F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 3 20 January 1997

F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 3 20 January 1997
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PRESIDENT CLINTON GETS REINAUGURATED!

Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
The WebRing server is down et al ......................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
ELIST.EXE - Eudora Mailbox/Message Extraction utility .... 2
3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 6
FSC-0020 - Alternate Nodelist Flag Proposal .............. 6
FSC-0021 - VFOSSIL - An OS/2-Subset ...................... 9
FSC-0023 - Bundle Name Format ............................ 22
4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 26
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 017 ...... 26
5. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 27
A NEW way to get FidoNews! ............................... 27
Is this the Good News about Good Times? .................. 28
Open letter to ZC1 ....................................... 30
6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 31
ET phone home? ........................................... 31
7. WANTED ................................................... 33
Looking for Mr. Surveyed equipment? ...................... 33
8. NOTICES .................................................. 34
Future History ........................................... 34
9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 35
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 35
10. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 42
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 42
And more!
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EDITORIAL
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Lots of folks are trying to get their Webpages linked to the new
FidoNet WebRing but are hitting a wall.

The WebRing [reported in 1402], in operation for two years, has lost
their server and is in search of another. Timing is everything. [grin]

I received email from the WebRing owner and he advises that they will
be back in business on another server by next week at the latest. So,
if you get a server timeout or not located notice when you try to sign
up on the FidoNet World Wide WebRing, please keep trying or wait until
late next week. These things happen.

Also in this Issue is a message from jim barchuk about a new way to
get your weekly FidoNews via an Internet email subscription. Please
note the list name change in the second part of the message extract.

Other than that, FidoNet seems about the same as usual. Nothing has
been heard here about the status of ZCs or an IC lately. What gives
guys?

SEND MORE ASCII ART!! Thanks.

SEND MORE .BIOs!! Thanks.

C.B.

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ARTICLES
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ELIST.EXE - Eudora Mailbox/Message Extraction utility
Written by Fredric L. Rice, January 1997
The Skeptic Tank, 1:218/890.0 (818) 335-9601

Overview

The ELIST utility displays a list of Eudora mailbox titles
and allows the operator to select any of them for extraction.

Upon selection the program displays the subjects of all of
the messages within the selected mailbox and allows the
operator to select any number of messages for exporting to
a straight ASCII file.

In this way messages received and sent using Eudora may be
easily extracted from the Eudora mailboxes to an external
file which can then be manipulated in any way the operator
needs (imported into Word documents, sent to a FidoNet echo,
anything you need; use your imagination.)

Who Could Use This Program

Anyone who uses Eudora for sending and receiving mail will
most likely employ the "(S)ave-As" menu option to export a
single message. This utility allows easier selection and
export-to-file of multiple messages from all mailboxes
quickly and easily. All of the messages selected are
exported to the same file allowing all messages for a specific
subject to be selected and then exported to a single file.

When Will This Program Die?

If versions of Eudora come out which allow multiple message
selection for export to a file, this program will become
obsolete. Further enhancements might be performed in the
future which would keep this project alive -- for example,
the program could create FidoNet *.MSG type message packets
out of selected messages in a future version.

What Is This Program?

This is a DOS program. There was some intention of making it
a Windows or OS/2 program but I wanted it to be DOS only.

How To Get The Program

You can FileRequest ELIST.ZIP from 1:218/890.0 24 hours a
day or call direct at (818) 335-9601 and download it from
(A)rea 1 -- General Files.

If you send a message to [email protected] or [email protected]
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and place ELIST.ZIP anywhere within your message text, the
file will be automatically sent to you (unless you have an
invalid return address in which case the program doesn't
even try to send it.)

MagicFile name ELIST will also return the program.

What Limitations Are There?

Currently the program displays the first 40 mailboxes on the
screen and asks the operator to select which one to use. If
there are more than 40 Eudora mailboxes, the program will
refuse to run. Usually if you have that many mailboxes
anyway you should create subdirectory folders and logically
group your mailboxes within them. ELIST would manipulate
only the current folder specified by the ELIST environment
variable path.

Another constraint is memory. When a mailbox is selected
the program extracts header information from every message
in the mailbox if the program hasn't already extracted the
information from it. If multiple mailboxes are selected the
header information for all mailboxes is maintained in
memory. I haven't seen a problem yet however in the event
an out-of-memory problem occurs, the operator would need to
simply restart the program and work with one mailbox at a
time instead of multiple mailboxes.

If it's a problem, contact me and I'll make a version which
will discard a mailbox's header information from memory if
the memory starts to get full. It's easy; no problem. I
should probably do it anyway but I'm a speed maven; if I read
something into memory once, I don't like doing it again if
I don't need to. I don't _think_ I need to at this time.

Environment Variable

The program looks for the ELIST environment variable. This
points to where the *.TOC and *.MBS Eudora mailboxes can be
found. Usually this is either the main mailbox folder or a
subdirectory containing mailboxes for a secondary folder.

Usually, if it's the main folder, it would look something
like this:

set ELIST=C:\EUDORA

A secondary folder containing mailboxes holding mail from
a variety of crackpots (I get a LOT of crackpot mail) would
probably look something like this:

set ELIST=C:\EUDORA\CRACKPOT

If there is a trailing backslash that's okay, too.

If there is no environment variable set, the program looks
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in the current default directory for the Eudora mailbox
files.

ErrorLevel Values

The program will terminate with an errorlevel value which
offers some indication as to why the program failed to run
properly. There is a descriptive error message offered by
the program yet historically FidoNetters and Internetters
have enjoyed batch-file processing even when an application
requires operator input.

Toward that end, the following errorlevel values will be
issued in the event a problem occurs:

#define EL_No_Problem 0
#define EL_No_Eudora_Files_Found 10
#define EL_Cant_Open_TOC_File 11
#define EL_Ran_Out_Of_Memory 12
#define EL_Programming_Error_Point_One 13
#define EL_Cant_Find_MBX_File_Now 14
#define EL_Programming_Error_Point_Two 15
#define EL_Programming_Error_Point_Three 16
#define EL_Cant_Create_Report_File 17

Output of Selected Messages

After selecting messages to export to a file, the operator is
asked to enter the file name of where to put them. If the
operator hits [ENTER] without offering a file name, they are
exported to ELIST.OUT as the default.

