F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 39 23 September 1996

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 39 23 September 1996
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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NEXT WEEK FIDONEWS GOES TO ZIP DISTRIBUTION & THE EDITOR MOVES!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Changing the Archiver and Moving north ................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Fidonews Back Issues ..................................... 2
3. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 3
When Coordinators were invented .......................... 3
4. REVIEWS .................................................. 6
Six Mail Processors Reviewed [VI] ........................ 6
5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 10
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 264 ...... 10
6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 11
Take good care of those diskettes ........................ 11
7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 13
More Cows? Where are all the Dogs? ....................... 13
8. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 22
Do you have an ABOUT file available for file-request? .... 22
9. NOTICES .................................................. 23
Future History ........................................... 23
10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 24
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 24
11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 31
This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 31
12. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 32
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EDITORIAL
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This is the LAST FidoNews Issue on this watch to be distributed in the
LZH format. Next week's Issue will be in a ZIP archive.

PLEASE UPDATE your batch files NOW!! Don't get caught next week with
dead-ended file transfers because you put off this adjustment. All
complaints about being unaware of the changeover will be returned
unopened. The aggravation you save could be your own. [grin]

This is also the last Issue to emanate from my Titusville computer
room. The next one comes from suburban Edgewater_FL. My primary Node
number also changes on Friday, 27 Sep 96, to 1:18/14. The new phone
number will be 1-904-409-7040 and should be active no later than 1700
ET [2100 UTC/GMT] that day. This number already appears for 1:1/23
but if you try to call it before Friday the 27th, you're going to be
disappointed. As a result of this changeover, you'd better send your
submissions for FidoNews 1340 in a day or two early to avoid any
possible snafus with the phone company that weekend. Use my primary
Node number of 1:374/14 until then so it gets here.

In response to some constructive criticism in the FIDONEWS Echo, the
Masthead Information section has been trimmed down a few lines. The
overall size of any given Issue of FidoNews is not particularly
affected by those lines but every little bit helps.

GOOD NEWS: Zone 3 is NOW updated in the Zone 1 Nodelist!

There were only two responses to the Question of the Week concerning
pictures in FidoNews. One for and one against is not much of a
sampling. There was also concern in the against note that .GIF is now
a royalty-requiring format by Compu$erve. Is that so? I hope they're
not holding their breath waiting for the change to start rolling in
from the millions of Internet webpage users displaying .GIFs by the
billions. .PNG was suggested. I'm not familiar with that one but I'm
sure Picture Publisher is. I can convert any format there. Would your
local batch file choke if it came across a picture file inside the
weekly FidoNews archive?

Still awaiting more ASCII art submissions. I'm running out of cows.

The first day of Autumn is here as I write this. It's raining before a
'cold' [using the term loosely in FLorida] front gets here. A change
of seasons for the other changes here. [grin]

C.B.

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ARTICLES
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Fidonews Back Issues
by Lee Kindness, 2:259/7, [email protected]

I have recently uploaded the back issues of Fidonews onto
Aminet, the worlds largest software archive. This will give
most people faster access to these files for a lot more
sites.

The archives are named fnews1.lzh through to fnewsc.lzh in
the directory pub/aminet/comm/fido on the ftp sites listed
below:

ftp.wustl.edu
ftp.ninemoons.com
ftp.netnet.net (ftp.aminet.org)
ftp.uni-paderborn.de (ftp.germany.aminet.org)
(ftp.italy.aminet.org)
ftp.src.doc.ic.ac.uk (ftp.uk.aminet.org)
ftp.grolier.fr

These are the full mirrors of aminet, check out:

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/README

for a list of all mirror sites (>34 sites at time of
writing). I will put all this information into an easy to
download web page:

http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/ffnews.html

The full archive of FTSC documents (upto FSC-0091) is also
available on the sites above as:

ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/ftsc-all-91.lha

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FIDONET HISTORY
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[An early explanation of Coordinators from Sep 85.] Ed.

Coordinators List
by Ben Baker -- Fido 76

There has been some confusion about the difference between a
"network" and a "region." Let me try to shed some light.

The network, as we use the term here, is merely a
formalization of an informal concept that has been around since Fido
version 7. Fido has known since then that when told to do so, he
should send mail addressed to node A to node B instead. The advent of
"routing" permitted the formation of informal structures known
variously as "regional nets" or "area nets" or simply "nets." They
vary a great deal in form and complexity, but they share one thing in
common. They each have one node defined as "in-bound host" who
receives the mail for all members.

We have now given these networks a formal identity. When the node
list appears in the new format, Fido will know about all the networks,
who the host of each is, and which nodes are members. Without being
told he will automatically send mail for any member to the network
host. The network number will be part of the identity of every member
node.

This was done for several reasons. Many nodes were not taking
advantage of routing. Now it'll be automatic. It will make it easier
for private networks (there are several) to interface with the public
net. Perhaps most important, it permits us to decentralize control of
FidoNet's only official document, the node list. Because, in the past,
node numbers had to be unique, one person had to be responsible for
node list maintenance, a task which has become too big for one unpaid
volunteer. Now numbers need only be unique within a network.
Different networks may use the same numbers with no ill effects.

