F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 50 9 December 1996

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 50 9 December 1996
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
| _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] |
| / \ | |
| /|oo \ | |
| (_| /_) | |
| _`@/_ \ _ | |
| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
| | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 |
| |__U__| / \// | |
| _//|| _\ / | |
| (_/(_|(____/ | |
| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
| |
| submissions=> [email protected] |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
| obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ |
| please refer to the end of this file. |
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HAPPY HANUKKAH!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Don't you hate it when that happens? ..................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 released! ........................... 2
A call for Windows Programmers! .......................... 2
3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4
FidoNet Standard FTS-0008 - Bark extension ............... 4
4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 341 ...... 16
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 17
RUSH JOB Calendar ........................................ 17
TechnoVocabulary ......................................... 17
6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 22
Happy Hanukkah! .......................................... 22
7. NOTICES .................................................. 24
Animaniacs echo on the Z1 Backbone! ...................... 24
Future History ........................................... 24
8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 26
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 26
9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 33
This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 33
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 34
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EDITORIAL
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When my system moved from 1:374/14 to 1:18/14, I thought I'd sent out
notices to everyone my system connected to with any regularity. I
seemed to have missed a few and a few seemed to have forgotten to
convert their settings.

If you have Echomail or files set to exchange with me, you MUST go
change everything from 1:374/14 to 1:18/14. You ALSO must kill off
all references to 1:374/14 to avoid duping traffic or files back to
the old Node even when you made the conversion to the new Node. AND
you GOTTA remember to reset those poll events for 1:18/14 or your
traffic is going to pile up here like several piles waiting for
recontact [some of which go back to September].

As for sending to 1:1/23, everybody must have updated their Nodelist
since September, jah? [grin]

I also added a couple more Internet addresses to my contact list in
the Masthead. I've had the msn.com one for some time but forgot about
it since I rarely use it. I just added an AOL link [it wasn't my idea;
my son has been bugging me for that connect for months.] as well.

This week's FidoNet Standard is short [compared to the last 3] so the
Issue won't run 65 pages today. [grin]

Still waiting for .BIOs [they don't have to follow any particular
format - just tell about you and FidoNet] and more ASCII art for the
Comix page. C'mon. Send me an early Christmas present or a late
Hanukkah present or just shut me up about it. [snicker]

Enjoy!

C.B.

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ARTICLES
=================================================================

FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 release announcement
by Joaquim Homrighausen, 2:201/330

STOCKHOLM
December 3, 1996

Definite Solutions is proud to announce yet another addition to its
FrontDoor line of products: FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 for the Windows
operating environment!

Have you been looking for that all-in-one, fully integrated,
windows-based client/point package? Well, we just might have
something that'll blow your socks off.

Up to 2000 folders, organized into groups and sub-groups with ease.
Automatic folder creation for newly received conferences. Manage
your conferences (EchoMail) without manually written Areafix
requests. Full support for real reply threading. Support for
proportional and fixed-pitch fonts. Choose from one of three user
interface levels, hiding those functions that just might be a bit
too much - or get down to the nitty gritty technical details.
Connect to any EMSI-capable server, such as FrontDoor by a dial-up
connection. Connect to a FrontDoor server across a LAN. Attach to
multiple server/boss systems. Configure separate Internet gateways
on a per-server basis with automatic recognition of Internet e-mail
addresses. Use any alternative Windows COMM driver including
cFos/Win and Stomper. Name macros to avoid having to remember how to
spell annoyingly long names like Joaquim Homrighausen. Private and
public phone books with auto-add possibilities of unlisted senders
and recipients. Automatic recognition and decompression of mail
archives stored in the PKZIP 2.x, ARJ, PAK, and PKARC formats.

Runs under Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2 (WinOS2).
This is the Shareware version of FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 with a 30-day
evaluation period, after which registration (+/- USD $35 depending
on country and currency) is required.

FidoNet file request: FDAPX110.* (RAR 2.x, roughly 1MB)
FDAPXW (magic filename)
from 1:360/1, 1:170/400, 1:2401/305
2:201/329, 2:201/330, 2:203/302,
2:2/254, 2:220/470, 2:236/64,
2:254/226, 2:292/904, 2:331/501,
2:512/5, 3:713/700, 6:600/600
FTP: ftp.abs.finlink.lu (/pub/abs/abs)
WWW: http://abs.finlink.lu

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by Louie Gonsalves, 1:2808/16, [email protected]
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FidoNET needs Windows software!

