F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 52 29 December 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 52 29 December 1997
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THE NEW YEAR'S EVE EDITION!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Last Issue for 1997 ...................................... 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
New ZC in Zone 4 ......................................... 2
Looking for pointers on points? .......................... 3
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
A simple question razed .................................. 4
4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 6
An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !! ....... 6
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7
What happens after Christmas? ............................ 7
The Night After Christmas ................................ 8
6. NOTICES .................................................. 11
Future History ........................................... 11
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 12
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 12
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 16
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 16
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 17
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 19
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EDITORIAL
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Another year comes to an end at FidoNews.

Where are we a year later?

We still have no International Coordinator. We still can't get six
guys in a communications network with all sorts of connection
possibilities to synchronize the delivery of our fundamental
document - the Nodelist - on a regular basis. At least two of those
guys don't even communicate with the rest of FidoNet at all.

Why do some people hang onto Coordinator slots LONG after they've
retired in office? Is it ego? Inertia? Stupidity?

We do have our own Internet domain at fidonews.org thanks to jim
barchuk. We do have people who move Echomail in spite of being under
continuous attack for their efforts. We used to have a file moving
network but I haven't seen much of it lately. We still have Sysops
willing to help other Sysops with technical and sometimes even
personal problems.

Does that balance out?

Zone 4 has a new Zone Coordinator. His first input is in the Letters
section. This is 100 percent more than his predecessor ever offered.
He didn't make it into this week's Nodelist in Zone 1, however. [sigh]

One of our readers needs help getting point operations info. If you've
got what he needs, please send him some mail.

What do you think we should expect in the new year?

C.B.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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[I received this several days ago. This week's Nodelist was ruefully
short {again} of other Zone updates including nothing from Zone 4.
Ed.]

From: [email protected] (Luis Manterola)
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:07:34 -0300
Subject: Fidonet in Zone 4
Priority: normal
Organization: P.L.Rivero y Cia. S.A.

Hi Christopher!

Some numbers of Fidonews ago you wrote:

> F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 41 13 October 1997
> ===============================================================
> EDITORIAL
> ===============================================================
> Not much new going on. Zone 4 DID get a new ZC. I saw it in the
> Nodediff on Friday but nobody bothered to let FidoNews know so it
> could be passed on the easy way. Maybe neither the past or the new
> ZC4 ever heard of FidoNews?

I'm sure they perfectly knew about FidoNews, I'll try to explain
this in the next lines.

> So, I'll tell you that ZC4 is now:
> Alejandro Alvarez at 4:900/309 in or around Buenos Aires in
> Argentina.
> From his listings, it appears he also an RC and an NC which is
> a lot of hats if you have more than 20 Nodes in your Region or
> Net but that is just speculation since no official notice has
> been forthcoming.

No, he is not RC90. He is just NC900 and was a temporal ZC4. Ariel
Nardelli was our ZC4 up to the first days of October. He was a good
ZC, he made quite a good job from May 1996 to Sept.97 but he didn't
speak english so it was a little bit difficult for him to communicate
with you or any other english speaking person.

Nevertheless he managed to have a translator-friend who helped him to
participate in some echoes as REGCON.

Then he left Fidonet for personal causes and named A. Alvarez as a
temporal ZC4. Alejandro probably didn't tell you at the first time of
this change because of his temporal condition, he immediately
organized elections in which I was chosen as the new ZC. I should
appear as ZC in the next diff. [He didn't in Zone 1. Ed.]

> One can only hope this ZC4 will be more responsive than the
> last ZC4. Congratulations [or commiserations as appropriate],
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> Alejandro! Feel free to use FidoNews to tell us everything. [grin]

You can count on me to be permanently in touch with you for any
event that happens in our zone.

Best Regards.

Luis Manterola - 4:4/0 - 4:900/525
Mailto:[email protected]

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From: [email protected] ( D BOUCHER)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 15:34:04, -0500
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fidonews...?

Hi Chris,

Do you know if there is an echo where I can learn more about running a
'point system'? ...or maybe a FAQ that someone has put together for
people wanting to run a 'point system'?

Thanks for your help! (And thanks for your great work on the
Fidonews.. .)

--
Dave in Boston

(For E-mail, mailto:[email protected]?subject=fromEMCsig )

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ARTICLES
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A simple question razed
by Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109

In 1448 Lee Kindness responded to a question from Rich Veraa:

> From: Rich Veraa
> Does anyone know howcome a net in Ontario lists a node in Malasia?

LE> And can I ask you why it matters? This sort of geographical
LE> nonsense is damaging to Fidonet - it merely gives some "power
LE> hungry fiends" something to worry about.

He asked a simple question. Rather than answering, Lee accuses him of
being a power hungry fiend?!?!. For a simple question?

LE> Do a bit of research and find out about Fidonet in Asia and you
LE> might see why a node would want to be in zones 1 or 2...

How? Where does one start such research? Read NET_DEV perhaps?
Certainly asking about it in FidoNews won't do him any good, will it?

It matters. But there can be a reason for it. It is spelled out how
and why geography comes into play in assigning nodes in Policy.

