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F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 10 08 March 1999
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | +27-41-581-5913 [5:5/23] |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Henk Wolsink 5:7104/2 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: FidoNews Editor 5:5/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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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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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
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Year of the Elves ........................................ 2
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3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 5
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5. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 6
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 6
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6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 11
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7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 15
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 1 8 Mar 1999
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EDITORIAL
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Greetings,
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I've always in the old days, enjoyed the list of software which was
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posted in FidoNews, so that if needed, I knew exactly where to obtain
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it. In fact, that was one of the first items I used to read.
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It's with great pleasure to see Peter Popovich doing the honors for
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us and I'm sure you will welcome his contribution.
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Thank you Peter, for the eefort in bringing us this list again.
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There was a complaint from one of our readers, that not each article
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submitted, had it's author's name listed. My apology for that
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ommission, I should have checked better. ;-)
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Enjoy,
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 2 8 Mar 1999
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GUEST EDITORIAL
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The Case for Open Elections
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Douglas Myers, 1:270/720, doug@mdtnbbs.com
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There are plenty of good reasons to avoid an open, sysop-level
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election for the soon to be vacated post of Zone 1 Coordinator.
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Selection of a Z1C by a limited number of Regional Coordinators
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choosing from among their number is certainly a more well ordered
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process than open elections have proven to be. In the past, open
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elections have been noisy processes, time consuming, and turn out
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has been disappointing. Nor has the process guaranteed an adequate
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office holder.
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Most damning of all is that Fidonet Policy, while not actually
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prohibiting an open election, does clearly leave selection of a Zone
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Coordinator in the hands of the Regional Coordinators in the Zone.
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Despite the strikes against the concept, this should be the year
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that Regional Coordinators declare an open, sysop-level election for
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the office of Z1C, and ratify the results of that election. Many
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factors indicate that this should be the year that we put aside
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strict observance of policy and go to the trouble of conducting open
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elections.
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This is not the same Fidonet which existed when Policy was written.
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The Fidonet of that time was in a period of explosive growth. The
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daily influx of new, inexperienced sysops commanded a need for
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experienced leaders to keep the network stable. Today's Fidonet is
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shrinking, victim of the general decline of BBSing as new computer
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users flock to the Internet. The people in Fido today are the
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survivors of the hobby, the one's who stuck it out. They're lean
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and experienced and unlikely to accept authority which they didn't
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choose themselves.
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Witness the changed perception of the Regional Coordinators over the
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years. At one time, they were sufficiently respected that they were
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able to wrest control of Fidonet despite the objections of it's very
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popular founder. In today's Fidonet, however, they are referred to
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as "Elflords" overseeing their kingdoms... not exactly a respectful
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analogy.
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Is this lack of confidence earned? Probably not - many coordinators
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seem to do an outstanding job. However, they are part of an
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increasingly unpopular structure - appointed, often without input
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from their constituents... and perceived to have no responsibility
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to this constituency of increasingly experienced sysops.
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A Zone Coordinator chosen from among their ranks with no input from
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sysops will simply have no mandate and suffer the same loss of
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confidence which afflicts the coordinator structure.
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 3 8 Mar 1999
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It's a new year for Fidonet. Can the Coordinator structure shed the
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ElfLord image? Will it finally be the Year of the Elves?
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 4 8 Mar 1999
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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From: joejared@webworldinc.com (Joe Jared)
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To: editor@fidonews.org
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:55:44 -0700
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At the time of this writing, I assumed the duties of the Usenet
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gateway for our net (1:103). Currently under development is to
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establish one or more news servers to provide a nntp gateway to
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those formerly members of fidonet. I expect that we will have
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this feed up and running within the week. Personally, I am sick
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to death of politicing with echomail, and most disturbed that the
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backbone zone hubs can't seem to work out their differences in
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private. Among the recent developments I see however on a positive
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note is that the NAB has changed their echo addition policies to the
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near anarchy that it should be. Hopefully this change will further
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discrourage the trend towards extinction and revitalize fidonet.
