Volume 4, Number 1 5 January 1987

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Volume 4, Number 1 5 January 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
Shareware is Nowhere
2. ARTICLES
Curbing Copyright Abuses by Vendors and On-Line Services
3. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 2 12 January 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES
Various Subjects: In Response To FidoNews 3.49
PC World's Andrew Fluegelman Award - Let's Nominate T.J.
Commercial Exploitation of Fido
GAGS Shareware Status Report
Genealogy EchoMail Update
Fido's Home for Utilities and Software
2. FOR SALE
Magazine On Disk for IBM PC and Compatibles
UNDER-C(tm) Library
3. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
Announcing Diplomacy Game F3
Official IFNA By-laws Ballot

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Volume 4, Number 3 19 January 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES
What ever happened to real BBSes?
International Informatics Access Conference Announcment
Shareware Vendor Abuse - Last in an Irregular Series
2. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
Bylaws Vote in Progress

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Volume 4, Number 4 26 January 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES
The Logical Technologies VS. Hoard Feil Story
The IBM View of the Universe
Topical TechMail Files
WARNING: System Crashed by User
2. COLUMNS
CRC Calculations
3. NOTICES
The Vote is In!
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 5 2 February 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES
Plans being made for The Official EchoMail Conference List
Public Digital Radio Service
2. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
HELP with MULTILINK vs. FIDO

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Volume 4, Number 6 9 February 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES
The Count is In! The Official Results on the Bylaws Ballot
The Power of FidoCast!
About RECOVERY 125/0 9 31
2. FOR SALE
Magazine on Disk for IBM PC and Compatibles
3. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
IFNA Elections Committee Formed

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Volume 4, Number 7 16 February 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
FidoNews versus EchoMail
2. ARTICLES
EchoMail Censorship
IFNA Board of Director Elections
Fido on the air
My Reply to Mark Welch, Re: Shareware Expenses
3. FOR SALE
Magazine on Disk for IBM PC and Compatibles
4. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 8 23 February 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
Policy Violations by Network Coordinators
2. ARTICLES
The True Howard Feil Story
SoCalNet Routing Changes
SNOBOL Echo Conference
Suggested Standard For ARChived Software Distribution
Fiction: "Wide Awake" by Scott Wallace
3. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 9 2 March 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
Editor Unleashed!
2. ARTICLES
AMIGA Update
Update on Fido version 12
Reply to "Reply to GAGS Shareware Expenses"
An open letter to all SYSOP
Tax Program Developers Heed!
3. COLUMNS
An Irregular Column
4. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
WARNING: Phony PC-Write

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Volume 4, Number 10 9 March 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES
What is the Story on 9600 Baud Modems?
The First Echomail Conference List
IFNA Board Nominations
SEAdog Offer for IFNA Members
Public Key Encryption Revisited
2. COLUMNS
Irregular column
Technical Topics Column
3. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 11 23 March 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
What's IFNA Up To?
2. ARTICLES
BROADCASTING Echo Conference
Copyright warning, re: FidoNews and on-line info theft
SeaDog has arrived !
What's in a name?
The End of FidoNews?
Amateur Radio Novice License: A Better Bargain
And Now for the Rest of the Story!
Convoy to the Wall
3. COLUMNS
Column Without a Name
Technical Topics - Getting It From There To Here
4. FOR SALE
Magazine on Disk for IBM PC and Compatibles
5. NOTICES
The Lost Issue
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 12 30 March 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
Thanks from TJ
2. ARTICLES
Allied Health Teleconference Network
Proposed Bylaws for the Intergalactic Sysop Alliance
PROPOSAL: Another Addressing Scheme for FIDONET
Satellite Fido - Update
Announcing a New Mensa Echo!
3. COLUMNS
Column Without a Name
A Discussion on ASSEMBLER Language
4. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
Packet Switching Networks