Operational Details

The operator may select all messages in a mailbox for export
as well as toggle individual messages. (There's an option
for deselecting all messages if desired.) Selecting all of
the messages in a mailbox and exporting them to an ASCII
file is quite useful for people who maintain mailboxes for
specific subjects (such as having a specific mailbox for
company business, another for tax information, one for
messages from a mailing list, and another for personal
business.)

Selecting and exporting all messages from a mailbox would be
an easy way to transfer messages received from a mailling
list to a single file which could be bundled-up and sent on
to someone else.

What Does This Cost?

The program is being distributed freely at no cost provided
it is not used for any commercial venture and is not sold for
any reason (or under any pretense.) "Companies" which "sell
floppies" with software pulled from what they believe to be
the public domain are _not_ allowed to distribute this program
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(either at swap meets or through the mails or person-to-
person.)

If I see this program being distributed at a swap meet, I will
take names and start fucking everyone responsible until all
the nasty criminals bleed horribly to death.

I'm serious. I've been screwed by these mock "companies"
before and Goat help me it's time to screw back some.

Source Code Availability:

The source code for this project is available but costs. The
code consists of a single Turbo C++ module and a single
header module. The code format and variable naming conventions
used conform to IBM's in-house standards. Additionally it
should LINT-out cleanly enough.

The cost of the source code is $10.00 George Bush United States
Dollars (foreign currency is also okay provided it's around the
same ballpark.) The source code is shipped on a 3.5inch
floppy, zipped-up, with multiple copies for safety. Checks
okay. Will also take any kind of books in trade for the source
code.

Fredric L. Rice ([email protected] or [email protected])
StarGoat Industries
Care Of E. I. USA.
13000 Pierce Street
Pacoima, California.
91331

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GETTING TECHNICAL
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[This is part of a continuing series publishing FidoNet Technical
Standards and Proposals as part of our FidoNet History. They have
been reformatted to meet the 70 column limit where necessary.] Ed.

FSC-0020

Alternate Nodelist Flag Proposal

by Marshall Presnell
(109/639.106)

November 13, 1987

Permission to reprint and distribute this document is
granted so long as no payments are incurred for the use and
distribution of this document and the author is credited.

$Revision: 1.1 $

$Log: E:/SRC/NLPROC/PROJFILE/NODELIST.PRV $

Rev 1.1 13 Nov 1987 15:50:56 M. Presnell
Added Update log into document body

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NODELIST FLAGS
A Proposal

In order to properly code a function to read and interpret
the nodelist flags, several vexing problems arise. The most
significant problem is simply figuring out the capabilities
of the software running at a particular node. In order to
solve this confusion, I propose the following standards to
be accepted by the FTSC, IFNA, and any other anciliary
organizations which contribute to the content and
maintenance of the nodelist.

First, a code needs to be established for each piece of
NETMAIL PROTOCOL CAPABLE software. This defines exactly WHAT
will answer the phone and transfer mail according to FTSC
netmail protocol standards. For the current arena of
software, I propose the flag and operand approach as
follows:

ST: <- the FLAG, ST meaning System Type

Operands:

FD1 - Fido Version 11?
FD2 - Fido Version 12?
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SD? - SEAdog version ?
OP1 - Opus version 1.?
BT? - BinkleyTerm version ?
TY? - Tabby version ?
DT? - Dutchie version ?
(and others as needed, apologies to those I omitted)

Therefore, the complete type flag would read:

ST:FD2 for Fido v12x
ST:OP1 for Opus version 1.xx
ST:SD4 for SEAdog version 4.x

This gives the nodelist processor (and we illogical
humans) a much easier time in interpreting the
nodelist. I also recommend that the operands be of a
set length (in the above example, 3 characters).

Second, a PROTOCOL code needs to be established, using the
same FLAG:OPERAND approach as the system type flag. In this
case:

PR: <- The FLAG, meaning PRotocol

and the operands:

TS - TSYNC (Fido v11 and v12)
SL - SEAdog Link (SEAdog)
WZ - WaZoo (Opus)
others as the technology progresses.

The operand field may contain multiple operands, as
follows:

PR:WZ/TS <- to indicate an Opus system

In the event of multiple operands, the most desired
protocol for network communications should be first in
the list of operands.

Third, the operation hours, as before in a FLAG:OPERAND
combination as follows:

OH: <- Operation Hours

This flag is followed by the operation hours of the
system regarding inbound MAIL only. The operation hours
are in a fixed format as follows:

D.HHMM-D.HHMM

where D is the day number (Sunday being 1), HH is the
24 hour military hour, and MM is the minute. A special
case of the day being 0 means all days 1 through 7. ALL
times are EST (purely arbitrary, but ALL times in the
nodelist should have a common base reference time).
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Therefore, a system which runs national mail time only
would be as follows:

OH:0.0400-0.0500

Multiple operational hours may be specified by
separating the separate time specifiers with a slash
as follows:

OH:D.HHMM-D.HHMM/D.HHMM-D.HHMM/D.HHMM-D.HHMM

Continuous inbound mail would be indicated as follows:

OH:1.0000-7.2359

It is important to note that these times are when the
system is able to RECEIVE mail. These are NOT the
actual operation hours of the BBS (if one exists at
that node).

The time known as National Mail Hour (04:00 to 05:00
EST) is automatically ASSUMED and need not be
incorporated into the FLAGS field. Since it is one of
the baseline requirements for being listed in the
nodelist, this assumption is a relatively safe one.

Also, this method should also be used to indicate the
time(s) when File Requests are accepted. The suggested
flag for File Requests is "FR:" and follows the same
time specification logic as the OH: flag.