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From: rob@sonetcom.com ("Rob Echler")
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To: <editor@fidonews.org>
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 03:41:49 -0600
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I was a member of Fidonet in its younger days when its echo areas are
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were full of stimulating conversation. You will long be remembered as
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some of the best years of my life, and some of the greatest flame fest
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I have ever been entertained by. Your mail packets drained my wallet,
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but you were worth every dime. Your systems are now few and your
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nodelist lays almost empty, resembeling that of the very first. Your
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hollow halls are no longer that of intellectual conversation, but one
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of echos. Echos of past votes for power and prestige in amoung your
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once strong zones and networks. Those that once terrorized the
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innocent SysOps with their unforgiving power are now simply a has been
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on the Internet. It is not your fault that you are gone, it is the
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fault of those who abused you.
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Your days were numbered from the very first conversations passed back
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in St Louis. We thought you would live forever and become a true giant
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among men, and you did exactly that. You may be gone but you will
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never be forgotten. Now I will turn out the light and let you get your
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long deserved rest. Thank you for being there when there was nothing
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else.
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Goodbye old friend *click*
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 5 8 Mar 1999
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NOTICES
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Future History
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12 May 1999
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12th Anniversary of Fido Operations in Zone 4;
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10th Anniversary of the creation of FidoNet Zone 4.
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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9 Jun 1999
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Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07.
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10 Sep 1999
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10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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26 Oct 1999
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Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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1 Jun 2000
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EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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21 Sep 2000
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10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 6 8 Mar 1999
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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Latest Greatest Software Versions
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by Peter E. Popovich, 1:228/158
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Well, it has been quite a while. Been wondering if I should come
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back. Guess I just did. <grin>
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Everything is out of date. I've got a backlog, but while I catch
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up on old mail, I also want to get new mail as well. So write me.
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There's been some speculation about web page listings and e-mail
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addresses for this list. I do plan to add them to the web version
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of this list within the next couple of weeks. Please send them in.
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Please note the new contact info:
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Peter Popovich, 1:228/158
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fido@popovich.net
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http://www.popovich.net/fido
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Peter Popovich
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Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column
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OS Platform :
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Software package name :
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Version :
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Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
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Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? :
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Author / Support staff contact name :
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Author / Support staff contact node :
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Magic name (at the above-listed node) :
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Internet e-mail address :
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Web page :
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Please include a sentence describing what the package does.
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Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:228/158
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-=- Snip -=-
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MS-DOS:
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Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
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ALLFIX 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
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Announcer 1.12 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
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BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
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Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
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BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 7 8 Mar 1999
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BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
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CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
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CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT
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FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
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FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX
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FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD
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FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
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FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD
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FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO
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GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
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GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
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GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
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GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
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GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
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GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
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GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
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Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
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ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
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InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
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InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
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InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
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InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
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InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
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IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
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JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV
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Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY
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Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386
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JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H
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JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G
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MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL
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Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA
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Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX
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Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE
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McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
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MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
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Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP
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Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP
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NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD
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NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR
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Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
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O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
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PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
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PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP
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QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS
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RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
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RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
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Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP
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Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
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Silver Xpress
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Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
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Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP
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Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE
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Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH
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StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK
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StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 8 8 Mar 1999
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T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
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Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD
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Terminate 5.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO
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TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO
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TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP
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TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS
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TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG
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TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS
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WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
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WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
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WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
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xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
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XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS
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OS/2:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
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BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
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Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
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BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP
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BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
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CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
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FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
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FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
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FleetStreet 1.21 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
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FP-OS/2 97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow 323/107 FPOS2
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GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
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GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
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GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
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GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
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ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
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Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
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Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUEP
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Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
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NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEF
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PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
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RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
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Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
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T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO2
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WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
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XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2
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Windows (16-bit apps):
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
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FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW
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Windows (32-bit apps):
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Argus 95/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 A9I
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Argus NT/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ANI
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
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Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
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BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP
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BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_W32
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CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
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FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTW
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GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
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Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
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Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP
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NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFW
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PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
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Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
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T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
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WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
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WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP
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Unix:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.12 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
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ifmail-tx ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
|
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ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM
|
||
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
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Amiga:
|
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
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----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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CrashMail 1.31 T X Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHMAIL
|
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CrashTick 1.2 O F Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHTICK
|
||
DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
|
||
GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
|
||
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
|
||
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
|
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TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
|
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2:310/6 TRAPDOOR
|
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TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS
|
||
|
||
Atari:
|
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
|
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BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY
|
||
BTNC 2.00 N G Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 BTNC
|
||
JetMail 0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker 2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
|
||
Semper 0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten 2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA
|
||
|
||
Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
|
||
C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
|
||
be listed by the first match.
