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    Editor in Chief                                       Dale Lovell
    Editor Emeritus:                                   Thom Henderson
    Chief Procrastinator Emeritus:                       Tom Jennings
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                            Table of Contents

    1. EDITORIAL  ................................................  1
       SEA & PKWare - Where's the beef?  .........................  1
    2. ARTICLES  .................................................  2
       My Two Cents Worth on PK vs. SEA  .........................  3
    3. COLUMNS  ..................................................  8
       Let's YACK about The ARC Dilemma  .........................  8
    4. NOTICES  .................................................. 10
       The Interrupt Stack  ...................................... 10
       New IFNA Address for Orders and Memberships  .............. 10
       Latest Software Versions  ................................. 10
    5. COMMITTEE REPORTS  ........................................ 11
       IFNA Treasurer's Report  .................................. 11
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                              SEA & PKWare
                            Where's the beef?


         That's the question that's been bothering everyone recently.
    It all started around  the  beginning  of  the  year  when System
    Enhancement  Associates  sued  PKWare.  From  the beginning, I've
    supported SEA mainly because  I called  SEA and  talked with Thom
    Henderson. Not that many people were willing to do something like
    this. Why? I'm not sure, it sure seemed  an easy  way to  get one
    person's version  of what  was going  on quickly  and easily. Why
    didn't I call Phil Katz? Mainly because I knew Thom  from FidoCon
    '87. I'm  not sure  how much  good it would have done anyway, for
    the past two weeks  no  matter  when  I  call  PKWare,  I  get an
    answering machine.

         What are  my opinions  on the two lawsuits between these two
    companies? Well, first off my  opinions  are  biased.  I consider
    Thom a  friend and  trust him.  While I do not consider his words
    gospel, I usually accept most of what he says. In  this matter, I
    believe that SEA was completely correct to sue PKWare.

         While  I've  learned  a  few  new things about copyright law
    while looking into these lawsuits that  I'm not  entirely pleased
    with, I am capable of understanding why they exist. While many of
    us may not like some parts of copyright law we  may discover upon
    looking into  these cases, it is the law. There are procedures to
    follow in order to change these laws, use  them if  you feel they
    are unfair.

         Hopefully some  of the  articles in  this issue will help to
    convince you over to my way of thinking. If not, so be it. I only
    ask  that  we  take  these  messages  out  of  echomail. They are
    accomplishing nothing and succeeding to excessively annoy many of
    us. Before you enter a message about the lawsuits again, take the
    time and read this edition, call those directly  involved, obtain
    the  documents  from  the  courts,  but  STOP THE COMPLAINING AND
    WHINING!!!  Echomail  can  accomplish   so  much,   why  make  it
    accomplish nothing???


    Dale Lovell
    3266 Vezber Drive
    Seven Hills, OH  44131
    data: 216/642-1034
          1:157/504 aka 1:1/1

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    [NOTE: Message modified by Tim Pozar on 29 Sep 88  13:24:02]
    From  hoptoad!cogsci!SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL!KPETERSEN
    From: hoptoad!cogsci!SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL!W8SDZ (Keith Petersen)
    To:   hoptoad!ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU!hoptoad!pozar (Tim Pozar)
    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1988  11:35 MDT

    [For submission to Fido News special ARC edition]

    Both SEA and PKWare are likely to be in hot water soon.  All we
    want is a PUBLIC DOMAIN archiving system which is immune to this
    nonsense! BTW, ZOO isn't it.  It has a copyright and restrictions
    on distribution.

    DATAPOINT has a trademark (and has had it since the '70s) on the
    word ARC.  As reprinted from a current Datapoint Manual:

    "Attached Resource Computer" is a trademark of DATAPOINT
    Corporation.
    Registered in the US patent and Trademark office.
    "ARC" is a trademark of DATAPOINT Corp.

    Any recent DATAPOINT document has this copyright/trademark
    statement, the document it came from was called "RMS SYSTEM
    ADMINISTRATION UTILITIES" DATAPOINT document Number 50928 Dated
    September, 1985.

    The "RMS Quick Reference Guide" Document No. 61017 contains a
    larger copyright notice.