After seeing the nodelist decrease steadily over the last year or
so, it occurred to me that part of the decline in Fido systems, and
user participation, is the lack of good, end-user Windows software.

Now, before the purists amongst us scream "BLASPHEMY!!," consider
the facts:

1. A great number of users these days are of the Windows persuasion,
with little or no knowledge of DOS. How can these users, without
getting a crash-course in DOS, be active participants in Fido, a
DOS-dominated endeavor?

2. DOS, at least to the media, and the general public, is a dead
horse. Die-hards still use it, as well as others who can't, or
refuse, to go to Windows. People see a DOS screen and scream.
FidoNET seems to be ignoring this rather large market... we are
isolating ourselves from the general computing public, and we
don't know it.

A couple of days ago, Definite Solutions released FrontDoor APX for
Windows, version 1.10. This is a Windows-based program, written by
Mats Wallin of Definite Solutions (Makers of FrontDoor). It's a
fully-contained FTN point package, with it's own comm system, (no
fossil needed), tosser/scanner, editor. Will also go thru a LAN to
grab packets (great for a BBS that runs in a LAN)... best of all,
it's SHAREWARE, and priced VERY reasonably...

This is *not* an ad, but just an example of what can be done in
Windows. Kudos to Mats and the rest of the folks at DS for
releasing such an impressive package for Win! Now, we gotta get
more folks doing this! Freq FDAPX110.EXE from 1:2808/16, or WWW at
www.abs.finlink.lu (Definite Solutions' web page).

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GETTING TECHNICAL
=================================================================

[This is part of a continuing series of FidoNet Standards and
Proposals published here for information and as part of our
ongoing FidoNet History project. It has been reformatted for the 70
column restriction and 80 column tables have been disrupted. For a
clear copy, file-request FTS-0008.ZIP.] Ed.

Document: FTS-0008
Version: 003
Date: 15-Oct-1990
Updates: FTS-0001

An Enhanced FidoNet(r) Technical Standard
Extending FTS-0001 to include Bark requests

October 15, 1990

Status of this document:

This document specifies an optional standard for the FidoNet
community. Implementation of the protocols defined in this
document is not mandatory, but all implementations of these
protocols are expected to adhere to this standard. Distribution
of this document is subject to the limitations of the copyright
notice displayed below.

Copyright 1989-90 by Philip L. Becker. Portions of this document
are copyright 1986-90 by Randy Bush and are incorporated with his
consent. All rights reserved. A right to distribute only without
modification and only at no charge is granted. Under no
circumstances is this document to be reproduced or distributed as
part of or packaged with any product or other sales transaction
for which any fee is charged. Any and all other reproduction or
excerpting requires the explicit written consent of the copyright
holders.

A. Introduction

1. This Document

This document describes the standard for "Bark" type FidoNet file
request operation. Bark file requests are an extension to the
basic FTS-0001 mail session, and this document presents these
requests as a modification to that document.

2. What are File Requests?

File Requests are a way of requesting that a specific file be sent
during a FidoNet mail session. This has many advantages over
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simply logging on to a BBS and downloading a file:

o You need not be a validated user

o You don't have to spend time searching for the file on the
BBS

o You can schedule the file request to take place at any time
without your being near your computer.

There are two commonly used types of file requests on FidoNet
today, WaZOO and Bark requests. WaZOO requests are used by Opus
and BinkleyTerm, and are not documented here. See the document
FTS-0006 by V. Perriello for a description of these. Bark
requests were the first file request extension to the FTS-0001
protocol, and are supported (at least partially) by many mailers,
including SEAdog, Dutchie, BinkleyTerm, and to a certain extent
Opus. This document describes how to implement Bark-type file
requests.

B. Terms Used in this Document

1. The diagrams and notations used in this document are the same as
those used in the FTS-0001 document. Please see FTS-0001 for a
description of these. This document should be considered as an
extension to the FTS-0001 session layer protocol, and you will
require FTS-0001 in addition to this document to fully understand
what is presented here.

In addition to the data description language described in FTS-0001
section A.4, one extra terminal used in this notation:

(* terminals *)
someName<max> - String of up to max chars, NOT null terminated

C. Performing File Requests

1. Introduction

A Bark request consists of transmitting a special Bark Request
packet which contains a filename, a date (used for update
requests), and optionally a password. The system receiving the
request then decides if it can send the requested file or not, and
if it can does so using the same protocol used to send attached
files. Bark request handling is always controlled by the
answering system, and consists of two phases. In phase one, the
receiving system asks the calling system to honor requests it may
have to ask for files from the caller. In phase two, the
receiving system allows the calling system to request files from
it.

