The F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 42 15 Oct 2001

The F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 42 15 Oct 2001
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| |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are |
| | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings|
| |WOOF WOOF. | | San Francisco, California, USA |
| |WOOF WOOF ____________| | |
| |WOOF WOOF/ __ | Crash Netmail Articles To: |
| |.WOOF!! / / \ | Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064) |
| | ( /|oo \ | Frank Vest@1:124/6308 |
| \_______\(_| /_) | or E-Mail To: |
| _ @/_ \ _ | [email protected] |
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| | (*) | \ ))| Editor: Frank Vest |
| ()-() |__U__| / \// | Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin |
| _|___ _//|| _\ / | |
| / HF \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. |
|(Antenna) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Copyright 2001 by Frank L. Vest, Editor for Fidonews Globally.

Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
Ideas for Articles ....................................... 2
3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4
Doug ..................................................... 4
4. FIDONET NOTICES .......................................... 5
New Email address for Editor coming ...................... 5
5. EDITOR'S CORNER .......................................... 6
Leaving a good ISP ....................................... 6
6. HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN ..................................... 7
Theory on the Origin of the Internet ..................... 7
7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 8
Live Long and Prosper .................................... 8
8. RECIPES .................................................. 9
> Dad's Meatloaf < ....................................... 9
9. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 12
Thoughts on Aging ........................................ 12
Good signs found in my e-mail ............................ 13
10. OTHER STUFF ............................................. 15
This Week's Calendar ..................................... 15
11. TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 16
Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's* .......................... 16
12. JOE JARED'S FIDONET BY INTERNET ......................... 22
Fidonet-related sites .................................... 22
13. CORRECTIONS ............................................. 28
Calendar Correction ...................................... 28
14. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 29
How to Submit an Article ................................. 29
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 30
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 31
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both
incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by
dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
--Rod Serling

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GENERAL ARTICLES
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Ideas for Articles
By Frank Vest
1:124/6308(.1)

What better section of the Fidonews to place this article. :-)

I'm not going to complain about not receiving article submissions.
That does no good. I'm just going to give some ideas for articles:

"Getting Technical" - *.ftc - section

This doesn't have to be all about Fidonet technical stuff. It would be
nice if it related to Fidonet, and most technical things about
computers will have some relation to Fidonet somewhere. Some ideas
might be:

1. Tips and tricks of operating systems such as Linux, OS/2, Windows,
and even Dos. Many tips and tricks can be useful to Fidonet Sysops and
even users. Even if it is just a "tweak" to the operating system that
makes it more stable, faster or ???.

"Interviews" - *.inv - section

Do you know a software author that writes programs for Fidonet? How
about someone that has made a difference in the computer fields that
relates to Fidonet? Ask them for an interview and write it up as an
article.

"Fidonet Software Reviews" - *.rev - section

Do you have a favorite Fidonet software program that you use? Maybe
your BBS package, mailer, tosser or some utility? Write a review of it
and tell us about it. What makes it great, how you use it, the pros
and cons... ect.

"Fidonet Web Page Reviews" - *.web - section

Review a web page that is fidonet related... maybe your favorite one
or one that you found that you feel is good. Tell us about it. Give
the URL and some information on what it has in it such.

"General Articles" - *art - section

Got a topic to talk about? Write it up and submit it as an article.
Give the subject and your views on it. Leave the flame throwers at the
door.

These are just ideas for things. It's up to you to do. I can't write
all of the Fidonews by myself. :)

Regards,
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 3 15 Oct 2001

Frank

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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I received this from the "[email protected]" e-mail address. I
thought it only right that it be included in the Fidonews. As many
will remember, Doug Myers was a former Fidonews Editor that passed
away while still editor. He was respected and liked by all.

