Subj : New Edition of the FidoGazette

Subj : New Edition of the FidoGazette
To : All
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Mon Jul 18 2022 04:24 pm

The FidoGazette Volume 18 Number 13 18 July 2022
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Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Getting Forgetful ........................................ 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Reviving an old PC using x86 Raspberry Pi Desktop ........ 2
3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 4
Nerd Humor ............................................... 4
4. GOOD NEWS ................................................ 5
Good News To Brighten Your Day ........................... 5
5. FOR SALE ................................................. 6
Macbooks Pro For Sale .................................... 6
6. FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST ..................................... 7
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LIST .................................... 10
8. FIDOGAZETTE INFORMATION .................................. 17
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EDITORIAL
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Getting Forgetful

I forgot to publish the FG last week. I was so busy that it
completely slipped my mind! I will try to avoid that next time.

An interesting article from the Register about using the x86 Raspberry
Pi Desktop Linux distro to resurrect older computers is something I
hope you find interesting.

As always, I'm always looking for content!

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ARTICLES
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x86 Raspberry Pi Desktop is a great way to revive an old PC

The OS Formerly Known As Raspbian isn't just for the diminutive
computer

Liam Proven in Prague Mon 11 Jul 2022 // 10:45 UTC

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has updated its lightweight Linux for
32-bit PCs.

When the first Raspberry Pi launched just over a decade ago, the
Raspberry Pi Foundation offered an ARMv6 version of Debian 7. It
worked, but it had a problem: while the Pi 1 had a hardware
floating-point unit, the ARMv6 version of Debian couldn't use it. FPU
support needed the ARMv7 edition.

Fortunately, Mike Thompson and Peter Green rose to the challenge and
created Raspbian - later officially adopted by the manufacturer and
renamed the Raspberry Pi OS. It started out as a seriously cut-down
edition of Debian, recompiled for ARMv6 plus hardfp support - because
the fairly feeble SoC in the early Pi needed all the help it could
get.

Both the Raspberry Pi and its OS have been huge successes, and both
the hardware and software are regularly upgraded. What gets less
attention is that for five years, there's also been a PC OS version.
It's called the Raspberry Pi Desktop. Barring a couple of Pi-native
components, such as Mathematica, it's the same set of customizations
applied to the x86-32 edition of Debian.

Now the PC edition has received an update to the same Debian 11 basis
as the Pi edition. However, unlike the Pi edition, it hasn't gone
64-bit: this is still a 32-bit OS for 32-bit PCs (and elderly Intel
Macs), and it doesn't use the fancy 3D Mutter window manager.

Most mainstream distros are now 64-bit only. Ubuntu, for example,
dropped 32-bit support in 2019. The ones that still support the
architecture are often more technical distros for more skilled users,
such as Debian and the minimal Alpine Linux.

The Raspberry Pi Desktop is a welcome exception. It asks almost no
questions during installation and has very few options to tweak.
There's no choice of desktop or components, the only thing you can
adjust is the disk partitioning. You get the PIXEL desktop
environment, which is a lightly customized version of LXDE and some
basic tools: the Chromium browser, Claws email, LibreOffice, and some
educational and programming-related tools.

Although the installation program hasn't been branded - it still says
Debian everywhere - the resulting OS has. It's rather simpler than
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the default Debian installation process. It configures a Raspberry
Pi-themed graphical startup screen and so on, and once installed, a
first-run wizard automatically starts which installs updates, creates
a user account and finalizes the config.

We found installation very slow, but to be fair, we were trying it on
two very old PCs: a Thinkpad X61 convertible and a Sony Vaio P, a
sub-netbook powered by an elderly Atom. With only 2GB of RAM each,
both worked perfectly. The OS automatically used Wi-Fi adapters,
Bluetooth and so on. On the Vaio, the installer didn't pick up the
installation of Windows Thin PC with which it shared a hard disk, but
the command sudo update-grub fixed that automatically and it
dual-booted fine.