Update file requests are the same as normal file requests, with
one exception. If the date in the Bark Request packet (described
below) is greater than or equal to the date of the actual file
requested, the file will not be sent. The requestor should set
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the date to the date of the the actual file on its own end if an
update request is desired.

D. The Bark Request Packet

1. Data Link Layer Data Definition.

The Bark Request packet is a variable-sized packet containing a
header, a filename, a date (which is used only for update requests
- in a normal file request it's 0) and an optional password. When
receiving a Bark Request packet, the ETX may be used to determine
the end of the data portion. Note that the CRC is sent in the
reverse byte order of a normal CRC XMODEM data block (see FTS-0001
section G.1).

Note: some systems will send a password in the data block even if
none is needed. Incoming passwords should be ignored unless the
other system is trying to request a passworded file.

Bark File Request Packet
Offset
dec hex
.-----------------------------------------------.
0 0 | ACK - Start of Bark Request - 06H |
+-----------------------------------------------+
1 1 | Filename - Packed DOS file format |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | SPACE - 20H |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | Date (0 if not Update Request) |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | SPACE - 20H (only if pswd follows) |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | Password (optional) |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | ETX - End of RESYNC packet - 03H |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | (*1) CRC low order byte |
+-----------------------------------------------+
n n | (*1) CRC high order byte |
`-----------------------------------------------'

*1 - CRC does not include the ACK or ETX and is
in the reverse byte order from the CRC in a
normal XMODEM data packet.

2. Data Description Notation of Bark Request Packet

DataBlock (no password) = ACK
Filename<12>
Space
Date<11>
ETX
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CRC

DataBlock (with password) = ACK
Filename<12>
Space
Date<11>
Space
Password<6|8>
ETX
CRC

ACK = 06H (* Header for file request block *)
Space = 20H (* Space character *)
ETX = 03H (* End of block *)

Filename (* Name of file requested *)
Date (* ASCII string; the number of seconds
since midnight, January 1, 1970 *)
Password (* The password needed to request this
file, if any. Maximum length is 6 for
BinkleyTerm and Opus, 8 for SEAdog
and Dutchie. *)

CRC = crc[2] (* CCITT Cyclic Redundancy Check. The
same algorithm as used for XModem
CRCs. The CRC is calculated on
all data in the block between but
not including the ACK and the ETX *)

E. Session Layer Protocol:

This section describes the modified FTS-0001 session layer
protocol. This is the only area of FTS-0001 which is modified to
implement Bark style file requests. File Requests are performed
at the end of the normal FidoNet mail session, after any mail
pickup is performed.

The diagrams below desribe the session level protocol with Bark
file requests implemented. The state tables have been broken into
subroutines but the FTS-0001 portion is not functionally changed.
FTS-0001 sender states S4 through S7 are now table "Send Mail
SM0". FTS-0001 receiver states R3 through R6 are now table
"Receive Mail RM0". They are not functionally changed in any way
from FTS-0001, they are just broken out to allow them to be used
as subroutines. Finally Sender states S0 through S3 are
unchanged, as are Receiver states R0 through R2.

The remaining FTS-0001 states are enhanced to implement the Bark
file request protocol. In addition, the subroutine state tables
"Send Bark SB0" and "Receive Bark RB0" have been added to handle
the actual file requests.

The following diagrams fully replace the Session Layer protocol
state tables in FTS-0001. No other changes to FTS-0001 are
required to implement the Bark File request feature.

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Sender (Top level)

.-----+----------+-------------------------+----------------------
---+-----.
|State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s)
| Next|
| # | Name | |
| St | +-----+----------+-------------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| S0 | SendInit | | dial modem
| S1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| S1 | WaitCxD |1| carrier detected | delay 1-5 seconds
| S2 |
| | (*1) | | | Set SLO if > 2400bps,
| |
| | | | | Reset SLO if <=
2400bps | |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| busy, etc. | report no connection
| exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| voice | report no carrier
| exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| carrier not detected | report no connection
| exit|
| | | | within 60 seconds |
| | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| S2 | WhackCRs |1| over 30 seconds | report no response
<cr> | exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| ?? <cr>s received | delay 1 sec
| S3 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| <cr>s not received | send <cr> <sp> <cr>
<sp>| S2 |
| | | | | delay ??? secs
| | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| S3 | WaitClear|1| no input for 0.5 secs | send TSYNCH = AEH
| S4 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| over 60 seconds | hang up, report
garbage | exit|
| | | | and line not clear |
| | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| S4 | SendMail | | (Send Mail SM0)
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| S5 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| S5 | TryPickup|1| Rcv TSYNC | (Receive Mail RM0)
| S5 |
| | (*2) +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Rcv SYN | (Receive Bark Req
RB0) | S5 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| Rcv ENQ | (Do Bark Requests
SB0) | S5 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| Rcv 'C' or NAK | Send EOT
| S5 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |5| Rcv Other Char | Send SUB
| S5 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |6| No Data for 45 secs | Hang Up
| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----'

