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Volume 1, Issue 6
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June/July 1991
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Table of Contents
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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CallOut v2.01 Review................................The Cannibal 1@9361
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SNARF Hack Scare in Washington, DC..........Digital Undergroundý 1@7304
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The WWIV Core Support Network Listing.................Benny Hill 1@7400
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What is the Extended Subs Listing?..................East Bay Ray 1@9964
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The Pending File.........................................WWIVNEWS Staff
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The Editor's Corner.................................East Bay Ray 1@9964
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Acknowledgements.........................................WWIVNEWS Staff
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=======================================================================
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Callout v2.01 (CLOUT201.ZIP) by Jim Wire
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by The Cannibal 1@9361
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I ran across a nice program the other day, and I thought everyone
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in the 'Net Community' would like to see what it is. It is called
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Clout, and the current version is 2.01. This program allows a sysop to
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call out to another BBS from the command line and conduct a normal
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network tranfer. This can be used in conjunction with WWIVLink, I use
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it to call out to another LINK BBS, and I even use this nice utility
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for WWIVNet. I run a front end, for FidoNet and a few others, and the
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front end is what the BBS will go to, right after the user logs off.
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This doesn't allow the BBS to call out other net boards, so they must
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either call me, or I myself must force a network callout. Enter CLOUT.
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It will allow you to make a batch file, that runs CLOUT when there is a
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pending file for another BBS. Here's an example of mine:
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rem example
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:loop
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if exist c:\bbs\data\z????.net goto Send
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if exist c:\bbs\data\s????.net goto Send
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:loop1
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rem --insert front door command line here.
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blah blah blah
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:Send
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if exist c:\bbs\data\s9360.net goto 9360
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if exist c:\bbs\data\z9360.net goto 9360
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blah blah blah
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:9360
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clout 9360
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:done!
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Thats all, there is to it. It helps immensely, especially if you
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run FidoNet/WWIVnet, WWIVLink/WWIVnet, or all three networks. This type
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of program may already be out there, but Jim Wire certainly has
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perfected it!
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[Ed- CLOUT is the author's name for the program, shortened from
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CALLOUT. CALLOUT is a program included in the WNCI package by Pierre
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Tremblay 1@5459 which does basically the same thing. Both packages are
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excellent and I suggest any WWIVnet sysop that does not have the normal
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capability to callout from WWIV's WFC mode check these two programs
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out. Also, for those FidoNet people out there, he refers to any front
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end as "front end" or "front door." He is not specifically referring
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to JoHo's FrontDoor program.]
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SNARF Hack Scare In D.C.
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by Digital Undergroundý 1@7304
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A good friend of mine in the Washington D.C. Area brought a
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possible threat to my attention. When one is using the latest version
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of the SNARF and has not registered (either through Omen Tech or from a
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hacker program) their copy of DSZ, one cannot specify (to my knowledge)
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the paths for uploads. Some joker in this area again uploaded the ever
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popular NETWORK.COM file. Since .COM files are executed before .EXE
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files, the NETWORK.EXE file is not run, but the NETWORK.COM file is run
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in it's place. This NETWORK.COM program trashes the hard disk, the
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FATs and what not. There is a simple way around this. With the
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author's permission, of course, take a sector editor and change the
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string !-@REMOTE@-! to something else. Then tell all of your friends
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to change the WWIV source to that also. This sort of eliminates the
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purpose of the snarf, but the SNARF was intended for SysOp's to get
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files that they need if say their disk crashs and they need PKUNZIP and
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that sort of thing. The only other way to go about this is to register,
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which you should do because the author (I'm sure) spent oodles of time
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on it. The concept is good but the side effects of not registering are
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bad.