Regards,
Frank

Begin message ---
Doug
From Jerry Bottiger
Thu, 11 Oct 2001

I just recently learned of your web site through my brother ,Ross. I
am the sister of Doug Myers who once edited fidonet. I always
appreciated Dougs humor and his creativity ,but had no idea he was
loved by so many people.. I too loved him dearly ,and cried when I
read your beautiful tributes to him ,as well as his poem. He touched
everyone right in the heart. Thank you all for being such an important
part of his life. In his last days ,I spent alot of time with him,
being a nurse ,I felt i could help. He taught me ,that just being his
sister helped even more!! He loved people, and fidonet was a way to
communicate and share himself with you all . God bless and keep you
all well,, sincerely, shannon, dougs sister

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FIDONET NOTICES
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New Email address for Editor coming
By Frank Vest

On Oct. 15, 2001, I am having DSL installed in my home. Sadly, this
will require my leaving the ISP that I have had for the last few
years.

I'm not sure what my new E-Mail address will be. I do know that the
old one will continue to function until I get the new one established
and promoted.

As soon as I get the new E-mail address, I will post it in the
Fidonews Echo and will put another notice, along with the changes to
the Fidonews Banner and other portions of the Fidonews, giving my new
address.

Regards,

Frank Vest - Editor, Fidonews

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EDITOR'S CORNER
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Leaving a good ISP
By Frank Vest
[email protected]

In this world of high speed communication, instant messaging and
other technological advances and competition, it isn't often that one
feels the need, desire or finds something that deserves praise. Most
things Internet and business wise are "just another business" that is
competing for _your_ business.

I believe it was some three or four years ago that I found myself in
a position of needing an Internet Service Provider. My children were
both in school and it seemed that every day a teacher was telling them
to "look it up on the Internet". The wife and I decided that we were
going to have to get Internet access.

Being new to this "Internet thing", we started checking for price and
services offered. Not knowing what to look for or what questions to
ask, we called "Internet Texoma" just because it happened to "catch
our eye". They were helpful, not pushy, and told us what they had to
offer. We signed up.

Since that time, we have had excellent service from Internet Texoma.
I could "bubble on" about the service, but suffice it to say that they
have been there with tech support and other help whenever needed. My
son had a cable modem installed in the house and I connected to it via
the LAN for faster browsing.... I couldn't get the e-mail to work
through the cable modem to Internet Texoma and called their tech
support. That could have been considered as a "slap in the face", but
Internet Texoma explained how to get my E-mail to work through the
cable modem to and from them.

Now the time has come to leave Internet Texoma. Maybe this isn't a
place to submit an article such as this and Internet Texoma may never
see this. That's ok. I still want to say, "It's been good." and "I
hate to leave you." My only reason for leaving Internet Texoma is that
I can get a really good deal on DSL from my wife's work. I just can't
pass it up.

If anyone moves to the "North Texas" area and is looking for an ISP,
check out http://www.texoma.net

Thanks, Internet Texoma, for the years of service.

Regards,

Frank Vest

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HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN
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I found this on the Internet in a couple of URLs. I'm not sure who
wrote it and, apparently, neither is anyone else. - Frank Vest

Theory on the Origin of the Internet
Assumed to be written by Bob Moroney

I have a theory on the origin of the Internet. Our canine companions
have had a similar network in place for millennia. Think about it --
the dog over the back barks, yours barks, the one down the road barks
and so on.

They have a very sophisticated communications protocol (K9 I think).

This consists of the familiar seven bite packet that we hear every
night (they do it at night because there's more available bandwidth in
the audio spectrum -- fewer trucks, cars, machinery etc.) you know --
woof woof, woof woof woof woof, woof.

The first two bites are the address i.e.:

aunty.FiFi@the_big_Gum_Tree/with/persian

The next four bites are message data "Hey Auntie where's the bone you
promised me for Christmas you bitch?"

The last bite is the CRC "Canine Rabies Check". It's usually omitted
by Australian dogs because we don't have rabies but some yappies use
it to transmit stock exchange information.

Now don't dismiss this proposition too lightly. I know some of you
will say you can't get that much info into seven bites, but there's a
big difference between a bite and a byte. A byte, as we all know is
only eight bits. But to a dog a bite is something completely
different. One bite, "WOOF", is around .125 seconds in length and is a
modulated analog signal with a better bandwidth than the telephone
network. Remember that dogs have an auditory range which we regard as
supersonic.