Thus, network hosts may administer their own node lists and the
national coordinator merely collects and assembles the pieces into a
complete node list.

But what of the more than 200 independent nodes around the
country? The region allows us to divide them into ten geographic
groupings called Regions. A region is a numbered entity much like a
network, with a coordinator to manage its node list. The only
difference is that a region has no in-bound host. Mail to all members
is sent direct, without routing.

The file COORD.nnn is a list of all regions and networks and
their assigned coordinators. Also included is their current network or
region number which can be followed by a /0 in order to send FidoNet
Mail.
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 4 23 Sep 1996

*=*=*=*=*=*

FIDO COORDINATORS LISTING DOC

All requests for node numbers should contain information as
explained in the Fido Doc's and be sent via FidoNet Mail to the
appropriate coordinator. A coordinator can be reached by sending
FidoNet Mail to his Network or Region # followed by a /0. After you
read this doc file you can find a listing of current coordinators
(COORD.NNN) as extracted from NODELIST.NNN. The NNN is the current
Julian Date.
_____________

Region/Net# Location Coordinator Node # Coordinator #
_____________________________________________________________________

NATIONAL FIDONET COORDINATOR

Region 1 National_Net -- Ken Kaplan 100/22 1/0
(For FIDO technical information contact Tom Jennings at 125/1)

If you wish to obtain a node number, but DO NOT want to be a part of
a network and prefer to be an independent then contact the REGION
COORDINATOR for your state. Your Region Coordinator is also your
contact to obtain instructions for application for new networks.

If you wish to join an existing net contact the NETWORK COORDINATOR
(listed after the Region Coordinators) that is in your geographical
area for a node number. The Network Coordinator will give you further
information as to his geographical coverage and special routing
instructions for FidoNet Mail.

REGION COORDINATORS
Assigns Nodes in:

Region 10 Calif_Nevada (See COORD.NNN 10/0 CA,NV
Region 11 Central for Current Listing 11/0 IL,IN,KY,MI,OH
of Coordinator Names) WI
Region 12 Hawaii 12/0 HI
Region 13 Mid_Atlantic 13/0 DL,DC,MD,NJ,PA
VA,WV
Region 14 Mid_West 14/0 IA,KS,MN,MO,NB
ND,SD
Region 15 Mountain 15/0 AZ,CO,NM,UT,WY
Region 16 New_England 16/0 CT,ME,MA,NH,RI
VT
Region 17 North_West 17/0 AK,ID,MT,OR,WA
Region 18 South_East 18/0 AL,FL,GA,MS,NC
SC,TN
Region 19 Texarkana 19/0 AR,LA,OK,TX

NETWORK COORDINATORS

(See COORD.NNN file)

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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP REGION COORDINATORS
(We will only permit ONE published appearance in the nodelist so if
you prefer to be listed in a SIG then that will be your only listing.
We recommend use of your alternate net/node assignments to join a SIG.
These are REGIONS and therefore will NOT have inbound HOSTS)

(See COORD.NNN file)
-30-

[Remember, this is just history. Don't try to use any of these names
or Node numbers to reach real people living or dead.] Ed.

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REVIEWS
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Six Mail Processors Reviewed [VI]
Damian Walker, 2:2502/666

This is the final article in the six-part review series covering mail
processors. This week it is the turn of the Squish echomail
processor, and following the review of Squish there is a feature table
and a conclusion to the entire series.

SQUISH

Squish is a mail processor for the Squish message base, by Lanius
Corporation. The version under test here is 1.11, dated November
1994, so it is the oldest package under test with the exception of
GEcho. I have no idea whether a later version is available (sorry!).

First Impressions

You'll have noticed that one of the things I always look at when
looking at a new piece of software is the quality and quantity of
documentation, and I'm not about to change my ways now. Squish comes
with an impressive 129-page manual with the comprehensive contents,
tutorial, reference and index sections you would come to expect of a
commercial quality application.
Looking at this manual, one of the first things I found about
Squish is that it's free for non-commercial use. All of the other
packages are shareware, although GEcho does have a clause that its
registration fee and evaluation period applies 'only to those who can
afford to register'. Despite its freeware status, Squish is quite an
impressive application.
Squish is also limited to the Squish and *.MSG message bases;
Hudson and JAM are not supported. If you're a BBS sysop and your BBS
software doesn't support the Squish (or *.MSG) format, you won't be
able to use Squish.
Also of note, is that Squish, like JMail, lacks a full screen
configuration program. Its configuration files are ASCII text files
which you edit using your favourite text editor. Again like JMail,
the Squish sample configuration files include plenty in the way of
comments and explanations, so the manual only needs to be referenced
if you need to know about a feature in detail.
Squish comes in four versions: DOS, DOS 32-bit, OS/2 1.x and OS/2
2.x. Both the DOS versions appear in a single archive, and the OS/2
versions also share an archive. The DOS version comes with DOS/4GW as
its dos extender.

On Further Examination...