    A person who is very involved with DATAPOINT and their ARCNET
    configurations said that the Attached Resource Computer is a
    combination of hardware and software, and in fact, they have a
    software program used with ARCNET called "ARC".  He is very
    familiar with DATAPOINT, and said that he will be talking to the
    legal department at the DATAPOINT headquarters in Texas to inform
    them of the lawsuits currently pending between SEA and PKWARE,
    and determine if DATAPOINT wants to pursue legal action of
    their own.

    --Keith Petersen
    Arpa: [email protected]
    Uucp:
    {decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

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    John Herro
    1:363/6


                     MY TWO CENTS WORTH ON PK VS. SEA


    In this controversy,  neither side is 100% right,  but I hope the
    BBS world goes with Phil Katz' new Shareware for several reasons.

    PKxARC is  much,  much faster than ARC.   It also compresses some
    files more than ARC, because it considers Squashing as one alter-
    native.  I'm a Shareware author,  and I'm using a registered copy
    of PKARC to distribute my program  ADA-TUTR,  the Interactive Ada
    Tutor.  I understand that the court order allows registered users
    of PKxARC to continue to use it indefinitely.

    I also understand that  Phil Katz  was ordered to change the file
    extension from .ARC,  which he has done.   After the first of the
    year,  however,  he can no longer distribute the program.  He has
    to come up with another file compression  algorithm.   He expects
    to come up with a new  algorithm  that's  superior  to  ARC.  I'm
    looking forward to seeing his new program!

    Just as ARC has almost completely replaced older schemes like SQZ
    and  LBR,  I  hope that Phil's new scheme will completely replace
    ARC and become the new BBS standard.

    SEA  seems to be leaning toward  commercial  software.  The  only
    reason I won't buy a copy of AXE  is that it's commercial and not
    Shareware.  I'd gladly pay that much  to  register  Shareware.  I
    think  Shareware  is  an idea whose time has come,  and it almost
    completely solves the problem of  software  piracy.   Even if SEA
    keeps  ARC  as  Shareware  for now, who's to say that further im-
    provements won't be commercial,  as happened to Fido?   SEA seems
    to be going in  that  direction.   I  prefer  PK  because I think
    there's  a  greater  chance  that future improvements will remain
    Shareware.

    If Phil's new algorithm is to become the  BBS standard,  a lot of
    software will have to be updated.   Examples are BBS systems that
    can  "look inside"  archives, and "ARCMAIL-like" programs.  Soft-
    ware authors should plan to update as soon as Phil Katz publishes
    his new algorithm.  We changed file compression standards before;
    we can do it again.

    We want the FASTEST and BEST compression to be the standard.  The
    PK  programs have been faster and better than  SEA,  and I expect
    that to continue.

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    Thom Henderson, president
    System Enhancement Associates
    voice: (201) 473-5153
    data:  (201) 473-1991


                  Now That It's Over, What Did It Mean?

    Now that the dust has settled in the first shareware copyright
    case, it is time for SEA to make public the facts that many
    members of the shareware community deserve to know.

    For the record, SEA is a family owned business.  Andy Foray, the
    company chairman, and Thom Henderson, the company president, are
    brothers-in-law.  Irene Henderson, the secretary/treasurer and
    office manager, is Andy's sister and Thom's wife.

    As the creators, publishers and defenders of the industry
    standard ARC file compression format, we have always maintained a
    strong belief in a fundamental concept of shareware -- that
    shareware be distributed for free for all non-commercial use.  To
    this end, we have never, and will never, charge for the use of
    ARC in a non-commercial environment.  We also believe that full
    program sources should be available, at least to registered
    users, and we have always made the full ARC sources available to
    all users.  We have also licensed a great many people to use the
    ARC sources in their own programs.

    We discovered that PKWARE had obtained our source code without
    obtaining a license.  He modified that code so that the program
    ran faster and provided several other enhancements.  However, the
    nuts and bolts of the program were done by SEA.  That is called
    PIRACY, plain and simple.  And this industry has no place for
    pirates.