For a low-end PC for a not-very-technical user, Raspberry Pi Desktop
is a great little OS. It won't magically make an old PC quick again,
but it works pretty well. Programs launch slowly from old rotating
hard disks, but once they stagger into memory, they run quite usably.
It can handle light web browsing, for instance, but for bashing out
emails or basic productivity duties, it should cope fine.

There are other 32-bit distros still out there. Debian itself, and
Linux Mint Debian Edition 5, both support x86-32 - but you'll need a
fairly quick machine, with 3-4GB of RAM and hardware 3D, for Cinnamon
to be responsive. Although ZorinOS 16 is 64-bit only, ZorinOS Lite
15.3 is still available in a 32-bit edition, with Xfce.

The Pi OS, with its customized LXDE desktop, uses around 200MB of RAM
at idle, and it will run in just 1GB. Slightly more than antiX Linux,
for example, but it's much more complete and well integrated. Even
Alpine uses more than that, and it definitely requires some tech
chops to install and configure, whereas the Pi OS needs next to none.
We tried adding Xfce to our install of the Pi OS, only to find that
its RAM usage nearly doubled.

Since ChromeOS Flex now needs a 64-bit machine and 4GB of RAM, we'd
say the Pi OS is the best way to revive an old PC for a non-technical
user. (R)

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NET HUMOR
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Nerd Humor

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love, and got married. The
ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

Why did the programmer use the entire bottle of shampoo during one
shower? Because the bottle said: "lather, rinse, repeat."

I have a new theory on inertia but it doesn't seem to be going
anywhere.

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GOOD NEWS
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Good News To Brighten Your Day

From: https://tinyurl.com/38wrx9rv (goodnewsnetwork.org)

A 90-year-old owner of multiple McDonald's franchises has done an
extraordinary good deed for his employees, who were at risk of losing
their livelihoods.

When news broke that Tony Philiou was set to close, remodel, and
rebuild a brand-new restaurant in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, there was
obvious concern among workers.

But, the staff had nothing to worry about.

Philiou flipped his first burger as an employee at this exact location
60 years ago; now he's the boss who chose to continue paying all 90
employees, even though they would not be able to work for him during
renovations.

"I have people here that make a living here and go from week-to-week
pay," he told WKYC News. "How can I tolerate for them to not have a
paycheck?"

"You're going to sit home. You're going to get paid," said Philiou,
recalling his words in the speech he delivered to workers.

Last week, the brand new Cleveland-area Golden Arches reopened with a
ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 6.
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FOR SALE
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Macbooks Pro For Sale

I have two 2011-era Macbooks Pro for sale. Both work (tested them
with FreeBSD) but they both need hard drives and have 8 GB RAM. These
are the aluminum-bodied laptops. I'm asking $200 plus shipping for
both.

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FIDOGAZETTE BBS LIST
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The FidoGazette BBS List
Maintained by Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Updated 6 July 2022

Total systems listed: 12

BBSes are listed in alphabetical order.

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BBS Name: Central Ontario Remote
Sysop name: Mick Manning
Fidonet AKA: 1:229/307
BBS Software: Mystic
Telnet address/Phone #: centralontarioremote.com:2323
Website: http://centralontarioremote.com:8080
Desc: Home of the musician's network, BluesNET.

BBS Name: Imzadi Box
Sysop name: Anna Christina Nass
Fidonet AKA: 2:240/5824
BBS Software: Synchronet
Telnet address/Phone #: box.imzadi.de
Website: http://box.imzadi.de/
Desc: Small BBS with several games and message networks.
FTN hub of WeedNet (Zone 420)

BBS Name: Outpost BBS
Sysop name: Sean Dennis (digimaus/KS4TD)
Fidonet AKA: 1:18/200
BBS Software: Maximus/2 v3.01
Telnet: bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 -or-
http(s)://outpostbbs.net/connect.html
Website: http(s)://outpostbbs.net
FTP: bbs.outpostbbs.net (full access requires BBS membership)
Desc: The home of Cheepware BBS doors and utilities, The Micronet
Information Network (zone 618), the FidoGazette, and the Ham
Distribution Network SDS.