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||
|
||
Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 10 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source
|
||
|
||
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:228/158
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 11 8 Mar 1999
|
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|
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|
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=================================================================
|
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
|
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=================================================================
|
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|
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the
|
||
FidoNews Editor as of this issue; see the notice at the end.
|
||
|
||
FidoNet:
|
||
|
||
Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
|
||
FidoNews http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
|
||
http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html [ASCII]
|
||
WWW sources http://travel.to/fidonet/
|
||
FTSC page http://www.ftsc.org/
|
||
Echomail [pending]
|
||
General http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
|
||
http://www.nrgsys.com/orb/foti
|
||
List servers:
|
||
http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
|
||
|
||
Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
|
||
|
||
Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
|
||
|
||
Region 13:
|
||
|
||
Net 264: http://www.net264.org/r13.htm
|
||
|
||
Region 14:
|
||
|
||
Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
|
||
|
||
Region 17: http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/
|
||
|
||
Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/
|
||
|
||
Region 19: http://members.home.net/hbh3/r19
|
||
|
||
Zone 1 Elist http://www.baltimoremd.com/elist/
|
||
|
||
Not sure where the following should be placed:
|
||
|
||
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/snwvlly/fido.html
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
|
||
|
||
ZEC2:
|
||
Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/echolist/
|
||
|
||
Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 12 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)
|
||
|
||
Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
|
||
Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/~lbehet/fido (English/German)
|
||
|
||
Region 25: http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/net/
|
||
|
||
Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
|
||
REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
|
||
|
||
Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
|
||
|
||
Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
|
||
|
||
Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (German)
|
||
|
||
Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)
|
||
|
||
Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
|
||
REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
|
||
|
||
Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
|
||
|
||
Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
|
||
|
||
Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
|
||
|
||
Region 42: http://www.fido.cz
|
||
|
||
Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
|
||
|
||
Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
|
||
Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
|
||
Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
|
||
Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
|
||
Net 5073: http://people.weekend.ru/soa/ (Russian)
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 4:
|
||
|
||
Region 90: http://visitweb.com/fidonet
|
||
Net 903: http://www.playagrande.com/refugio
|
||
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 13 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese)
|
||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Pages listed above are as submitted to the FidoNews Editor,
|
||
and generally reflect Zone and Regional Web Page sites. If
|
||
no Regional site is submitted, the first Network page from
|
||
that Region is used in its place. Generally, Regional pages
|
||
should list access points to all Networks within the Region.
|
||
|
||
TCP/IP accessible node access information should be submitted
|
||
to the FidoNews Editor for inclusion in their Region or Zone.
|
||
|
||
-----------oOo-------------
|
||
|
||
Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
|
||
|
||
Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
|
||
-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
|
||
1:12/12 | Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
|
||
1:13/25 | Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
|
||
1:106/1 | Matt Bedynek | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 64k | $5/$15mo.
|
||
1:106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP,VMoT | 64k | $5/mo.
|
||
1:107/451 | Andy Knifel | FTP, VMoT, UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
1:140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20
|
||
1:270/101 | George Peace | FTP | T1 | $30mo.
|
||
1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | UUE | T1 | n/c
|
||
1:275/1 | Joshua Ecklund | UUE | 28.8 | $10/yr.
|
||
1:280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
|
||
1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,UUE | T1 | unkn
|
||
1:2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP,UUE | T1 | n/c
|
||
1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo.
|
||
1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | $15yr.
|
||
1:345/0 | Todd Cochrane | FTP | T1 | n/c
|
||
1:346/250 | Aran Spence | FTP,UUE | T1 | $10mo.
