The F I D O N E W S Volume 19, Number 49 09 Dec 2002 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Crash netmail articles to: | | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-944907) | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | Routed netmail articles to: | | \_______\(_| /_) | Bjorn Felten @ 2:203/0 | | _ @/_ \ _ | Email attach to: | | | | \ \\ | bfelten@telia.com | | | (*) | \ ))| | | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2002 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. INSIDE ................................................... 2 The Fidonews at a Glance ................................. 2 3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 3 A Slanted Look at BBSs ................................... 3 2002 Off Centre Rally - The Big U ........................ 5 4. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 7 Using the Fidonews ....................................... 7 5. FIDONET CURRENT EVENTS ................................... 8 FTSC ELECTION UNDERWAY ................................... 8 6. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER .......................... 12 How kids used to live .................................... 12 7. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN .......................... 14 Lood Meat ................................................ 14 8. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ..................................... 15 Doggy story .............................................. 15 9. FIDONET CLASSIFIED ADS ................................... 16 Collin County Station BBS ................................ 16 10. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING .................. 17 FIDONet Software References .............................. 17 11. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 22 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 22 12. SPECIAL INTEREST ........................................ 27 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 27 13. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 29 How to Submit an Article ................................. 29 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 31 FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 1 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= There is something inherently wrong with a society that creates laws to protect the people, then hires lawyers to determine the best way to bypass those laws. - Frank Vest - ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 2 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= INSIDE ================================================================= The Fidonews at a Glance Back to normal again this week. First out is "A Slanted Look at BBSs" by Frank Vest. Does anyone still remember this thing called a BBS? Then we've reached day ten of the "2002 Off Centre Rally - The Big U", the trip around Australia article, sent in by David Drummond. In a guest editorial, another one from Frank. A recommendation, "Using the Fidonews". Someone who followed this recommendation is Todd Cochrane, unfortunately it's a little late (it should have appeared in last week's issue, but due to certain circumstances this didn't happen. "FTSC ELECTION UNDERWAY" is the name of this article about a current event. Sent in as a joke, I thought "How kids used to live" was better suited in Warren Bonner's own column. Carol makes a sauce, mainly for cooking meat, she's named the recipe "Lood Meat". A child joke sent to me by Ward Dossche, "Doggy story" can be found in the jokes section. I'm not sure if it was intended for the Snooze, but here it is anyway. And finally Frank makes a plug for "Collin County Station BBS" in the classified ad's section. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 3 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= A Slanted Look at BBSs By Frank Vest 1:124/6308.1 A Sysop and a User in the Fidonews echo recently had a small conversation about Fidonet. The Sysop views Fidonet as a network of Sysops where a User is sometimes a pain in the butt. The User seems to feel that Fidonet is somewhat opposite of this. I'll agree that Fidonet, in the technical sense, is a network of Sysops. The Sysop configures the software, hardware, has the phone line(s) installed, gets the internet access and all the stuff that makes the Fidonet Node function. That's why the name "Sysop", from "Systems Operator". On the other hand, let's look at a bit of the history of Fidonet. Tom Jennings said that the most basic part of Fidonet is the BBS. What many a Sysop doesn't realize/recognize is; Fidonet was created for the BBS. Fidonet did not create the BBS. There were BBSs around before Fidonet. The purpose, and creation, of Fidonet was to allow communication between these BBSs. This is much the same as the internet. The internet didn't create networks. The internet was created because networks needed/wanted a way to communicate between each other. Even the Fidonet Nodelist reflects this. After the Node number in the Fidonet Nodelist is a field for the BBS name (or, name of the system). If Fidonet were only a network of Sysops, why bother with a BBS name field there? That field could just as easily be left out, or be made a "user" flag. Yes, I realize that this is changing.... sad, isn't it? The "BBS Name" field is being used for the IP address of internet Nodes. I am not saying that this is bad... just sad that the field, that was once used by programs to make lists of BBSs and find the name of a BBS in your area, is being replaced. However, this article isn't written to discuss the format, or use, of the Nodelist. Anyway; Without the Users in Fidonet, there would be little reason to have 600+ message echos. One message echo would do just fine. All of the Sysops could connect there to complain about policy, each other and whatever. Netmail would be where Sysops complained in private about other Sysops. The one message echo would be where the Sysops praise the ones they complain about in Netmail. Um.. er.. uh.. that