_USA
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Ronnie Toth
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SOX!, 1:135/71, Miami_FL_USA [PC Pursuitable]
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FLA_COOKS Echo
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We are starting a Florida-wide Echo [FLA_COOKS] that deals
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with cooking and eating throughout the state. Use of native
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ingredients and regional specialties will be included as
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well as restaurant reviews and anything else that pertains
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to food in Florida.
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FLA_COOKS is Hubbed and Moderated by Christopher Baker at
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1:374/14 in Titusville_FL and by Ronnie Toth at 1:135/71 in
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Hialeah_FL [which is a PC Pursuitable town {part of Greater
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Miami}]. Contact either for a link into this new conference.
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This Echo is restricted to Florida systems. When we get
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enough participation, we'll get it on the Region 18
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backbone for more cost-effective routing.
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There is still an opening for a North Florida Hub and
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Moderator. Contact Christopher Baker via Netmail at
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1:374/14.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 8 20 Jan 1992
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That's the general idea. [grin]
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The Echo tag is FLA_COOKS. In addition, Florida systems
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should have their Florida city in their origin line so
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everyone knows what part of Florida you are talking about
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and if you mention a specific place or area, you should
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define it as if people outside your immediate area are
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reading it [as they will be]. This ain't a 'local' Echo
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anymore! [grin]
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TTFN.
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Chris & Ronnie
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Christopher Baker
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1:374/14, Titusville_FL_USA
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MENSANS_ONLY Echo
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MENSANS_ONLY is open to any verified member, past or
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present, of any Mensa organization.
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MENSANS_ONLY is not connected with American Mensa, Ltd.
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[The High IQ Society], or any other Mensa organization
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anywhere. MENSANS_ONLY has no opinions. Any opinions
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expressed are those of the writer and any replier.
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MENSANS_ONLY exists solely to provide a convenient forum
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for electronic conversation between accepted members of any
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Mensa organization. Any other inference you may glean from
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perusing this Echo is all in your head, which is where it
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should stay.
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It is Hosted and Moderated from Rights On! in
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Titusville_FL_USA at 1:374/14. It is intentionally withheld
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from the FidoNet Backbone distribution system and is
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offered for point-to-point links only. Any Backbone system
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discovering this Echo traversing their system should
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immediately remove it and notify anyone sending or
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receiving it through them to desist unless said Backbone
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system is an active and verified participant of
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MENSANS_ONLY.
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Anyone may read the traffic in this Echo but only verified
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members may post in this Echo. Non-members interested in
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more information about Mensa are directed to the general
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Mensa Echo of the same name [MENSA] available from the
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FidoNet Backbone and Moderated by Dave Aronson of
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1:109/120.
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FidoNews 9-03 Page 9 20 Jan 1992
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Sysops who link into MENSANS_ONLY agree to abide by the
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access restrictions above. The content of that Echo is not
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restricted to any single topic or idea.
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The number of systems linked to this Echo and the volume of
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traffic in this Echo varies. Traffic is generally light
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which is typical of non-Backbone, special interest Echos.
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Anyone interested in linking into MENSANS_ONLY, should send
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Netmail to: Christopher Baker at 1:374/14 {Rights On!,
|
||
Titusville_FL_USA}.
|
||
|
||
The following is a list of primary links for M_O:
|
||
|
||
[Zone 1:] 109/120 114/15 114/74 135/71 250/416 374/14 374/98
|
||
380/7.
|
||
|
||
The Sysops of the above systems may link others into
|
||
MENSANS_ONLY based on the acceptance of the restrictions,
|
||
imposed above, by the link requesting Sysop.
|
||
|
||
Anyone requiring a direct feed or further information
|
||
should send Netmail to me at 1:374/14. Rights On! is a 24
|
||
hour system currently at 9600+ bps. It is now at 9600+ on a
|
||
USR Courier HST dual standard courtesy of their Sysop
|
||
Purchase Plan.
