The F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 44 29 Oct 2001

The F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 44 29 Oct 2001
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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
BBS Documentary In The Works ............................. 2
Zone 2 participation of FidoNews ......................... 2
3. EDITORIAL ................................................ 4
Fidonews Globally ........................................ 4
4. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER .......................... 7
I Have Learned ........................................... 7
5. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 9
Microsoft's ICS and BinkP ................................ 9
6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11
Halloween ................................................ 11
7. RECIPES .................................................. 12
Cannoli Pastry Recipe .................................... 12
8. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 14
Dirt ..................................................... 14
9. TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................. 15
Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's* .......................... 15
10. JOE JARED'S FIDONET BY INTERNET ......................... 21
Fidonet-related sites .................................... 21
11. SPECIAL INTEREST ........................................ 27
The Story of Halloween ................................... 27
12. 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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Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your
friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
--H.L. Mencken

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-- not absence of fear.
-- Mark Twain

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GENERAL ARTICLES
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BBS Documentary In The Works
By Jason Scott
Submitted by Dallas Hinton

Come help tell the story of the BBS in a Documentary currently being
planned.

It all started with collecting ASCII.

Jason Scott runs a website dedicated to textfiles from BBSes of the
1980's, called "textfiles.com". With over 30,000 files and growing, it
has gained a lot of interest from folks who have been involved in the
history of the dial-up BBS. As time has gone on, textfiles from the
1970's, 1990's and even the present have creeped in, and there's very
little you can't find there.

Sometime in early 2001, Jason noticed that a lot of these files had
the phone numbers of BBSs they came from, and he had an idea: Why not
try to make a huge list of every BBS there ever was? The idea was just
too cool to put aside, and a month later, bbslist.textfiles.com was
born; a website with over 90,000 BBS numbers spanning the entire
history of the BBS. With the assistance of the Fidonet Nodelists, the
site is brimming with information, and allows people to update the
information Jason's tracked down with their own comments and
embellishments.

This turned out to be just the kind of site that made Jason a
lightning rod for decades of BBS Sysops who remembered their times
running their BBSes, and for current sysops letting Jason know the fun
was far from over. After a couple hundred e-mails, Jason figured there
was a story to tell, and the BBS Documentary was born.

The website is located at: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com

There, you can read Jason's pitch, see his plans, read the research
he's done so far, and help get involved, either by being interviewed
or helping correct any facts that are missing or incomplete. There's
lots to do, and Jason's spending the next few years on this project,
so get involved!

(Author: Jason Scott)

Cheers, Dallas

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ZONE 2 PARTICIPATION OF FIDONEWS.

By: Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555, [email protected]

Dear FidoNews editor,
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It is no secret that the Snooze is largely dominated by
contributions from zone 1. I noted that you encourage articles
from other zones, albeit without much success.

Why do we see so few contributions from other zones? Zone 2 in
particular? It counts about ten times as many sysops and who
knows how many points. The main reason for the zone 1 domination
of FidoNews is imho the fact that it ... is zone 1 dominated.
The cure would be to *discourage* articles that are only of zone
1 local interest. In the past we have seen many an increase in
the volume of FidoNews due to some local event. Last year it was
the Z1C election, just to mention an example. Why? Why
do the sysops in zone 1 flood the world with what for many of us
this side of the pond is no more than bickering among the
locals? Why can't they be content with discussing it in an
appropriate echomail conference like we do when matters of local
interest are to be discussed? How would you feel if the German
sysops (forming a region bigger than zone 1) started using the
snooze as a playground for their petty bickering over an RC24
election? I confess that on several occasions I have hit the
"quit reading FidoNews" key after exclaiming "Oh no, not *another*
article from someone not pleased with the way things go in the Z1C
election process!

The snooze is zone 1 dominated because potential contributors from
other zones are put off by the zone 1 dominance. A vicious circle.
Maybe you as editor should ask what the readers outside zone 1 are
NOT interested in seeing in the snooze. My list would be:

1) Articles that cover topics of only local interest, such as RC
and ZC elections. They stir some interest but after the third
round it gets very boring.

2) Articles in a language I can not read. The idea may be good but
it is not going to work. The only examples of successful
multilangual magazines I have seen are the fodder that airline
companies feed us to keep our thoughts from hitting the ground
at a vertical speed higher than the landing gear can take.

3) "Tear jerkers" as Sharon Westons' "The warmth of a smile." Maybe
in NA culture such stories are an unconditional 'go', but imnsho
it belongs in the Salvation Army's Digest or whatever it is called.
My response when I see it in FidoNews is: "What's it got to do
with FidoNet?