*1 - This state is shown for the extended SEAlink protocol. Omit
the set/reset SLO actions if adding Bark to a strict FTS-0001
protocol implementation, or if not implementing overdrive in
SEAdog.

*2 - To refuse to pickup mail (S5.1) may send a CAN and stay in
(S5).

Note: Although the above shows the sender emitting only one
TSYNCH, it is recommended that a timeout of 5-20 seconds should
initiate another TSYNCH. The receiver should tolerate multiple
TSYNCHs.

Receiver (Top Level)

The receiving FSM is given an external timer, the expiration of
which will cause termination with a result of 'no calls' (R0.2).

.-----+----------+-------------------------+----------------------
---+-----.
|State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s)
| Next|
| # | Name | |
| St | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R0 | WaitCxD |1| carrier detected |
| R1 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| external timer expires| report no calls
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| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R1 | WaitBaud |1| baud rate detected | send signon with
<cr>s | R2 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| no detect in ?? secs | hang up, report no
baud | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------
----------------+-----+
| R2 | WaitTsync|1| TSYNCH received | ignore input not
TSYNCH | R3 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| 60 seconds timeout | hang up, report not
Fido| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+----------
---------------+-----+
| R3 | RecMail | | (Receive Mail RM0)
| R4 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R4 | AllowPkup|1| Have pickup for sender| Send Tsync,
| R5 |
| | | | | Set T1=1 sec
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| No pickup for sender |
| R6 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R5 | WtPickup |1| Rcv NAK or 'C' | (Send Mail SM0)
| R6 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Rcv SUB | Send Tsync,
| R5 |
| | | | | Set T1=1 sec
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| Rcv CAN | Report Mail Refused
| R6 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| T1 expired | Send Tsync,
| R5 |
| | | | | Set T1=1 sec
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |5| 45 secs in R5 | Hang Up, report error
| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R6 | AskBark |1| Wish to make requests | Send SYN
| R7 |
| | (*1) +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| No requests to make |
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| R8 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R7 | DoRequest|1| Rcv CAN | Report Requests
Refused | R8 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Rcv ENQ | (Send Bark SB0)
| R8 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| Rcv SUB | Send SYN
| R7 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| Rcv NAK or 'C' | Send EOT
| R6 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |5| Rcv Other | eat character
| R7 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |6| 5 sec, no input | Send SYN
| R7 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |7| 45 secs in R7 |
| R8 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| R8 | WtPickup |1| Allow File Request | (Receive Bark RB0),
| exit|
| | | | | Hang Up
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Disallow Requests | Hang Up
| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----' *1 - Some implementations always do (R6.1) even
if they have no requests. Sender - Send Mail

.-----+----------+-------------------------+----------------------
---+-----.
|State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s)
| Next|
| # | Name | |
| St | +-----+----------+-------------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| SM0 | SendMail | | (XMODEM send packet
XS0)| SM1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+----------
---------------+-----+
| SM1 | CheckMail|1| XMODEM successful | (Fido registers
success)| SM2 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| XMODEM fail or timeout| hang up, report mail
bad| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-----------
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--------------+-----+
| SM2 | SendFiles| | (BATCH send files
BS0) | SM3 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------
-----------------+-----+
| SM3 | CheckFile|1| BATCH send successful | report success
| exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| BATCH send failed | hang up, rept files
fail| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+----------
---------------+-----'