Taking a further stroll through the pages of that extensive
manual, one thing is conspicuous by its absence-- an AreaFix manager.
I've looked through the document, done various searches, read through
various sections, and I can find no mention of an internal AreaFix
manager; it seems that Squish needs an external areafix program in
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 7 23 Sep 1996

order to allow downlinks to fix in to areas.
Although Squish cannot deal with messages of unlimited size, it
does have a facility for allowing the user to configure maximum
message and buffer sizes. The largest message which Squish can handle
is 256k (for the 386 versions) or 63k (for the 16-bit versions).
One impressive feature of Squish is the facility for one-pass
tossing and scanning. Squish can toss and scan simultaneously in a
single pass, increasing performance beyond that which would be
suggested by the speed tests given later. However, only areas into
which messages are tossed will be scanned, which means that a full
message scan will still be needed on at least a daily basis.
A very useful feature, shared only with FMail, is the facility to
automatically re-address netmail to points when it is incorrectly
addressed to your own system. However, the remap feature of Squish
allows you to re-address netmail to points off other systems, and even
other nodes! This could be useful if one of your users has recently
become a node.
In the speed tests, performed using the 386 DPMI version, Squish
performed quite well. The file used to test all these mail
processors, a 91-message 50k archive, was tossed into new Squish
message areas in 11 seconds. Surprisingly, the same archive was
tossed into empty *.MSG directories in only 10 seconds.

Summary

Aside from its apparent lack of an internal AreaFix manager,
Squish can be highly recommended because of its speed, its extensive
documentation and its handling of reasonably large messages. Oh, and
let's not forget, its price!
External AreaFix managers are available, so the lack of an
internal one is no drawback. If have no need of JAM or Hudson message
bases, then this package is ideal. Since message editors which handle
Squish message bases are available, Squish could even be considered as
an option for points, although there is no automatic creation of areas
when new mail arrives.

FEATURE TABLE

FastEch GEcho FMail IMail JMail Squish
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Version Reviewed 1.45a 1.00 1.02 1.70 2.80 1.11
(8086) (8086) (386) (386) (8086) (386)
Archive Date Oct 95 Oct 92 Jun 95 Jul 95 Feb 95 Nov 94
Price (US$) $15/25 $25 Free! $30 $15 Free!

Addressing 5D 4D 4D 5D 5D 4D
Maximum message size ? ? 45k 64k *** 256k
Max number of echoes ? 1024 4096 +++ ? ?
AKA's 32 11 16 50 +++ +++

DOS 8086 version * * * ? 286 *
DPMI 386 version * - * * - *
OS/2 version * - * - - *

Hudson * * * * + -
JAM * - * * + -
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Squish * - - * + *
*.MSG * * - * * *
Goldbase - - - - + -
Passthru * * * * * *

Hudson speed test 15s 9s 7s 11s 34s -
JAM speed test 20s - 12s 15s - -
Squish speed test 21s - - 15s - 11s
*.MSG speed test 14s 11s - 15s 34s 10s

Full screen setup app * * * * - -
On-line help * DOC - * - -

AreaFix manager * * * * * -
Area groups 26 26 26 255 - -
Add areas on new mail * - ++ * - -
Add areas to other s/w * - ++ * - -
Echo rules on fixing in - - - * - -
Area description import * * - - - -

Netmail route/pack * * * * * *
Full screen toss * - - * - -
Messagebase maint * * * * - *
Carbon copy * PMO PM+S PMO PMO -
EMS/XMS swapping * * * * EMS *
Multitask aware * * * * * *
Shell before/after toss * - - BEF - -
Sent/Rcvd Netmail supt - * ++++ - - -
Automatic point reroute - - * - - **
Twitlist - - - - * -
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Key and other notes

Free (= free for non-commercial use only)
? unknown
- feature is not supported
+ message base is supported in a special version
++ areas can be added from the BadEcho board in the setup editor
+++ apparently unlimited
++++ also supports 'sent echomail'
* feature is supported
** can also reroute netmail to other systems
*** unlimited message size
286 pre-386 version is for 286's and above only
DOC Help system consists of document file viewer
BEF shell before tossing mail only
PMO Carbon copy of personal mail only
PM+S Carbon copy of personal mail and mail on upto 2 subjects

Where two prices appear, the first is for point usage and the
second is for full nodes.
Much of this information came from the documentation of the
programs. Also bear in mind the limited time spent examining these
programs closely. Pay particular attention to the disclaimer in the
first article of this series when looking at this table :-)
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CONCLUSION

The purpose of this article is not to weigh each program up
against the others and provide a 'best buy.' It was more to draw your
attention to _all_ the programs above, and to show that there is life
beyond the software that your boss node, your uplink, or the majority
of systems in your net, happen to use.
Each of the packages has its own merits, and the packages with the
low feature count each have some excellent feature which makes them
stand out from the rest, or makes them ideal for your system and your
way of working.
If I am to make any recommendation, it would be to take a look at
the feature table and the articles, and download two (preferably
three) packages which you like the look of. Install and play with the
ones you've downloaded, and _then_ make your decision. Don't take my
word as gospel, especially in the 'summary' sections in which I
speculate as to what situations each package is best for (with
questionable success and accuracy).

