F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 40 6 October 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 40 6 October 1997
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 |
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ZONE 2 REJOINS NODELIST IN ZONE 1! Film at 11!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Hey, Zone 2 is BACK! Now, for consistency? ............... 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
FREE2000 Echo from UK .................................... 2
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
FidoNet Via Internet Hubs ................................ 3
4. COLUMNS .................................................. 4
Telephone Info ........................................... 4
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 18
Homer sings? ............................................. 18
6. NOTICES .................................................. 19
Future History ........................................... 19
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 20
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 20
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 24
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 24
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 25
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 27
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EDITORIAL
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A FULL Zone 2 update appeared in the Nodelist here in Zone 1 on
Friday. It was even current with the 276 marker. That's one in a row.
If we can just get a diff here with ALL SIX Zones appearing as if
FidoNet were a functioning, international, well-managed network, we'd
have something to brag about again. Zones 4 and 5 were not represented
in the 276 diff, here, at all.

I understand Zone 4 is getting a new ZC. No news of this has reached
this publication from any official source. YooHoo? This is the place
to make such announcements in case you haven't read your FidoNet
Policy for awhile.

Did RC15 die? I've received no response to questions posed here and in
Netmail. YooHoo?

For those who inquired, the glass of last week's golf ball disaster
while I was editing 1439 has been replaced. It's amazing how far plate
glass can go and how small the pieces can be when hit from outside by
a golf ball. Even after sweeping twice and vacuuming, I'm still
finding little shards here and there a week later. At least it was in
the kitchen which is tiled and filled with washable surfaces. What an
additional pain it would have been on carpet and furniture! [grin]

As for content, remember this is YOUR newsletter. Keep those articles
and letters coming! ARTSPEC.DOC is available for file-request and on
the various Internet links as indicated in the Masthead.

C.B.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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--- Following message extracted from NEWSCHAT @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Tue Sep 30 04:30:29 1997

From: Cliff Hetherington
To: Christopher Baker
Date: 22 Sep 97 18:14:30
Subj: Re: fidonews.org is now available

Quoted From: Christopher Baker
To: All
Date: 21-Sep-97

Hello Christopher,
I thought you and anyone else taking this echo might
be interested in another echo recently backboned in the UK, FREE2000
is an echo for those wishing to discus Fidonet and its progress, into
the next millennium, and participating posters in that echo have
joined together to design and operate a WWW site [not yet up and
running]. FREE2000 is open to nodes, points and BBS users equally and
everyone is welcome.

In order to promote Fidonet on the WWW, providing access to programs
and faqs etc to enable new Fidonetters or those more used to the
Internet & WWW to access Fidonet as users or points..

It's hoped that establishing a presence on the WWW may encourage
Webbers and Internetters to join Fidonet, since all are part of the
global communications arena.

I'm therefore quite chuffed to see FidoNews is going to be visible on
the WWW as well.:-) I don't use either the WWW or Internet myself
[apart from e-mail], so can't visit your site, but I will let others
know of its existence:-)

Cheers,
Cliff/2

Origin: The Dragons Lair off TRAK-ONE........ (2:254/60.10)

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ARTICLES
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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Wed Oct 01 04:32:53 1997