I respect the tradition of FidoNews editors to publish anything not
in violation of the (NA?) law. Maybe it is time however to review this
policy. Maybe it is time to define the topic of FidoNews and restrict
articles to those that are on topic.

Regards,

Michiel van der Vlist

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EDITORIAL
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Fidonews Globally
By Frank Vest
1:124/6308.1

Fidonews is the global newsletter of the Fidonet Community.

The above is only one sentence, but it says a lot.

Fidonet Community: A group of people with interests that vary widely
but who enjoy this hobby we call Fidonet.

Newsletter: A regular report with items of news or interest that is
sent to a special group of people.

Global: Covering the globe. All nations. All cultures, the world.

Well... I've said many times that I believe we are a community. We
are a special group. I don't think that can be argued and we do vary
widely in that we are from all over the world.

The Fidonews, then, is a newsletter that contains news or interest
to/for/of this widely varied group.

Can the Fidonews only contain articles of interest to Fidonet members?

Yes, and it does. Provided we realize that Fidonet members are varied
in their interests. Not all articles can be of interest to everyone.
Not everyone will be interested in all articles.

Let's get down to it. What is Fidonet interested in?

Computers, communication, technology, communities, people. We fill
these interests via computers using the technology available.

So, then. We have a group that has an interest in computers and
communication. This group varies widely in their interests and wishes
to communicate. It is made up of and is about people in this group.
Circular statement? But that is what we are.

How to edit a newsletter for such a group? It would be easy if this
were a special interest group that was only about planes or animals or
some such. It is not.

Can we say that an article is of interest to everyone in Fidonet? How?

We are so varied that to write an article that is of interest to
everyone would be impossible. Even special interest newsletters
realize this. I've looked over some sites with newsletters on special
interest hobbies.

*Radio controlled air planes*. There are articles that are about
certain planes, certain parts and other information that might not be
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of interest to everyone since all of the hobbyists don't use that
particular RC plane, part or some such thing.

Now, I admit that the articles were about radio controlled planes and
that is the subject of the newsletter. Fidonews is about Fidonet.
Should the Fidonews be only about Fidonet technology? I offer a quote
from the first Fidonews;

--- cut ---
ARTICLE SUBMISSION

The format of this thing is totally ad hoc; please make
recomendations as to formats, sections needed, liked, or hated,
columns you'd like to see, or see removed, anything at all. If you
want to submit something regularly, we can start a column for you.

You are ENCOURAGED to send things in for the newsletter.
ANYTHING is fit for the newsletter, such as a description of your
board, problems found, questions, jokes, fixes, horror stories about
wrong FidoNet numbers, things for sale, etc etc etc.

--- cut ---

I'll admit that this was written when Fidonet was new and very small
and "ANYTHING" might not be desirable today. We do have a kind of
format as well. It's not "ad hoc" nor is it "set in stone", but it
does give some form to the Fidonews.

The point is that, even then, it was realized that Fidonet was a
community and that not all articles would be of interest to everyone.

If an article isn't of interest to you, skip it. If you read it and it
doesn't interest you, forget it. If you want something of interest to
you in the Fidonews, write it and submit it. What you write might not
be of interest to everyone, but it might be of interest to someone.

Fidonews is global. To argue that it is controlled by one area is
nonsense. To argue that people are shouted down by certain groups is
also nonsense.

Please remember that the Fidonews Publication is _NOT_ the same as the
Fidonews Echo. The Echo is for discussion of the Fidonews. You don't
have to participate in the Fidonews echo, or even read it, to submit
an article to the Fidonews.

If you are tired of reading the same things, week after week, or from
the same people, week after week, write an article and send it in. One
person can not write the whole Fidonews. If the Fidonews feels "one
sided" to you, put the blame where it belongs. I hope your shoulders
are broad enough to hold that blame.

Have you submitted an article today?? :-)

To submit articles,

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E-Mail message or file attach to: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Netmail message or file attach to: 1:124/6308 or 1:1/23

Please be sure to leave me a note that you are sending an article via
file attach so that I will know to look for it in my inbound.