You may also say that reliance on sound waves as a carrier naturally
limits the Doggie Internet to a rather local service region. WAKE UP.
Dogs invented satellite communications. They're not howling at the
moon at midnight, that's just a high speed upload.

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COMIX IN ASCII
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Live long ___....-----'---`-----....___
And =========================================
Prosper, Fidonet. ___`---..._______...---'___
(___) _|_|_|_ (___)
\\____.-'_.---._`-.____//
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RECIPES
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From: Warren Bonner <[email protected]>

> Dad's Meatloaf <
ABC's Emeril Lagasse Master Cheif's "Dad's Meatloaf"

2 teaspoons unsalted butter
1 pound ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1 cup finely chopped yellow onions
1/2 cup finely chopped green bell peppers
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 large garlic
2 large eggs
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 to 1 cup fine dried bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons Emeril's Original Essence (recipe below)
1/2 pound smoked chorizo sausage, chopped into 1/2 inch
pieces
1 cup bottled chili sauce
2 cups Emeril's Veal Stock (recipe below) or 2 cups of canned
low-sodium beef broth
2 tablespoons bleached all-purpose flour
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large roasting pan
with the butter.

2. Combine the beef, pork, onions, bell peppers, garlic, eggs,
cream, bread crumbs, salt pepper, and Essence in a large
mixing bowl and stir with a wooden spoon to mix. Pat half of
the meat mixture intoa rectangle about 9 X 4 inches on the
prepared pan. Layer the sausage on top of the meat loaf. Mold
the remaining mixture around and over the sausage to cover
it completely. Pour the chili sauce on top.

3. Bake basting occassionally with the pan juices, for 1 1/2
hours. With large spatula, carefully transfer meat loaf to
serving platter.

4. Heat the roasting pan over high heat on the stovetop.
Add the stock, stir the browned bits in the pan, and bring to
a boil. Whisk the flour and 2 tablespoons of water in a small
bowl until smooth. Then whisk into the stock. Bring to a boil
and cook, whisking often, until the gravy thickens slightly,
about 2 minutes. Season to taste.

Ingredients Essence

5 tablespoons sweet paprika
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup garlic powder
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 10 15 Oct 2001

2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
2 tablspoons onion powder
2 tablespoons cayenne
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried thyme
Essence Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl and blend
well.

2. Store in an airtight container in your spice cabinet for up
to 3 months.

Ingredients Emeril's Veal Stock

4 pounds veal bones with some meat attached, sawed into
2-inch pieces (have butcher do this)
2 cups coarsely chopped yellow onions
1 cup coarsely chopped carrots
1 cup coarsely chopped celery
5 garlic cloves, smashed with the side of a heavy knife
1/4 cup tomato paste
2 cups dry red wine
4 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1 teaspoon salt
Veal Stock Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Spread bones in large roasting pan. Roast, turning
occasionally, until golden brown, about 1 hour.

3. Remove the pan from the oven and spread the onions,
carrots, celery, and garlic over the bones. Smear the
tomato paste over the vegetables and return the pan
to the oven. Roast for another 45 minutes and remove
the pan. Pour off the fat from the pan.

4.Place the pan over medium heat on the stove and pour the
wine over the vegetables and bones. Using a wooden spoon,
deglaze, scraping the bottom of the pan for browned bits.
Put everything into a large stockpot. Add the remaining
ingredients. Bring to a boil over a light heat, skimming off
the foam that forms on the top. Reduce the heat to medium
low and simmer, uncovered, for 8 hours, skimming
occasionally.

5.Ladle the stock through a fine mesh strainer and into a
large bowl, takings care not to stir the stock. Cool completely.
Cover and refrigerate. (The stock can be refrigerated for up to
3 days. Or freeze in airtight container for up to 2 months.)

FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 11 15 Oct 2001

Warmest Regards,
Ol'wdb

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CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES
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Thoughts on Aging
[email protected]

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else
starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.

There are three signs of old age. The first is your
loss of memory. I forget the other two.

You're getting old when you don't care where your
spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

Middle age is when work is a lot less fun--and fun is
a lot more work.

Statistics show that at the age of seventy, there are
five women to every man.
Isn't that a bad time for a guy to get those odds?