Fourth, modem flags need to be standardized (until the
modems themselves can be standardized), for a hopefully
"stop gap" measure, we could use the following:

MDM: for the flag,

TLB for Telebit Trailblazer
HST for USR Courier HST
H96 for Hayes 9600
(and others as needed)

Only ONE of these modem types can appear per node, and
it has no relavence unless the baud rate is greater
than or equal to 9600.

(This is one of those flags we can get rid of once the
modem manufacturors establish a standard.)

Fifth, the Mail Only flag. Basically, it need to be changed
to "#MO" instead of "MO:". All flags which do not have
operands should not contain the colon (:) character.

Flags occur following the seventh comma in a nodelist line
and continue to the end of the physical line. All flags and
flag:operand combinations are separated by commas, with the
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last flag on the line terminated by the end of line
character. Order of the flags is not critical.

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I hope this proposal will serve to elicit ideas and comment.
Please direct any inaccuracies, suggestions for improvement,
comments, and constructive criticism to Marshall Presnell
at Fido node 109/639.106

Thank you.

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VFOSSIL - An OS/2-Subset Video FOSSIL Appendage

Version 1.00, May 23, 1988

Rick Moore, Solar Wind Computing
FidoNet Address: 1:115/333

FidoNet Standards Committee index: FSC-0021

Copyright (C) 1988, Rick Moore, Homewood, IL, 60430. All rights
reserved.

This document may be distributed freely as long as it is distributed
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in its original, unmodified form.

VFOSSIL design criteria:

The VFOSSIL appendage proposed here is designed to be an compatible
subset of the OS/2 VIO subsystem. All services are proper subsets of
the equivalent OS/2 VIO API's, and if you stick to the services
defined in this document, you will be able to compile and run your
programs with very minor changes in an OS/2 environment.

VFOSSIL (and OS/2 VIO at this time) only supports text modes. It is
possible to use the "set mode" service to set a graphics mode, but
that is the only support for pixel-oriented graphics functions
provided by VFOSSIL. The minimum environment supported by VFOSSIL is
a 80 by 24 monochrome text screen, and any program using VFOSSIL
calls should be capable of operating within this level of support. By
querying the VFOSSIL, the full capabilities of a specific
implementation may be determined and used, but all programs using
VFOSSIL should be capable of operating with the 80 by 24 monochrome
text environment.

The organization of the video screen:

The virtual screen is organized in rows of columns of
character/attribute pairs, hereafter referred to as cells. The
characters actually displayed are located on the even addresses, the
attribute for each character is located at character+1.

Regardless of the manner in which the video screen is actually
organized, the programmer will view it as a a contiguous area of
memory, referred to as the "logical video buffer" (LVB). The LVB is
(NumRow * NumCol) cells in length.

VFOSSIL installation:

The VFOSSIL appendage is installed via the standard FOSSIL external
application function. The FOSSIL interrupt (14h) is issued with the
following parameters:

AH = 7Eh Install appendage
AL = 81h VFOSSIL application code
DX = offset of VFOSSIL entry point
ES = segment of VFOSSIL entry point

Upon return from the FOSSIL interrupt, the following registers are
modified:

AX = 1954h FOSSIL signature
BL = 81h VFOSSIL application code
BH = 01h - Installation was successful
00h - Installation was unsuccessful

VFOSSIL removal:

The VFOSSIL appendage is removed via the standard FOSSIL external
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application function. The FOSSIL interrupt (14h) is issued with the
following parameters:

AH = 7Fh Remove appendage
AL = 81h VFOSSIL application code
DX = offset of VFOSSIL entry point
ES = segment of VFOSSIL entry point

Upon return from the FOSSIL interrupt, the following registers are
modified:

AX = 1954h FOSSIL signature
BL = 81h VFOSSIL identification code
BH = 01h - Removal was successful
00h - Removal was unsuccessful

VFOSSIL functions called via the standard FOSSIL interrupt (14h):

The following three functions are called via the standard FOSSIL
interrupt, int 14h. All other VFOSSIL functions are called via the
OS/2 compatible direct call interface.

Subfunction 00h - Return VFOSSIL information

Entry: AH = 81h VFOSSIL application code
AL = 00h VFOSSIL subfunction
ES:DI = Far pointer to VFOSSIL information structure

Exit: AX = 1954h FOSSIL signature

This function is used before calling the open function (sub-
function 01h) to determine the characteristics of the VFOSSIL. Such
things returned in the structure are current version level and number
of functions supported.

The format of the information structure filled in by this call is
as follows:

DW Size of this structure, in bytes, including this
field
DW VFOSSIL major version
DW VFOSSIL revision level
DW Highest VFOSSIL application function supported

Subfunction 01h - Open VFOSSIL

Entry: AH = 81h VFOSSIL application code
AL = 01h VFOSSIL subfunction
CX = Length of application function table (in bytes)
ES:DI = Far pointer to application function table

Exit: BH = Highest VFOSSIL application function supported
AX = 1954h FOSSIL signature

This VFOSSIL subfunction will initialize the table pointed to
by ES:DI with far pointers to the VFOSSIL application services.
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The number of far pointers initialized is equal to the value
returned in register BH + 1. Under no circumstances will the number
of far pointers initialized exceed the value passed in register
CX / 4. All other processing necessary to ready the VFOSSIL for use
by the application program should be performed at this time.

Subfunction 02h - Close VFOSSIL

Entry: AH = 81h VFOSSIL application code
AL = 02h VFOSSIL subfunction

Exit: AX = 1954h FOSSIL signature

This VFOSSIL function terminates all VFOSSIL operations, and
leaves the VFOSSIL in a state that allows for it to be removed from
memory, or to be reinitialized via VFOSSIL function 01h.

VFOSSIL application services:

All calls to VFOSSIL services are made in a manner identical to the
OS/2 API protocol. All services are entered via a far call, with
parameters passed via the stack. All services return an error code in
register AX. The parameters are pushed onto the stack Pascal-style,
from left to right. The parameters are passed on the stack in one of
the three following ways:

WORD A one-word value pushed directly onto the stack

DWRD A double-word value pushed directly onto the stack
(low word first, followed by the high word)

PTR A far pointer to a memory area. Far pointers are passed
as double-word values, segment followed by offset.