FEEDBACK

One last thing-- I would really appreciate feedback about this
series from anyone who has read it. Has it been useful? Awful?
Interesting? Accurate? Boring? Sensational? Depressing?
As you might imagine, installing, examining, testing and writing
about six packages takes a lot more time and effort than running off a
few rants, or even a tutorial series. So I'd like to know if it's
worth me doing this again. Maybe I'll go with mailers next time, or
BBS packages, or even six more mail processors when I get the 'why
didn't you include this' messages. Let me know what you think.
The best way to leave feedback is via netmail or as part of your
own articles in FidoNews itself. You could try the FidoNews echo, but
I haven't got access yet. I may have access by the time you read this
in five weeks time (all six articles were prepared over a few days
despite their six week running).

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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 264
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-236|Nodelist-243|Nodelist-250|Nodelist-257|Nodelist-264|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 12435|12313 -122 |12131 -182 |11962 -169 |11810 -152 |38|
| 2 | 16391|16366 -25 |16311 -55 |15412 -899 |16392 980 |53|
| 3 | 969| 966 -3 | 958 -8 | 958 0 | 954 -4 | 3|
| 4 | 638| 634 -4 | 630 -4 | 630 0 | 629 -1 | 2|
| 5 | 99| 99 0 | 100 1 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1020| 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 1020 0 | 3|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 31552|31398 -154 |31150 -248 |30082 -1068 |30905 823 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <[email protected] (Christopher Baker)>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 10:50:21 -0500
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: the proper way to take care of diskettes (fwd)

==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:45:02 +0500
To: [email protected]
From: "Azeem I. Pirani" <[email protected]>
Subject: the proper way to take care of diskettes (fwd)

Proper Diskette and Care Usage

(1) Never leave diskettes in the drive, as the data can leak
out of the disk and corrode the inner mechanics of the
drive. Diskettes should be rolled up and stored in
pencil holders.

(2) Diskettes should be cleaned and waxed once a week.
Microscopic metal particles may be removed by waving a
powerful magnet over the surface of the disk. Any
stubborn metal shavings can be removed with scouring
powder and steel wool. When waxing a diskette, make sure
the surface is even. This will allow the diskette to
spin faster, resulting in better access time.

(3) Do not fold diskettes unless they do not fit into the
drive. "Big" Diskettes may be folded and used in
"Little" drives.

(4) Never insert a diskette into the drive upside down. The
data can fall off the surface of the disk and jam the
intricate mechanics of the drive.

(5) Diskettes cannot be backed up by running them through a
photo copy machine. If your data is going to need to be
backed up, simply insert TWO diskettes into your drive.
Whenever you update a document, the data will be written
onto both disks. A handy tip for more legible backup
copies: Keep a container of iron filings at your desk.
When you need to make two copies, sprinkle iron filings
liberally between the diskettes before inserting them
into the drive.

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(6) Diskettes should not be removed or inserted from the
drive while the red light is on or flashing. Doing so
could result in smeared or possibly unreadable text.
Occasionally, the red light remains flashing in what is
known as a "hung" or "hooked" state. If your system is
hooking, you will probably need to insert a few coins
before being allowed to access the slot.

(7) If your diskette is full and needs more storage space,
remove the disk from the drive and shake vigorously for
two minutes. This will pack the data enough (data
compression) to allow for more storage. Be sure to cover
all openings with scotch tape to prevent loss of data.

(8) Data access time may be greatly improved by cutting more
holes in the diskette jacket. This will provide more
simultaneous access points to the disk.

(9) Periodically spray diskettes with insecticide to prevent
system bugs from spreading.....

---------
************************* Azeem Iqbal Pirani *************************
*********************** Xibercom (Pvt.) Ltd. ************************
*********************** [email protected] ************************
************ http://www.egr.uh.edu/~ahs21457/venture.html ************

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

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COMIX IN ASCII
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Date: 13 Aug 91 16:26:51
From: Annie Lamb
To: Donna.
Subj: cow pics
_____________________________________________________________________

Cows? Here are some cow graphs I sent out last year,

(__) (__)
^^ (oo) (--)
^^^^ /-------\/ /-\/-\
^^^^^ / | || /| |\
^^^^^ * ||----|| ^ | | ^
^^^^^^^^ ====^^====^^==== | |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^/ /----\
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ / \ \
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ * ^
Cow Hanging Ten at Malibu Cow sunning at Fort Lauderdale

)\ (__)
/ \ (oo)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cow swimming at Amityville

* (__)
\ (DD)
\ /-------\/
|\ / | ||_\_/
\ | \ (__) * ||----|
\\|| \(oo) ^^ ^
\||\ \\/ Cow chugging brews and staring at
^^ \|| sunbathers at Fort Lauderdale
\\ ||
\\||
\||
^^
\\_
\_
Cow skiing a Black Diamond at Aspen

(__) (__)
(oo) (oo)
______________\/______ ____ /-------\/ __
/___/___/___/___/___/_/| /___/| / | || _/_/|
|___|___|___|___|___|_|| |__||/|* //-----|||_|_||
|_|___|___|___|___|___|| |_|__|/|~~ ~/|___||
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|___|___|___|___|___|_|/ |___|_|/ |___|_|/