|
||
1:396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr.
|
||
1:3651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
|
||
1:396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1 | $15mo.
|
||
2:335/535 | Mario Mure | VMoT,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
2:254/175 | Alex Kemp | UUE | 56k | n/c
|
||
2:284/800 | Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
2:335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
2:469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
|
||
2:2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich | UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
|
||
3:633/260 | Malcolm Miles | FTP | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
4:905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT, UUE | ??? | n/c
|
||
5:7104/2 | Henk Wolsink | FTP | 28.8 | n/c
|
||
--
|
||
* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
|
||
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
|
||
* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
|
||
[I'm only cataloging transfer methods, eg, ftp, email, telnet.
|
||
Specific programs using these protocols are no longer being listed.
|
||
Contact the system operators for details of which programs they have
|
||
available.]
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 14 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
Compiled by C. Ingersoll, 1:2623/71, (609)814-1978, fbn@dandy.net
|
||
Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP, R13SYSOP and Fidonews.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 15 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
|
||
|
||
Editor: Henk Wolsink
|
||
|
||
Editors Emeriti: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
|
||
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
|
||
Donald Tees, Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews Editor"
|
||
FidoNet 5:5/23
|
||
BBS +27-41-581-5913, 2400/9600/V34
|
||
|
||
more addresses:
|
||
Henk Wolsink -- 5:7104/2, hwolsink@catpe.alt.za
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews Editor
|
||
P.O. Box 12325
|
||
Port Elizabeth,
|
||
6006
|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews is 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 and/or the Editor.
|
||
|
||
Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
|
||
Copyright (C) 1999 Henk Wolsink. All rights reserved. Duplication
|
||
and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For
|
||
use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
|
||
the Editor.
|
||
|
||
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
|
||
form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
|
||
file-request, or from various sites in FidoNet and the Internet.
|
||
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
|
||
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
|
||
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
|
||
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSGnn.ZIP] for a
|
||
particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
|
||
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
|
||
current year [9], i.e., FNWSJAN9.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 99.
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 16 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
|
||
1 - 16 for 1984 - 1999, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
|
||
size from 48K to 1.4M.
|
||
|
||
|
||
INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
|
||
|
||
http://www.fidonews.org
|
||
** http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
|
||
** ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
|
||
ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
|
||
ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/Fidonet/Fidonews
|
||
|
||
And in non-English formats via:
|
||
|
||
** http://www.hvc.ee/pats/fidonews (Estonian)
|
||
http://www.fidonet.pp.se/sfnews (Swedish)
|
||
|
||
** LINK HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED
|
||
|
||
*=*=*
|
||
|
||
You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:
|
||
|
||
jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net
|
||
|
||
with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist
|
||
|
||
and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the
|
||
email distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist
|
||
with no message to the same address above.
|
||
|
||
*
|
||
|
||
You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
|
||
by sending email to:
|
||
|
||
ftpmail@fidonews.org
|
||
|
||
with a Subject line of: help
|
||
|
||
and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
|
||
instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
|
||
respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
|
||
www.fidonews.org.
|
||
|
||
*=*=*
|
||
|
||
You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
|
||
|
||
http://www.fidonews.org
|
||
|
||
and http://www.fidonet.dynip.com/public/fidonews/default.htm
|
||
|
||
and in the FIDONEWS echo.
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-10 Page 17 8 Mar 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
|
||
Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
|
||
|
||
ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
|
||
|
||
Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
|
||
for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 13 Megs.
|
||
|
||
=*=*=*=
|
||
|
||
The current week's FidoNews are now also available almost immediately
|
||
after publication on the FidoNews Editor homepage on the World Wide
|
||
Web at:
|
||
|
||
http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html
|
||
|
||
There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
|
||
to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an
|
||
email link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
||
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
||
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|
||
from 5:5/23 [5:7104/2] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
|
||
should have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
||
trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
|
||
and are used with permission.
|
||
|
||
"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
||
or we'd all have to get in fights
|
||
or something to amuse ourselves
|
||
and create the requisite chaos."
|
||
-Tom Jennings
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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