Single-word and double-word input parameters are always passed as WORD
and DWRD. If the service returns information in the parameter field
itself, then it is pushed as a PTR, even if the object is a WORD or a
DWRD. Variable length parameters, such as data structures or ASCIIZ
strings, are always passed as PTR objects.

All cursor coordinates are expressed as zero (0) based numbers.

Each VFOSSIL service requires a "handle" parameter as the last
parameter passed to the service. At this time, zero (0) is the only
valid handle.

The actual addresses used to call the application services are
contained in the address table filled in by the VFOSSIL initialization
call described above. All addresses are in far (segment/offset)
format. Here is the format of the application service address table:

Table +00h VioGetMode Query current video mode
+04h VioSetMode Set video mode
+08h VioGetConfig Query video hardware
configuration
+0Ch VioWrtTTY Write data in TTY mode
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+10h VioGetANSI Query current ANSI state
+14h VioSetANSI Set ANSI state
+18h VioGetCurPos Query current cursor position
+1Ch VioSetCurPos Set cursor position
+20h VioGetCurType Query current cursor
parameters
+24h VioSetCurType Set cursor parameters
+28h VioScrollUp Scroll screen up
+2Ch VioScrollDn Scroll screen down
+30h VioReadCellStr Read cell string from display
+34h VioReadCharStr Read char string from display
+38h VioWrtCellStr Write cell string
+3Ch VioWrtCharStr Write char string (existing
attributes)
+40h VioWrtCharStrAtt Write char string (constant
attributes)
+44h VioWrtNAttr Replicate attribute
+48h VioWrtNCell Replicate cell
+4Ch VioWrtNChar Replicate char

VioGetMode - Query current video mode

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a video mode data structure
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

Video mode data structure:

DW Structure length (including this field)
DB Mode characteristics
-------0 Monochrome/printer adapter
-------1 Other adapter
------0- Text mode
------1- Graphics mode
-----0-- Enable color
-----1-- Disable color (black and white)
DB Number of colors supported by the display
1 = 2 colors
2 = 4 colors
4 = 16 colors
DW Number of text columns
DW Number of text rows
DW Reserved
DW Reserved
DD Reserved

A partial video mode buffer may be specified. VFOSSIL returns only
the data that will fit into the buffer. The minimum buffer length is
3, and the maximum buffer length is 12. Partial fields are not
returned.

Error codes returned:
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0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
382 - Buffer too small
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioSetMode - Set video mode

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a video mode data structure (see
VioGetMode)
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

A partial video mode buffer may be specified. The minimum buffer
length is 3, and the maximum buffer length is 12. Partial fields are
not supported. The remaining fields are set to default values.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
355 - Unsupported mode
382 - Buffer too small
421 - Invalid VIO parameter
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioGetConfig - Query video hardware configuration

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a video configuration data area
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

Video configuration data area:

DW Structure length (includes this field)
DW Adapter type
0 = Monochrome/printer
1 = CGA
2 = EGA
3 = VGA
7 = 8514A
DW Display type
0 = Monochrome
1 = Color
2 = Enhanced color
9 = 8514
DD Adapter memory size

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
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116 - Internal VIO failure
382 - Buffer too small
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWriteTTY - Write data in TTY mode

Parameters:

WORD Pointer to a character string that VFOSSIL will write
to the screen
WORD String length
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

This service writes a string to the video screen in TTY mode. The
characters CR, LF, BS, TAB, and BELL are interpreted as control
values rather than being display as values. If ANSI mode has been
enabled (see VioGetANSI, VioSetANSI), then ANSI control sequences are
also interpreted as control strings. In ANSI mode, this service is
not required to be reentrant, and should not be called when a MS/DOS
function is in progress. When in non-ANSI mode, this service is
required to be reentrant, and may be called from within a MS/DOS
function. If the write goes beyond the end of a line, it continues at
the start of the next line. The write terminates at the end of the
screen. The cursor is left positioned at the next character position
to be written.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioGetANSI - Query current ANSI state

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a one-word field in which VFOSSIL will
return the current ANSI state:
0 = Off
1 = On
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioSetANSI - Set ANSI state

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a one-word field indicating how ANSI
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processing is to be set:
0 = Off
1 = On
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
421 - Invalid VIO parameter
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioGetCurPos - Query current cursor position

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a one word field in which VFOSSIL will
return the current cursor row
PTR Pointer to a one word field in which VFOSSIL will
return the current cursor column
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

This service returns the current cursor position. Cursor coordinates
are zero based.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioSetCurPos - Set cursor position

Parameters:

WORD Desired cursor row
WORD Desired cursor column
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

This service sets the cursor position to the zero based coordinates
specified by the parameters. If either of the parameters is invalid,
the cursor position is left unchanged.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

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VioGetCurType - Query current cursor parameters

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a cursor type data area
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

Cursor type data area:

DW Cursor start line
DW Cursor end line
DW Cursor width (always 1)
DW Cursor attribute (-1 = hidden)

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioSetCurType - Set cursor parameters

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a cursor type data area (see VioGetCurType)
WORD VIO handle (must be 0)

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
421 - Invalid VIO parameter
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioScrollUp - Scroll screen up

Parameters:

WORD Top row of the scroll area
WORD Left column of the scroll area
WORD Bottom row of the scroll area
WORD Right column of the scroll area
WORD Number of rows to scroll. A value of -1 causes the
scroll area to be cleared.
PTR Pointer to a char/attr cell that is used to fill the
scroll area.
WORD VIO handle (always 0)

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 18 20 Jan 1997

116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioScrollDn - Scroll screen down

Parameters:

WORD Top row of the scroll area
WORD Left column of the scroll area
WORD Bottom row of the scroll area
WORD Right column of the scroll area
WORD Number of rows to scroll. A value of -1 causes the
scroll area to be cleared.
PTR A pointer to a char/attr cell that is used to fill the
scroll area.
WORD VIO handle (always 0)