Cow in the GDR before... ...and after 9-Nov-1989

______________(__)_________________ (__)
/_______________(oo)_______________ / (oo)
| \/ || \/
_|_ _|| ||
/__/_______________________________/__/| ||
( ) ( )| ||
| |________________________________| | | ||
\_____________________________________/] /------- /
[] [] [] / | ||
* ||----||
COW-CH ~~ ~~
Cowraffe

* *
\ /
\ /
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ \/
/ (__) \ +----------+
| (oo) ~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | |
|~~~| \/. \\ // \_* |~~~| | |
| |-----`//`====='\\-----| | | |
| |-----//---------||----| | | |
| |_ _ _"_ _ _ _ _ "_ _ _| | +----------+
~||~ ~||~ || ||

"COWCH POTATO"
_______________________
|\ ~ ~ /|
| \ ~ ~ ~ / |
|(_\ ~ COW-PIE ~ /_)|
|(oo\ ~ /oo)|
| \/ \ ~ ~ / \/ |
|(__) \ / (__)|
\ / \(oo)(_\ ~ ~ /_)(oo)|
\_____________/ \\/ (oo\ /oo) \//
/\___________/\ \ \/ \ ~ / \/ /
Cow in / /\_________/\ \ \ (__)\ / (__) /
trouble / / /\_______/\ \ \ \ (oo) \~/ (oo)/
/ / / / (__) /\ \ \ \ \ \/ :(__)\//
___/_/_/_/_ (oo) \_\_\_\_\___ \ (__):(oo) /
\ \ \ \ \ \/ / / / / / \(oo): \/ /
\ \ \ \/_____\/ / / / \\/(__) /
\ \ \/_______\/ / / \ (oo)/
\ \/_________\/ / \ \//
\/___________\/ \:/
/ \
/ \

(__) (__) (______)
(oo) (oo) ( o o )
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 15 23 Sep 1996

/--------\/ /~~~~~~~\/ /-----\ /
./ | | ./ {~)))))_} / | |\/
|--W-----| ||`` || * ||----||
| | | | ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
~~ ~~
cow before weight cow after Conceited
loss program the program Cow

(__) (__) (__) (__)(__) (__) (__)(__)(__) (__)
(oo(__)oo) (__)o) (oo)((__)(__)oo) (__)(o(__)o)(__)o)(__)
\/(oo)\/ (oo)/(__)/ (oo)(oo)\/ (oo) \(oo)/ (oo)/ (oo)
\/ \/ (oo) \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
\/
a cownfluence

_______
(__( .-< | | |
(oo) | |___|___|
___\/___| |\_____/|
| | | | |
| | | |_______|
>-' | | _ | _ |
*----/\ /-------// |--(_)--|
/ \ / | || |_______| (__)
/ \ * ||----|| | | (++)
~ ~ ~~ ~~ |_______| \/
Egyptian Cow Marie Antoinette's Cow

(__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) |
/\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| |
----------------------------------------------|
(__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) |
( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo |
/\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| |
----------------------------------------------|
(__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) |
( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo |
/\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| |
----------------------------------------------
(__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) |
( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo | ( oo |
/\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| | /\_| |
----------------------------------------------
Andy Warhol Cow

*
\ (__)
\ (oo)
_ \-----------\/
\__|||||||||||||
_ _ _ \/ ||__________|
O O O ||WW ||
/|\+-- /|\+-- /|\+-- || ||
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 16 23 Sep 1996

| | | || ||
_/ \_ _/ \_ _/ \_ oo oo

Preparing the Trojan Cow

Date: 12 May 94 01:04:38
From: Fredric Rice
To: All
Subj: Cows
_____________________________________________________________________

(__)
(oo)
/-------\/
/ | ||
* ||----||
~~ ~~
Cow

(__) (__) (__) (__)
(oo) (oo) (oo) (oo)
/-------\/-* /-------\/ /-------\/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/ | || \ )*)(\/* / * / | ||
* ||----|| * \ |||/)|/()( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\/|(/)(/\/(,,/ \)|(/\/|)(/\
Cow munching Grass munching Cow in water Cow in trouble
on grass on cow

(__)
(oo) U
/-------\/ /---V
/ | || * |--| .
* ||----||
^^ ^^
Cow at 1 meter. Cow at 100 meters. Cow at 10,000 meters.