BBS Name: Palantir BBS
Sysop name: Dan Clough (AKA Gamgee)
Fidonet AKA: 1:123/115
BBS Software: Synchronet
Telnet address: palantirbbs.ddns.net
Desc: Multiple echomail networks, old-school filebase and several
CDROMs online. Lots of Doom/Quake/Duke stuff. Many local
and BBSLink doors. New callers welcome!

BBS Name: PiBBS
Sysop name: Shaun Buzza
Fidonet AKA: McDoob
BBS Software: Mystic
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Telnet address/Phone #: pibbs.sytes.net:23
Website: pibbs.sytes.net (not enabled)
Desc: When you build a BBS on a Pi, you have a PiBBS!

BBS Name: Phoenix BBS
Sysop name: Andrew Leary
Fidonet AKA: 1:320/219
BBS Software: MBSE BBS 1.0.8
Telnet address/Phone #: phoenix.bnbbbs.net:2323
FTP: phoenix.bnbbbs.net
Website: http://phoenix.bnbbbs.net/index.html
Desc: Home of MBSE BBS and FidoNet New England Region 16.

BBS Name: <<Prism BBS
Sysop name: Janis Kracht
Fidonet AKA: 1:261/38
BBS Software: BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
Telnet address/Phone #: filegate.net:2030
Website: http://www.filegate.net:8090/bbbs
FTP: ftp://filegate.net:60721
Desc: Home of IFDC FileGate Project. Files from PDN, Util*Net,
Win_FDN and more.

BBS Name: Star Collision BBS
Sysop name: Bjorn Wiberg
Fidonet AKA: 2:201/137
BBS Software: Mystic BBS
Telnet address/Phone #: scbbs.nsupdate.info:61023
Website: https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/
Desc: Star Collision BBS was founded in 1993, closed in 1997, and
re-opened in 2019. It will focus on echomail conferences
and file echos for the time being, with more to come in the
future.

BBS Name: Roon's BBS
Sysop name: Daniel Path
Fidonet AKA: 2:371/52
BBS Software: Maximus/2
Telnet address/Phone #: bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 +36-1-4454412
Website: http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu
Desc: pure retro 90s bbs, original hardware and software :)

BBS Name: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE
Sysop name: Christian Sacks (MeaTLoTioN)
Fidonet AKA: 2:250/5
BBS Software: Mystic BBS v1.12 A47
Telnet address/Phone #: bbs.erb.pw:23
Website: https://erb.pw
Desc: Mystic door development, experimental and educational, thE
qUAntUm wOrmhOlE is the home of qUAntUm RaDio!, tqwNet and
tqwCTF. Lots of door games and utilities, some traditional,
some highly experimental.

BBS Name: The Rusty MailBox
Sysop name: Alan Ianson
Fidonet AKA: 1:153/757
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BBS Software: BBBS
Telnet address/Phone #: trmb.ca:2030
Website: trmb.ca
Desc: An old school BBS. File and message areas including
Fidonet, fsxNet, Metronet and Cybernet.

BBS Name: The Thunderbolt BBS
Sysop name: Daryl Stout
Fidonet AKA: 1:2320/33
BBS Software: Synchronet
Telnet address/Phone #: wx4qzbbs.ddnsfree.com
Website: wx4qzbbs.ddnsfree.com
Desc: Arkansas' longest running Ham Radio/Weather BBS. Note that
the BBS is offline during maintenance, or when
thunderstorms are in the area. Over 350 doors, over 700
message areas, and over 10,000 files. Free Usage, G/PG
content. Christian Related material is online for those who
want it.

If you would like your BBS to be listed, just use the template below
and send it to me in a message in the FIDOGAZETTE echo or via netmail.

BBS Name:
Sysop name:
Fidonet AKA:
BBS Software:
Telnet address/Phone #:
FTP:
Website:
Desc:

If you don't have a website, just leave that field blank. Please make
your description less than 255 characters.

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FIDONET SOFTWARE LIST
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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BBS Software List

Updated 2022-04-16

Maintained by Andrew Leary (1:320/219)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht,
Sean Dennis

M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility #=Info
F=TIC/SRIF Processor

*=Software is available and may be registerable,
but no longer supported or updated.