Sender - Send Bark

.-----+----------+-------------------------+----------------------
---+-----.
|State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s)
| Next|
| # | Name | |
| St | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| SB0 | SendBark |1| File to request | Build Bark Request
Pkt, | SB1 |
| | | | | Set tries = 0
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| No more files to req | Send ETB
| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| SB1 | AskFile | | Send Bark Packet
| SB2 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| SB2 | RcvFile |1| Rcv ACK | (Batch Receive BR0)
| SB3 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Tries > 5 | Send ETB, report
failed | exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| Rcv Other | Purge input, Incr
tries | SB1 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| 10 sec w/o ACK | Incr tries
| SB1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| SB3 | NxtFile |1| Rcv ENQ |
| SB0 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Rcv Other | Purge Input
| SB3 |
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| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| 5 sec, no input | Send SUB
| SB3 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| 45 sec in SB3 | Hang up, report error
| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----' Sender & Receiver - Receive Mail

.-----+----------+-------------------------+----------------------
---+-----.
|State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s)
| Next|
| # | Name | |
| St | +-----+----------+-------------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| RM0 | RecMail | | (XMODEM rec packet
XR0) | RM1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------
----------------+-----+
| RM1 | XRecEnd |1| XMODEM successful | delay 1 second
| RM2 |
| | | | | flush input
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| XMODEM failed | hang up, rept mail
fail | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------
----------------+-----+
| RM2 | RecFiles | | (BATCH rec files BR0)
| RM3 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+ | RM3 | ChkFiles |1| BATCH recv successful |
delay 2 secs, rprt good | exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| BATCH recv failed | hang up, report bad
file| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+----------
---------------+-----'

Sender & Receiver - Receive Bark

.-----+----------+-------------------------+----------------------
---+-----.
|State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s)
| Next|
| # | Name | |
| St | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| RB0 | HonorReq |1| Ok to honor request | Purge Input, Send
ENQ, | RB1 |
| | | | | Set T1 = 2 seconds
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Don't wish to honor | Send CAN
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| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| RB1 | WaitBark |1| Got ACK | Rcv Bark Packet (*1)
| RB2 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Got ETB | Report done
| exit|
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| Got ENQ | Send ETB
| RB0 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |4| T1 expired | Purge Input, Send
ENQ, | RB1 |
| | | | | Set T1 = 2 seconds
| |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |5| 20 seconds in RB1 | Hang Up, Report error
| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| RB2 | AckBark |1| Bark Pkt Rcvd Good | Send ACK
| RB3 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Bark Pkt Rcv Error | Send NAK
| RB1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| RB3 | WaitStrt |1| Got 'C' or NAK |
| RB4 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| No data for 3 seconds | Send ACK
| RB3 |
| | +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |3| 15 seconds in RB3 | Hang Up, Report Error
| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----+
| RB4 | SendFile |1| Can snd requested file| (Batch Send File BS0)
| RB0 |
| | (*2) +-+-----------------------+----------------------
---+-----+
| | |2| Can't send file | Send EOT
| RB0 | `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------------
-----------+-----' *1 - If SUB (16H) received before ETX go to RB0
to resync bark receive

*2 - While deciding if file exists, and if the password allows it
to be sent etc., a NUL may be sent to buy 20 seconds more on
the timeout on the other end if it is using the SEAlink
extended FTS-0001 specification protocol. Sending a NUL is
harmless for a strict FTS-0001 session, but will not buy more
time.
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 15 9 Dec 1996

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FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 16 9 Dec 1996

=================================================================
COORDINATORS CORNER
=================================================================

Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 341
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-313|Nodelist-320|Nodelist-327|Nodelist-334|Nodelist-341|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 11332|11127 -205 |11127 0 |10931 -196 |10931 0 |37|
| 2 | 16157|16300 143 |16291 -9 |16240 -51 |16185 -55 |54|
| 3 | 942| 929 -13 | 905 -24 | 886 -19 | 882 -4 | 3|
| 4 | 620| 620 0 | 589 -31 | 584 -5 | 578 -6 | 2|
| 5 | 95| 95 0 | 94 -1 | 94 0 | 94 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1007| 999 -8 | 1008 9 | 1008 0 | 1006 -2 | 3|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 30153|30070 -83 |30014 -56 |29743 -271 |29676 -67 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 17 9 Dec 1996

=================================================================
NET HUMOR
=================================================================

RUSH JOB Calendar
by August Abolins - eXpress >< conneXions, 1:253/60

(I wish that I could give proper credit to this creation, but I
received it with no other source identification.)

RUSH JOB CALENDAR

-----------------------------------------------------------
NEG FRI FRI THU WED TUE MON
===========================================================
8 7 6 5 4 3 2

16 15 14 13 12 11 9

23 22 21 20 19 18 17

31 30 29 28 27 26 24

38 37 36 35 34 33 32
-----------------------------------------------------------

[1] Every job is in a rush. Everyone wants his job yesterday.
With this calendar, a customer can order his work on the *seventh*
and have it delivered on the *third*.