    We tried to politely ask PKWARE to obtain a license.  He
    ungraciously told us where to go.

    We asked our lawyer what we should do.  He said we were bound by
    law to protect our rights to the trademark and copyrights on ARC.
    If we did not, then anyone could use the ARC trademark and
    copyrights.  It is very much like a candy bar calling itself
    Hershey.  If another company used the Hershey name without
    permission, you can imagine what would happen.

    Also, it should be noted that PKWARE did not live up to the high
    standards set by the shareware industry.  He didn't make his
    source code available.  He sought out our market and competed
    directly for our corporate market by using the funds he had
    received from non-commercial users (whom we would not charge!)
    He authorized ads with false and misleading comparison statements
    to run in the magazines we advertised in.  And he placed those
    ads on the same pages as our ads.  If we did not protect our
    investment in the ARC trademark, we would have lost our
    trademark, our market and our business.  Furthermore, the
    industry would have been left in disarray, as two standards would
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    have emerged.

    So after Phil Katz told us he would not settle this case like a
    gentleman, we were forced to ask the courts to settle it for us.

    We didn't want to go to court.  We couldn't afford the lawyers
    fees.  We couldn't afford the time away from programming the
    updated versions of ARC that will work on other systems, such as
    Unix, Macintosh, and VM/CMS.  And we couldn't afford to create a
    controversy in an industry that we helped to pioneer.  We also
    couldn't afford to create ill will among users -- both our users
    and PKWARE users.  But PKware left us no choice.

    Anyway, the case didn't get very far, thanks to the testimony of
    an expert witness, John Navas.  He looked at the source code of
    both programs and found, lo and behold, that the PKWARE program
    was indeed a blatant copy of the SEA code.

    When Katz heard this, he called us directly -- bypassing the
    attorneys -- and said he wanted to settle.

    We were only too happy to put a quick end to this.  We wanted the
    facts to come out.  Unfortunately, Katz demanded that part of the
    settlement terms be kept under court seal.  We agreed, and we
    probably should not have, but we did because we wanted to end the
    case quickly so we could get back to updating and improving ARC.

    Some of the terms are public: PKWARE cannot distribute the
    program after January 1, 1989, they cannot substantially change
    the program (though they can make bug fixes) and if they receive
    inquiries for the product, they must send out SEA literature.
    Also, PKWARE is prohibited from creating a new program that is
    compatible with ARC or PKARC.

    If those terms sound one-sided, then it only goes to prove the
    extent to which PKWARE felt that it had no legitimate right to
    its program.  After all, why would he give up everything if he
    was right?  He obviously was not above board in this case, even
    though the settlement terms said he was not admitting fault in
    any way (a standard legalese ploy).

    We are a bit perturbed that one of PKWARE's part-time employees
    obtained a copy of the sealed court document, typed it into a
    file along with numerous typos and loaded it onto several
    bulletin board systems.  She also included her own biased,
    editorial opinion on the case and its terms.  While we don't
    believe PKWARE had authorized this action, it obviously violates
    the sense of fair play that we have lived with, at Mr. Katz'
    request.

    Now we are faced with several problems.

    The bulletin board community has heard many comments by people
    who did not possess the facts of this case, and therefore made
    ill informed opinions. Those opinions seemed like fact because we
    did not respond to them while the case was in progress.
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    You are well aware that no party in a legal action can really
    speak his mind while the action is occurring.  Because we didn't
    respond, people assumed that we were wrong.

    Well, we weren't wrong and we won't be silent any more.  We have
    begun responding to the outrageous and outlandish opinions
    expressed against SEA.  We realize that people came to the only
    conclusion possible, given the lack of reliable information about
    this case.

    We will respond to any and every comment about this case.  We
    welcome questions and urge people to call us at our office.  When
    the dust settles, no one will doubt our sincerity in trying to do
    the right thing.


    We'd also like to clear up a few basic misconceptions that have
    appeared on the boards:

     -  SEA waited too long to take action.

        Response: The legal world moves slowly.  First we have to be
        aware of the situation, determine that a violation of our
        copyright existed, try to settle amicably and then take legal
        action.  That takes time.