@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.

?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.

O=Software is open source.

This list contains BBS-related software that is available
for registration (not necessarily supported), open source
software and actively developed/supported software by its
author. Software listed may be available for DOS, Linux,
OS/2 (eComStation), Windows (16 or 32 bit) and OSX.

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|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
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==> FRONT-END/INTERNET MAILERS

Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products
| | /argus/
| | v3.210 on 2001-03-29

BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on 2000-10-22

BinkD |MI? |http://binkd.grumbler.org
| | [email protected] 2:463/68
| | v.1.0.4
| | v.1.1a-113 (alpha)
| | ftp://cvs.happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft
| | /mailer/binkd/
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/

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D'Bridge |MTCPE|http://www.dbridgemailer.com
|I | [email protected] 1:1/130
Nick Andre | | v4.00 on 2022-02-12

FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.datenbahn.dd-dns.de/
| | cdp/fp_deluxe/
| | v2.4 on 2003-09-26

FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se
Definite Solutions |E | [email protected]
| | FD v2.33ml, FD/APX v1.15

InterMail |MCPE |http://www.Intermail.net 1:106/201
Dale Barnes | | [email protected]
| | IM v2.60 on 2017-08-28

Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|EO? | v1.9 RC2 on 2010-04-20

Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 on 2006-06-12
| |

T-Mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on 2001-12-12

AfterShock |MTEI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Asvcorp | | details?id=com.asvcorp.aftershock
Anatoly Vdovichev | | [email protected] 2:292/140
Rudi Timmermans | | v1.6.7 on 2017-11-19

HotDogEd |E |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Sergey Pushkin | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged
| | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

HotDogEd FidoNet |MTI |https://play.google.com/store/apps/
Provider | | details?id=com.pushkin.hotdoged.fido
Sergey Pushkin | | v2.13.5 on 2017-03-13 2:5020/2141

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==> MAIL TOSSERS

Crashmail II |TO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net/
| | crashmail.html

FastEcho |T |http://www.softeq.de/old/Products
| | /FastEcho/fastecho.html
| | v1.46.1 on 2007-11-13
| | Registration keys are free & available
| | by request from the author

Fidogate |TUI? |http://www.fidogate.org
| | v4.4.10 on 2004-08-27
| |
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FMail |TO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/fmail/
| | v2.0.1.4 on 2017-04-21

InterEcho |T |http://www.Intermail.net 1:220/60
Dale Barnes | | [email protected]
| | IE 1.20 on 2017-08-28

JetMail: JetSys |TU |
(ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on 2000-01-01

Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on 2009-01-01
| | Source code available in Maximus BBS
| | archive: http://maximus.sourceforge.net

WWIVToss |T |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v1.51 on 2015-05-23

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==> BBS SOFTWARE

BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:222/2
| | [email protected]
| | v4.01 on 2007-01-28

EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on 2002-06-09

Enthral BBS |B |http://enthralbbs.com
Linux/BSD/OSX | | v0.429/Alpha on 2010-10-14
| | Fidonet filebone SCENEENT

Ezycom BBS |BT* |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on 2009-11-16

GT Power |B |http://www.gtpowerbbs.com/
| | v19.00

Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | [email protected]
| | v3.5.10b3

Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/

MBSE BBS |BMTFI|https://sourceforge.net 1:1/119
|PO | /projects/mbsebbs
| | [email protected]
| | v1.0.8 on 2022-04-07

Meltdown BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on 2004-04-26
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Mystic BBS |BMTCE|http://www.mysticbbs.com
|I | v1.12 A46 on 2020-08-26

NiKom BBS (Amiga) |BO |http://www.nikom.org
| | v2.3.1 on 2017-07-01

RemoteAccess BBS |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
| | [email protected]
| | v2.62.2SW on 2000-10-25

Renegade BBS |B |http://renegadebbs.info 1:129/305
| | v1.25/DOS on 2021-05-16

Spitfire BBS |B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
| | [email protected]
| | v3.7 on 2010-01-01

Synchronet BBS |BMTIO|http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.19b on 2022-01-02