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
||
|
||
Christopher Baker
|
||
Rights On!, 1:374/14
|
||
|
||
Jackson Harding
|
||
Oranges & Lemons, 3:681/857
|
||
|
||
|
||
SKEPTIC Echo rising from the ashes?
|
||
|
||
Since Fredric Rice's system disappeared from the Nodelist,
|
||
some of the previous participants of his SKEPTIC Echo have
|
||
been trying to reconstruct the links that were in place
|
||
from his system at 1:102/901 when it folded.
|
||
|
||
Anyone who was previously linked in Zone 1, should contact
|
||
Christopher Baker at 1:374/14 for a new link. Those
|
||
previously connected in Zone 3 should contact Jackson Harding
|
||
at 3:681/857. Jackson was a coModerator when the links went
|
||
down and has assumed the Moderatorship for the resurrection.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 10 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
The SKEPTIC Echo is still listed in ELIST but the links
|
||
noted are no longer valid except as noted here. This will
|
||
be updated in the next version.
|
||
|
||
If any part of the country is still running this Echo,
|
||
please let us know. Searching for remnants of the Echo via
|
||
Netmail and other Echos has produced very little information
|
||
on the status elsewhere.
|
||
|
||
The SKEPTIC Echo is for the examination of all claims of
|
||
supernatural occurence or activity with a critical eye
|
||
toward verification and proof.
|
||
|
||
It is not on the Backbone in Zone 1 at this time but may be
|
||
on the Zone 3 Backbone by the time you read this. The link
|
||
to Zone 3 is gated through 1:374/14 three times a week.
|
||
|
||
Come and join us if you are new to the Echo or come and find
|
||
us if you are wondering where your links disappeared to.
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris & Jackson
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 11 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
RANTS AND FLAMES
|
||
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|
||
|
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*&#_($*&#$_(*#&$_(#*$&$ _(#$*#$+)#($&*+#)$ &#+$*&#
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()*&#$_(&^#$_(#*$_#($^&#_$(^&#_$(&^#$_(&#^ damn right _(#^&$_(#^&
|
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$*&#$_+(* #)$&(%($%+)($%*+$)%($* it's ugly _#&%^# &
|
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#($_*#$_ FidoNet (*$&%_@#_(*&@#_(@*#&_ @#_(*&@#_(*
|
||
)*&#$ Flames *^$+)#(% (not for the timid) @_#(
|
||
(*#$_(*^@#+) and #_|)*% &+(@#&*_+(@#*^&@###
|
||
(#$*&#_($*&#$_(*#&$_(#* Rants *&+#$*&#+$*&#
|
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)*&#$_(a regular feature)^&#_$(&^#$_ $^&#$_(#^
|
||
(*^#$_*#^&$)*#&$^%)#*$&^_#($*^&#_($ Section #&%^_
|
||
_(*#&$_(#* #($*& #$* _(*&@#_(@*# *&@#_(*&
|
||
)&*+_)*&+)*&+))&*(*&
|
||
(*&_(*&_(*&
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 12 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Greatest SoftWare Versions
|
||
Latest Update: 01/15/92
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software NodeList Utilities Compression
|
||
Name Version Name Version Utilities
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- Name Version
|
||
ADTBBS 1.50@ EditNL 4.00 --------------------
|
||
Aurora 1.32b FDND 1.10 ARC 7.12
|
||
DMG 2.93 MakeNL 2.31 ARJ 2.20
|
||
DreamBBS 1.05 Parselst 1.33 LHA 2.13
|
||
Fido/FidoNet 12.21 Prune 1.40 PAK 2.51
|
||
Genesis Deluxe 3.2 SysNL 3.14 PKPak 3.61
|
||
GSBBS 3.02 XlatList 2.90 PKZip 1.10
|
||
Kitten 1.01 XlaxNode/Diff 2.53
|
||
Lynx 1.30
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 2.00
|
||
Merlin 1.39n Other Utilities(A-M) Other Utilities(M-Z)
|
||
Opus 1.73a* Name Version Name Version
|
||
Oracomm 5.M.6P@ -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Oracomm Plus 6.E@ 2DAPoint 1.50* MsgMstr 2.03a
|
||
PCBoard 14.5a 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
Phoenix 1.07* ARCAsim 2.31 MSGTOSS 1.3
|
||
ProBoard 1.20* ARCmail 2.07 Netsex 2.00b
|
||
QuickBBS 2.75 Areafix 1.20 OFFLINE 1.35*
|
||
RBBS 17.3b ConfMail 4.00 Oliver 1.0a
|
||
RemoteAccess 1.10 Crossnet 1.5 OSIRIS CBIS 3.02@
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.05 DOMAIN 1.42 PKInsert 7.10*
|
||
SLBBS 2.15C* DEMM 1.06 PolyXarc 2.1a
|
||
Socrates 1.11 DGMM 1.06 QM 1.00a
|
||
SuperBBS 1.12* DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
|
||
SuperComm 0.99 EEngine 0.32 RAD Plus 2.11
|
||
TAG 2.5g EMM 2.11* Raid 1.00
|
||
TBBS 2.1 EZPoint 2.1 RBBSMail 18.0
|
||
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 FGroup 1.00 ScanToss 1.28
|
||
Telegard 2.5 FidoPCB 1.0s@ ScMail 1.00
|
||
TPBoard 6.1 FNPGate 2.70 ScEdit 1.12
|
||
TriTel 2.0* GateWorks 3.06e Sirius 1.0x
|
||
WildCat! 3.0* GMail 2.05 SLMail 2.15C
|
||
WWIV 4.20 GMD 3.10 SquishMail 1.00
|
||