From: C. Ingersoll @ 1:2623/71
To: Editor @ 1:1/23
Date: 01 Oct 97 02:27:20
Subj: Fidonet via Internet Hubs
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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.
1:124/7008 | Ben Hamilton | FTP,VMoT,TX,F2I| 64k | $20mo.
1:140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP,TX | T1 | $5/$20
1:270/101 | George Peace | FTP | T1 | $30mo.
1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | F2I | ??? | $2mo.
1:280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
1:2222/1 | Ed Georgen | FTP,TX | T1 | unkn
1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,TX | T1 | unkn
1:2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP | ??? | $1mo.
1:2424/3121| Earl Clark | TX | 33.6 | n/c
1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo.
1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VFOS | 33.6 | $15yr.
1:2651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,TX | ??? | unkn
1:330/204 | Patrick Rosenheim | TX | 33.6 | $25yr.
1:346/250 | Aran Spence | FTP,TX | T1 | $10mo.
1:342/1022 | Steve Steffler | TX,UUE,F2I | 33.6 | n/c
1:396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP | T1 | $25mo.
2:252/358 | Sean Rima | VMoT | T1 | n/c
2:469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | TX | 64k | unkn
2:2490/5170| Lenny Murphy | F2I | ??? | n/c
3:774/950 | Craig Box | UUE, F2I | 28.8 | n/c
--
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
* F2I = Fido2Int (W95)
* UUE = uuencode<->email packet transfers
* TX = TransX (Proprietary uuencode<->email packet transfer
software)

compiled by Cindy Ingersoll, 1:2623/71, (609)814-1978,
[email protected] Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP,
R13SYSOP and Fidonews.

---
Origin: * Fly By Night * (609)814-1978 *(1:2623/71)

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COLUMNS
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Telephone Info
by Leonard Erickson, 1:105/56, [email protected]

First off, I need to correct my last column. I've been informed that
the Kyrgyz Republic is now *using* the 996 country code (at least you
have to dial them that way from Canada). Also, Tajikistan has been
assigned country code 992, but there's no indication of when they'll
start using it. That leaves Kazakhstan as the only country sharing
country code 7 that *hasn't* been assigned it's own country code
(Russia, of course, gets to keep country code 7).

Anyway, with no further ado, here's the latest Zone 1 area code list.

