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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 40 30 September 1996
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ |
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| please refer to the end of this file. |
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I HOPE YOU'VE UPDATED YOUR BATCH FILES FOR THE NEW ZIPS!
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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FidoNews moves and changes ............................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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I hate it when that happens: a moving saga ............... 2
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Music in Fidonet ......................................... 3
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InterMail v2.50 Gamma Released! .......................... 5
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3. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 7
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 271 ...... 7
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4. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 8
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Z2 echopol is a joke ..................................... 8
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5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 10
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Gilbert & Sullivan redux? ................................ 10
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6. NOTICES .................................................. 12
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Future History ........................................... 12
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7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13
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8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 21
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This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 21
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9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 22
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 1 30 Sep 1996
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EDITORIAL
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FidoNews now comes from Edgewater_FL_USA at 1:18/14 and 1-904-409-7040
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which is FINALLY working.
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FidoNews, itself, will be coming to you in ZIP archive format starting
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with this Issue. Please check and update your batch files now. It's
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too late if you're reading this. [grin]
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Moving saga later. Things to do.
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Send more ASCII comix!
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Enjoy the FidoNews.
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C.B.
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 2 30 Sep 1996
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ARTICLES
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Date: 28 Sep 96 21:10:13
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From: Christopher Baker on 1:18/14
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To: All
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Subj: you know it never goes the way you expect
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______________________________________________________________________
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the move itself wasn't too traumatic but the ensuing line probs have
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certainly put a crimp in my submissions collection for this week's
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FidoNews.
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i'm now doing a forced crash poll to all regular contributors and
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links just in case. the FidoNews will go out on schedule tomorrow,
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never fear.
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MaBell was late to do the install on Friday [naturally]. there were
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cross-connect probs somewhere down the block at the circuit bank and
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that took a couple more hours. then the movers were late getting here
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and i only just now got the computer room reassembled and wired when i
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discovered that the ready line reported Friday night now has a dead
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short in it somewhere outside the local hookup. [sigh]
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since there aren't any voice line jacks in any room other than the
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kitchen and master bedroom [that's what portable phones are for,
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right?] and they are both at the other end of the house, i had to sift
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thru the debris to find enuf 25' phone lines and inline adapters to
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make a 75' run from the kitchen to this machine. [grin]
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so, i'm crashing on my voice line and MaBell promises [again] that
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this will be cleared up by noon tomorrow [yeah, sure] without fail.
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then i can get incoming. i'm not going to leave the system up on the
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voice line after i get this traffic out in the next hour or so. i'll
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be inmodemcommunicado until tomorrow's line clearing. if they still
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screw it up, i'll ship out FidoNews here on the voice line again on
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time on glidepath. [snicker]
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sorry for the confusion. i hope everyone has their configs shifted
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over to my new Node number for session, Areafix, and Tick; not to
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mention the ZIP archive format for FidoNews starting with 1340.
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thanks.
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TTFN.
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Chris
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1728, 29 Sep 96 update:
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[the above was sent to my regular contributors and FidoNews links when
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i got the kitchen 'extension' going so i could make some polls. the
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MaBell guy did show up this morning circa 0945. he checked outside
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for awhile and them came in and couldn't figure where the short was.
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he finally took off the jack cover. the previous installer had
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 3 30 Sep 1996
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checked the line for continuity BEFORE he mounted the jack but not
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afterward. the line was working right up till the point where he
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pinned the incoming pair with the MOUNTING SCREW while sticking the
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jack on the wall. [sigh]
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the end result was FidoNews reconnected the normal way. all is well.
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the rest of the move will be in an article next week. [grin]]
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Music in Fidonet
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Damian Walker, 2:2502/666
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From time to time, I will be looking at echo lists from various parts
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of Fidonet around the world, and bringing together echoes which have a
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subject or theme in common. In this, the first of such articles, I
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have chosen music as the subject, and I will be letting you know about
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various music-related discussion groups which you may have access to.