XBBS 1.77 GMM 1.21 StarLink 1.01
|
||
GoldEd 2.31p TagMail 2.41
|
||
GROUP 2.23 TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Network Mailers GUS 1.40 Telemail 1.27
|
||
Name Version Harvey's Robot 4.10 TGroup 1.13
|
||
-------------------- HeadEdit 1.18 TIRES 3.11
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 HLIST 1.09 TMail 1.21
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 IMAIL 1.20 TosScan 1.00
|
||
Dreamer 1.06 InterPCB 1.31 UFGATE 1.03
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 13 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
Dutchie 2.90c ISIS 5.12@ VPurge 4.09e
|
||
FrontDoor 2.02 Lola 1.01d WildMail 2.00
|
||
InterMail 2.01 Mosaic 1.00b XRS 4.99
|
||
Milqtoast 1.00 MailBase 4.11a@ XST 2.3e
|
||
PreNM 1.48 MSG 4.5* YUPPIE! 2.00
|
||
SEAdog 4.60 MSGED 2.06 ZmailH 1.25
|
||
SEAmail 1.01 MsgLnk 1.0c ZSX 2.40
|
||
TIMS 1.0(mod8)
|
||
|
||
|
||
OS/2 Systems
|
||
------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z)
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 2.00 ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
|
||
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
|
||
EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
|
||
Network Mailers FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
|
||
Name Version GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
|
||
-------------------- LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
|
||
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MsgEd 2.06c SquishMail 1.00
|
||
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
|
||
1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
|
||
SEAmail 1.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Xenix/Unix 386
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.32b ARC 5.21
|
||
C-LHARC 1.00
|
||
MsgEd 2.06
|
||
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
|
||
|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
|
||
Omail 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.32
|
||
Unzip 3.10
|
||
VPurge 4.08
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
QNX
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 14 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03
|
||
QCP 1.02
|
||
NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6
|
||
Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05
|
||
QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00
|
||
LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01
|
||
Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple II
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
|
||
GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
|
||
ShrinkIt 3.30*
|
||
|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple CP/M
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Daisy 2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Filer 2-D
|
||
MsgUtil 2.5
|
||
Nodecomp 0.37
|
||
PackUser 4
|
||
UNARC.Com 1.20
|
||
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
|
||
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
|
||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
|
||
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 15 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
|
||
MacArd 0.04
|
||
Mantissa 3.21
|
||
Point System Mehitable 2.0
|
||
Software OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
Name Version PreStamp 3.2
|
||
-------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
||
Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
|
||
CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
|
||
MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
|
||
TImport 1.92
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
TSort 1.0
|
||
UNZIP 1.02c
|
||
Zenith 1.5
|
||
Zip Extract 0.10
|
||
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
4D-BBS 1.65@ BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
|
||
DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
|
||
Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
|
||
Paragon 2.082+ ConfMail 1.12
|
||
TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
|
||
XenoLink 1.0 Compression FileMgr 2.08
|
||
Utilities GCChost 3.6b
|
||
Name Version Login 0.18
|
||
NodeList Utilities -------------------- MessageFilter 1.52
|
||
Name Version AmigArc 0.23 Message View 1.12
|
||
-------------------- booz 1.01 oMMM 1.50
|
||
ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 PolyXAmy 2.02
|
||
Skyparse 2.30 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
|
||
TrapList 1.40 PKAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
|
||
UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
|
||
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
|
||
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
|
||
TrapToss 1.20
|
||
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