Kind regards,

Frank Vest - Fidonews Editor

"A Newspaper should have no friends" - Joseph Pulitzer
"An Editor will have no friends" - Frank Vest

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OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER
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I Have Learned
Received email
[email protected]

I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we
sing "Silent Night." Age 6

I've learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli
either, Age 7

I've learned that when I wave to people in the country, they
stop what they are doing and wave back. Age 9

I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it,
Mom makes me clean it up again. Age 12

I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should
try cheering someone else up. Age 14

I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly
glad my parents are strict with me. Age 15

I've learned that silent company is often more healing than
words of advice. Age 24

I've learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great
pleasures. Age 26

I've learned that wherever I go, the world's worst drivers have
followed me there. Age 29

I've learned that if someone says something unkind about me,
I must live so that no one will believe it. Age 30

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly but just
don't know how to show it. Age 42

I've learned that you can make some one's day by simply
sending them a little note. Age 44

I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt,
the greater his or her need to cast blame on others. Age 46

I've learned that children and grandparents are natural allies.
Age 47 8^)

I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems
today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Age 48

I've learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for
hours. Age 49

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I've learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away
from the phone. Age 50

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he
handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and
tangled Christmas tree lights. Age 52

I've learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a
medicine cabinet full of pills. Age 53

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your
parents, you miss them terribly after they die. Age 55

I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as
making a life. Age 58

I've learned that if you want to do something positive for
your children, work to improve your marriage. Age 61

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second
chance. Age 62

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a
catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw
something back. Age 64

I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you.
But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your
work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can,
happiness will find you. Age 65

I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness,
I usually make the right decision. Age 66

I've learned that everyone can use a prayer. Age 72

I've learned that it pays to believe in miracles And to tell the
truth, I've seen several. Age 75

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be
one. Age 82

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch
someone. People love that human touch, holding hands,
a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Age 85

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. Age 92

I've learned that you should pass this on to someone you
care about. Sometimes they just need a little something to
make them smile.
Ol'wdb

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GETTING TECHNICAL
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Microsoft's ICS and BinkP
By Frank Vest
1:124/6308

Before I start, I'd like to say "Thank you" to Steve Quarrella for
giving me an "ear to bend" in this and for his help in general. Rather
he knows it or not, I couldn't have figured this out without him.

Thanks, Steve!

Disclaimer:

This is written in hopes of being helpful to others that might run
into this problem. It is in no way intended to replace Microsoft's
support, or any other support for that matter, nor guaranteed to fix
your problem. This is just my experience and, as always, your mileage
may vary.

Keep out of reach of children. Not intended for internal consumption.
Use at your own risk. May not be suitable for anything. If symptoms
persist, consult someone else. :-)

Background:

Microsoft Windows 98 SE has a program called "Internet Connection
Sharing" (ICS). If you run a Local Area Network (LAN) with Microsoft
Networking (peer to peer), you can share an Internet connection with
other computers in the network using ICS.

Technical problem:

The ICS program acts as a "firewall" to some degree. When installed,
ICS opens certain ports that it knows, from it's setup information,
are generally used. Ports such as "21", "23", "25", "110" "80" and a
few others that are normally used for mail, web and file access are
opened. The others are closed and can't be accessed.

This is a problem for BinkP users that might be running a LAN using
Microsoft Networking and ICS since port 24554 is effectively blocked.

My problem:

My system(s) consist of three computers. One has a DSL modem, ICS and
is the "hub" (Browse Master) for the LAN. This means that it has two
Network Interface Cards (NIC) in it. One for the LAN and one for the
connection to the DSL modem. The "hub" computer is the one I run BinkP
on. I'm not sure if there would be a problem with a cable modem or a
dial-up Internet connection, but with the DSL I have, ICS effectively
blocked access to port 24554. I assume that this is because of the NIC
that connects the DSL modem to the computer being a different address.
At any rate, access was blocked to the Binkp port of 24554. This was
only happening on incoming "calls". I could send from BinkP with no
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problem. I'll not further try to guess why this is.

After contacting tech support and checking everything I, and Steve
Quarrella, could think of, I removed the ICS. The BinkP port opened up
and all was well... almost... With ICS not installed and running, I
obviously couldn't access the Internet from any machine except the one
that the DSL was on. :(

Solution:

Reference,
"http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q231/1/62.ASP"

The above URL "should" take you to the Microsoft tech support, and
land you on a page about "How to Map a Port in ICS Using an .inf
File".

Once you are there, read the text and find the example .inf file to
copy, paste and edit for your needs. I give this reference because you
might need to un-block ports other than the standard 24554 for BinkP.

I have a completed .inf file that I will share with anyone that
wants/needs it. It simply tells ICS to not block port 24554. As
always, I'll not guarantee anything to you and I'm not responsible if
you use my .inf file and you have problems.