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Since Fidonews has worldwide distribution, I will try and include
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in the articles echoes from as many different parts of the world as
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possible. However, I currently only know of echo lists from zones 1
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and 2. If you know of echo lists from zones 3-6 which I could use,
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then I would be delighted to hear from you. Now, on with the article
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itself...
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There are a number of echoes dealing with music and computers, and
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these I will tackle first.
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For readers in Germany there is TRACKER.GER, moderated by Michael
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Renzmann of 2:2461/364; the description for this echo is 'so called
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"Trackers" which are used to make music on computers.' Also available
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in Germany is the DEMO.MOD-PLAYER.GER echo, which is about mod player
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software. The moderator is Andreas Mautsch of 2:2454/524. Another
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echo dealing with modules is simply called MODULES, moderated by
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Gordon Naldrett of 2:259/102, and is available to UK readers.
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MIDI is one of the first things people think of when music and
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computers is mentioned, and there are a couple of echoes dealing with
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this subject. First is R34.MIDI for readers in region 34 (Spain).
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The other one is MIDI.UK, which is unsuprisinly for UK users. This
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one is moderated by Mark Williams of 2:250/239.
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The various types of modern music have quite a number of echoes
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available for fans. Being mainly a classical fan, I'm counting
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anything written in the 20th century as modern music here :-)
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For users in zone 1 there is 60S_70S_PROGROCK, the 60's/70's
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Progressive Rock Music Echo. I seem to remember this one being on the
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region 25 backbone some time ago, so it may be available to users
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outside zone 1.
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Another echo for zone 1 users is COUNTRY, which is all about
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country music, as the name suggests. The moderators are John Cosper,
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1:123/302 and Barbara Douglas, 1:123/38.
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The selection of echoes for modern music available to UK users is
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quite reasonable, with DJ, KERRANG, NEWMUSIC and INDIE being among
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 4 30 Sep 1996
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them. KERRANG is for discussion of rock/metal music, moderated by
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James Johnson of 2:250/107.127. NEWMUSIC, moderated by Michael Pereira
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of 2:254/98, is for contemporary & non mainstream music. INDIE is a
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new echo, unsuprisingly about Indie music, although since the echo
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hasn't hit the zone 2 echo list yet, I'm not sure who the moderator
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is. DJ is for dance music related chat, DJing tips, record reviews,
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club chat etc. The moderator is Daniel Shepperd of 2:440/308.
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Users in Germany have the MUSIK.EM.GER echo, which is all about
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electronic & new age music, artists and events, and is moderated by
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Martin Rodenberg, 2:2432/301.5.
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At the other end of the scale, classical music isn't as well
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supported, but I did find some echoes of interest to fans of classical
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music.
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In zone 1, and echo exists which is simply tagged CLASSICAL, and
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entitled 'Classical music discussion.' It is for discussion all
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aspects of classical music, and since one of the moderators is in
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Germany, this echo should be available there as well. It is moderated
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by Tom Huber, 1:115/477 and Harald Gerber, 2:2471/1025.
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Also available in Germany is the MUSIK.KLASSIK.GER echo, described
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as 'Klassische Musik etc.' Another echo called 'KLASSIK.GER' is also
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listed, though its description implies that users are encouraged to
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fix into MUSIK.KLASSIK.GER instead.
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For users in Spain there is R34.MUSICA.CLASICA for classical music
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fans. It is moderated by Joan Espina (2:343/410.25).
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A new echo in the UK exists, called CLASSICAL_UK, moderated by
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yours truly, and created because no classical music echo has been
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created or imported to the UK backbone. It is not yet on the
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backbone, but that is only a matter of time; contact me by netmail for
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more information.
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Various echoes exist dealing with issues of musicians themselves.
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First on my list is the German echo MUSIKER.GER, for German musicians.
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It is moderated by Daniel Roesen, 2:2454/95.2.