You know you're getting on in years when the girls at
the office start confiding in you.

Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get
tired.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step,
he's too old to go anywhere.

Middle age is when you have stopped growing at both
ends, and have begun to grow in the middle.

A man has reached middle age when he is cautioned to
slow down by his doctor instead of by the police.

You know you're into middle age when you realize that
caution is the only thing you care to exercise.

The aging process could be slowed down if it had to
work its way through Congress.

You're getting old when you're sitting in a rocker and
you can't get it started.

You're getting old when you wake up with that
morning-after feeling, and you didn't do anything the
night before.

The cardiologist's diet: if it tastes good, spit it out.

Doctor to patient: I have good news and bad news: the
good news is that you are not a hypochondriac.
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 13 15 Oct 2001

It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember
anything.

You know you're getting old when you stop buying green
bananas.

Last Will and Testament: Being of sound mind, I spent
all my money.

When you lean over to pick something up off the floor,
you ask yourself if there is anything else you need to do
while you are down there.

You find yourself in the middle of the stairway, and
you can't remember if you were downstairs going up or
upstairs going down.

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Good signs found in my e-mail....
From: Warren Bonner <[email protected]>

At an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're looking for
you've come to the right place."

Sign over a gynecologist's office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."

On a Electrician's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed."

On the trucks of a local plumbing company: "Don't sleep with a drip.
Call your plumber."

Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."

At a tire shop in Milwaukee: "Invite us to your next blowout."

At a towing company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows."

On an electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."

In a non-smoking area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on
fire and take appropriate action."

On a maternity room door: "Push. Push. Push."

On a taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff."

In a podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels."

On a entry gate: "Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive."

At a car dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a
car payment."

Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you
coming."
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In a veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"

At the electric company: "We would be de-lighted if you send in your
bill. However, if you don't, you will be."

In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry. Come on in
and get fed up."

In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait"

On bumper of US Mail dilivery vechicle: "QUITURBITCHIN"

Warmest Regards, Ol'wdb

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OTHER STUFF
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This Week's Calendar

Day Event
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15
Evacuation Day in Tunisia
Heroes' Day in Jamaica
16
National Boss Day in United States
17
Columbus Day in Turks & Caicos
Dessaline's Death Anniversary in Haiti
Feast of St. Margaret Alacoque in Saint Lucia
Hurricane Thanksgiving Day in Virgin Islands
18
Independence Day in Azerbaijan
20
Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution in Guatemala in Guatemala
Kenyatta Forces Day in Kenya
Revolution Day in Guatemala
21
Armed Forces Day/Army Day in Honduras
Compact Day in Marshall Islands
Revolution Day in Somalia
St. Ursula's Day in British Virgin Islands

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TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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*Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's*

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
BBS Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
BBBS Home Page
[email protected]
http://www.bbbs.net/

ELEBBS- The Elevator Software Productions Web Page
[email protected]
http://www.elebbs.com/

Hermes II Project (Mac)
[email protected]
http://www.hermesii.org/

Maximus BBS Support Page (Non Official)
[email protected]
http://www.vector11.com/maximus/

MBSE BBS
Michiel Broek + development team
[email protected]
http://mbse.sourceforge.net
2:2802/2 Michiel Broek.

Mystic BBS
http://www.mysticbbs.com/mystic/

Nexus Bulletin Board System
[email protected]
http://www.nexusbbs.net/

Proboard
Telegrafix Communications Inc.
[email protected]
540-678-4050
http://www.telegrafix.com

RemoteAccess Central
Bruce Morse
[email protected]
http://www.rapro.com/

Searchlight
Telegrafix Communications Inc.
[email protected]
540-678-4050
http://www.telegrafix.com

Spitfire BBS
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 17 15 Oct 2001

Buffalo Creek Software
[email protected]
http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html

Synchronet BBS
[email protected]
http://www.synchro.net

Telegard BBS
[email protected]
http://www.telegard.net/

Wildcat Interactive Net Server (BBS)
Santronics Inc.
[email protected]
(305)248-3204
http://www.santronics.com