|
||
|
||
|
||
Atari ST/TT
|
||
-----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
|
||
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1
|
||
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
|
||
MSGED 1.99 ConfMail 4.10
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 16 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
|
||
-------------------- FastPack 1.20
|
||
Compression ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
|
||
Utilities EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
|
||
Name Version sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
|
||
-------------------- Trenum 0.10
|
||
ARC 6.02
|
||
LHARC 2.01i*
|
||
PackConvert
|
||
STZIP
|
||
UnJARST 2.00
|
||
WhatArc 2.02
|
||
|
||
|
||
Archimedes
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 ARC 1.03
|
||
RiscBBS 0.9.85m@ BatchPacker 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
!Spark 2.00d
|
||
Unzip 2.1TH
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
|
||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
RiBBS 2.02 OS9ARC (Arc) 1.0 Ascan 1.2
|
||
OS9ARC (Dearc) 1.0 AutoFRL 2.0
|
||
DEARC CKARC 1.1
|
||
UNZIP 3.10 EchoCheck 1.01
|
||
FReq 2.5a
|
||
LookNode 2.00
|
||
ParseLST
|
||
RList 1.03
|
||
RTick 2.00
|
||
UnSeen 1.1
|
||
|
||
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
Key: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
|
||
* - Recently Updated Version
|
||
@ - New Addition
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 17 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Complete List is Available For FReq as VERSIONS from 1:103/250
|
||
|
||
Utility Authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting
|
||
all new versions to 1:103/250 in this format:
|
||
|
||
1) Software Name & Version 2) FileName.Ext
|
||
3) Support Node Address 4) Support BBS Phone Number
|
||
|
||
|
||
Note: It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those
|
||
which verge on necessity. If you want it updated in the next
|
||
FidoNews, get it to me by Thursday evening.
|
||
|
||
--David French, 1:103/250
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 18 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
|
||
|
||
Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Periello
|
||
Special thanks to Ken Kaplan, 1:100/22, aka Fido #22
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews" BBS
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/1
|
||
Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
|
||
BBS (415)-863-2739 (9600 HST/V32)
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews
|
||
Box 77731
|
||
San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107 USA
|
||
|
||
Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
|
||
amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual
|
||
articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The
|
||
contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the
|
||
rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in these articles are those
|
||
of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews is copyright 1991 Fido Software. All rights reserved.
|
||
Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
|
||
only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews (we're
|
||
easy).
|
||
|
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|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from
|
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the FidoNews BBS via manual download or Wazoo FileRequest, or from
|
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various sites in the FidoNet and via uucp. PRINTED COPIES mailed
|
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may be obtained from Fido Software for $5.00US each PostPaid First
|
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Class within North America, or $7.00US elsewhere, mailed Air Mail.
|
||
(US funds drawn upon a US bank only.)
|
||
|
||
Periodic subscriptions are not available at this time; if enough
|
||
people request it I will implement it.
|
||
|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
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FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
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|
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews 9-03 Page 19 20 Jan 1992
|
||
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
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trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107, USA and are used with permission.
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|
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|
||
|
||
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|
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