[2] All customers want their jobs on *Friday* so there are
*two Fridays* in every week.

[3] There are seven days at the end of the month for those
end-of-the-month jobs.

[4] There will be no first-of-the-month bills to be paid, as there
isn't any "first". The "tenth" and "twenty-fifth" have also been
omitted in case you have been asked to pay them one of those days.

[5] There are no bothersome nonproductive Saturdays or Sundays. No
time-and-a-half or double-time to pay.

[6] There's a new day each week called negotiation day.

==-\-==

-----------------------------------------------------------------

From: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <[email protected] (Christopher Baker)>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 96 11:21:20 -0500
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 18 9 Dec 1996

Subject: Fwd: Amusing New TechnoVocabulary (fwd)

==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
>From: Ross Kodner <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Amusing New TechnoVocabulary (fwd)

More amusement from my Anti-Gen X'er Windy City-trapped younger
sibling, on his company's time undoubtedly avoiding having to talk to
yet another cheapskate university about buying enough licenses of its
statistical software:

--TechnoTalk--

Dilberted

To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the
experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. "I've
been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth
time this week."

Link Rot

The process by which links on a web page became obsolete as the sites
they're connected to change location or die.

Chip Jewelry

A euphemism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into
decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now
it's nothing but chip jewelry."

Crapplet

A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30
minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"

Plug-and-Play

A new hire who doesn't need any training. "The new guy, John, is
great. He's totally plug-and-play."

World Wide Wait

The real meaning of WWW.

CGI Joe

A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skills and
charisma of a plastic action figure.

Dorito Syndrome

Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive
substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 19 9 Dec 1996

surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome."

Under Mouse Arrest

Getting busted for violating an online service's rule of conduct.
"Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest."

Glazing

Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at
conferences and early-morning meetings. "Didn't he notice that half
the room was glazing by the second session?"

404

Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web message "404, URL Not
Found," meaning that the document you've tried to access can't be
located. "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man."

Dead Tree Edition

The paper version of a publication available in both paper and
electronic forms, as in: "The dead tree edition of the San Francisco
Chronicle..."

Egosurfing

Scanning the net, databases, print media, or research papers looking
for the mention of your name.

Graybar Land

The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing
something very slowly (while you watch the gray bar creep across the
screen). "I was in graybar land for what seemed like hours, thanks to
that CAD rendering."

Open-Collar Workers

People who work at home or telecommute.

Squirt The Bird

To transmit a signal up to a satellite. "Crew and talent are
ready...what time do we squirt the bird?"

Brain Fart

A byproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A
burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft
story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?" Variation
of old hacker slang that had more negative connotations.

Cobweb Site

A World Wide Web Site that hasn't been updated for a long time. A
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 20 9 Dec 1996

dead web page.

It's a Feature

From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically
to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.

Keyboard Plaque

The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards.
"Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of
keyboard plaque."

Career-Limiting Move (CLM)

Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing
your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM.

Alpha Geek

The most knowledgeable, technically-proficient person in an office or
work group. "Ask Larry, he's the alpha geek around here."

Adminisphere

The rarified organizational layers beginning just above the rank and
file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly
inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to
solve.

Tourists

People who are taking training classes just to get a vacation from
their jobs. "We had about three serious students in the class; the
rest were tourists."

Blowing Your Buffer

Losing one's train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking
with won't let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something
so astonishing that your train gets derailed. "Damn, I just blew my
buffer!"

Gray Matter

Older, experienced business people hired by young entrepreneurial
firms looking to appear more reputable and established.

Bookmark

To take note of a person for future reference (a metaphor borrowed
from web browsers). "I bookmarked him after seeing his cool demo at
COMDEX."

Nyetscape

FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 21 9 Dec 1996

Nickname for AOL's less-than-full-featured Web browser.

Beepilepsy

The brief seizure people sometimes suffer when their beepers go off,
especially in vibrator mode. Characterized by physical spasms, goofy
facial expressions, and stopping speech in mid-sentence.

Salmon Day

The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get
screwed in the end.