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Door Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bentstone Capabilities Group
[email protected]
http://www.srupc.com/mall

Jibben Software
[email protected]
http://www.jibbensoftware.com/

JNS Software Door Games
Rusty Johnson
[email protected]
304-733-0113
http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/

Legend Of The Red Dragon Reborn (L.O.R.D.)
http://www.lordlegacy.org/

PC Pursuits
[email protected]
(301)240-6653
http://www.pcpursuits.com/products.htm

S and T Software
Mark Bappe
[email protected]
(770)788-6843
http://bozax.iainc.net/public/

Shinning Star BBS Doors
[email protected]
http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/

Sunrise Door Software
Al Lawerence
[email protected]
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 18 15 Oct 2001

(404)256-9518
http://www.sunrisedoors.com/

The Brainex System
[email protected]
http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/

Trade Wars Door Game
[email protected]
http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
1:299/110

Vagabond Software
Bryan Turner
[email protected]
http://vagabond.virtualave.net/
1:124/7013

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mail Tossers
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
FMail Support
[email protected]
http://fmail.nl.eu.org/
2:280/1076

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mailer Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software
Definite Solutions
[email protected]
http://www.defsol.se/

BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software
http://btxe.sourceforge.net/

Plantinum Express for Wildcat
Santronics Inc.
[email protected]
(305)248-3204
http://www.santronics.com

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Fidonet via Internet Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Argus
RITLABS
[email protected]
373-2-246889
http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/
2:469/84

BinkD
[email protected]
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 19 15 Oct 2001

http://2f.ru/binkd/

Fidogate
[email protected]
http://www.fidogate.org/

Fidonet to Internet Mailer
Bo Bendtsen
[email protected]
http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm

GiGo Software
http://www.gigo.com/

Internet Rex
[email protected]
http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/

Tmail (Russian /w English DL)
http://www.tmail.spb.ru/index-19.htm

TransX
Multiboard Communications Inc.
[email protected]
http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html
1:2401/305

TransNet
[email protected]
http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/

Watergate
[email protected]
http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Point Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Definite Solutions FrontDoor APX
http://www.defsol.se/

JetSys - Home of JetMail, JetStat and other Atari Fidonet utilities
http://www.jetsys.de/

APoint
http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm (Author)
http://www.apoint-mail.de (Co-Author)

CrossPoint ("Original" version)
http://www.crosspoint.de
http://www.apoint-mail.de

CrossPoint (OpenXP Projekt)
http://www.openxp.com (English)
http://www.openxp.de (German)

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CrossPoint (XP2 Team)
http://www.xp2.de

WinPoint95
http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english

The OpenXP CrossPoint Projekt
http://www.happyarts.de/xp

Terminate Terminal
http://www.terminate.com

PPoint-FTS compatible E-Mail System
http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm

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Other Software, Utillities and such
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
F-Prot Anti-Virus Home Page
http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager

BGFAX Home Page
http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/

SIO, Vmodem for OS/2
http://www.gwinn.com

NetModem for Windows
http://www.allensoftware.com

Com/IP
<http://pcmicro.com/comip

Husky - Portable Fido Software
http://husky.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/

cFos Fossil driver
http://www.cfos.com/index_e.htm

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Dead Links
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Renegade BBS
http://www.egate.net/renegade/

BeeMail Home Page
http://www.bise.tzo.com/beemail/

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Contact E-mail
Contact Telephone
Internet address (if available)
Fido style address (if available)

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Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidonet/fidoip.html
SDS Files: http://fidobbs.dk/download (Web Access to SDS)
FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/
General: http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html
Parody: http://www.fidonet.ro/
Foti http://www.fidonet-on-the-internet.org
History http://www.fidonet-on-the-internet.org

Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
Region 10: http://www.r10.org
Net 102 http://home.earthlink.net/~kayshapero/net102.htm
Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/
Net 203: <vacant>
Region 11: http://www.vector11.com/region11/
Net 2410: http://www.vector11.com/net2410/
Region 13: http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/
Net 109: http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/net109/
Net 261: http://www.baltimorepress.com/~net261/
Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/
Net 267: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/
Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/