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There are also musicians' echoes in zone 1, including MUSICIAN,
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MUSICIAN'S_SERVICES, MUSIC_COMP_101 and STUDIO_101. MUSICIAN,
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described simply as 'Pro/semi-pro/amateur musician's discussion', and
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is moderated by Bob Stephenson of 1:271/560. Sadly, there is a delete
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warning on this echo, so it may not be available by the time you read
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this.
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MUSICIAN'S_SERVICES is the musician's classified conference,
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moderated by Rick Ashworth of 1:108/90. It is intended for 'for sale'
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and help wanted messages. Rick also moderates MUSIC_COMP_101, the
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music composition conference.
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STUDIO_101 is the studio musician's conference, for discussion of
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studio concepts. It is also moderated by Rick Ashworth.
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Finally we come to a more general set of musical echoes. The
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echoes MUSICA.R34, MUSIK.GER and MUSIC are general music discussion
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areas for Spain, Germany and the UK respectively.
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Other miscellaneous musical echoes include the German echoes
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TANZEN.GER ('Moving to the music'), TEXTE.MUSIK.GER for Songlyrics,
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questions about musicians and lyrics, and the UK echo Q&Q, described
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as 'Quiz and Quote:Music and Film Trivia.'
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That rounds off the article for this week. Don't worry if I
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 5 30 Sep 1996
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haven't included your echo; the echoes discussed here are merely a
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selection, not a total list, and so I may touch upon the subject of
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music again (especially since I'm in the process of gathering echo
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lists from other zones).
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In future articles I may include things other than echoes, such as
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specialist systems, some relevant requestable files (where this is
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appropriate), and even people in Fidonet with an interest in the
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subject (with their permission, of course). This would all depend on
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how much time and effort in research is required, a matter to which
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I've given little thought up to now.
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Peter Stewart -- Further Development, Inc.
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1:369/35
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954-436-2080
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pstewart@furtherdev.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, INC. ANNOUNCES
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INTERMAIL 2.50 GAMMA RELEASE
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SOUTH FLORIDA, Fla. --- Further Development, Inc., announced
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today a gamma release for the long awaited InterMail v2.50.
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When asked why it's taken so long, Peter Stewart, President and
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author of the popular Fidonet style, frontend mailer said, "We
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honestly thought it would only take a few weeks to complete, but
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rewriting the very core of the editor was a bigger task than
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anticipated... Still, many of the 'big guys' are even worse than
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us when it comes to making accurate estimates."
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Though v2.50 is not quite complete or ready for final release, the
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remaining work on the editor is negligible at best. An outcry by long
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standing customers to release some version of InterMail that will be
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able to handle the new ISDN flags setting up in Germany helped decide
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FDI to release a Gamma version to the public.
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"There are really only two things NOT working in this current
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Gamma." said Michele Stewart, CEO and wife of the author. The new
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message formats in the editor are not fully functional, though the
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previously supported formats (*.Msg and Hudson) work as before,
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and the documentation has not been finalized. "Though it may require
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a little more work on the part of our customers, it's all there."
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said Ms. Stewart.
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The final release will support the message base formats of
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Wildcat 3 and 4, PCBoard 15, Goldbase, Synchronet and JAM. A text
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file listing the changes, additions and fixes is included on disk.
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Some of the new features include being able to sync your system
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clock to Caller-ID or to another mailer, user defined semaphores, 80
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aka's, brand new config program with extensive hypertext help,
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internal support for non-standard com ports, and much more.
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A nodediff processor is now also included.
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 6 30 Sep 1996
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The most important improvement is that the new config program makes
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it much easier to manage the mailer, especially in multi-line setups.
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It also allows a much higher degree of customization and
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personalization than what was previously possible.
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Customers have a choice of purchasing and installing the gamma now
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or waiting for the full release version.
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Contact Further Development directly for f/req VENDOR.DOC from
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1:369/35 for a list of authorized InterMail vendors worldwide.