But instead of trying to explain, Mr. Kindness has to use the question
as a yet another excuse for him to piss and moan.

People ask "O where, O where has our poor dog gone?" People blame the
lessening of the NodeList to many things, always technical. It's the
Internet, or the FTSC, or Policy, or it's the Software, this or that,
over and over. And nobody offer solutions beyond, "If they just
published *MY* FSC, it will fix FidoNet!" Like hell it will.

BBSes get fewer and fewer new callers because BBSes get stricter and
stricter, with caller ID, callback verifiers, 20 questions asked, wait
periods, download ratios, etc. etc.

Usenet offers immediate reading and writing to discussion groups, no
questions asked. It allows anonymity. There's more freedom.

FTP and HTTP offers immediate downloading (and searches for) thousands
of programs, source code, pictures and various other sundries. No
questions asked. No wait periods. No ratios. There's more freedom.

And here in the snooze, and in many Echoes, we keep hearing over and
over, tiny-dick know-nothings constantly pissing and moaning.

People are leaving FidoNet not because the FTSC are lax in their
duties. Not because the Internet uses better technology. But because
BBSes are run under fear of handles and unknown phone numbers. Because
people are hearing too often from those who want others to give them
name recognition piss and moan when they don't get it. Because people
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are sick and tired of hearing over and over, the accusations, the
insults, the complaints and the sheer idiocy that goes on here by
the vocal minority.

O yeah. To the virtual schmucks complaining about the NESYSOP NC
election: The Network Coordinator is appointed by the Regional
Coordinator. There needn't even be an election.

Some things are just a little more important than Fidonet.
-- Mike Bilow

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COORDINATORS CORNER
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An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !!
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
!Zone/Jul!Ndl-332!Nodel.-339!Nodel.-346!Nodel.-353!Nodel.-360!%%!
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
! 1/360 ! 6400 ! 6338 -62! 6338 0! 6420 82! 6199 -221!27!
! 2/360 ! 14826 !14627 -199!14654 27!14769 115!14523 -246!63!
! 3/360 ! 602 ! 591 -11! 591 0! 602 11! 580 -22! 3!
! 4/353 ! 441 ! 436 -5! 434 -2! 438 4! 435 -3! 2!
! 5/353 ! 92 ! 92 0! 92 0! 92 0! 91 -1! 0!
! 6/318 ! 1091 ! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 5!
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
! 23452 !23175 -277!23200 25!23412 212!22919 -493!
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+

New is I've added the Julian-date of each zone-segment from which
the current nodelist in zone-2 was compiled.

For the purpose of comparison here's the same info from about 6 months
ago. (no, zone-5 and -6 did not grow, only the zonal entries of each
zone now are included in the count and 6 months ago not)

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-157|Nodelist-164|Nodelist-171|Nodelist-178|Nodelist-185|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 8182| 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 7828 -354 |30|
| 2 | 15774|15703 -71 |15666 -37 |15640 -26 |15577 -63 |60|
| 3 | 758| 758 0 | 758 0 | 743 -15 | 728 -15 | 3|
| 4 | 519| 514 -5 | 514 0 | 519 5 | 517 -2 | 2|
| 5 | 87| 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1078| 1078 0 | 1079 1 | 1079 0 | 1079 0 | 4|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 26398|26322 -76 |26286 -36 |26250 -36 |25816 -434 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

With the different measuring systems compensated the net-result in
6 months is:

Zone-1 : -1667 = -21.2%
2 : -1078 = - 6.9%
3 : - 154 = -21.1%
4 : - 87 = -16.8%
5 : - 3 = - 3.4%
6 : status-quo

Different types of comments are possible ...

\x/ard

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NET HUMOR
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--- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sat Dec 27 17:37:17 1997

From: Jim Venedam
To: All
Date: 26 Dec 97 11:54:00
Subj: After Christmas

Subject: A Post-Holiday Poem
From: [email protected] (Bob D'Amore)

This appeared in the Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)
Sat. Dec.26, 1992.

HAPPY SHOPPING TO ALL!
======================
by Suzanne Delcamp
Asbury Park Press Staff Writer
(Poem reprinted with author's permission)

'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the counties,
The people went shopping to return all their bounty.
The shoppers -- so many! -- roamed warily through the malls,
All seeking elusive discount Christmas balls.

The children came, too, and broke out into grins,
As they watched Mom return orange ties from Aunt Mims.
The teens prowled the record stores; the dads looked for books.
A horde of old ladies searched for marked-down crochet hooks.

Away in the parking lot, nearby spaces were rare,
Though if you drove far away enough there were plenty to spare.
The malls were just bustling, the folks dashing to and fro,
And the prospect of bargains made some shoppers glow.

Then what to consumers' wondering eyes should appear,
But a clearance rack of sweaters all made from cashmere.
I smiled at the shoppers, so lively and quick,
Everyone was eager to spend the money from St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles, shoppers came and came,
Some reciting the stores they'd visit, name after name.
First Macy's! Then Caldor! And Herman's and Braddock's.
And don't forget McCrory, Lord & Taylor and Wallach's!
To the upper level! To the lower level! Thank goodness for the mall!
Let's shop away, shop away, shop away all!