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Volume 4, Number 13 6 April 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
Editor Unleashed?? Author Unleashed!!
2. ARTICLES
CROBOTS Tournament Software
EchoMail Etiquette - an Alternative to Censorship
Net 107 Phone Number Changes
Formation of a new HUB in Net 107
The IFNA Scorecard
3. COLUMNS
Column with No Name
TANDY 1000 and the Copy OPTION Board
4. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
AREA:HPUSER echo area moderated by 138/3

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Volume 4, Number 14 13 April 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
What is this thing called IFNA?
2. ARTICLES
Letting 9 to 5 Go By the Board by Alice Kahn
Medical Bulletin Boards
SEAdog node list problem
Pointless Nodelist Hassles
Electronic Mail--Plague or Panacea?
3. COLUMNS
Tandy User Group Newsletter (MARCH, 87)
4. FOR SALE
UNDER-C(tm) PFS2TXT Program
5. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack

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Volume 4, Number 15 20 April 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
International Mail
2. ARTICLES
Financing Fido
Patrick Troughton (the second Dr. Who) Dies
Fidogram - Free Telegram Service
Notes From MemphisNet
Talking Assembler (Part 2)
Tradewar Anyone?
CAP and the Dayton HamVention
Vietnam Veterans "Convoy to the Wall"
3. COLUMNS
Column Without a Name
4. WANTED
Any Harvard Summer School students?
5. FOR SALE
BIG BLUE DISK #7 - Latest issue of magazine on disk!
6. NOTICES
The Interrupt Stack
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot

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Volume 4, Number 16 27 April 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL
IFNA: Past, Present, and Future
2. ARTICLES
Old Sysops Never Die
Mensa Telecomputing SIG Coordinator Seeks Sysops
Tandy User Group Newsletter.... April, 1987
3. COLUMNS
Technical Topics - IBM's New Systems
Column Without a Name
4. WANTED
5. NOTICES
Error on last week's ballot!
The Interrupt Stack
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot

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Volume 4, Number 17 4 May 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
What's in a Net? ......................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
Review: Big Blue Disk .................................... 3
Benchmark Test Results ARC v.s. PKARC .................... 5
FEMINISM Echomail Conference ............................. 6
Calling All IFNA Jokesters! .............................. 7
PC-Desk reviewed ......................................... 8
FNEWSPRN -- A FidoNews Utility ........................... 10
Notes from the UK ........................................ 11
New Fido Sysop Utilities ................................. 14
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
Fido and the Hayes modem ................................. 15
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 20
4. WANTED ................................................... 24
Information Clearinghouse -- A Call for Volunteers ....... 24
5. NOTICES .................................................. 25
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 25
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 26

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Volume 4, Number 18 11 May 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Politics ................................................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
A Brief Put-Down ......................................... 2
MACE Utilities - A Sysop's View .......................... 4
2400 Baud Modems ......................................... 5
A Review of Opus ......................................... 7
NY MetroNet Resolution ................................... 8
Vietnam Veterans EchoConference .......................... 9
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 11
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 11
4. NOTICES .................................................. 18
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 18
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 19

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Volume 4, Number 19 18 May 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Filling the Gap .......................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Tentative Conference Agenda .............................. 2
Dutchie & Brinkers - A Fidonet Point System .............. 3
How to Remove Disk Labels ................................ 7
High Speed Protocols ..................................... 9
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 12
Hayes modems and compatibles ............................. 12
What's Hopp-ening? Part I of ???? by Ryugen Fisher ...... 23
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 25
4. NOTICES .................................................. 29
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 29
Conference Hotel Room Rates .............................. 29
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 30

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Volume 4, Number 20 24 May 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Time Flies When You're Having Fun ........................ 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
FILELIST.EXE...One Sysop's Solution To File Requests ..... 2
International Nodes, "The Zones Are Coming" .............. 3
TELEBIT Trailblazer Test and Evaluation Report ........... 6
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 10
Multilink and Fido ....................................... 10
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 21
4. NOTICES .................................................. 26
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 26
Latest Software Versions ................................. 26
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 27