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Further Development, Inc. Voice: 954-436-2080 (M-F, 2pm-8pm EST)
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P.O. Box 821864 BBS: 954-436-1085
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South Florida, FL 33082-1864 Fax: 954-432-2223
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E-Mail: fdi@furtherdev.com
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Further West: 1-500-675-0049 (5pm-10pm Pacific) 1:143/238
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See our Website at http://www.furtherdev.com
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Visit our FTP site at ftp://furtherdev.com
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InterMail is a trademark of Further Development, Inc. All other
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trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 7 30 Sep 1996
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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 271
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By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
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ZC/2
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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|Zone|Nl-243|Nodelist-250|Nodelist-257|Nodelist-264|Nodelist-271|%%|
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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| 1 | 12313|12131 -182 |11962 -169 |11810 -152 |11826 16 |38|
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| 2 | 16366|16311 -55 |15412 -899 |16392 980 |16406 14 |53|
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| 3 | 966| 958 -8 | 958 0 | 954 -4 | 954 0 | 3|
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| 4 | 634| 630 -4 | 630 0 | 629 -1 | 629 0 | 2|
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| 5 | 99| 100 1 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 0|
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| 6 | 1020| 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 3|
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+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
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| 31398|31150 -248 |30082 -1068 |30905 823 |30935 30 |
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 8 30 Sep 1996
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WE GET EMAIL
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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:374/14 ---
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By Christopher Baker on Wed Sep 25 10:56:03 1996
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From: Bob Moravsik @ 1:2606/583
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To: Fidonet Editor @ 1:1/23
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Date: 24 Sep 96 21:21:13
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Subj: Echomail nonsense
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For Publication in FIDONEWS:
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Zone 2 has flexed it geographic muscles and tried to take
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"jurisdiction" over echomail. Steve Woodmore promulgates a "policy"
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which if it were taken serious would effect ALL OF FIDONET.
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Guys...messages travel all over the world... Are the international
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conferences subject to woodmorepol. Are moderators in Zone 3
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replacable by a vote in Zone 2.
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The Z2 echopol is a joke. Anything but a world wide ratification is a
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joke. Boppy was a joke. The obo is a joke. The faq of the obo's is
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a joke. Guys...messages travel all over the world...
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Do we have the z2 elist and the obo elist and the backbone number two
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elist. What if they have different moderators. Who cut the links.
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All of them, each of them ? Do they vote...
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I moderate the INTERNATIONAL SYSOP conference. It and I am not
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subject to any policy unless its approved by 50%+1 of the WORLD RC's
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and then voted affirmatively by 50%+1 of the *C. GUYS...messages
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travel all over the world....
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Its seems ever little "petty dictator" wants to control something. My
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suggestion is to use that urge in the bathroom and stop trying to
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promulgate little "policies" which no one takes serious. Any Z2
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Fidonet member can have a link on my node and it will be SPECIFICALLY
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FREE of woodmorepol. Guys....messages travel all over the world....
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A policy 4.1C was proposed a few year ago. It was designed to:
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1. Correct the errors in p4.
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2. Make policy easier to change.
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3. Allow recals of *C's like Woodmore
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4. Set the stage for a world wide p5 which would include echomail.
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The act of adding a AREA to a messages should NOT result in a seperate
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policy. Worse yet a seperate policy in a geographic area that has no
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rational to the passage of messages.
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The echopol in Z2 is a joke. Any policy that is not world wide is a
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joke. I reject them all and invite the policy complaints <grin>.