     -  SEA doesn't upgrade it's program.

        Response: We have updated the program nine times in three
        years.  We have made it available for several other operating
        systems, such as OS/2 and CP/M.  We will continue to upgrade
        the program to benefit all users on all systems.

     -  SEA used the courts when it realized it couldn't compete on
        raw programming talent.

        Response: We have a very good program and one that is getting
        better.  We wouldn't be the defenders of an industry standard
        if we didn't have programming talent to begin with.

     -  SEA is a Goliath pursuing a David called Phil Katz.

        Response:  Phil Katz is a not just a person.  He is a
        company, and a big one at that.  PKWARE is a bigger company
        than SEA, despite the fact we publish four programs.  We
        calculate that PKware currently grosses almost $2,000 a day,
        or about five times what we do.  We challenge him to make his
        audited figures public.

     -  PKWARE must be a small company because we hear there are only
        three employees including his mother.

        Response: We applaud Mrs. Katz and wish her the best of
        success.  We too are a family run company.  Andy Foray and
        Thom Henderson are brothers-in-law and Irene Henderson serves
        as secretary/treasurer.  We have hired a programmer and a
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        license manager.  We didn't do this because we had a windfall
        profit, we did this because we needed to stay competitive and
        to serve new markets.

     -  SEA should have pursued the case to a jury trial so a
        precedent could be set for the industry.

        Response:  We wish we had the money to support our lawyer to
        take this case to a jury trial conclusion.  However, we were
        eating hot dogs every night and had to take on outside
        consulting jobs to make ends meet.  We needed to end this
        case before the legal fees devoured our company.  Besides, we
        weren't out to crucify the guy -- we just wanted him to stop
        stealing our work.


    If there are more questions, be assured, we will respond to them.

    We have also issued a new policy statement regarding the
    licensing of ARC. It has been uploaded to the IBMSW forum on
    CompuServe, the utilities/archivers conference on BIX, and has
    been disseminated to other BBSes as well. The terms probably are
    the most liberal for any licensing policy for any software
    company.  And if that isn't enough, give us a call and we'll see
    what we can work out.

    We welcome the opportunity to better serve the shareware
    community.  We invite your comments and your suggestions.

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                                 COLUMNS
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                                   YACK
                     Yet Another Complicated Komment

                           by Steven K. Hoskin
                       ( STEVE HOSKIN at 1:128/31 )

                       Episode 12:  The ARC Dilemma


    Well, Dale, you asked for it.  Opinions on ARC and the SEA/PKWare
    lawsuit(s).  I'll TRY to keep it on one page.

    I understand SEA has considered  ARC to be its trademark; SEA may
    have even registered such.  That's  fine, but my understanding is
    also that SEA has done  nothing  in  three  years to protect that
    trademark.  I am given to understand that failure to take actions
    to protect  a  trademark  leaves  the  bearer  of  said trademark
    subject to loss of rights to same.

    I understand  that  law  recognizes  that  a  trademark,  even if
    previously registered and accepted, can become generic, and if it
    does so, the bearer  of  the  trademark  loses it.  Monopoly, for
    example, has become generic  in  the  sense that when the average
    person thinks of  Monopoly  they  think  of  the  game and not of
    Milton Bradley  (or  whatever  company  makes  the  stupid game).
    Therefore, Monopoly programs  can  be written without the authors
    being successfully being sued  for  trademark violation since the
    company that makes the game has legally lost the trademark; it is
    now generic.  This fact  has  been  upheld  in at least two court
    cases. (1)

    Has ARC become generic?  If  not,  I'd say it's virtually so now.
    What do YOU refer to  an  archive  as?    Most everyone I've ever
    known calls them ARCs.  "Say,  Steve, what ARC program do you use
    to ARC and deARC your  ARCs?"    "I  use  PKARC because it's TONS
    faster and saves more space, and if I need to I can still use the
    option to make ARCs that ARC can deARC."  If that isn't generic I
    don't know what is.  And THAT came from a REAL conversation.