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioReadCellStr - Read cell string from display

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a buffer into which the cell string is to
be placed
PTR Pointer to a one-word field which, upon entry,
specifies the length of the cell buffer (in bytes),
and, on return, contains the number of bytes actually
read. Each cell occupies two bytes, so the number of
cells read is equal to half of the buffer length
specified.
WORD Row where the read is to start
WORD Column where the read is to start
WORD VIO handle (always 0)

If the read request extends beyond the end of the line, it continues
at the first column of the next line. If an attempt is made to read
past the end of the screen, the read operation terminates and the
length field is set to the actual number of bytes read.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 19 20 Jan 1997

359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioReadCharStr - Read character string from display

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to a buffer into which the character string is
to be placed
PTR Pointer to a one-word field which, upon entry,
specifies how many characters are to be read, and,
on return, contains the number of characters actually
read.
WORD Row where the read is to start
WORD Column where the read is to start
WORD VIO handle (always 0)

If the read request extends beyond the end of the line, it continues
at the first column of the next line. If an attempt is made to read
past the end of the screen, the read operation terminates and the
length field is set to the actual number of characters read.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWrtCellStr - Write a cell string

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to the cell string to be written
WORD Cell string length. Since each cell occupies two
bytes, this number is twice the number of cells to be
written.
WORD Row at which write is to begin
WORD Column at which write is to begin
WORD Vio handle (must be 0)

If the write request extends beyond the end of the line, it continues
at the first column of the next line. If an attempt is made to write
past the end of the screen, the write operation terminates.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 20 20 Jan 1997

436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWrtCharStr - Write a character string, using existing attributes

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to the character string to be written
WORD Character string length
WORD Row at which write is to begin
WORD Column at which write is to begin
WORD Vio handle (must be 0)

The attributes of the display cells whose characters are replaced are
not modified. If the write request extends beyond the end of the
line, it continues at the first column of the next line. If an
attempt is made to write past the end of the screen, the write
operation terminates.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWrtCharStrAtt - Write a character string, using constant attribute

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to the character string to be written
WORD Character string length
WORD Row at which write is to begin
WORD Column at which write is to begin
PTR Pointer to the display attribute to be used with each
character written
WORD Vio handle (must be 0)

If the write request extends beyond the end of the line, it continues
at the first column of the next line. If an attempt is made to write
past the end of the screen, the write operation terminates.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWrtNAttr - Replicate an attribute byte, leaving characters
unchanged
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 21 20 Jan 1997

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to the display attribute to be replicated
WORD Replication count
WORD Row at which write is to begin
WORD Column at which write is to begin
WORD Vio handle (must be 0)

The characters contained in the display cells whose attributes are
replaced are not modified. If the write request extends beyond the
end of the line, it continues at the first column of the next line.
If an attempt is made to write past the end of the screen, the write
operation terminates.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWrtNCell - Replicate a cell

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to the cell to be replicated
WORD Replication count
WORD Row at which write is to begin
WORD Column at which write is to begin
WORD Vio handle (must be 0)

If the write request extends beyond the end of the line, it continues
at the first column of the next line. If an attempt is made to write
past the end of the screen, the write operation terminates.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

VioWrtNChar - Replicate an character, leaving attributes unchanged

Parameters:

PTR Pointer to the character to be replicated
WORD Replication count
WORD Row at which write is to begin
WORD Column at which write is to begin
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 22 20 Jan 1997

WORD Vio handle (must be 0)

The attributes contained in the display cells whose characters are
replaced are not modified. If the write request extends beyond the
end of the line, it continues at the first column of the next line.
If an attempt is made to write past the end of the screen, the write
operation terminates.

Error codes returned:

0 - Successful completion
116 - Internal VIO failure
358 - Invalid row value
359 - Invalid column value
436 - Invalid VIO handle

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Date: 11 Jul 88 00:30:18
From: Roeland Meyer on 132/101, BBS Source Ar of New England-N, Nashua
NH
To: Randy Bush on 105/6, DawgGone Disg of VanPort Net, Portland OR
Subj: Bundle name format

I thought I'd bring back something we discussed a few months ago for
your enjoyment. I am doing a router and thought I might try to add
this capability as an option.

As you can see, this is already part of a .H file. The router will
only build this type of bundle if specifically told to do so.
Otherwise, it will build a standard Opus style bundle. It will be able
to process a mix of both types.

Oh yeah, the router will also "peek" at the Inbound area for any
PassThru bundles. The router is specifically designed to work with
Binkley as the mailer. There is no nonsense about delta addresses and
such. The name of the bundle is the address of where it has to go. If
this is not the current system then the router will tell Binkley to
send it.

If there exists a bundle of the same name and sequence number on the
target machine then Binkley will automatically increment the sequence
number. This is a current feature of Binkley.

Notice the special Flags for Files and EchoMail. The router will allow
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 23 20 Jan 1997

routing for both, if desired. There is also full Zone and Point
support, something which oMMM is desparately lacking.

There are three major routing goals:
1) least cost routing.
2) Conservation of disk space.
3) Zone and Point support.

How do I propose this nameing convention to the FTSC?