200 unassigned "Easy-to-Recognize" code
201 New Jersey
202 District of Columbia
203 Connecticut
204 C Manitoba
205 Alabama
206 Washington
207 Maine
208 Idaho
209 California
210 Texas
211 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code
212 New York
213 California
214 Texas
215 Pennsylvania
216 Ohio
217 Illinois
218 Minnesota
219 Indiana
220
221
222 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
223
224
225
226
227
228 Mississippi (split from 601, full cutover 14 Sep 98)
229 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
230 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
231 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
232
233
234
235 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
236
237 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
238
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239 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
240 Maryland
241
242 I Bahamas
243
244
245
246 I Barbados
247
248 Michigan
249 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
250 C British Columbia
251 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
252 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
253 Washington (split from 206, full cutover 16 Nov 97)
254 Texas
255
256 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
257
258 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
259
260 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
261 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
262
263
264 I Anguilla
265 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
266
267 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
268 I Antigua & Barbuda
269
270 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
271 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
281 Texas
282
283
284 I British Virgin Islands (split from 809,
full cutover 30 Sep 98)
285 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
286
287
288
289
29x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
300 unassigned "Easy-to-Recognize" code
301 Maryland
302 Delaware
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303 Colorado
304 West Virginia
305 Florida
306 C Saskatchewan
307 Wyoming
308 Nebraska
309 Illinois
310 California
311 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code Unified non-emergency
312 Illinois
313 Michigan
314 Missouri
315 New York
316 Kansas
317 Indiana
318 Louisiana
319 Iowa
320 Minnesota
321
322
323 California (splits from 213 13 Jun 98, full cutover 16 Jan 99)
324
325
326
327
328
329
330 Ohio full cutover 1 Jul 99 for wireless
331
332 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
333
334 Alabama
335 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
336
337 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
338
339
340 I US Virgin Islands (split from 809, full cutover 30 Jun 98)
341 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
342
343
344
345 I Cayman Islands
346
347 New York (splits from 718 ? ??? ??, full cutover ? ??? ??)
348
349
350 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
351 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
352 Florida
353
354 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
355
356
357
358
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359
360 Washington
361 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
37x reserved consecutive block-of-ten
380
381
382
383 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
384
385
386
387
388
389
39x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
400 unassigned "Easy-to-Recognize" code
401 Rhode Island
402 Nebraska
403 C Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon
404 Georgia
405 Oklahoma
406 Montana
407 Florida
408 California
409 Texas
410 Maryland
411 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code (Directory Assistance)
412 Pennsylvania
413 Massachusetts
414 Wisconsin
415 California
416 C Ontario
417 Missouri
418 C Quebec
419 Ohio
420 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
421
422
423 Tennessee
424 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
425 Washington (split from 206, full cutover 16 Nov 97)
426
427
428
429
430 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
431 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
432 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
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433
434
435 Utah (split from 801, full cutover 22 Mar 98)
436
437 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
438
439 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
440 Ohio (split from 216, full cutover 4 Apr 98)
441 I Bermuda
442
443 Maryland
444
445 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
446
447
448 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
449
450 C Quebec (splits from 514 13 Jun 98, full cutover 16 Jan 99)
451
452
453
454
455
456 I Special Area Code 'International Inbound' (Switched 56k Data)
457 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
458 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
459
460 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
461 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
462
463
464 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
465
466
467
468
469 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
470 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
471
472
473 I Grenada & Carricou (splits from 809 31 Oct 97,
full cutover 31 Oct 98)
474 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
475 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
476
477
478 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
479
480
481 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
482 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
483
484 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
485
486
487
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488
489
49x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
500 I Special Area Code 'Personal Communications (PCS)'
501 Arkansas
502 Kentucky
503 Oregon
504 Louisiana
505 New Mexico
506 C New Brunswick
507 Minnesota
508 Massachusetts
509 Washington
510 California
511 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code
512 Texas
513 Ohio
514 C Quebec
515 Iowa
516 New York
517 Michigan
518 New York
519 C Ontario
520 Arizona
521
522 reserved for expansion of 500
523 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
524
525
526
527
528
529
530 California (splits from 916 1 Nov 97, full cutover 16 May 98)
531 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
532
533 reserved for expansion of 500
534
535 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
536
537 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
538
539
540 Virginia
541 Oregon
542
543
544 reserved for expansion of 500
545 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
546
547
548
549
550 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
551 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
552 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
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553
554
555 NOT ASSIGNABLE- possible confusion with '555-XXXX'
seven-digit numbers
556
557 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
558
559 California (splits from 209 14 Nov 98, full cutover 14 May 98)
560 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
561 Florida
562 California
563 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
564
565
566 reserved for expansion of 500
567 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
568
569
570 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
571 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
572 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
573 Missouri
574
575
576
577 reserved for expansion of 500
578 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
579 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
580 Oklahoma (splits from 405 1 Nov 97, full cutover 1 Apr 98)
581
582
583 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
584 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
585
586
587
588 reserved for expansion of 500
589 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
59x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
600 C Special Area Code- Canadian Special Services
601 Mississippi
602 Arizona
603 New Hampshire
604 C British Columbia
605 South Dakota
606 Kentucky
607 New York
608 Wisconsin
609 New Jersey
610 Pennsylvania
611 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code
(Repair Service in many areas)
612 Minnesota
613 C Ontario
614 Ohio
615 Tennessee
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616 Michigan
617 Massachusetts
618 Illinois
619 California