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=======================================================================
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| The Official WWIV Support Network Bulletin Boards |
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=====================================================
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Last Revised on: 06-04-1991
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--> CORE Support Systems <--
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213-470-6869 Black Dragon Enterprises WWIVnet @2380
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Sysop: Black Dragon MB: 60 BPS: 2400
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Star: Yes PCP: CALAN AutoVal: No
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SReal: Dieter Stussy SDS: No Reg: 90109
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314-644-5777 The Fellowship WWIVnet @3456 (G/C)
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SysOp: Tolkien MB: 285 ( 9) BPS: 2400
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Star: Yes PCP: MOSLO AutoVal: No
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SReal: Jon Rickher SDS: No Reg: 90209
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504-364-1207 The Funny Farm WWIVnet @5401
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Sysop: Madman MB: 65 ( 6) BPS: 38400 (HST)
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Star: Yes PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: Rick Dennis SDS: Yes Reg: 10145
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512-280-9018 The Party Line WWIVnet @5286 (A/C)
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Sysop: Jami Chism MB: 320 (16) BPS: 38400 (HST V32)
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Star: No PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: Jami Chism SDS: Yes Reg: 70310
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512-631-5841 The Dragon's Den WWIVnet @5252 (G/C)
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Sysop: Filo MB: 340 (57) BPS: 38400 (HST V32)
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Star: No PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: Wig De Moville SDS: Yes Reg: 81006
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514-668-2479 The Sonic Orgasmatron WWIVnet @5459
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Sysop: Pierre Trembley MB: 60 (10) BPS: 38400 (HST)
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Star: No PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: Pierre Trembley SDS: Yes Reg: 10234
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704-554-1496 The Funny Farm (East) WWIVnet @7400 (A/C)
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Sysop: Benny Hill MB: 340 (39) BPS: 38400 (HST V32)
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Star: Yes PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: Joseph Rybaczek SDS: Yes Reg: 90627
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44-474-536654 The Gourmet (United Kingdom) WWIVnet @810
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Sysop: David Banes MB: 52 BPS: 38400 (HST V32)
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Star: No PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: David Banes SDS: No Reg: 10219
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--> Non-CORE Support Systems <--
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716-684-7939 The BoardWalk BBS WWIVnet @7652
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Sysop: Pillsbury Dough Boy MB: 84 BPS: 2400
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Star: Yes PCP: No AutoVal: Yes
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SReal: Jason Bittle SDS: No Reg: 10930
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Legend
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BBS Phone Number BBS Name Network Status
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Sysop's BBS Name HD Storage (Meg WWIV Files Online) BPS Rate (Info)
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Starlinkable? PcPursuit Node AutoValidation
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Sysop's REAL Name Source Distribution Site? WWIV reg #
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=======================================================================
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What is the Extended Subs Listing?
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by East Bay Ray 1@9964
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A new facet was added to WWIVnet 'subbing this month. It is
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called the 'Extended Subs Listing', and it is an archived listing
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basically like SUBS.LST. Why then, you ask, have it at all? Well,
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being the author of the XSL, I can't say much without sounding like a
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braggart. The XSL provides a lot more information than SUBS.LST does.
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It allows sub hosts to post a 5-line description of their sub IN
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ADDITION TO their sub name. It shows how many messages pass through
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the sub on a regular basis. It includes the name of the sub host (not
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just a faceless number), and additional information such as tag line
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restrictions, network validation, and everything else you wanted
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SUBS.LST to tell you but it didn't. The following is the READ.ME file
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included with every Extended Subs Listing archive, and it lists the
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submission requirements as well as a more detailed introduction to XSL.
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----READ.ME------------------------------------------------------------
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Introduction -
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Sub hosts! Are you bored senseless with SUBS.LST? Do you want
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something more? Now's your chance! Enter all your subs in the
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Extended Sub List!
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Already, I'm sure, people are looking for a catch. Well, I was looking
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at another network, which has an UNOFFICIAL person that collects sub
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information and distributes it regularly. The sub information allows
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for several lines of description and information. People who look
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through this list can tell which subs are good and which are not. I
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wanted to do the same thing.