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Volume 4, Number 21 1 June 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Seeing is Believing ...................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Arc-Pkarc-Zoo - Which Should I Use? ...................... 2
Better BBS??? ............................................ 5
Why doesn't anyone laugh anymore? Or the story of UN-FU .. 10
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 13
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 13
4. NOTICES .................................................. 17
FidoNews Bug ............................................. 17
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 17
Latest Software Versions ................................. 17
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 18

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Volume 4, Number 22 8 June 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Shades of Grey ........................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Echomail Censorship: Con ................................. 2
Echomail Censorship: Pro ................................. 3
BBS Picnic -- You are invited ............................ 6
Tandy User Group Newsletter .............................. 7
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 12
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 12
4. NOTICES .................................................. 16
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 16
Notice: Echolist 102 now available! ...................... 16
Latest Software Versions ................................. 16
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 18
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 21

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Volume 4, Number 23 15 June 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Is IFNA Stealing FidoNet? ................................ 1
2. NOTICES .................................................. 3
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 3
Latest Software Versions ................................. 3
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 4
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 7

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Volume 4, Number 24 29 June 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Trojan Horse Alert! ...................................... 1
Hello from Communet ...................................... 2
What's To Eat? ........................................... 5
The Trash Hauler's Union of Dayton ....................... 6
The creation of FUN ...................................... 11
2. NOTICES .................................................. 12
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 12
Latest Software Versions ................................. 12
Summer Fun ............................................... 12
Programming Contest ...................................... 13
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 15
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 18

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Volume 4, Number 25 6 July 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
A word from the Broadcast Echos .......................... 1
National EchoMail Conference List ........................ 3
FREEWARE: The End of Amateur Programming? ................ 14
Once Upon the Future ..................................... 16
New EchoMail Area for Mainframe Folks .................... 18
More Talk About PK vs. ARC ............................... 19
Mail Relays .............................................. 20
Turbo C - V 1.0 - A Product Review ....................... 22
Does IFNA Matter Outside the USA ? ....................... 25
The creation of FUN ...................................... 27
US Naval Observatory Time Now Available .................. 28
NEW FIDO(tm) OPUS(tm) SEADOG(tm) UTILITY ................. 29
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 31
Borland's Turbo C: Review, part 1 ........................ 31
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 34
3. FOR SALE ................................................. 38
COMPUTER PACKAGE FOR SALE ................................ 38
4. NOTICES .................................................. 39
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 39
regarding fnews424 ....................................... 39
Latest Software Versions ................................. 39
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 41
IFNA Order Form .......................................... 42

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Volume 4, Number 26 13 July 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Hotline! (1) ............................................. 1
2400 Baud At The Right Price ............................. 4
Talking ASSEMBLER (Number #3) ............................ 5
THE DIRTY DOZEN -- An Uploaded Program Alert List ........ 11
Running 2 BBS's, or CHOOSEr.exe to have FUN! ............. 20
International Vietnam Veterans EchoConference Anniversa .. 23
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 25
Borland's Turbo C: Review, part 2 ........................ 25
From the Broadcasters Booth - routing .................... 29
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 32
3. WANTED ................................................... 37
INFORMATION "FEEDS" WANTED ............................... 37
4. NOTICES .................................................. 38
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 38
Latest Software Versions ................................. 38
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 39
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 40

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Volume 4, Number 27 20 July 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
FidoNet Conference Information ........................... 1
Tentative Conference Agenda .............................. 2
Living with DOS: Disk Caches ............................ 4
MGM: A New Echomail System ............................... 15
Tandy User Group Newsletter .............................. 18
FUN messing with USERS or I'll be Dutched ................ 22
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 27
The Broadcasters Booth - 24 hr mail ...................... 27
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 29
3. WANTED ................................................... 34
INFORMATION "FEEDS" WANTED ............................... 34
4. NOTICES .................................................. 35
Don Brauns ............................................... 35
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 35
Latest Software Versions ................................. 36
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 37
IFNA Order Form and Membership Application ............... 38