620 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
621 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
622
623
624
625
626 California (split from 818, full cutover 21 Feb 98)
627 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
628 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
629
630 Illinois
631
632
633
634
635
636 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
637
638 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
639
640 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
641 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
642
643
644
645
646 New York (splits from 212 ? ??? ??, full cutover ? ??? ??)
647 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
648 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
649 I Turks & Caicos Islands (split from 809,
full cutover 30 Jun 98)
650 California (split from 415, full cutover 31 Jan 98)
651 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
652
653
654 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
655
656
657
658
659
660 Missouri (splits from 816 12 Oct 97, full cutover 19 Apr 98)
661 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
662
663
664 I Montserrat
665
666
667
668
669 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
670 I Marianna Islands (CNMI) (full cutover 1 Jul 98)
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671 I Guam (full cutover 1 Jul 98)
672
673
674
675
676 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
677
678 Georgia (overlaid on 770 ? ??? ??)
679 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
680
681
682
683
684 I American Samoa (joins NANP ? ??? ??, full cutover ? ??? ??)
685
686 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
687
688
689
69x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
700 I Special Area Code- Carrier Services
701 North Dakota
702 Nevada
703 Virginia
704 North Carolina
705 C Ontario
706 Georgia
707 California
708 Illinois
709 C Newfoundland & Labrador
710 Special Area Code- U.S. Federal Government services
(e.g. NCS' GETS)
711 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code
712 Iowa
713 Texas
714 California
715 Wisconsin
716 New York
717 Pennsylvania
718 New York
719 Colorado
720 Colorado (overlaid on 303 1 Feb 98)
721
722
723
724 Pennsylvania (splits from 412 1 Feb 98,
full cutover 30 Apr 98)
725
726
727 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
728
729
730 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
731
732 New Jersey (split from 908, full cutover 6 Dec 97)
733
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734 Michigan (splits from 313 13 Dec 97, full cutover 25 Jul 98)
735
736 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
737
738
739
740 Ohio (splits from 614 8 Nov 97, full cutover 6 Jun 98)
741
742 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
743
744
745
746
747
748
749 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
750 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
751 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
752 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
753
754
755
756
757 Virginia
758 I St. Lucia
759
760 California
761 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
762
763
764
765 Indiana
766
767 I Dominica (split from 809, full cutover 30 Sep 98)
768
769
770 Georgia
771
772
773 Illinois
774
775
776
777
778
779 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
780 C Alberta (splits from 403 25 Jan 99, full cutover 12 Jul 99)
781 Massachusetts (split from 617, full cutover 1 Dec 97)
782
783 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
784 I St. Vincent & the Grenadines (splits from 809 ? ??? ??,
full cutover ? ??? ??)
785 Kansas (split from 913, full cutover 3 Oct 98)
786
787 I Puerto Rico
788
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789 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
79x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
800 I Special Area Code- TOLL FREE
801 Utah
802 Vermont
803 South Carolina
804 Virginia
805 California
806 Texas
807 C Ontario
808 Hawaii
809 I Dominican Republic (and other Caribbean Islands)
810 Michigan
811 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code
(Business Office in many areas)
812 Indiana
813 Florida
814 Pennsylvania
815 Illinois
816 Missouri
817 Texas
818 California
819 C Quebec
820 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
821
822 reserved for 800 expansion
823
824
825
826
827
828 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
829
830 Texas (split from 210, full cutover 6 Oct 97)
831 California (splits from 408 11 Jul 98, full cutover 22 Feb 99)
832 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
833 reserved for 800 expansion
834
835 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
836
837
838
839 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
840 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
841
842 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
843 South Carolina (splits from 803 22 Mar 98,
full cutover 27 Sep 98)
844 reserved for 800 expansion
845 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
846
847 Illinois
848 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
849
850 Florida (split from 904, full cutover 23 Mar 98)
851
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852
853
854
855 reserved for 800 expansion
856 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
857
858
859
860 Connecticut
861 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
862
863
864 South Carolina
865
866 reserved for 800 expansion
867 C Yukon & Northwest Territories (splits from 403/819 21 Oct 97,
full cutover 26 Apr 98)
868 I Trinidad & Tobago (split from 809, full cutover 31 May 98)
869 I St. Kitts & Nevis
870 Arkansas (split from 501, full cutover 6 Oct 97)
871
872
873
874
875
876 I Jamaica (split from 809, full cutover 30 Apr 98)
877 I Special Area Code- TOLL FREE (joins NANP 4 Apr 98)
878
879
880 I 'Caller-Pays' 800
881 I 'Caller-Pays' 888
882
883
884 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
885
886
887
888 I Toll Free
889
89x reserved for NANP digit length expansion
900 I Special Area Code- PAY-per-call
901 Tennessee
902 C Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
903 Texas
904 Florida
905 C Ontario
906 Michigan
907 Alaska
908 New Jersey
909 California
910 North Carolina
911 NOT ASSIGNABLE- local service code EMERGENCY
912 Georgia
913 Kansas
914 New York
915 Texas
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916 California
917 New York
918 Oklahoma
919 North Carolina
920 Wisconsin (split from 414, full cutover 25 Oct 97)
921 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
922
923 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
924
925 California (splits from 510 14 Mar 98, full cutover 12 Sep 98)
926
927
928 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
929
930 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
931 Tennessee (split from 615, full cutover 19 Jan 98)
932 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
933
934
935
936 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
937 Ohio
938
939
940 Texas
941 Florida
942 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
943
944
945 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
946 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
947
948
949 California (splits from 714 18 Apr 98, full cutover 17 Oct 98)
950 NOT ASSIGNABLE- possible confusion with
950-XXXX access numbers
951 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
952 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
953 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
954 Florida
955
956 Texas (split from 210, full cutover 6 Oct 97)
957 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
958 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
959 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
96x reserved consecutive block-of-ten
970 Colorado
971 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
972 Texas
973 New Jersey (split from 201, full cutover 6 Dec 97)
974 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
975 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
976
977
978 Massachusetts (split from 508, full cutover 1 Dec 97)
979 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
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980
981 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
982
983 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
984 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
985
986 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
987
988
989 reserved for specific future geographic split/overlay
99x reserved for NANP digit length expansion