Region 14: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14
Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
Region 15: <vacant>
Region 16: <vacant>
Region 17: http://www.region17.net
Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140
Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/

Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 23 15 Oct 2001

Net 124: http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/
http://texoma.net/~flv
Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/

Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)

Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
http://www.was-ist-fido.de/
Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
Region 25: <Vacant>
Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/
Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
REC34: http://www.fidospain.org
Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
Region 42: http://www.fido.cz
Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English)
Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
Net 5028: HTTP://5028.nordnet.ru/
Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
?? Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian)
Net 5074: http://www.n5074.z2.fidonet.net
?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian)

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

Zone 4:
Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese)
Region 90:
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)

Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/

Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
Region 65: http://r65.yeah.net
http://www.cfido.com (Chinese)

Fidonet Via Internet Hubs

a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
address. The email is translated as follows
[email protected] will automatically route to the
appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 24 15 Oct 2001

also receive routed notice of this feature.

v-email flag [email protected]
| email address or
Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
| | |latency|
-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
Zone 1 | | | |
10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c
10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c
18/500 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
18/600 | Jerry Gause | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c
103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | CABLE | n/c
103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c
103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
105/8 @ Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr
106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ???
106/2000 | Bob Juge | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ??? | n/c
106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
1:134/11 @ Michael Grant | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX
aDSL, 60 | n/c
138/146 | Marc Blakely | BinkP,FTP | ??? | n/c
140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16
142/906 | Chris Griffin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
150/220 | Dave Nemeth | UUE | ??? | n/c
153/7715 | Dallas Hinton | BinkD, FTP | CABLE | ???
167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
167/166 | Jesse Dooling | POP? UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c
218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c
220/10 | [email protected] |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c
229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c
229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? |
229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | n/c
249/116 | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE |ADSL,60 | n/c
250/98 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
250/99 | Brent McLaren | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c
250/102 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
267/169 | Philip Lozier | FTP TX | ??? | n/c
261/1380 | Joe Davis | UUE TX | ??? | n/c
280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
297/11 | Michael McCabe | TX | ??? | n/c
323/120 | Craig Healy | VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c
342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
360/5 | Bennie Hutto | FTP VMoT | aDSL | n/c
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | CABLE | n/c
379/1 @ Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
393/9005 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ??? | n/c
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c
396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c
2215/300 | Dennis Haddox | UUE,TX | CABLE | n/c
2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | 384K,60| n/c
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 25 15 Oct 2001

2410/213 | Kevin Bentz | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c
2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
3613/1275 | @ [email protected] | UUE,FTP | 28.8 | n/c
3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
1:3830/1 | Matt Bedynek |FTP, BinkD | OC3 n/c
3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c
--------------------------------------------------------------
Zone 2 |
20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
22/222 | Kim Heino | BinkP | ??? | n/c
28/1 | Lody Caenen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c
37/37 | Gabor Z. Papp | BinkP | ??? | n/c
47/999 | Andrej Kirejev | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c
201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BN IFCICO | ??? | n/c
221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c
236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
240/6298 | Steve Tell | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c
246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
252/110 | David Rance | UUE | ??? | n/c
255/90 | Simon Avery | UUE | ??? | n/c
263/950 | Sean Rima | TX UUE | ??? | n/c
280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
280/1601 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
280/4312 | Jos Huijnen | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ??? | n/c
280/5003 | Kees van Eeten | BinkP ifcico | ??? | n/c
292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k | n/c
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | n/c
292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c
292/907 | Bart Verhaeghe | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K | n/c
292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c
332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
333/0 | M Gianformaggio | BinkP | ??? | n/c
335/534 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
341/14 | Rafael Suarez | BinkP VMoT | ??? | n/c
341/51 | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT | |
341/66 | Angel Ripoll | VMoT | |
343/168 | Jose Casanova | VMoT | |
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
347/1 | Javi Polo | UUE | |
348/105 | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE | |
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/558 | Vlad Hrusca | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 26 15 Oct 2001