    I don't mean to say SEA is  wrong  in  this lawsuit (and I hear a
    second one has been filed), but one point stands out clear:

    SEA released source code  to  their  shareware users, opening the
    door to duplicated  procedures  in  other  programs and virtually
    elimating SEA's ability to track  down abusers of that source.  I
    think this fact probably  eliminates  SEA's ability to say it has
    taken sufficient measures to protect "its" trademark.
    _______________
    (1)  Shareware, a magazine that discusses and hosts
    advertisements  for   shareware,   freeware   and  public  domain
    programs.  I do not recall the edition or volume number.

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                                 NOTICES
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                         The Interrupt Stack


    23 Nov 1988
       25th Anniversary of "Dr. Who" - and still going strong

    24 Aug 1989
       Voyager 2 passes Neptune.

     5 Oct 1989
       20th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"

    If you have something which you would like to see on this
    calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.

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    Bob Rudolph

    Effective with this FidoNews issue all IFNA monetary transactions
    will be handled by our Treasure, Steve Bonine (1:1/11). Steve
    will deposit money and verify memberships for all IFNA Orders.
    The actual processing of memberships and filing of PO's will
    continue to be done by other individuals after the treasure's
    duties are completed. The administrative and legal address are
    now both listed as St. Louis. The forms at the back of this
    FidoNews refect this change.

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    TBBS           2.0M    XlaxNode       2.10    MGM            1.1
    BinkleyTerm    2.00*   XlaxDiff       2.10    TPB Editor    1.21*
    QuickBBS       2.03*   ParseList      1.20*
    TPBoard         4.2*

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    Utility authors:  Please help  keep  this  list  up  to  date  by
    reporting  new  versions  to 1:1/1.  It is not our intent to list
    all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.

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    FidoNews 5-40                Page 11                   3 Oct 1988


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                            COMMITTEE REPORTS
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                         IFNA Treasurer's Report
                             September, 1988
                          Steve Bonine   115/777

    I was elected IFNA treasurer at FidoCon in August and plan to
    provide a short summary of IFNA finances in FidoNews each month.
    By the time I close the books, get the article to Dale, and it
    gets published, expect it around the middle of the month.

    This month's report isn't typical.  The transition is not yet
    complete, so I'm not really able to provide my own report.  The
    IFNA account in Hawaii is still being used, and Leonard Mednick
    has been generous in his help during the transition period.  I
    hope to have things switched in time to provide a more normal
    report next month.

    The monthly data provided in FidoNews will be a summary.  For
    those of you who want more detail, file-request from 115/777
    using the "magic name" of IFNA$.  (I accept either type of file
    request, 23 hours a day.)  This file will be updated monthly and
    contains the summary and detail data for each month.  Detail data
    is provided in both a standard text file and in spreadsheet
    format.  Analyze to your heart's content.

    There was considerable discussion before FidoCon about a
    committee to "oversee" the treasurer.  After FidoCon, I posted a
    message in the IFNA echomail conference soliciting volunteers for
    this task.  Either the message got lost, or none of the folks who
    were so willing to complain are willing to help.  I have not
    received a single offer of help, or even a flame!  If you are
    interested in this aspect of IFNA affairs, please contact either
    myself or Mark Grennan (147/1) who is chair of the Administration
    and Finance Committee.

    And now, thanks to Leonard Mednick, a summary for August.


    RECIEPTS & DEPOSITS
       Membership fees                     850.00
       Sales                               180.00
       Interest earned                      20.11

    TOTAL RECEIPTS                                         $1050.11

    DISBURSEMENTS
       Postage                              43.80
       Phone expense                       301.89
       Box rental                           28.00

    TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS                                      373.69

    EXCESS RECEIPTS OVER DISBURSEMENTS                       676.42
    FidoNews 5-40                Page 12                   3 Oct 1988


    ADD BEGINNING BALANCE                                   4109.03

    BALANCE IN ACCOUNT                                      4785.45

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    FidoNews 5-40                Page 13                   3 Oct 1988


           OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION

    Hal DuPrie       101/106  Chairman of the Board
    Bob Rudolph      261/628  President
    Matt Whelan      3:3/1    Vice President
    Ray Gwinn        109/639  Vice President - Technical Coordinator
    David Garrett    103/501  Secretary
    Steve Bonine     115/777  Treasurer



                        IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

        DIVISION                               AT-LARGE

    10  Courtney Harris   102/732?        Don Daniels     107/210
    11  Bill Allbritten   11/301          Hal DuPrie      101/106
    12  Bill Bolton       3:54/61         Mark Grennan    147/1
    13  Rick Siegel       107/27          Steve Bonine    115/777
    14  Ken Kaplan        100/22          Ted Polczyinski 154/5
    15  Larry Kayser      104/739?        Matt Whelan     3:3/1
    16  Vince Perriello   141/491         Robert Rudolph  261/628
    17  Rob Barker        138/34          Steve Jordan    102/2871
    18  Christopher Baker 135/14          Bob Swift       140/24
    19  David Drexler     19/1            Larry Wall      15/18
     2  Henk Wevers       2:500/1         David Melnik    107/233

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    FidoNews 5-40                Page 14                   3 Oct 1988


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                    / Fido \       _//|| _\   /
                   (________)     (_/(_|(____/ (tm)

           Membership for the International FidoNet Association

    Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that
    pays  a  specified  annual   membership  fee.   IFNA  serves  the
    international  FidoNet-compatible  electronic  mail  community to
    increase worldwide communications.

    Member Name _______________________________  Date _______________
    Address _________________________________________________________
    City ____________________________________________________________
    State ________________________________  Zip _____________________
    Country _________________________________________________________
    Home Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________
    Work Phone (Voice) ______________________________________________

    Zone:Net/Node Number ____________________________________________
    BBS Name ________________________________________________________
    BBS Phone Number ________________________________________________
    Baud Rates Supported ____________________________________________
    Board Restrictions ______________________________________________

    Your Special Interests __________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    In what areas would you be willing to help in FidoNet? __________
    _________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________
    Send this membership form and a check or money order for $25 in
    US Funds to:
                  International FidoNet Association
                  PO Box 41143
                  St Louis, Missouri 63141
                  USA

    Thank you for your membership!  Your participation will help to
    insure the future of FidoNet.

    Please NOTE that IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization
    and Articles of Association and By-Laws were adopted by the
    membership in January 1987.  The second elected Board of Directors
    was filled in August 1988.  The IFNA Echomail Conference has been
    established on FidoNet to assist the Board.  We welcome your
    input to this Conference.

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    FidoNews 5-40                Page 15                   3 Oct 1988


                  INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
                           ORDER FORM

                          Publications

    The IFNA publications can be obtained by downloading from Fido
    1:1/10 or  other FidoNet compatible  systems, or by purchasing
    them directly from IFNA.  We ask that  all our  IFNA Committee
    Chairmen   provide  us   with  the  latest  versions  of  each
    publication, but we can make no written guarantees.

    Hardcopy prices as of October 1, 1986

    IFNA Fido BBS listing                       $15.00    _____
    IFNA Administrative Policy DOCs             $10.00    _____
    IFNA FidoNet Standards Committee DOCs       $10.00    _____

                                              SUBTOTAL    _____

                   IFNA Member ONLY Special Offers

    System Enhancement Associates SEAdog        $60.00    _____
    SEAdog price as of March 1, 1987
    ONLY 1 copy SEAdog per IFNA Member

    Fido Software's Fido/FidoNet               $100.00    _____
    Fido/FidoNet price as of November 1, 1987
    ONLY 1 copy Fido/FidoNet per IFNA Member

    International orders include $10.00 for
           surface shipping or $20.00 for air shipping    _____

                                              SUBTOTAL    _____

                MO. Residents add 5.725% Sales Tax         _____

                                              TOTAL       _____

       SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN US FUNDS:
       International FidoNet Association
       PO Box 41143
       St Louis, Mo. 63141
       USA

    Name________________________________
    Zone:Net/Node____:____/____
    Company_____________________________
    Address_____________________________
    City____________________  State____________  Zip_____
    Voice Phone_________________________


    Signature___________________________

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