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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <[email protected] (Christopher Baker)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 97 10:59:47 -0600
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Spam: Drimking Humor

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NOTICES
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Future History

13 Oct 1997
Thanksgiving Day, Canada.

1 Dec 1997
World AIDS Day.

10 Dec 1997
Nobel Day, Sweden.

12 Jan 1998
HAL 9000 is one year old today.

30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.

22 May 1998
Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.

14 Sep 1998
Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].

22 Sep 1998
First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.

1 Dec 1998
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
Tom Jennings.

24 Jul 1999
XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].

31 Dec 1999
Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.

1 Jan 2000
The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.

1 Jun 2000
EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.

15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

1 Jan 2001
This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.

-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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[from 1439. Ed.]

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

Websites of interest:

BinkleyTerm-XE - http://www.cc86.org/~btxe/
Searchlight BBS - http://www.searchlight.com

-=- 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
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Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.11 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD
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
GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
FIDONEWS 14-40 Page 21 6 Oct 1997

GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV
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
JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H
JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G
MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL
Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX
Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE
McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP
Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD
NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR
Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP
QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS
RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
Silver Xpress
Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP
Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE
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 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD
Terminate 5.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO
TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP
TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS
TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG
TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS
WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
WWIVTOSS 1.36 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
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OS/2:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
FleetStreet 1.20 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUEP
Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEF
PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2

Windows (16-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW

Windows (32-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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Argus 95/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 A9I
Argus NT/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ANI
BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_W32
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTW
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFW
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
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

Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.10 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.4 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM
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
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CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 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
TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
2:310/6 TRAPDOOR
TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS

Atari:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
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.

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

Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264

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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
of this appearance.

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FidoNet:

Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
HTML FNews http://www.fidonews.org
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc/ftscmirr.htm
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html

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Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html

Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/

Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm

Region 14: [disappeared?]

Region 15: [disappeared?]

Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm

Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm
REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/

Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html

Region 19: http://www.compconn.net

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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org

ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm
Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/

Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)

Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)

Region 25:
http://members.aol.com/Net254/

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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm

Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French)

Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss)

Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian)

Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr

Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/

Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)

Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl

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Region 90:
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish)

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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org

Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)

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

Editor: Christopher Baker

Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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