And as corridors got crowded and the madness intensified,
The shoppers greeted waiting lines that stretched out to July,
Up to the counters the lines snaked inch by inch,
But then when else is returning ever such a cinch?

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Then in the twinkling of an eye something opened up quite near,
I stopped and I shook myself. An available cashier!
But as I drew up my packages and was turning around,
Someone raced to the register, beating me hands down.

She was piled under packages, from her head to her toes,
And the remnants of Christmas wrapping clung to her clothes.
After shifting her bundle she began to unpack,
That's when I realized they were all being taken back!

Her eyes were glazed, her dimples anything but merry!
Her face looked tired. Was she happy? Not very.
Her small little mouth was drawn tight as a knot,
And there at her side were several tired tots.

She set down her packages, starting with the neon tinsel wreath, Then
came the toothpick maker and some mechanical chattering teeth. The
clerk eyed her wearily, but still the packages came,
A ring rack, a poster, a plastic Great Dane.

There was something funny about her, with her passel of elves,
And I smirked as I watched her, in spite of myself.
But with a wink of her eye and a twist of her head,
I saw that once all this was returned there was more shopping ahead.

She spoke not a word, just went back to her work.
New play shoes for Willy, a new skirt for work.
And then pointing a finger and rising up on her toes,
She broke into a trot as she headed toward the bargain panty hose.

As she sprang down the aisle, to her children she whistled,
And they all flew behind her like tiny guided missles.
But I heard her exclaim as she pranced out of sight,
"Happy Shopping to all, and to all a good night!"

Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46)

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--- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sat Dec 27 17:37:44 1997

From: Jim Venedam
To: All
Date: 26 Dec 97 11:56:00
Subj: After Christmas II

The Night After Christmas

`Twas the night after Christmas, and boy, what a house!
I felt like hell, and so did the spouse.
The eggnog and turkey and candy were swell,
but ten hours later, I sure didn't feel well.

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The stockings weren't hung by the chimney with care,
the darned things were sprawled on the back of a chair.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
but I had a large pack of ice on my head!

And when I finally dozed off in a nap,
the ice woke me up when it fell on my lap.
Then for some unknown reason, I wanted a drink,
so I started feeling my way to the sink.

I got along fine, till I stepped on the cat,
I don't recall what happened after that.
When I came to, the house was flooded with light,
although under a table, I was high as a kite!

While visions of sugar plums danced in my head,
I somehow got up and back into bed.
Then what to my wandering eyes should appear...
but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer!

Then the sleigh seemed to change into a red fire truck,
and each reindeer turned into a bleary eyed buck.
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
I tried to call out, but my tongue was too thick.

Then the old devil whistled and shouted with glee,
while the bucks pawed the earth as they grinned at me!
Then he called them by names, and the names made me shudder.
When I heard them, I felt like a ship minus a rudder!

"Now Eggnog! Bacardi! Now Bourbon and Brandy!"
"Now Fruitcake! Cold turkey! Gin Rickey and Candy!"
To the top of his head, to the top of his skull,
now whack away, crack away, with thumps that are dull!

And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof,
the prancing and pawing of each cloven hoof.
How long this went on, I'm sure I can't say,
though it seemed like eternity, plus one more day!

But finally, the night after Christmas had passed,
and I found I could really think at last!
So I thought of the New Year a few days away,
and I've made me a vow that no temper can sway.

I'm sticking to water - don't even want ice!
But there's nothing as tasty or nothing as nice.
The night after New Year's may bother some guys,
but I've learned my lesson, and now I am wise.

You can have your rich victuals and liquor that's red,
but what goes to my stomach won't go to my head.
So a big Happy New Year to you and to all,
I'm back on the wagon, and hope I don't fall!

Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46)
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NOTICES
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Future History

12 Jan 1998
HAL 9000 is one year old today.

30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.

17 May 1998
Independence Day, Norway.

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

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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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[from 1449. Ed.]
Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264

New entry: Tornado, a BBS from Konstantin Klyagin. Welcome to the
list... ;-)

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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

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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 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.12 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 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX
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
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
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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
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO
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

OS/2:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
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 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
FleetStreet 1.21 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
FP-OS/2 97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow 323/107 FPOS2
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
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO2
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
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WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
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 2.12 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
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 1.31 T X Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.2 O F Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHTICK
DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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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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. The FidoNews key is also available on
the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information.

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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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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org

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

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

Region 13: 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://www.trak-one.co.uk/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 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html

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

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

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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org

============

Zone 4: (not yet listed)

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

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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm

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

Editor: Christopher Baker

Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, 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 1997 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.

=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=

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
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 20 29 Dec 1997

back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] for a
particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
current year [7], i.e., FNWSAUG7.ZIP for all the Issues from Aug 97.

Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
1 - 14 for 1984 - 1997, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
size from 48K to 1.4M.

INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:

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

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You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:

[email protected]

with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist

and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email
distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no
message to the same address above.

*

You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
by sending email to:

[email protected]

with a Subject line of: help

and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
www.fidonews.org.

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

http://www.fidonews.org

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.
FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 21 29 Dec 1997

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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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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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