Telegard BBS |B* |
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on 1999-12-19

WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | [email protected]
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | | v8.0 AUP 454.12 on 2021-05-14

WWIV BBS |B |http://www.wwivbbs.org
| | v5.6.1 on 2021-04-23

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==> TIC PROCESSORS/FILEFIX/SRIF

Allfix |FIUT |http://www.allfix.com/ 1:218/720
Ken Johnson | | v6.1.0 on 2019-02-02

NEF/pk |F |http://nefpk.8m.com/
| | v2.45b2 on 2000-03-05

TinyTIC |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /tinytic.html

VIReq |FO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /vireq.html

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==> BBS DOORS/UTILITIES

Cheepware |DU |http://outpostbbs.net/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | [email protected] 1:18/200
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE

DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
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Distribution System)| | [email protected]
Ruth Argust | |

Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | [email protected]
| | 1995-99 Release dates

John Dailey Software |DU |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com

Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | [email protected]
| | Doors are registerable via website

Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | [email protected]
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518

T1ny's Software |DU |http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/tsoft/
Shawn Highfield | | [email protected] 1:229/452
| | Fidonet filebone CH-WARE

The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | [email protected]
| | 1994-99 Releases

Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | [email protected]
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002

Vagabond Software |DU* |http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
| | [email protected]
| | Last update: 2008-04-11

WWIVEdit |DE |http://www.weather-station.org/wwiv/
| | v3.0 on 2011-06-27

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==> POINT SOFTWARE

APoint |PI |https://stargate.org.uk/apoint/
| | v1.25 on 2001-12-12 (Win32)
| | Needs the binkD Toolkit for Fido-over-IP
| | which is available from the above URL.

CrossPoint |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | [email protected]
| | v3.12d on 1999-12-22 (DOS, Shareware)

FreeXP |PO |http://www.freexp.de
| | [email protected]
| | v3.42 on 2020-09-25 (DOS)

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OpenXP |PIO |https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
| |https://openxp.uk/
| | [email protected]
| | v5.0.51 on 2021-12-26
| | (Win32, Linux(64-Bit})

WinPoint |PI |http://www.winpoint.org/
| | Tim Schattkowsky 2:240/1120.29
| | v407.0 on 2022-03-14 (Win32)

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==> SYSOP MAIL EDITORS

GoldEd+ |EO |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on 2015-11-30
| | NOTE: Unstable versions released often

SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on 1999-12-15
| | Website is in German and English

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==> INTERNET UTILITIES

Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | [email protected]

Internet Rex |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
| | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
| | v2.29 on 2001-10-21

JamNNTPd |UIO |http://ftnapps.sourceforge.net
| | /jamnntpd.html
| | 1:120/544

Luckygate |UO | ftp://happy.kiev.ua/pub/fidosoft/gate
| | /lgate
| | [email protected]

MakeNL |UO |http://makenl.sourceforge.net
| | v3.5.0 on 2019-05-06

RNtrack |U |http://sourceforge.net/projects
| | /ftrack-as 2:5080/102
| |[email protected]
| | v1.32 on 2011-04-29

TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | [email protected]
| | v2.11 on 2007-09-13

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==> INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES/BBS LISTS

Telnet/Dialup BBS |# |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.

Synchronet BBS List |# |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.

The BBS Corner |# |http://www.bbscorner.com
| | This website is more than just files,
| | it's an encyclopedia of knowledge for
| | BBS sysops and people who want to
| | become sysops. This site is run by
| | the same person who does the Telnet
| | BBS Guide.

BBS Nexus |# |https://bbsnexus.com
| | This website offers a searchable list
| | of Telnet BBS's.

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File Archives:

http://archives.thebbs.org
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org (site is no longer maintained)
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu (OS/2 specific)
http://www.filegate.net/ (FTP access via port 60721)
http://www.tinysbbs.com/files/

Note: Most also provide FTP access (use ftp instead of http above)

The BBS Software List is published weekly in the FidoGazette.

If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Andrew Leary with your information via the
FIDOGAZETTE echo or netmail at 1:320/219.

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