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Bob Moravsik-MODERATOR SYSOP
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 9 30 Sep 1996
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FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 10 30 Sep 1996
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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@novia.net>
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To: "Baker, Christopher" <cbaker84@digital.net (Christopher Baker)>
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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 96 15:23:22 -0500
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Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@novia.net>
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Subject: Fwd: IJMC - I am the Very Model of a Modern Teenage Cyberpunk
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==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
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From: eatheror@netcom.com (Ambassador Dave)
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Subject: IJMC - I am the Very Model of a Modern Teenage Cyberpunk
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Organization: International Junk Mail Clearinghouse (IJMC)
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Reply-To: eatheror@netcom.com
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IJMC - I am the Very Model of a Modern Teenage Cyberpunk
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For all of you who wait up in the wee hours of the morn (or afternoon
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or evening, depending on local) for the daily IJMC posting, well,
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you've been waiting far too long. Which is another way of saying I
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forgot to send anything out last night so I'm doing it now...oh well.
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If you can't figure out the rhythm for this song, you haven't been
|
||
watching your fair share of Animaniacs. I recommend you do so. You
|
||
know you've seen enough when you start complaining to strangers that
|
||
Warner Brothers hasn't made a new Animaniacs episode in far too long
|
||
(a day can be far too long...). Lastly, in case you hadn't noticed,
|
||
it is a Monday. Aagh. -dave
|
||
|
||
If you don't get it, you haven't been listening to enough Gilbert
|
||
and Sullivan lately.
|
||
|
||
==========
|
||
|
||
I am the Very Model of a Modern Teenage Cyberpunk
|
||
|
||
I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk.
|
||
I rent my own apartment, and it's full of electronic junk.
|
||
I own a VAX, 486, I've even got a PDP.
|
||
I've finished Myst and Doom, but I am stumped by Wing Commander III.
|
||
|
||
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters pornographical.
|
||
I have a list of image sites, both overseas and national.
|
||
So if you want to see a picture of that Anna Nichole Smith,
|
||
I'll fire up my terminal and fetch for you a naughty GIF.
|
||
|
||
I'm totally an anarchist. The government I'd like to wreck,
|
||
Though if they were to get blown up, who'd give to me my welfare
|
||
cheque?
|
||
In short if you need answers that concern your electronic junk,
|
||
I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk.
|
||
|
||
I know the ancient myths about RTM, Pengo, and Mitnick.
|
||
I hack into computers, and I then perform a credit check.
|
||
I scare all my non-hacker friends with tales of cracker thievery,
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 11 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
and even though I'm spouting crap, they listen and believe in me.
|
||
|
||
I've learned to spot a troll, and I've seen flames about the way I
|
||
spell.
|
||
I've traced badly forged cancels and seen napalm poured on AOL.
|
||
I've laughed at all the newbies and their flailing cries of "You all
|
||
suck!"
|
||
I've been flamed by Carasso, with an anvil I have then been struck.
|
||
|
||
I've hung around in alt.tasteless and seen war waged on
|
||
rec.pets.cats.
|
||
I've spent my time in talk.bizarre and used those stupid Relay Chats.
|
||
In short, if you need answers that concern your electronic junk,
|
||
I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk
|
||
|
||
Well postings like "MAKE.MONEY.FAST", I am now somewhat wary at.
|
||
I have been "Global Killfiled" by the Joel Furr Commissariat.
|
||
When rosebud posts a lengthy rant 'bout Microsoft she swears is true,
|
||
I know that she is just another short lived kook without a clue.
|
||
|
||
When I have learnt what progress has been made upon the Internet,
|
||
When I know something more than just a smattering of netiquette,
|
||
In short when I can have a world-wide soapbox on which I can stand,
|
||
I've got no time for other things, like beer and trips to Disneyland.
|
||
|
||
My life outside the Internet is very, very sad you see.
|
||
I cannot get my spots to fade. My social life's a tragedy,
|
||
But still if you need answers that concern your electronic junk,
|
||
I am the very model of a modern teenage Cyberpunk.
|
||
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
Yet Another E-Mail Sent By The International Junk Mail Clearinghouse
|
||
(IJMC).