(__) (__) (__)
(OO) (@@) (xx)
/-------\/ /-------\/ /-------\/
/ | || / | || / | ||
* ||----|| * ||----|| * ||----||
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

Cow who drank Jolt Cow who ate Cow who used Jolt to wash
psychadelic mushrooms down psychadelic mushrooms

/\ __
/ \ ||
(__) (__) \ / (_||_)
SooS (oo) \/ (oo)
/------S\/S /-------\/ /S /-------\/
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 17 23 Sep 1996

/ | || / | || / S / | ||
* ||----|| * ||----||___/ S * ||----||
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
This cow belonged Ben Franklin owned Abe Lincoln's
to George Washington this cow cow

(___) (__) (__)
( O ) (oo) (oo)
/-------\ / \/--------\/
/ | ||V | |
* ||----|| ||------||
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
The cyclops that Jason and This cow lived with
the Argonauts met had this cow Dr. Doolittle

(____) (____) (____)
(oo ) (o o) ( O O)
/-----------\ / /-----\ /---- /-----------\ /
/ || | \/ / | | \/ | / || | \/
/ || |||| \ | | | | | / || ||||
* ||||-----|||| *| | |-----| | | * ||||-----||||
/\/\ /\/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ ^^^^ ^^^^
This cow belonged This was Salvatore No one was sure whether
to Pablo Picasso Dali's favorite cow M.C. Escher's cow had
four legs or eight

O__O \_|_/
(oo) (oo)
/-------\/ /-------\/
/ | || / | ||
* ||----|| * ||----||
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Cow at Disneyland Cow visiting the Statue of Liberty

( @@@ )
( @@ ) (------------)
@@ (__) ( *>COUGH<* )
@@ (oo) . . . ( *>COUGH<* )
/--UU--\/ (____________)
/ | ||
* ||---||
^^ ^^
New Jersey Cow

o
| [---]
| |
| | |------+=======|
/----|---|\ | **** |=======|
/___/___\___\ o | **** |=======|
| | ___| |------+=======|
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 18 23 Sep 1996

| | ___ {(__)} |==============|
\-----------/ []( )={(oo)} |==============|
\ \ / / /---===--{ \/ } |
----------------- / | NASA |==== |
| | * ||------||-----^
----------------- || | |
/ / \ \ ^^ ^ |
/ ---- \
^^ ^^ This cow jumped over the Moon

( ( )
( ( ) )
( ( )
( / )
( ( \\ )
( | // )
| | (__)
| | (oo) (__)
| | ----\/ ______(oo)_____
| | || ( _)_______(__) )
**| | ---|| \ __________/
``'---------^^
Cow Hide Cow Pie

\ (__)
\\(oo)
/-----\\\/
/ | (##)
* ||----||"
^^ ^^
This cow plays bagpipes.

.xxxx.
'(oo)`
/-----'-\/ `
/ | |============>
* ||----| (~)
~~ ~
Moo-ammar Cowdafi
armed and dangerous

(__)
(oo)
/'^^^-m
(__) / '' ` )
(oo) o /| /|/|_ | /|
/ \/ / / _ / | | | |
/ _\===^ ___\_____/___ |_____|_|
___|__/ |/\ (___________(_) //|| ||
* ^ ^ * ww ww
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Cow'nt Dracula

FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 19 23 Sep 1996

\ _ /
- ( ) - /\
/ " \ /| | (__)
(__) / | | (oo)\
________(oo) /____| | \/| \
/| \/ / \/ | \
/ |_______|| __(_______ |||__ \
* || || |__________| ||| ____\---*
~~ ~~
Thomas Edison's cow Cow hearing his master's voice

o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o ( ) o ( ) o ( )
O o ) ( ) ( ) (
o o (__) o (__) o (__) o o (__)
(oo) (oo) (oo) o (oo)
/------$$$$ o o /-------\/ o /-------\/ /-------\/
/ | $$$$ / | || / | || o / | ||
* ||----|| o * ||----|| * ||----|| * ||----|| o
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
Santa Cow and his rein cows caught in a Montana snow flurry

/\
/ O\
/ , \
/ O \ / ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \
/ , \ / |~ |~ \
/ O \ | |~ o| |~ o| |
/, , \ / \ o| o| /
/ O O \ / \ /
/ , \ / / ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
/ O , \ / / ..
/ , O ,\ (__) *\ / *\ / ./\.
/ O , O \ (oo) /\ /\ .//.\.
/ O \-\/ **** **** .///\\\.
------------------|| (oo) (oo) ////\\\\.
||/ ||----|| /-------\/ \/-------\ ||
|| ~~ ~~ /| || || |\ ~~
Merry Cow-ristmas * ||----|| ||----|| *
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
Christmas Cowols

oo --
\/

cow by night sleeping cow by night Chesire Cow

* (__)
\ (oo)
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 20 23 Sep 1996

\-------\/
| ||
||----||
(ooo) (ooo)

rollerblading cow

/.
moo /`'\ .
(__) MOO! ` / ./ \..
(oo) / ../ .' \.
/-------\/ ../ / ../ \
/ | || ./ ./ ./ \
* ||----|| ./ ./ \ ..\
-------~~----~~----- .../ ../ ../ ...\
Ech-cow (echo)

________________
~__~ / \
(oo) ( Milk is logical. )
/-------\/ --'\________________/
/ | ||
* ||W---||
~~ ~~
Mr Spock's cow

(__)
(oo)
\/
/ / \\
/ /\\
/\\ /
/ / \\
/
/ *
|\
/ | \ /
\\ \
/ \\ \
/ \\___\

/ \\
/ \\
/ / / \\
/ \\
/ / \\
/ \\
/ \\
\\
===============================O===========
===========================================
O) O)
The dreaded cowapault
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 21 23 Sep 1996

____
(____)

(__)
(oo)
/-------\/
/ | ||
* ||----||
~~ ~~
holy cow

Origin: I doubt very much that I'm a skeptic. (1:218/890.666)

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FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 22 23 Sep 1996

=================================================================
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
=================================================================

There has been a distinct lack of .BIO [biography] files coming into
FidoNews for publishing. Perhaps, FidoNet Sysops have suddenly become
reticent about sharing their thoughts with the rest of us? [nah]

Maybe you're just lazy?