You can probably do the same thing by editing the "system registry" in
Windows if you are technical enough to understand and do this.

Once you've created your .inf file, or acquired mine, simply right
click on it and tell it to install. Restart your computer and port
24554 should be un-blocked. :)

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COMIX IN ASCII
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Halloween
Taken from the Internet

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`-' `-. ,' ,'\\/ \/
\, ,' ee`-. Halloween spirits and
/ ./ ,(_ \ , ghosts and cats,
(_/\\\ \__|`--' ||
///\\| \ ||
////||-./`-.} .--|| Weird happenings and
/ `-.__.-`_.-.| witches brew,
| '._,-'`|___} `;
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| '.__,.-` || ':, These are the things
| | || ,;' I wish for you:
/ / _,.||oOoO.,_
| | \-.O,o_O..-/
/ / / \ May the only ghost
| / / \ that comes to stay,
| | | , |
/ | \ ) ( ) / Be the Holy Ghost
jgs | \ ,'.(:, ),: (_.'. to guide your way.
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| / you chance to meet, \\\\//// \\\/// ,\\\///,
/'.\ (_.'\ \\\/// ###### \\\\////
\ / ###### ////\\\\ \\\///
'--. .---' Be the spirit of love ////\\\\ /////\\\\\######
( " ) and warm friends sweet, /////\\\\\//////\\\\////\\\\
'-' //////\\\\\\/,///\\\/////\\\\\
_ ///////\_?_\\(_) //////\\\\\\,
( \ May the only tricks .'`---`'. _j_/////\\\\\(_)
) ) you are /.'a a \.'`---`'. jgs
( ( .-""-. A.-.A asked to do, |: ^ /.'d\ /b \
\ \/ \/ , , \ \' www |: ^ |
\ \ =; t /= '._____.'\' VVV /
\ |"". ',--' Be the trick '._____.'
/ // | || of getting
/_,)) |_,)) a friend or two.

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RECIPES
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Cannoli Pastry Recipe
by Janis Kracht, 1:2320/38
(hey my maiden name was Janis Giardino <smile>)

Cannoli pastries were always served at Chrismas time and Easter time,
in my family's house. They are *great* anytime you are looking for a
unique dessert - pastry shells are filled with a delicious sweetened
ricotta cheese filling just before serving. The ricotta filling can
either be combined with chocolate chips or semi-sweet choclate
shavings, and when filled, you can sprinkle the ends with chopped
pistachio nuts, or candies.

Make a lot of these - believe me, they will disappear quickly <smile>

Cannoli Filling:

2 pounds ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup chopped citron candies (optional)

Shells:

1 1/3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1/2 teaspoon sugar
5 tablespoons white wine

Place the flour in a mound on a pastry board and make a well in the
center. Put the salt, shortening, sugar and wine in the well. With a
fork, stir in the center and keep stirring until most of the flour is
absorbed. Knead with hands until smooth. Divide the dough into two
balls. Roll one ball at a time to a thickness of a noodle. Cut into
3 1/2 " squares (about 20-22 squares). Use 5" long cannoli tubes.
Place the tube diagonally on the dough square and wrap around the
tube, overlapping the 2 points. Moisten the point with water and
press the points togehter to close the cannoli shell. Deep fat fry
one or two shells at a time in 2 " of vegetable oil heated to 400
degrees, turning carefully with tongs. Fry for 30-45 seconds or until
dark golden brown. Drain the fried shells, and cool on absorbent paper
towels.

To remove the shells from the tubes, hold the end of the tube with a
pot holder and push the cannoli from the tube with a fork. Cool the
tubes before wrapping again with the remaining dough. After all are
cooled, store the empty shells in a tightly sealed tin container until
you are ready to fill them. Combine all the ingredients for the
filling and mix well for about 5 minutes. Store covered and
refrigerated until ready to fill the shells. To fill the shells, spoon
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the filling into each shell with a small spoon or metal spatula.
Sprinkle the ends of the filled cannoli with chopped nuts, candies, or
a dusting of confectioners sugar.

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CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES
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Dirt
[email protected]

The scientist approached God and said, "Listen, we've decided we no
longer need you. Nowadays, we can clone people, transplant hearts and
do all kinds of things that were once considered miraculous."

God patiently heard him out, and then said, "All right. To see whether
or not you still need me, why don't we have a man-making contest?"

"Okay, great!" the scientist said.

"Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with
Adam," God said.

"That's fine," replied the scientist, and bent to scoop up a handful
of dirt.