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I want to emphasize that I am doing this -ON MY OWN-, with no help or
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sanction from Wayne Bell, or any GC or the SUBS.LST coordinator. I
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just simply wanted more information than SUBS.LST gave.
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How do can YOU get a sub in there? Simply send e-mail to 16@9964 with
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the below form filled out and your information will be processed
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accordingly. Remember... NOT 1@9964, but 16@9964.
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NOTE! If a sub is not updated every three months, it will be removed
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from the Extended Subs Listing. This is to offset any sub hosts
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dropping the network suddenly and the subs staying in the listing as
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"dead beets."
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Distribution -
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The Extended Subs Listing will be distributed at the start of each
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month as SLSTmmyy.ZIP with my personal PKZip(tm) Authenticity
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Verification (-AV) stamp on it to each of these core support boards as
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official distribution sites: Amber @1 The Dragon's Den @5252 The Funny
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Farm (East Wing) @7400
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If you wish to be on this list, and you are willing to call long
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distance to either my BBS or any of the three above, then send 1@9964
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e-mail requesting that you be added to the Extended Subs List Official
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Distribution Site List.
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Information REQUIRED -
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Name: Sub name as it shows up in your BOARDEDIT. 40 chars max
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Moderator: YOUR alias on your host system. 30 chars max
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Host: YOUR node number.
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Subtype: The sub's sub type as shown under 'J' in BOARDEDIT.
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Network Validation? "Yes" if you use network post "censoring"
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Subscribers: # of subscribers in your N*.NET file
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Traffic: Average # of posts per day, week, or month
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Gateways: Any other networks this sub goes to/from
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Restrictions: No tag lines, real names only, no random titles, etc.
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Line #1: \
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Line #2: \
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Line #3: > Your sub description, 60 chars max EACH LINE
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Line #4: /
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Line #5: /
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Example Entries -
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Name: World History Last Updated: 06/23/91
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Moderator: East Bay Ray
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Host: 9964 Subtype: 29973 Network Validation? N
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Subscribers: 4 Traffic: 4/week
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Gateways: None
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Restrictions: None
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This sub is for discussion of world history, and the
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different cultures of the Earth. The discussion topics
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vary widely, and it is basically "anything goes" as long
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as it is -past- history, and not present culture.
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Name: BinkleyTerm Support Last Updated: 06/23/91
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Moderator: East Bay Ray
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Host: 9964 Subtype: 672 Network Validation? N
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Subscribers: 0 Traffic: 40/day
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Gateways: FidoNet
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Restrictions: No tag lines, Real names only.
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For anyone using the front end FidoNet mailer BinkleyTerm,
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this sub is for you! Topics of discussion range from
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BinkleyTerm installation and setup to bug reports, to
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discussion of new features, all the way to discussion of
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programs used with BinkleyTerm.
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The Pending File
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(Tips, Tricks, and News)
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by WWIVNEWS Staff
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NET25 is out and available on all the major support boards. There are
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only two changes that need be mentioned. The first is that it fixes
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the bug in the PKWare library which caused NET24's compression to bomb
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and corrupt messages. Compression now works fine for ALL computers.
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The second is that NET25 supports an unlimited amount of subs. This
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means that whenever someone comes out with an 128-, or 256-sub source
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modification, you can plop it right in and have 128 or 256 networked
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subs.
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There have been three DSZ releases since the last issue. The following
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quote details the changes made since the April 16, 1991 edition of DSZ
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to the current one, June 10, 1991:
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June 10 1991: A problem with sending with flow control is
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fixed. Intelligent Crash Recovery(TM) has been enhanced to
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prevent timeouts when computers with different CPU speeds are
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used.
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May 31 1991: The "sb" command has been hacked to accomodate
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an AT&T nonstandard "ymodemb" protocol.
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The handling of hardware flow control has been hacked to
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prevent flow control timeouts caused by TSR programs that
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poll the UART status registers.