423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
461/256 | Andrew Rutkas | BinkP | ??? | n/c
461/640 | Alex Semenyaka |BinkP ifcico UUE| ??? | n/c
465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
469/128 | Oleg Vasenyoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
550/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | ----- | n/c
2410/201 | Karsten Ebeling | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c
2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
2432/200 | Sven Dueker | BinkP TX UUE | ??? | n/c
2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
2487/3000 | Steffen Gross | BinkP | ??? | n/c
3830/10 | Matt Bedynek | FTP, BinkP | 100Mb | n/c
5002/5002 | Victor Belyakov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5014/4 | Alex Bagmanov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5020/52 | Peter Didenko | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5020/54 | Serge Wizgounoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5020/69 | B Chernivetsky | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5020/238 | Sergey Gubanov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5030/1251 | K Stepanekov | UUE | ??? | n/c
5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
5049/12 | Amir Shabashvili | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5054/3 | Andrew Popov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5080/80 | Eugene Zorin | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5083/21 | Alexander Uskov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
5090/2 | Andrew Titov | BinkP | ??? | n/c
5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
--------------------------------------------------------------
Zone 3
633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c
774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
--------------------------------------------------------------
Zone 4
801/161 @ Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 |n/c
902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
--------------------------------------------------------------
Zone 6
65/3000 | Lawrence Fan | UUE | 33600 | free
653/1009 | Maorong Chen | UUE | ??? | free
654/0 | Bin Li | UUE,BinkP | 33600 | free
654/1501 | Lawrence Fan | UUE,BinkP | 28800 | free

--
* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
* BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
* TX = TransX
* NFS = Linux Networking
* ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 27 15 Oct 2001

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Fidonet oriented news servers

news.osirusoft.com
news.tardis.net

Fidonet oriented chat rooms.

room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted)

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FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 28 15 Oct 2001

=================================================================
CORRECTIONS
=================================================================

Calendar Correction

I was sent the below correction on the calendar posting of last week.

I create the calendar from Internet searches and I have no way of
knowing the correctness of it. I do apreciate corrections and am happy
to post them. Just be aware that I have no way to really make
corrections to all of the Internet sites that I search to find this
information.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

About the fidonews information the editor are wrong.

The October 12 is in Spain several celebrations.

American discovery for Cristobal Colon at year 1492
"Dia de la Raza", same others sudamerican countrys
Day of "Vrgen del Pilar" for catolics people

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FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 29 15 Oct 2001

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

How to Submit an Article

If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here
are the -=_guidelines_=-:

No more than 70 characters per line. This includes spaces.

No right or left margins.

Plain ASCII text _only_. Good rule is: If you can't type it on a plain
typewriter, don't use it.

Put a title to the article and your name.
Note: Put the title in two times. The first time and first line
should be with an * before it. The second time and second line
should without the * and centered. This will help in the format
since the title with the * is removed and used in the index and
the other one will remain and show what the article is about.

Articles that contain vulgar language might not be accepted. (the only
real rule in this whole thing) Remember, we really don't know who
might be reading the Fidonews.

Deadline for article submission is Saturday, 12:00 midnight (24:00
hours) according to _my_ clock. I'm in the Central Time Zone in the
U.S.A. That's GMT-6. Articles received after the deadline will appear
in the next Fidonews.

Help the Editor by following the above guides. Below are some subjects
and the file extension for the article as set in the configuration
file for the making of the Fidonews. The file name can be anything up
to 8 characters. Please help by putting the file extension of the
correct subject on the file name if known..

Ideas for Subject areas:

Subject File | Subject File
--------------------------------|---------------------------------
From the *C's *.css | Rebuttals to articles *.reb
Regional News *.reg | Net News *.net
Retractions *.rtx | General Articles *.art
Guest Editorial *.gue | Fidonet Current Events *.cur
Interviews *.inv | Fidonet Software Reviews *.rev
Fidonet Web Page Reviews*.web | Fidonet Notices *.not
Getting Technical *.ftc | Question Of The Week *.que
Humor in a Fido Vein *.hfv | Comix in ASCII *.cmx
Recipes *.rec | Poet's Corner *.poe
Clean Humor & Jokes *.jok | Other Stuff *.oth
Classified Ads *.ads | Fidonet Software Reviews *.rev
Corrections *.cor |

FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 30 15 Oct 2001

If you don't know or are not sure, send the article anyway. Put a .TXT
on it and I'll try to figure out where it should be in the Fidonews.