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Volume 4, Number 28 27 July 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Is Echomail Doomed? ...................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
The Maxum Turbo XE - A Serious Computer .................. 2
FidoNet in Japan ......................................... 6
MegaList: A Cross-System File Listing .................... 10
Public Key Encryption for FidoNet Mail ................... 11
Sirius 0.50 - A Review ................................... 18
Sports Net ECHO Conference ............................... 23
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 24
Broadcast Booth - In The Network ......................... 24
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 25
4. NOTICES .................................................. 30
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 30
Latest Software Versions ................................. 30
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 31
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 32

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Volume 4, Number 29 3 August 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Logic Chopping: A Study in Censorship .................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
FidoNet Conference Information ........................... 3
FIDO-FAM - FIDO BBS File Area Maintenance Utility ........ 4
Hotline! (2) ............................................. 7
FidoNet's Growing Pains -- A USENET Perspective .......... 10
3. NOTICES .................................................. 12
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 12
COMPUTERFEST '87 ......................................... 12
Special notice for FidoCon goers ......................... 12
Latest Software Versions ................................. 13
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 14
IFNA Order Form and Membership Application ............... 15

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Volume 4, Number 30 10 August 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Latest FidoCon Agenda .................................... 1
New stuff from SEA: SEAdog 4.1 .......................... 4
Hotline! (3) ............................................. 6
MegaList: A Cross-System File Listing .................... 8
Tandy Users SIG Newsletter - AUG87 ....................... 9
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 13
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 13
3. FOR SALE ................................................. 18
ALR 386/2 Special Offer To Fidonet Sysops ................ 18
The UNDER-C (tm) Library ................................. 19
4. NOTICES .................................................. 20
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 20
Special notice for FidoCon goers ......................... 20
Latest Software Versions ................................. 20
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 22
IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 23

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Volume 4, Number 31 17 August 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Fido/FidoNet Version 12 Announcement ..................... 1
Hotline! (4) ............................................. 8
Reach Out, America! ...................................... 11
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 12
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 12
Random Mutterings ........................................ 16
3. FOR SALE ................................................. 18
Diagnostic tools for the SYSOP ........................... 18
4. NOTICES .................................................. 19
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 19
Netmail at FidoCon ....................................... 19
Latest Software Versions ................................. 19
International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 20
IFNA Order Form and Membership Application ............... 21

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Volume 4, Number 32 24 August 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Problems with Opus distribution .......................... 1
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 9
Talk To Your Computer! ................................... 14
3. NOTICES .................................................. 16
Notice of action by the IFNA Board of Directors .......... 16
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 16
Latest Software Versions ................................. 16
IFNA Order Form .......................................... 18
IFNA Membership Application .............................. 19

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Volume 4, Number 33 31 August 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Changes .................................................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Minutes of First IFNA BofD Meeting, August 21, 1987-DRA .. 2
IFNA Board of Directors, Alternates and Officers ......... 4
Minutes of Second IFNA BofD Meeting, August 21, 1987-DR .. 6
Minutes of Third IFNA BofD Meeting, August 23, 1987-DRA .. 10
Minutes of Meeting of the IFNA Executive Committee ....... 15
Tom Marshall's Views/Cover Notes FidoCon IV .............. 16
Henderson's Letter of Resignation ........................ 19
FidoNet in the South Pacific ............................. 20
3. NOTICES .................................................. 23
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 23
Latest Software Versions ................................. 23
IFNA Order Form .......................................... 24
IFNA Membership Application .............................. 25