---------------

Ross
_____________________________________________________

Ross L. Kodner, Esq. Voice: 414-476-8433
MicroLaw, Inc. FAX: 414-476-8461
825 S. 60th St. E-Mail: [email protected]
Milwaukee, WI 53214 Web: http://www.microlaw.com

ABA LPM "Network 2d" Ass't Editor Always Seeking Great Articles!
_____________________________________________________

===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================

-----------------------------------------------------------------

FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 22 9 Dec 1996

=================================================================
COMIX IN ASCII
=================================================================

A couple Hanukkah comix from outta the past...

Date: 03 Oct 90 18:09:07
From: Dave Aronson
To: Bruce Wilson
Subj: Re: Happy New Year
______________________________________________________________________

> Save this one for future reference:

Or this one:

O
O O O O | | O O O O
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|_| |_| |_| |_| \ / |_| |_| |_| |_|
\ / \ / \ / \ / | \ / \ / \ / \ /
| | | | | | | | |
| | | \___|___/ | | |
| | \________|________/ | |
| \_____________|_____________/ |
\__________________|__________________/
|
|
/ \
.' `.
_.-~_______~-._

H A P P Y C H A N U K A H !

Origin: TIDMADT Enterprises (703) 370-7054 (1:109/120)

---

Date: 05 Dec 91 21:24:48
From: Mike Steiner
To: ALL
Subj: Happy Chanukah
______________________________________________________________________

*
* * * * /_\ * * * *
/_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\
[===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===]
[#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#]
[#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#]
[#] [#] [#] [#############] [#] [#] [#]
[#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#]
[#] [#] [#] // \\ [#] [#] [#]
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 23 9 Dec 1996

[#] [#] [#] ____//___\\____ [#] [#] [#]
[#] [#] [###] \\ //_____\\ // [###] [#] [#]
[#] [#] \\/ \// [#] [#]
[################] //\ _____ /\\ [################]
//_\\_____//_\\
\\ //
\\ //
[#]
[#]
[#####]
[###########]
[###############]

Origin: Windows 3.0:From the People Who Brought You EDLIN(1:143/207.1)

-30-

-----------------------------------------------------------------

FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 24 9 Dec 1996

=================================================================
NOTICES
=================================================================

by Louie Gonsalves, 1:2808/16, [email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------

The ANIMANIACS echo has been backboned in Z1!

Ahoy, all you Animaniacs fanatics! The ANIMANIACS echo has been
backboned, and is being distributed. Send your areafixes to the hub
of your choice!

Faboo!

Lou

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Future History

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.

25 May 1997
Independence Day, Argentina

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
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 25 9 Dec 1996

Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.

-----------------------------------------------------------------

FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 26 9 Dec 1996

=================================================================
FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
=================================================================

Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264

Still in the process of catching up.

Phased out this week: Oracomm 5.M.6P and Oracomm Plus 6.E

Phase-out highlights:
This week: ProBoard 1.20 and QuickBBS 2.75
Deadline for info: 20 Dec 1996.
Last week: PCBoard 14.5a and Phoenix 1.07
Deadline for info: 13 Dec 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 C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
ALLFIX 4.33 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.1 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
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 JoHo 2:201/330 FD
FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 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
InfoMail/386 1.20 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 27 9 Dec 1996

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 Tech 1:249/106 MAX
McMail 1.0g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
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
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
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 Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH
StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK
StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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
WWIVTOSS 1.30 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS

OS/2:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
FleetStreet 1.18 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
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 Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
PcMerge 2.3 N F Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2

Windows (16-bit apps):
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 28 9 Dec 1996

Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL

Windows (32-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT

Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ifmail 2.8g M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx 2.8g-tx7.8 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK

Amiga:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK
MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK

Function: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
C-Compression, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed
by the first match.

Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source

Old info from: 01/27/92
---------------------------------------------------------------------

MS-DOS Systems
--------------

BBS Software NodeList Utilities Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
PCBoard 14.5a EditNL 4.00 MailBase 4.11a@
Phoenix 1.07* FDND 1.10 MSG 4.5*
ProBoard 1.20* MakeNL 2.31 MsgLnk 1.0c
QuickBBS 2.75 Parselst 1.33 MsgMstr 2.03a
RBBS 17.3b Prune 1.40 MsgNum 4.16d
RemoteAccess 1.11* SysNL 3.14 MSGTOSS 1.3
SimplexBBS 1.05 XlatList 2.90 Netsex 2.00b
SLBBS 2.15C* XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 OFFLINE 1.35
Socrates 1.11 Oliver 1.0a
SuperBBS 1.12* Other Utilities OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
SuperComm 0.99 Name Version PKInsert 7.10
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 29 9 Dec 1996