|
||
Unless otherwise specified, distribute freely. All questions,
|
||
comments, submissions, and requests should be directed to Dave at
|
||
eatheror@netcom.com
|
||
|
||
IJMC Mailings - email listserv@netcom.com with "info ijmc-l" in
|
||
body
|
||
IJMC WebPage - http://gsusgi2.gsu.edu/~stdmdix/ijmc/ijmc.html
|
||
|
||
This is Mac. \\\\|////
|
||
He wants to travel the world. ( O O )
|
||
Please add him to your .sig and help him. ---oOOo--U--oOOo---
|
||
|
||
===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 12 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NOTICES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
Future History
|
||
|
||
12 Oct 1996
|
||
General Elections, New Zealand.
|
||
|
||
29 Oct 1996
|
||
Republic Day, Turkey.
|
||
|
||
5 Nov 1996
|
||
Election day, U.S.A.
|
||
|
||
5 Nov 1996
|
||
Guy Fawkes Day, England.
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1996
|
||
Twelfth Anniversary of FidoNews Volume 1, Issue 1.
|
||
|
||
12 Dec 1996
|
||
Constitution Day, Russia
|
||
|
||
26 Jan 1997
|
||
Australia Day, Australia.
|
||
|
||
6 Feb 1997
|
||
Waitangi Day, New Zealand.
|
||
|
||
16 Feb 1997
|
||
Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush.
|
||
|
||
29 Feb 1997
|
||
Nothing will happen on this day.
|
||
|
||
11 Jun 1997
|
||
Independence Day, Russia
|
||
|
||
1 Dec 1998
|
||
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
|
||
Tom Jennings.
|
||
|
||
31 Dec 1999
|
||
Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
|
||
|
||
15 Sep 2000
|
||
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
|
||
|
||
-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
|
||
Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 13 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
Latest Greatest Software Versions
|
||
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
When I started maintaining this list, some folks suggested I do away
|
||
with the "Old Info" section. I decided that would be a mistake; it
|
||
serves as a checklist of software that I haven't been able to get info
|
||
about. Moreover, someone wanting it to go away badly enough might be
|
||
willing to do a little research for me... ;-)
|
||
|
||
Then I reconsidered. This isn't a history lesson, it's a current
|
||
version list. Including info about software nobody uses is a waste.
|
||
So I started the phase-outs: packages that I suspect aren't being used
|
||
any more, everyone has two weeks to write in.
|
||
|
||
Now I'm willing to go one step further. I'm willing to concede that
|
||
there are entire platforms that are no longer of interest to the
|
||
readers of this column. So I'm going to start highlighting them in the
|
||
phase-out section.
|
||
|
||
As noted below, I don't think anyone uses Apple CP/M any more.
|
||
|
||
P. S. Zealots are encouraged to prove me wrong... ;-)
|
||
|
||
Phased out this week: Genesis Deluxe 3.2
|
||
|
||
Phase-out highlights:
|
||
This week: Apple CP/M Software Deadline: 11 Oct 1996.
|
||
Last week: GSBBS 3.02 Deadline: 4 Oct 1996.
|
||
|
||
-=- Snip -=-
|
||
|
||
Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column
|
||
|
||
OS Platform :
|
||
Software package name :
|
||
Version :
|
||
Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
|
||
Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? :
|
||
Author / Support staff contact name :
|
||
Author / Support staff contact node :
|
||
Magic name (at the above-listed node) :
|
||
|
||
Please include a sentence describing what the package does.