In that case, maybe you have an ABOUT file you offer to folks who use
that old magicname convention? Maybe that's got your bio in it
already?

The Question of the Week is:

Do you have an ABOUT file and will you send it in with an extension of
.BIO [and meeting the other technical standards in ARTSPEC.DOC] so we
can learn all about you? You don't have to be infamous to apply.

Don't just keep it to yourself in those various Echos where you spout
endlessly. Send in your .BIO. This means YOU!

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FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 23 23 Sep 1996

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

Future History

12 Oct 1996
General Elections, New Zealand.

29 Oct 1996
Republic Day, Turkey.

5 Nov 1996
Election day, U.S.A.

5 Nov 1996
Guy Fawkes Day, England.

1 Dec 1996
Twelfth Anniversary of FidoNews Volume 1, Issue 1.

12 Dec 1996
Constitution Day, Russia

26 Jan 1997
Australia Day, Australia.

6 Feb 1997
Waitangi Day, New Zealand.

16 Feb 1997
Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush.

29 Feb 1997
Nothing will happen on this day.

11 Jun 1997
Independence Day, Russia

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

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

15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.

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FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 24 23 Sep 1996

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

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

While I usually attempt to keep this column purely Fidonews-related,
I feel I should mention Jim Barchuk's efforts to spruce up the column
using HTML tables. The effect is rather pleasing and can be seen at:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/software.html

Special note: ifmail & ifmail-tx have new versions. I remembered to
update the info, but forgot to include an update note
in the leader, so here it is now... ;-)

Phased out this week: DreamBBS 1.05

Phase-out highlights:
This week: GSBBS 3.02 Deadline for info: 4 Oct 1996.
Last week: Genesis Deluxe 3.2 Deadline for info: 27 Sep 1996.

-=- Snip -=-

Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column

OS Platform :
Software package name :
Version :
Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. :
Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? :
Author / Support staff contact name :
Author / Support staff contact node :
Magic name (at the above-listed node) :

Please include a sentence describing what the package does.

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

-=- Snip -=-

MS-DOS:
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
FrontDoor 2.12 M S Joaquim Homrighausen
2:201/330 FD
FrontDoor 2.20c M C Joaquim Homrighausen
2:201/330 FDINFO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:297/11 IMAIL
InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 25 23 Sep 1996

InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAX
McMail g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
PlatinumXpress 1.1 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX11TD.ZIP
Silver Xpress
Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
Reader 4.3 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR43.ZIP
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISH
TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS
TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG
TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV

OS/2:
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXP
Squish 1.11 T P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 SQUISHP

Windows (32-bit apps):
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximus 3.01 B P Gary Gilmore 1:1/119 MAXN
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO

Unix:
Program Name Version F S Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ifmail 2.8f M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx 2.8f-tx7.7 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX

F: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser, C-Compression,
O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed by the first match.
S: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
X-Crippleware, G-Source

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

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

BBS Software NodeList Utilities Compression
Name Version Name Version Utilities
-------------------- -------------------- Name Version
Genesis Deluxe 3.2 EditNL 4.00 --------------------
GSBBS 3.02 FDND 1.10 ARC 7.12
Kitten 1.01 MakeNL 2.31 ARJ 2.20
Lynx 1.30 Parselst 1.33 LHA 2.13
Merlin 1.39n Prune 1.40 PAK 2.51
Oracomm 5.M.6P@ SysNL 3.14 PKPak 3.61
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 26 23 Sep 1996

Oracomm Plus 6.E@ XlatList 2.90 PKZip 1.10
PCBoard 14.5a XlaxNode/Diff 2.53
Phoenix 1.07*
ProBoard 1.20*
QuickBBS 2.75 Other Utilities(A-M) Other Utilities(N-Z)
RBBS 17.3b Name Version Name Version
RemoteAccess 1.11* -------------------- --------------------
SimplexBBS 1.05 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b
SLBBS 2.15C* 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35
Socrates 1.11 ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a
SuperBBS 1.12* ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
SuperComm 0.99 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10
TAG 2.5g ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a
TBBS 2.1 Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
Telegard 2.7* DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11
TPBoard 6.1 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00
WildCat! 3.02* DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0
XBBS 1.77 EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28
EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00
EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12
Network Mailers FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x
Name Version FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C
-------------------- FNPGate 2.70 StarLink 1.01
BinkleyTerm 2.50 GateWorks 3.06e TagMail 2.41
D'Bridge 1.30 GMail 2.05 TCOMMail 2.2
Dreamer 1.06 GMD 3.10 Telemail 1.5*
Dutchie 2.90c GMM 1.21 TGroup 1.13
Milqtoast 1.00 GoldEd 2.31p TIRES 3.11
PreNM 1.48 GROUP 2.23 TMail 1.21
SEAdog 4.60 GUS 1.40 TosScan 1.00
SEAmail 1.01 Harvey's Robot 4.10 UFGATE 1.03
TIMS 1.0(mod8) HeadEdit 1.18 VPurge 4.09e
HLIST 1.09 WEdit 2.0@
ISIS 5.12@ WildMail 2.00
Lola 1.01d WMail 2.2
Mosaic 1.00b WNode 2.1
MailBase 4.11a@ XRS 4.99
MSG 4.5* XST 2.3e
MSGED 2.06 YUPPIE! 2.00
MsgLnk 1.0c ZmailH 1.25
MsgMstr 2.03a ZSX 2.40
MsgNum 4.16d
MSGTOSS 1.3