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The size of the input buffer has been increased.
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The "V" numeric parameter has been added to DSZ.COM to allow
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direct video output in some instances.
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For those sysops that carry GIFs on their board, a new utility has been
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released that does what PKZip cannot do: It compresses GIFs. Yes,
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GifLite v1.2 (GIFLTE12.ZIP) will take your GIF files and compress them
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to an average of 50% savings! As far as -my eyes- can tell, no
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resolution is lost. I love it. The perfect complement to this is a
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utility written by Ethereal Cereal called WWIVGIF. It takes your GIF
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files and places the correct GIF resolution and number of colors in the
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description. Another top notch utility.
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Many WWIV sysops use the LIST.COM utility to view their logs quickly
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and easily. It allows them to page through their sysop log as opposed
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to letting WWIV scroll through it. The latest version is List v7.5i,
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and I suggest anybody who doesn't use it with WWIV should definately
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check this one out.
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For anyone sysop who thinks the only thing in the world is PKZip, think
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again. There is a relatively new contender in the age-old archive
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wars, ARJ. On timings, ARJ is not as fast as PKZip, but it compresses
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to a noticeably smaller size. The latest version is v2.10, but since I
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don't have that yet I am simply going to present the changes in the
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next-latest release, v2.00:
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Speeded up compression methods 1 and 2 over 100 percent to
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PKZIP like speed. Improved compression of methods 1 and 2.
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Decreased memory usage of method 1 by almost 60,000 bytes.
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Added full ANSI C source code for simple UNARJ extractor
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program.
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Added extraction of archive header comments via "-z" option.
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Added "-jm" option to set maximum compression mode.
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Added "-jn" option to skip selected files up to named file.
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Added "-ji" option to create a file containing the filenames
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archived.
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Modified "x" command to require "-jf" for absolute extract.
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Modified ARJ to handle merged ("j" command) multiple volume
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archives.
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Modified options of REARJ to use "/o" to delete a target
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archive and "/u" for updating an archive to the same format.
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Fixed handling of ..\ type pathnames.
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Fixed redundant delete error messages when using "m" with
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"-v".
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Fixed REARJ.EXE for paths with drive letters.
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Removed disk space checking in REARJ.EXE.
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Fixed REARJ.CFG for LZH files.
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NETEDIT v1.29, by The Black Dragon 1@2380 has been released. This
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version is mainly a maintenence release. It will now give feedback
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when changes are approved by another node (area coordinator or higher).
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In addition, an option to enable network compression (available with
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NET24 or higher) has been added to the CALLOUT.NET editor section
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(registered versions only).
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If you are a sysop who dislikes the boring, colorless, out of date, and
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drab REGIONS.DAT file provided with WWIV v4.12, get Ethereal Cereal's
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up to date and colored one! Pick up MYR0591.ZIP at any of your core
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support board systems.
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There is also a new full screen editor out. It is called WWIVEdit, and
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it is quickly becoming the favorite among users. Unlike FSED, which
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has been around for ages, it provides a user-friendly and appealing
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interface. It also has up-to-date commands, and supports BBS macros
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(with either a source modification or a patch, both provided). Unlike
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One Eyed Willy's FEdit, the commands used are not based on the WWIV
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internal editor (/s, /abt, etc.), but instead they are completely new,
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albeit easier to use as well. The distribution archive, WWIVED20.ZIP,
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includes version 2.0 and the Turbo Pascal source code as well.
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=======================================================================
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The Editor's Corner
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by East Bay Ray 1@9964
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Yep, we skipped a month. I missed a lot in my previous issue,
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and I am making up for it with a big news section this time. Nothing
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real big here to gripe or complain about. I have my aches and pains as
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always.
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=======================================================================
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Acknowledgements
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WWIV (c) 1988 by Wayne Bell.
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All other products mentioned are either registered trademarks or
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copyrighted by their respectives manufacturers.
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=======================================================================
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The End
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