/*********************************************************************

New address specifier
This is designed for the new bundle nameing convention of

ZNNNOOPP.Fxx
| | | | ||
| | | | |`--> Incrementing sequence number, base 10, max =
99d
| | | | | Starts at 0 and counts to '99' then
wraps
| | | | | back to 0. No "Day-of-week" bullshit.
| | | | | This is strictly to avoid bundle
collisions.
| | | | | An 'empty' version of the bundle is kept
| | | | | around to help the router remember what
the
| | | | | last sequence number was.
| | | | |
| | | | `-----> Flag to indicate bundle type
| | | | Allowed values:
| | | | '1' to 'V' are not allowed here.
| | | | 'W' - <Reserved>
| | | | 'X' - File bundle
| | | | 'Y' - Echo Mail bundle
| | | | 'Z' - Normal mail bundle
| | | |
| | | `--------> Point address, base 32, max = 1,024d
| | | Allowed values: '00' to 'VV'
| | | This is the Point part of the
destination
| | | address of the bundle.
| | | Special values:
| | | '00' - Destination is the Node given by
| | | ZNNNOO, not forwarded to any
Points.
| | | 'VV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL
Points
| | | under the Node given by ZNNNOO,
as
| | | well as, the Node given by same.
| | |
| | `----------> Node address, base 32, max = 1,024d
| | Allowed values: '00' to 'VV'
| | This is the Node part of the destination
| | address of the bundle.
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 24 20 Jan 1997

| | Special values:
| | '00' - Destination is the Net Host
given by
| | ZNNN, not forwarded to any
Nodes.
| | 'VV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL
Nodes
| | in the Net given by ZNNN, as
| | well as, the Net Host given by
same.
| |
| `------------> Net address, base 32, max = 33,824d
| Allowed values: '000' to 'VVV'
| This is the Net part of the destination
| address of the bundle.
| Special values:
| '000' - Destination is the ZoneGate
given by
| Z, not forwarded to any Nets.
| 'VVV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL
Nets
| in the Zone given by Z, as well
as,
| the ZoneGate given by same.
|
`--------------> Zone address, base 32, max = 32d
Allowed values: '0' to 'V'
This is the Zone part of the destination
address of the bundle.
Special values:
'0' - Destination is the current
ZoneGate.
'V' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL
ZoneGates given by the NodeList,
as well as, the ZoneGate given by
same.
EXAMPLES:

10020304.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/3.4 Point 4 under 1:2/3
10020300.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/3.0 Node address Zone 1 Net 2 Node 3
10020000.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/0.0 Net Host of Zone 1 Net 2
10000000.Z01 - Destination = 1:0/0.0 ZoneGate of Zone 1
00000000.Z01 - Destination = 0:0/0.0 ZoneGate of current Zone
100203VV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Points under 1:2/3
1002VV00.Z01 - Destination = ALL Nodes under 1:2/0, no Points.
1VVV0000.Z01 - Destination = ALL Net Hosts in Zone 1 only, no one
else.
V0000000.Z01 - Destination = ALL ZoneGates in the Nodelist.
1002VVVV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Nodes and Points in Zone 1 Net 2.
1VVVVVVV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Points, Nodes, and Nets in Zone 1.
VVVVVVVV.Z01 - Destination = All Points, Nodes, and Nets in all
Zones.
VVVV0000.Z01 - Destination = All Net Hosts and ZoneGates in all Zones
only.
1002VVVV.Z01 - Destination = All Nodes and Points in Zone 1 Net 2.
1VVV00VV.Z01 - Destination = All Points on all NetHosts in Zone 1
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 25 20 Jan 1997

0VVVVV00.Z01 - Destination = All Nets and Nodes in the current Zone

*********************************************************************/

typedef struct
{
Byte Zone ; /* Binary 00 to 32 Zone address */
Word Net ; /* Binary 00 to 33824 Net address */
Word Node ; /* Binary 00 to 1024 Node address */
Byte Point ; /* Binary 00 to 1024 Point address */
} NetAddr, *NetAddrPtr;

The router will only generate this type of bundle if it is told that a
particular target Node can accept it. If it receives this type of
bundle, and the router has not been told that the Node it is sending
to can process it, than the router will transform the bundle into the
current style of bundle acceptable by Opus. This means more
processing, but, should allow for a smoother transition.

--- ConfMail V3.31
* Origin: Computer Linguistics,Huntington Beach,CA (1:103/507.2)

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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 26 20 Jan 1997

=================================================================
COORDINATORS CORNER
=================================================================

Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 017
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2

+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-355|Nodelist-362|Nodelist-003|Nodelist-010|Nodelist-017|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 10564|10452 -112 |10370 -82 |10370 0 |10177 -193 |35|
| 2 | 16127|16104 -23 |16056 -48 |15979 -77 |15936 -43 |55|
| 3 | 878| 876 -2 | 869 -7 | 868 -1 | 865 -3 | 3|
| 4 | 413| 556 143 | 552 -4 | 554 2 | 553 -1 | 2|
| 5 | 93| 93 0 | 93 0 | 93 0 | 93 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1003| 1075 72 | 1073 -2 | 1073 0 | 1073 0 | 4|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 29078|29156 78 |29013 -143 |28937 -76 |28697 -240 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 27 20 Jan 1997

=================================================================
WE GET EMAIL
=================================================================

Here's a new way to get FidoNews via an email subscribe:

--- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sun Jan 19 17:42:52 1997

From: jim barchuk
To: all
Date: 16 Jan 97 17:14:17
Subj: FidoDist - FidoNews via email

Hello, all, I'd like you to meet my friend, Harvey...

jb>> Chris, if you like, I could easily set up a 'subscribable'
jb>> distribution list to do that.

CB> great! keep us advised and thanks.

Okee doke. To subscribe to FidoDist - the FidoNews email distribution
list, send an email msg:

=======

To: [email protected]
Subject: subscribe fidodist

=======

That's it, nothing in the msg body.

To unsubscribe from the distribution list, send an email msg:

=======

To: [email protected]
Subject: unsubscribe fidodist

=======

That's it. Painless, eh? :)

:-)

jB-)

---
Origin: woc'in the path in the fifth age (1:141/355)

--- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sun Jan 19 17:43:09 1997

From: jim barchuk
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 28 20 Jan 1997

To: all
Date: 16 Jan 97 20:59:00
Subj: FidoDist - FidoNews via email

Hello, jim barchuk, I'd like you to meet my friend, Harvey...

jb> To: [email protected]
jb> Subject: subscribe fidodist

I have changed my mind about that name, not clear enough, should be:

fnews-edist

Subject: subscribe fnews-edist

:-)

jB-)

---
Origin: woc'in the path in the fifth age (1:141/355)

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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Thu Jan 16 01:13:53 1997

From: Brian Patterson @ 1:317/103
To: Christopher Baker @ 1:18/14
Date: 15 Jan 97 22:20:02
Subj: Last of Good Times

Hello, Chris!