OS/2 Systems
------------

BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z)
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 27 23 Sep 1996

Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
-------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
BinkleyTerm 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgEd 2.06c Tick 2.0
1.40.02 MsgLink 1.0c VPurge 4.09e
SEAmail 1.01 MsgNum 4.16d

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

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
ARC 5.21
C-LHARC 1.00
MsgEd 2.06
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01
|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42
Omail 1.00
ParseLst 1.32
Unzip 3.10
VPurge 4.08
Zoo 2.01

QNX
---

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
QTach2 1.09 QMM 0.50s Kermit 2.03
QCP 1.02
NodeList Utilities Archive Utilities QSave 3.6
Name Version Name Version QTTSysop 1.07.1
-------------------- -------------------- SeaLink 1.05
QNode 2.09 Arc 6.02 XModem 1.00
LH 1.00.2 YModem 1.01
Unzip 2.01 ZModem 0.02f
Zoo 2.01

Apple II
--------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
ShrinkIt 3.30*
|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04

FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 28 23 Sep 1996

Apple CP/M
----------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Daisy 2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Filer 2-D
MsgUtil 2.5
Nodecomp 0.37
PackUser 4
UNARC.Com 1.20

Macintosh
---------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
MacArd 0.04
Mantissa 3.21
Point System Mehitable 2.0
Software OriginatorII 2.0
Name Version PreStamp 3.2
-------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6
Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
TImport 1.92
Tset 1.3
TSort 1.0
UNZIP 1.02c
Zenith 1.5
Zip Extract 0.10

Amiga
-----

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
4D-BBS 1.65 BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12
TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66
XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@
Utilities FileMgr 2.08
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 29 23 Sep 1996

Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18
Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
-------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
TrapToss 1.20
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02

Atari ST/TT
-----------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
MSGED 1.99 ConfMail 4.10
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
-------------------- FastPack 1.20
Compression ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
Utilities EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
Name Version sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
-------------------- Trenum 0.10
ARC 6.02
LHARC 2.01i
PackConvert
STZip 1.1*
UnJARST 2.00
WhatArc 2.02

Archimedes
----------

BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
ARCbbs 1.61 BinkleyTerm ARC 1.20
Odyssey 0.37 2.06f-wimp !AskFor 1.01
RiscBBS 0.9.85m BatchPacker 1.00
DeLZ 0.01
MailED 0.95
NetFile 1.00
ParseLst 1.30
Raul 1.01
!Spark 2.16
!SparkMail 2.08
!SparkPlug 2.14
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 30 23 Sep 1996

UnArj 2.21
UnZip 3.00
Zip 1.00

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

BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2
DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0
OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2
UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1
UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01
FReq 2.5a
LookNode 2.00
ParseLST
PReq 2.2
RList 1.03
RTick 2.00
UnBundle 1.4
UnSeen 1.1

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Key to old info:
+ - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
* - Recently Updated Version
@ - New Addition
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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

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FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 31 23 Sep 1996

=================================================================
FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY
=================================================================

[this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or
it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key]

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

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

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

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

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

Sorry for any inconvenience.

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FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 32 23 Sep 1996

=================================================================
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
=================================================================

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

Editor: Christopher Baker

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

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

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

(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]

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

FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
FidoNews.

Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
Copyright 1996 Christopher Baker. All rights reserved. Duplication
and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For
use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
the Editor.

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

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
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSDnn.LZH] for a
FIDONEWS 13-39 Page 33 23 Sep 1996

particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
current year [6], i.e., FNWSMAY6.ZIP for all the Issues from May 96.

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

INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:

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

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

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

STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:

ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/

Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 11 Megs.

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

http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html

There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.

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

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Anyone interested in getting a copy of the INTERNET GATEWAY FAQ may
file-request GISFAQ.ZIP from 1:133/411.0, or send an internet message
to [email protected]. No message or text or subject is
necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
should now mail to [email protected] rather than the
previously listed address.
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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable
from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.

"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
and are used with permission.

"Disagreement is actually necessary,
or we'd all have to get in fights
or something to amuse ourselves
and create the requisite chaos."
-Tom Jennings

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