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Volume 4, Number 34 7 September 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Copyrights ............................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
ONE TO ONE - The Newest Communications Software .......... 2
IFNA Committee Information ............................... 5
DIPLOMACY via BBS ........................................ 8
CORRECTION - Recent Articles on PC-Write ............... 9
Fido Offer for IFNA Members .............................. 10
The first INTERNATIONAL user conference .................. 11
PC-Write Now Checks Spelling! ............................ 12
IFNA Welcomes Poland to FidoNet .......................... 14
Tandy User Group Newsletter... September 87 .............. 15
FidoNet Node ID's: Names or Numbers? ..................... 20
WaZOO File request available for Fido or SEAdog .......... 22
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 26
Origin: Angevin Empire ................................... 26
4. NOTICES .................................................. 29
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 29
Latest Software Versions ................................. 29
IFNA Order Form .......................................... 30
IFNA Membership Application .............................. 31

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Volume 4, Number 35 14 September 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
What's IFNA Done for Me? ................................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
A Call for Volunteers .................................... 3
FCC EchoMail Conference .................................. 4
MegaList: A Sysop's Answer To Finding Utilities .......... 5
Research in Shareware -- A Questionnaire ................. 6
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 20
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 20
Origin: Angevin Empire ................................... 24
4. NOTICES .................................................. 25
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 25
Latest Software Versions ................................. 25
IFNA Order Form .......................................... 26
IFNA Membership Application .............................. 27

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Volume 4, Number 36 21 September 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Guest Editorial by Don Kulha ............................. 1
Policy4 proposal enclosed ................................ 2
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ........................ 3
Fido v12 (tm) Echo Conference ............................ 16
FIDO-FAM and OPUS - Answers to common questions & probl .. 17
Security Available For Mail Now .......................... 19
REDCON An EchoMail Idea who's time has come .............. 21
Repair Nightmare ......................................... 23
Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla ............................... 26
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 28
Random Mutterings ........................................ 28
Origin: Angevin Empire ................................... 31
4. FOR SALE ................................................. 33
ALR 386/2 Special Offer To Fidonet Sysops ................ 33
5. NOTICES .................................................. 34
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 34
Latest Software Versions ................................. 34
IFNA Order Form .......................................... 35
IFNA Membership Application .............................. 36

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Volume 4, Number 37 28 September 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
The Future of FidoNews ................................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
International Technical Coordinator Retires .............. 3
The Tragedy of an On-Line Addiction ...................... 4
Paying to use Bulletin Boards ............................ 7
QNX Conference & MultiLine Mania ......................... 9
The Zones are coming ! ................................... 12
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 15
4. NOTICES .................................................. 19
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 19
P/S 2 Compatible Available October 11, 1987 .............. 19
Latest Software Versions ................................. 20

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Volume 4, Number 38 5 October 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Career Advice via Fido (we need your advice) ............. 1
Greetings from the New Zone 1 Coordinator, David Dodell .. 2
P/S 2 Compatible Available October 11, 1987 .............. 4
What's Up at SEA? ........................................ 5
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
Origin: Angevin Empire ................................... 9
3. NOTICES .................................................. 11
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 11
Latest Software Versions ................................. 11
4. COMMITTEE REPORTS ........................................ 12
Ben Baker resigns as International Coordinator ........... 12
FidoCon V -- Where's It Gonna Be? ........................ 13

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Volume 4, Number 39 12 October 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
FidoNews Generator is Offline ............................ 1
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 2
3. NOTICES .................................................. 2
Special Notice ........................................... 2
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 2
Latest Software Versions ................................. 3
4. COMMITTEE REPORTS ........................................ 4
IFNA Status Report for October, 1987 ..................... 4

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Volume 4, Number 40 2 November 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
FidoNews is Back on the Air! ............................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
Fee-Paid Systems Revisited ............................... 3
Open Letter about National Family Forum .................. 6
Shrinking the Node List .................................. 7
U.S. Robotics, Hayes to Share High-Speed Modem Technolo .. 8
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
Origin: Angevin Empire ................................... 9
4. NOTICES .................................................. 11
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 11
Latest Software Versions ................................. 11