TAG 2.5g -------------------- PolyXarc 2.1a
TBBS 2.1 2DAPoint 1.50* QM 1.00a
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 QSort 4.04
Telegard 2.7* ARCAsim 2.31 RAD Plus 2.11
TPBoard 6.1 ARCmail 3.00* Raid 1.00
WildCat! 3.02* Areafix 1.20 RBBSMail 18.0
XBBS 1.77 ConfMail 4.00 ScanToss 1.28
Crossnet 1.5 ScMail 1.00
Network Mailers DOMAIN 1.42 ScEdit 1.12
Name Version DEMM 1.06 Sirius 1.0x
-------------------- DGMM 1.06 SLMail 2.15C
BinkleyTerm 2.50 DOMAIN 1.42 StarLink 1.01
D'Bridge 1.30 EEngine 0.32 TagMail 2.41
Dreamer 1.06 EMM 2.11* TCOMMail 2.2
Dutchie 2.90c EZPoint 2.1 Telemail 1.5*
Milqtoast 1.00 FGroup 1.00 TGroup 1.13
PreNM 1.48 FidoPCB 1.0s@ TIRES 3.11
SEAdog 4.60 FNPGate 2.70 TMail 1.21
SEAmail 1.01 GateWorks 3.06e TosScan 1.00
TIMS 1.0(mod8) GMail 2.05 UFGATE 1.03
GMD 3.10 VPurge 4.09e
Compression GMM 1.21 WEdit 2.0@
Utilities GoldEd 2.31p WildMail 2.00
Name Version GROUP 2.23 WMail 2.2
-------------------- GUS 1.40 WNode 2.1
ARC 7.12 Harvey's Robot 4.10 XRS 4.99
ARJ 2.20 HeadEdit 1.18 XST 2.3e
LHA 2.13 HLIST 1.09 YUPPIE! 2.00
PAK 2.51 ISIS 5.12@ ZmailH 1.25
PKPak 3.61 Lola 1.01d ZSX 2.40
PKZip 1.10 Mosaic 1.00b

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 MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
SEAmail 1.01

Xenix/Unix 386
--------------

FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 30 9 Dec 1996

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
ARC 5.21
C-LHARC 1.00
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
Omail 1.00
ParseLst 1.32
Unzip 3.10
VPurge 4.08
Zoo 2.01

Macintosh
---------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
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@
FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 31 9 Dec 1996

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
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* ConfMail 4.10
NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
Compression -------------------- FastPack 1.20
Utilities ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
Name Version EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
-------------------- sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
ARC 6.02 Trenum 0.10
LHARC 2.01i
PackConvert
STZip 1.1*
UnJARST 2.00
WhatArc 2.02

Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
--------------------------------------

BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
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FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY
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[this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or
it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6.2
Comment: Clear-signing is Electronic Digital Authenticity!

-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Pending a formal decision about including 'encrypted' material inside
FidoNews from the Zone Coordinator Council, the guts of the FidoNews
public-key have been removed from this listing.

File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the
Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone
1 ZMH at 1200-9600+ HST/V32B.

This section will contain only this disclaimer and instructions until
a ZCC decision is forwarded to the Editor.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------

Editor: Christopher Baker

Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar,
Tom Jennings, Sylvia Maxwell,
Donald Tees

"FidoNews Editor"
FidoNet 1:1/23
BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds)

more addresses:
Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

(Postal Service mailing address)
FidoNews Editor
P.O. Box 471
Edgewater, FL 32132-0471
U.S.A.

voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please]
[1800-0100 UTC/GMT]

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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.

Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
Copyright 1996 Christopher Baker. 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.

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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 the FidoNet and Internet.
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
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
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSDnn.LZH] 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 [6], i.e., FNWSMAY6.ZIP for all the Issues from May 96.

Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
1 - 12 for 1984 - 1995, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
size from 48K to 1.2M.

INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:

http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/

You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:

http://www.geocities.com/athens/6894/

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 11 Megs.

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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
available almost immediately after publication on the Editor's new
homepage on the World Wide Web at:

http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/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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A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It
is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
Zone 1 Echomail Backbone.

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[This does not appear to be working at present]

Anyone interested in getting a copy of the INTERNET GATEWAY FAQ may
file-request GISFAQ.ZIP from 1:133/411.0, or send an internet message
to [email protected]. No message or text or subject is
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necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
should now mail to [email protected] rather than the
previously listed address.

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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable
from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
also 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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