"Whoa!" God said, shaking his head in disapproval.
"Not so fast, pal. You get your own dirt."
8^))

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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
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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]
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(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

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

Squish Tosser
http://www.lanius.com/squish.htm

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

BeeMail Home Page
http://beemail.gexonline.net
Stephen Proffit
1:211/405

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

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

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Fidonet via Internet Software
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Argus
RITLABS
FIDONEWS 18-44 Page 18 29 Oct 2001

[email protected]
373-2-246889
http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/
2:469/84

BinkD
[email protected]
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/

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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)
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http://www.crosspoint.de
http://www.apoint-mail.de

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

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
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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

ADF Fossil
http://www.digsys.se/adf.html

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| 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
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.
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
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
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3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c
3830/10 | Matt Bedynek |FTP, BinkD | OC3 n/c
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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 | BinkP | 8/2mb | 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
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
FIDONEWS 18-44 Page 25 29 Oct 2001

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
----------------------------------------------
Fidonet oriented news servers

news.osirusoft.com
news.tardis.net
FIDONEWS 18-44 Page 26 29 Oct 2001

Fidonet oriented chat rooms.

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

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SPECIAL INTEREST
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The Story of Halloween
From Frank Vest
Taken from the Internet
http://www.holidays.net/halloween/story.htm

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back
thousands of years. The holiday we know as Halloween has had many
influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's
Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian
holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.

Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern
France, lived the Celts. The Celts worshipped nature and had many
gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded
their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and
the crops grow.

The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was
celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the
"season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and
cold."

On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the
long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The
Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak
forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new
fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around
the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness
would begin.

When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their
fires to each family who would then take them home to start new
cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from
evil spirits.

The November 1st festival was called Samhain (pronounced "sow-en").
The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in
costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival
would become the first Halloween.

During the first century the Romans invaded Britain. They brought
with them many of their festivals and customs. One of these was the
festival know as Pomona Day, named for their goddess of fruits and
gardens. It was also celebrated around the 1st of November. After
hundreds of years of Roman rule the customs of the Celtic's Samhain
festival and the Roman Pomona Day mixed becoming 1 major fall holiday.

The next influence came with the spread of the new Christian religion
throughout Europe and Britain. In the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic
Church would make November 1st a church holiday to honor all the
saints. This day was called All Saint's Day, or Hallowmas, or All
Hallows. Years later the Church would make November 2nd a holy day. It
FIDONEWS 18-44 Page 28 29 Oct 2001

was called All Souls Day and was to honor the dead. It was celebrated
with big bonfires, parades, and people dressing up as saints, angels
and devils.

But the spread of Christianity did not make people forget their early
customs. On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31, people continued to
celebrate the festivals of Samhain and Pomona Day. Over the years the
customs from all these holidays mixed. October 31st became known as
All Hallow Even, eventually All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, and then -
Halloween.

The Halloween we celebrate today includes all of these influences,
Pomona Day's apples, nuts, and harvest, the Festival of Samhain's
black cats, magic, evil spirits and death, and the ghosts, skeletons
and skulls from All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.

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Nodelist Stats

INPUT NODELIST FILE : NODELIST.299
File has a Date Stamp of : 10/26/2001
File Size (uncompressed) : 1198.46 KBytes.

The Input Nodelist file has 11073 Nodes in it
and a total of 14104 non-comment entries.

The list has 6 Zones listed.
65 Region Coordinators listed.
495 Network Hosts listed.
751 Hubs listed.
337 DOWN Nodes listed.
863 PRIVATE Nodes listed.
514 HOLD Nodes listed.

Administrative overhead = 1317 ( 11.89 %)
PRIVATE NODES overhead = 863 ( 7.79 %)

Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats):
9600 = 9503 ( 85.82 %)
(HST's = 204 or 2.15 % 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 = 5380 or 56.61 % " " " " )
(V32B's = 672 or 7.07 % " " " " )
(V42's = 5114 or 53.81 % " " " " )
(V42B's = 717 or 7.54 % " " " " )
2400 = 114 ( 1.03 %)
1200 = 8 ( 0.07 %)
300 = 485 ( 4.38 %)

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F_Req Flag Applicable Software Number of Systems
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XA Frontdoor <1.99b 4293
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 10
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 415
Tabby
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 4719
Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01
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CrashMail capable = 3984 ( 35.98 %)
MailOnly Nodes = 5727 ( 51.72 %)
Listed-Only Nodes = 842 ( 7.60 %)

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