If you follow these simple guidelines, there should be little problem
in getting your article published. If your submission is too far out
of specs for the Fidonews, it will be returned to you and/or a message
sent informing you of the problem. This DOES NOT mean that your
article is not accepted. It means that there is something in it that I
can not fix and I need your help on it.

Send Articles via E-mail or Netmail, file attach or message to:

Frank Vest
Fidonet; 1:124/6308
E-Mail; [email protected]

Please leave me a message telling me that you have sent an article.
That way I will know to look for it.

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Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability

+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
| |
| Editor: Frank L. Vest, 1:1/23, [email protected] |
| Crash mail attached: Editor@1:1/23 |
| E-Mail Attach [email protected] |
| Deputy Editor: Lawrence Garvin, |
| Webmaster: Jim Barchuk, [email protected] |
| Columnist: Joe Jared, 1:103/0, [email protected] |
| (Fido Via Internet Hubs column) |
| Columnist: Warren Bonner - Ol'WDB's Corner |
| Columnist: Jack Yates when in the Gawga mood |
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +

+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - EDITORS EMERITI - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
| |
| Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince |
| Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, |
| Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink, |
| Doug Meyers, Warren D. Bonner |
| |
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +

"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.

Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of Fidonet.
Fidonews is Copyright (C) 2001 by Frank L. Vest, though authors
retain rights to their contributed articles. Opinions expressed
by the authors is strictly their own. Noncommercial duplication
and distribution within Fidonet is encouraged. Authors are
encouraged to send their articles in ASCII text to:
Frank Vest at one of his addresses above.
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 31 15 Oct 2001

The weekly edition of Fidonews is distributed through the file
area FIDONEWS, and is published as echomail in the echo FIDONEWS.
These sources are normally available through your Network
Coordinator. The current and past issues are also available from
the following sources:

+ -- -- -- -- -- -- - FIDONEWS AVAILABILITY - -- -- -- -- -- -- +
| |
| Freq FIDONEWS @ 1:140/1 |
| ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/ |
| http://www.fidonews.org |
| email subscription: [email protected] |
| (subject: help body: list) |
| ftp mail: [email protected] (subject: help) |
| |
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +

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Nodelist Stats

INPUT NODELIST FILE : NODELIST.285
File has a Date Stamp of : 10/11/2001
File Size (uncompressed) : 1205.64 KBytes.

The Input Nodelist file has 11115 Nodes in it
and a total of 14189 non-comment entries.

The list has 6 Zones listed.
67 Region Coordinators listed.
499 Network Hosts listed.
761 Hubs listed.
368 DOWN Nodes listed.
858 PRIVATE Nodes listed.
515 HOLD Nodes listed.

Administrative overhead = 1333 ( 11.99 %)
PRIVATE NODES overhead = 858 ( 7.72 %)

Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats):
9600 = 9537 ( 85.80 %)
(HST's = 204 or 2.14 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
(CSP's = 2 or 0.02 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
(PEP's = 16 or 0.17 % " " " " )
(MAX's = 0 or 0.00 % " " " " )
(HAY's = 3 or 0.03 % " " " " )
(V32's = 5392 or 56.54 % " " " " )
(V32B's = 679 or 7.12 % " " " " )
(V42's = 5125 or 53.74 % " " " " )
(V42B's = 731 or 7.66 % " " " " )
2400 = 114 ( 1.03 %)
1200 = 8 ( 0.07 %)
300 = 492 ( 4.43 %)

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F_Req Flag Applicable Software Number of Systems
FIDONEWS 18-42 Page 32 15 Oct 2001

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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 4337
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 11
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 12
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XP Seadog 7
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XR Opus 1.03 79
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XW Fido >12M 414
Tabby
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 4719
Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01
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CrashMail capable = 4017 ( 36.14 %)
MailOnly Nodes = 5740 ( 51.64 %)
Listed-Only Nodes = 844 ( 7.59 %)

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