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Volume 4, Number 41 9 November 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Building the LATINO Net .................................. 1
Some Comments on the Proposed Policy4 .................... 3
Preferred Inbound and Alternate Inbound: A Routing Prop .. 9
SEA Letter: ARCmail, DTTY ................................ 14
FidoCon V ................................................ 16
2. NOTICES .................................................. 18
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 18
Latest Software Versions ................................. 18
3. COMMITTEE REPORTS ........................................ 19
IFNA Status Report for November 1987 ..................... 19

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Volume 4, Number 42 16 November 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
PCjr Lives On - In EchoMail S.I.G.! ...................... 1
SEA Letter: MGMlink ...................................... 3
Voyager 1's Problems ..................................... 5
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 9
3. NOTICES .................................................. 14
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 14
Latest Software Versions ................................. 14

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Volume 4, Number 43 23 November 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Fido v12 Support Echo Conference ......................... 1
An Informal History of FidoNet ........................... 2
FidoNet en Sudamerica .................................... 6
Preferred and Alternate Inbound: A Routing Proposal ...... 8
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 13
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 13
3. NOTICES .................................................. 17
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 17
Jewish and Hardware Echos Planned ........................ 17
Latest Software Versions ................................. 17

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Volume 4, Number 44 30 November 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Perspectives ............................................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Nodelist Flag Changes Draft Document ..................... 10
The famous Enterprise/Road Runner Encounter Story ........ 14
Probability Zero, First Contact .......................... 18
News from the Zone 1 Coordinator ......................... 19
3. NOTICES .................................................. 21
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 21
MEGADEX - A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT THE MEGALIST .............. 21
Latest Software Versions ................................. 22

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Volume 4, Number 45 7 December 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Standards? What Standards? .............................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
A Letter To Mayor Koch ................................... 2
MEGADEX - A New Way to Look at the MEGALIST .............. 7
3. NOTICES .................................................. 8
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 8
New IFNA Address for Orders and Memberships .............. 8
Latest Software Versions ................................. 8

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Volume 4, Number 46 14 December 1987

Table of Contents

1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Fee Based Bulletin Board Systems ......................... 1
Benchmark Testing Of Archive Utilities ................... 3
GizLib - A Fine Improvement To Quick Basic ............... 5
StarSeed -- A New Age BBS ............................... 9
A New Kind of DUPE ....................................... 10
Softguard Strikes Out At Honest Pc-Users ................. 12
2. NOTICES .................................................. 15
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 15
Region 18 Nodelist Changes ............................... 15
Latest Software Versions ................................. 15

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Volume 4, Number 47 21 December 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
My Apologies ............................................. 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
An Old Frog Bids Adieu ................................... 3
The Intergalactic Sysop Alliance ......................... 6
QT/2 - A New Computer at a Low Cost ...................... 13
Info-68K Anyone? ......................................... 15
KXP1092 - A Printer Utility For Panasonic's KXP1092 Pri .. 16
How Many People Really Read Fidonews? .................... 17
SEA Letter: XlatList and RouteGen ........................ 18
SECURITY MAIL SERVICE .................................... 21
Software Distribution nodes wanted ....................... 24
WARNING - A TROJAN IN COPIES OF COMMAND.COM! ............. 25
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 26
The Regular Irregular Column ............................. 26
4. NOTICES .................................................. 31
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 31
EchoList News ............................................ 31
Opening for Region 13 Regional Coordinator ............... 31
Latest Software Versions ................................. 32

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Volume 4, Number 48 28 December 1987

Table of Contents

1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Swan Song ................................................ 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Modem, Modem, whose got the Modem? ....................... 2
A Storm Is On The Horizon ................................ 7
The Other Side of MetroNet ............................... 11
3. NOTICES .................................................. 14
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 14
Latest Software Versions ................................. 14

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