I saw this last night in the VIRUS echo. In the spirit of technical
cooperation so common to Fidonet, I thought I'd forward it to you for
inclusion in the next Fidonews. It contains the latest information on
that scourge of the e-mail system, the "Good Times" virus. The
latest research, quoted below, demonstrates that this virus is FAR
MORE dangerous then people had been led to believe!

* Forwarded from "VIRUS"
* Originally by Vic Von Abo, 5:7104/10
* Originally to All
* Originally dated 10 Jan 1997, 22:24

Hi Guys,

I know that this isn't a humor conf and neither do I think viruses are
funny, but after a spate of Good Times Virus Warnings I thought I
might share this with you. No hate mail pleez - Just enjoy.

FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 29 20 Jan 1997

"Goodtimes will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but
it will scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It
will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your
ice cream goes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your
credit cards, screw up the tracking on your television and use
subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you try to play.

It will give your ex-girlfriend your new phone number. It will mix
Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and leave its
socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over. It
will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit pants and
hide your car keys when you are late for work.

Goodtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will give
you nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gas
tank and shave off both your eyebrows while dating your girlfriend
behind your back and billing the dinner and hotel room to your
Discover card..

It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is
dead, such is the power of Goodtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave
to sully those things we hold most dear.

It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find
it. It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on your
boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is
dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting
shade of mauve.

Goodtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the
toilet seat up. It will make a batch of Methamphetamine in your
bathtub and then leave bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to
chase gradeschoolers with your new snowblower.

Listen to me. Goodtimes does not exist.

It cannot do anything to you. But I can. I am sending this message
to everyone in the world. Tell your friends, tell your family. If
anyone else sends me another E-mail about this fake Goodtimes Virus,
I will turn hating them into a religion. I will do things to them that
would make a horsehead in your bed look like Easter Sunday brunch.

thanx: seth mall < [email protected] >
written by: joe littrell < [email protected] >"

Have a great day
Lekker dag verder

+---------------------------------------------------+
+ Vic von Abo - King William's Town, South Africa +
+ E-Mail : [email protected] or [email protected] +
+---------------------------------------------------+

... 10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0.
***

FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 30 20 Jan 1997

* Origin: Friendly City BBS - Port Elizabeth, RSA (5:7104/10.0)

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--- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Mon Jan 13 14:10:54 1997

From: Bob Moravsik @ 1:2606/583
To: Fidonews @ 1:1/23
Date: 13 Jan 97 06:46:03
Subj: Please

* Original to Bob Satti of 1:1/[email protected]

cc: Fidonews 1/23

Bob:

Do you think you can give us all in Z1 a "State of the Zone " message.

At least let us know what you intend to do in the next year concerning
the coordination of Zone 1.

Thanks Bob

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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 31 20 Jan 1997

=================================================================
NET HUMOR
=================================================================

From: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <[email protected] (Christopher Baker)>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 97 11:55:43 -0600
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: What To Do If . . .

==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
>Return-Path: mriddle
>From: [email protected] (Rich Arnold)
>Date: 17 Jan 97 10:16:00
>Newsgroups: oma.general
>Subject: What To Do If . . .

WHAT TO DO...

...if you get a phone call from Mars.

Speak slowly and be sure to enunciate your words properly. Limit
your vocabulary to simple words. Try to determine if you are
speaking to someone in a leadership capacity, or an ordinary
citizen.

...if he or she doesn't speak English?

Hang up. There's no sense in trying to learn Martian over the
phone. If your Martian really had something important to say to
you, he or she would have taken the trouble to learn the language
before calling.

...if you get a phone call from Jupiter?

Explain to your caller, politely but firmly, that being from
Jupiter, he or she is not `life as we know it'. Try to terminate
the conversation as soon as possible. It will not profit you.

...if a starship, equipped with an FTL hyperdrive, lands in your
backyard?

First of all, do not run after your camera. You will not have
any film. Be polite. Remember, if they have an FTL hyperdrive,
they can probably vaporize you, should they find you to be rude.
Direct them to the White House lawn, which is where they probably
wanted to land, anyway. A good road map should help.

...if you wake up in the middle of the night, and discover that your
closet contains an alternate dimension?

Don't go in. You almost certainly will not be able to get back,
and alternate dimensions are almost never any fun. Remain calm
and go back to bed. Check your closet in the morning. If it
still contains an alternate dimension, nail it shut.
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 32 20 Jan 1997

...if reality disappears?

Hope this one doesn't happen to you. There is not much you can
do about it. It can be quite unpleasant.

...if you meet an older version of yourself who has invented a time
traveling machine, and has come from the future to meet you?

Follow the books on this one. Ask about the stock market and
cash in. Don't forget to invent a time traveling machine and
visit your younger self before you die, or you will create a
paradox.

SLMR 2.1a * Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.

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

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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 33 20 Jan 1997

=================================================================
WANTED
=================================================================

Christopher Baker
Rights On!, 1:18/14
Edgewater_FL_USA

Wanted: old electronics parts.

I'm looking for control panels from old 2" video tape mastering
equipment. They don't have to be working as long as they are intact
externally with knobs and VUs in place. These panels are about 3.5
feet long and six inches top to bottom.

I'm also looking for old Commodore 64 keyboards. They don't need to
be operational either.

I would prefer them to be free but reasonable costs are acceptable.

If you have or know where such items may be obtained, please send
Netmail to the address above or email to me at:

[email protected]

with details.

Thanks.

QOFM.
Chris

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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 34 20 Jan 1997

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

Future History

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.

25 May 1997
Independence Day, Argentina

11 Jun 1997
Independence Day, Russia

1 Jul 1997
Canada Day - Happy Birthday Canada

13 Oct 1997
Thanksgiving Day, Canada

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

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.

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

15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.