|
||
|
||
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
|
||
|
||
-=- Snip -=-
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS:
|
||
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 14 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
CheckPnt 0.5 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 CHECKPNT
|
||
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
|
||
FrontDoor 2.12 M S Joaquim Homrighausen
|
||
2:201/330 FD
|
||
FrontDoor 2.20c M C Joaquim Homrighausen
|
||
2:201/330 FDINFO
|
||
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
||
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:297/11 IMAIL
|
||
ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
||
InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
|
||
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
|
||
InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
|
||
InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
|
||
IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
|
||
Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY
|
||
Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386
|
||
MakePl 1.8 N F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 MAKEPL
|
||
Marena 1.1 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 MARENA
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAX
|
||
McMail g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
|
||
PcMerge 2.7 N F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
||
PlatinumXpress 1.1 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX11TD.ZIP
|
||
Silver Xpress
|
||
Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
|
||
Reader 4.3 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR43.ZIP
|
||
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISH
|
||
TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS
|
||
TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG
|
||
TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS
|
||
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
|
||
|
||
OS/2:
|
||
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
|
||
ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXP
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
PcMerge 2.3 N F Michiel van der Vlist
|
||
2:500/9 PCMERGE
|
||
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISHP
|
||
|
||
Windows (32-bit apps):
|
||
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXN
|
||
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 15 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
Unix:
|
||
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ifmail 2.8f M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
|
||
ifmail-tx 2.8f-tx7.7 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
|
||
Amiga:
|
||
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
MsgEd 4.00 O F Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
|
||
|
||
F: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser, C-Compression,
|
||
O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed by the first match.
|
||
S: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
|
||
X-Crippleware, G-Source
|
||
|
||
|
||
Old info from: 01/27/92
|
||
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software NodeList Utilities Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
GSBBS 3.02 EditNL 4.00 MailBase 4.11a@
|
||
Kitten 1.01 FDND 1.10 MSG 4.5*
|
||
Lynx 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 MSGED 2.06
|
||
Merlin 1.39n Parselst 1.33 MsgLnk 1.0c
|
||
Oracomm 5.M.6P@ Prune 1.40 MsgMstr 2.03a
|
||
Oracomm Plus 6.E@ SysNL 3.14 MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
PCBoard 14.5a XlatList 2.90 MSGTOSS 1.3
|
||
Phoenix 1.07* XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 Netsex 2.00b
|
||
ProBoard 1.20* OFFLINE 1.35
|
||
QuickBBS 2.75 Other Utilities Oliver 1.0a
|
||
RBBS 17.3b Name Version OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
|
||
RemoteAccess 1.11* -------------------- PKInsert 7.10
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.05 2DAPoint 1.50* PolyXarc 2.1a
|
||
SLBBS 2.15C* 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 QM 1.00a
|
||
Socrates 1.11 ARCAsim 2.31 QSort 4.04
|
||
SuperBBS 1.12* ARCmail 3.00* RAD Plus 2.11
|
||
SuperComm 0.99 Areafix 1.20 Raid 1.00
|
||
TAG 2.5g ConfMail 4.00 RBBSMail 18.0
|
||
TBBS 2.1 Crossnet 1.5 ScanToss 1.28
|
||
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 DOMAIN 1.42 ScMail 1.00
|
||
Telegard 2.7* DEMM 1.06 ScEdit 1.12
|
||
TPBoard 6.1 DGMM 1.06 Sirius 1.0x
|
||
WildCat! 3.02* DOMAIN 1.42 SLMail 2.15C
|
||
XBBS 1.77 EEngine 0.32 StarLink 1.01
|
||
EMM 2.11* TagMail 2.41
|
||
Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Name Version FGroup 1.00 Telemail 1.5*
|
||
-------------------- FidoPCB 1.0s@ TGroup 1.13
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 16 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 FNPGate 2.70 TIRES 3.11
|
||
D'Bridge 1.30 GateWorks 3.06e TMail 1.21
|
||
Dreamer 1.06 GMail 2.05 TosScan 1.00
|
||
Dutchie 2.90c GMD 3.10 UFGATE 1.03
|
||
Milqtoast 1.00 GMM 1.21 VPurge 4.09e
|
||
PreNM 1.48 GoldEd 2.31p WEdit 2.0@
|
||
SEAdog 4.60 GROUP 2.23 WildMail 2.00
|
||
SEAmail 1.01 GUS 1.40 WMail 2.2
|
||
TIMS 1.0(mod8) Harvey's Robot 4.10 WNode 2.1
|
||
HeadEdit 1.18 XRS 4.99
|
||
Compression HLIST 1.09 XST 2.3e
|
||
Utilities ISIS 5.12@ YUPPIE! 2.00
|
||
Name Version Lola 1.01d ZmailH 1.25
|
||
-------------------- Mosaic 1.00b ZSX 2.40
|
||
ARC 7.12
|
||
ARJ 2.20
|
||
LHA 2.13
|
||
PAK 2.51
|
||
PKPak 3.61
|
||
PKZip 1.10
|
||
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
|
||
ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
|
||
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
|
||
Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
|
||
Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
|
||
-------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
|
||
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
|
||
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgEd 2.06c Tick 2.0
|
||
1.40.02 MsgLink 1.0c VPurge 4.09e
|
||
SEAmail 1.01 MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
|
||
|
||
Xenix/Unix 386
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
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
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 17 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
VPurge 4.08
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
QNX
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-40 Page 18 30 Sep 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
|
||
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
|
||
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
|
||
Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12
|
||
TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
|
||
XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@
|
||
Utilities FileMgr 2.08
|
||
Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
|
||
NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18
|
||
Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
|
||
-------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
|
||
ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
|
||
Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
|
||
TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
|
||
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
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
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LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
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MSGED 1.99 ConfMail 4.10
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QuickBBS/ST 1.06* NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
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Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
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-------------------- FastPack 1.20
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Compression ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
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Utilities EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
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Name Version sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
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-------------------- Trenum 0.10
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ARC 6.02
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LHARC 2.01i
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PackConvert
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STZip 1.1*
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UnJARST 2.00
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WhatArc 2.02
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20
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Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01
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RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00
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DeLZ 0.01
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MailED 0.95
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NetFile 1.00