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

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

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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 35 20 Jan 1997

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

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

The backlog is actually getting winnowed down to something
manageable. I guess I'm actually starting to get caught up... ;-)

I added my first Atari entry this week and have a couple of others
pending. I also finally got enough info about GoldED to get it added.

Given that my "todo" queue is almost empty, I'm going to encourage
everyone to check to make sure every package they use is listed and
for each package that isn't listed, netmail me with the names of the
package and contact info for the author or a support site. I actually
got caught up enough to twiddle my thumbs, so I think I can handle
a few extra suggestions... ;-)

Also, since I've fallen way behind my original estimates for phasing
out the old info section, I've reformatted it a little to reduce the
space it takes.

Phased out this week: SuperComm 0.99 and TAG 2.5g

Phase-out highlights:
This week: Telegard 2.7 and TPBoard 6.1
Deadline for info: 31 Jan 1997.
Last week: TBBS 2.1 and TComm/TCommNet 3.4
Deadline for info: 24 Jan 1997.

-=- Snip -=-

Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column

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

Please include a sentence describing what the package does.

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

-=- Snip -=-

MS-DOS:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP
FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 36 20 Jan 1997

ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.1 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
CheckPnt 1.0 O G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 CHECKPNT
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16
FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES
FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD
FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
InfoMail/386 1.20 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386
InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO
InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO
InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB
IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET
JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV
Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY
Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386
JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H
JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G
MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 MAKEPL
Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 MARENA
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX
McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL
MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
PcMerge 2.7 N G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 PCMERGE
PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
Silver Xpress
Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES
Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP
Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH
StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK
StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
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Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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
WaterGate 0.92 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE
WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV
WWIVTOSS 1.30 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS
xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS

OS/2:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2
BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FleetStreet 1.18 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 IMCRYPT
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel van der Vlist
2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2

Windows (16-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
FrontDoor APX 1.10 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW

Windows (32-bit apps):
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL
Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP
BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
Msged/NT 4.00 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGNT400.ZIP
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
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WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP

Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.8g M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx7.8 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK

Amiga:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK
DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK

Atari:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl1 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY

Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
be listed by the first match.

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

Old info from: 01/27/92
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BBS Software MS-DOS Systems
Name Version --------------
--------------------
TBBS 2.1 Other Utilities Other Utilities
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Name Version Name Version
Telegard 2.7* -------------------- --------------------
TPBoard 6.1 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b
WildCat! 3.02* 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35
XBBS 1.77 ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a
ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
Network Mailers Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10
Name Version ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a
-------------------- Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a
D'Bridge 1.30 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
Dreamer 1.06 DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11
Dutchie 2.90c DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00
Milqtoast 1.00 DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0
PreNM 1.48 EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28
SEAdog 4.60 EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00
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SEAmail 1.01 EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12
TIMS 1.0(mod8) FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x
FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C
Compression FNPGate 2.70 StarLink 1.01
Utilities GateWorks 3.06e TagMail 2.41
Name Version GMail 2.05 TCOMMail 2.2
-------------------- GMD 3.10 Telemail 1.5*
ARC 7.12 GMM 1.21 TGroup 1.13
ARJ 2.20 GROUP 2.23 TIRES 3.11
LHA 2.13 GUS 1.40 TMail 1.21
PAK 2.51 Harvey's Robot 4.10 TosScan 1.00
PKPak 3.61 HeadEdit 1.18 UFGATE 1.03
PKZip 1.10 HLIST 1.09 VPurge 4.09e
ISIS 5.12@ WEdit 2.0@
NodeList Utilities Lola 1.01d WildMail 2.00
Name Version Mosaic 1.00b WMail 2.2
-------------------- MailBase 4.11a@ WNode 2.1
EditNL 4.00 MSG 4.5* XRS 4.99
FDND 1.10 MsgLnk 1.0c XST 2.3e
MakeNL 2.31 MsgMstr 2.03a YUPPIE! 2.00
Parselst 1.33 MsgNum 4.16d ZmailH 1.25
Prune 1.40 MSGTOSS 1.3 ZSX 2.40
SysNL 3.14
XlatList 2.90
XlaxNode/Diff 2.53

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OS/2 Systems
------------
Other Utilities Other Utilities
BBS Software Name Version Name Version
Name Version -------------------- --------------------
-------------------- ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
Kitten 1.01 ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
-------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
1.40.02 MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
SEAmail 1.01 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e

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Xenix/Unix 386 Other Utilities
-------------- Name Version
--------------------
BBS Software Network Mailers ARC 5.21
Name Version Name Version C-LHARC 1.00
-------------------- -------------------- MSGLINK 1.01
oMMM 1.42
Omail 1.00
|Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| ParseLst 1.32
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|or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | Unzip 3.10
VPurge 4.08
Zoo 2.01

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

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Amiga Network Mailers Other Software
----- Name Version Name Version
-------------------- --------------------
BBS Software BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
Name Version TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
-------------------- WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
4D-BBS 1.65 ConfMail 1.12
Falcon CBCS 1.00 ElectricHerald 1.66
Starnet 1.0q@ Compression FFRS 1.0@
TransAmiga 1.07 Utilities FileMgr 2.08
XenoLink 1.0 Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
-------------------- Login 0.18
AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
NodeList Utilities booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
Name Version LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
-------------------- LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
ParseLst 1.66 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
Skyparse 2.30 PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
TrapList 1.40 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

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

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Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II) Other Utilities
-------------------------------------- Name Version
--------------------
BBS Software Compression Utility Ascan 1.2
Name Version Name Version AutoFRL 2.0
-------------------- -------------------- Bundle 2.2
RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 CKARC 1.1
DeArc 5.12 EchoCheck 1.01
OS9Arc 1.0 FReq 2.5a
UnZip 3.10 LookNode 2.00
UnLZH 3.0 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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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
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FidoNet:

Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
HTML FNews http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
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------- 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:
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[email protected]
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(Postal Service mailing address)
FidoNews Editor
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
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PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
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FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
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The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
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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
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FIDONEWS 14-03 Page 47 20 Jan 1997

"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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