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ParseLst 1.30
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Raul 1.01
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!Spark 2.16
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!SparkMail 2.08
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!SparkPlug 2.14
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UnArj 2.21
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UnZip 3.00
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Zip 1.00
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Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
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BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
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RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
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DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0
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OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2
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UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1
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UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01
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FReq 2.5a
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LookNode 2.00
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ParseLST
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PReq 2.2
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RList 1.03
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RTick 2.00
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UnBundle 1.4
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UnSeen 1.1
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Key to old info:
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@ - New Addition
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it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]
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Pending a formal decision about including 'encrypted' material inside
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FidoNews from the Zone Coordinator Council, the guts of the FidoNews
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public-key have been removed from this listing.
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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the
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Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
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Editor: Christopher Baker
|
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
|
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar,
|
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Tom Jennings, Sylvia Maxwell,
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Donald Tees
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"FidoNews Editor"
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FidoNet 1:1/23
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BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)
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more addresses:
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Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net
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cbak.rights@opus.global.org
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(Postal Service mailing address)
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FidoNews Editor
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P.O. Box 471
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Edgewater, FL 32132-0471
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U.S.A.
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voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please]
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
|
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of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
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authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
|
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does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
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these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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|
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OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
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file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
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PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
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address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
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FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
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particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
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where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
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|
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Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
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size from 48K to 1.2M.
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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
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http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
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ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
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ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
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|
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You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
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http://www.geocities.com/athens/6894/
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STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
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Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
|
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available almost immediately after publication on the Editor's new
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homepage on the World Wide Web at:
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http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
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There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
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to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
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link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
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A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
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1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
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Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It
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is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
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Zone 1 Echomail Backbone.
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Anyone interested in getting a copy of the INTERNET GATEWAY FAQ may
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file-request GISFAQ.ZIP from 1:133/411.0, or send an internet message
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to fidofaq@gisatl.fidonet.org. No message or text or subject is
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necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
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response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
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should now mail to fidonet@gisatl.fidonet.org rather than the
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previously listed address.
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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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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable
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from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
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also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
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and are used with permission.
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"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
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or we'd all have to get in fights
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or something to amuse ourselves
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
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