sounds familiar... :-) FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 4 9 Dec 2002 Yes, Users can be a pain in the butt. Of course, that is why the Sysops who still run a BBS make rules for their BBS. That is why BBS software generally has security levels, "banned lists" and other security options to deal with the pain in the butt User. In the long run, however, the User is the reason for Fidonet to exist... just as much as for the internet to exist. Without the Users, the Internet dies. Without the Users, Fidonet dies. Of course, there are those that think that Fidonet will still be operating. They are correct. Fidonet will be running as a bunch of Sysops with 600+ message echos having no messages except the occasional "Is anyone here?" posted by some Sysop that happened to be bored that day. Personally, if it weren't for the Users on my BBS, I'd probably drop Fidonet and the BBS. I enjoy having Users call my BBS, play the games, read the message areas and other stuff. That's why I run a BBS and why I joined Fidonet. YMMV. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 5 9 Dec 2002 2002 Off Centre Rally - The Big U Submitted by David Drummond, 3:640/305 Day 10 - Tuesday 13th August (Mt Isa) Said farewell to Ron, then David and I went with Al Geritz up to the hospital to collect Rick's bags from the publican from Urandangie. Had a short chat with him. He confirmed that Rick came off on a straight stretch where there wasn't any bulldust. He said they got him onto a tarp, then slid that onto the mattress and 8 guys then got him into the back of the truck. He said he would bring the bike into town on Friday or Monday. There was another bike he had to take to town as well, which had a big hole in the sump. We got Rick's jeans, sneakers and camera out of the bags, and took them up to him. He looked much better this morning. He didn't need anything else, except his belt if we could find it. He asked us to throw away his helmet. We then went with Al to Campbell's coaches, weighed in Rick's bags at 25kg and sent them to Brisbane, addressed to Ron Durkin. We put Ron's mobile number down as well. The girl said they would ring him when it arrived. She then said she thought she knew David from somewhere. He immediately denied it, but she persisted. It eventually transpired that she had been a student at Martin College and remembered him as the "I.T. Dude". Al was much amused by this and vowed to never let David forget it! Back at the campsite, Al packed up and left, with our well wishes. He hoped to get as far as Winton. We washed our sheet (silk sleeping bag liner) and pillow cases, then headed out to Lake Moondarra, the water supply for Mt Isa. There isn't any camping allowed at the dam, but by golly it has some nice recreation areas - beautifully grassed with lovely big shade trees. We walked over the dam wall and back, then sat by the water's edge with the black swans, ducks and pelicans, to eat our lunch and relax. Back in town, we did some shopping for dinner, checked the post office to see if my part had arrived (it hadn't), and went up to the hospital to visit Rick. He wasn't feeling too bad, although he said "Pain is my friend". The doctor was about the pull out the drain on his lung, so we didn't stay long. He had been trying to find out what would happen about his thumb, but hadn't been able to get an answer. Ate in tonight, for a change. We had bought a bowl of Garden Salad which we had with chicken fillets cooked on the barbeque in the camp kitchen. We finished off with a bowl of fruit salad and cup of Milo. Went up after dinner to see Rick again. He was fairly bright. The nurse explained that he wouldn't be flown anywhere for a while, because of the problems with his lung, so he should expect to stay in Mt Isa for several weeks. When he is well enough, he could coach back to Brisbane (25 hours) or train, but that would be very expensive. She said they never set collar bones, and they couldn't do his thumb until his lungs are better, because of the dangers of anaesthetic. Rick FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 6 9 Dec 2002 encouraged us to continue with our holiday. "I'm a big boy now" he said. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 7 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= GUEST EDITORIAL ================================================================= Using the Fidonews By Frank Vest 1:124/6308.1 Maybe I'm preaching to the wall here. So be it. Ladies and Gentlemen. One of the cornerstones of Fidonet is the Fidonews. In fact, the Fidonews is quite likely the most important medium in Fidonet. True, not all Sysops in Fidonet read the Fidonews. However, the Fidonews is available to all of Fidonet. Recently, in Fidonet, there has been a push for a revision of Fidonet Policy. Currently, there is a FTSC election happening. Little coverage of these events has been in the Fidonews. Yeah, I know.... "It's been discussed in for weeks now." .... I hear this all the time. True, this or that echo may be open to the public and very popular with "some" Sysops. On the other hand, the Fidonews is /the/ newsletter of Fidonet. Contrary to popular belief, not /ALL/ Sysops read, or even connect to, FN_SYSOP and other such echos. Now, you're going to argue that "it's their fault if they don't read " echo. That may be true, but, is /the/ echo for Fidonet? The Fidonews is /the/ newsletter of Fidonet. An event such as a revision of Policy, election of FTSC members and such that affect Fidonet should at least be announced in the Fidonews with updates of progress submitted to the Fidonews for publication. Ladies and Gentlemen. The Fidonews could, and should, be the place to publicize Fidonet events, elections and other important happenings in Fidonet. Fail to use the Fidonews for such things in Fidonet and you fail Fidonet. JMHO. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 8 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= FIDONET CURRENT EVENTS ================================================================= FTSC ELECTION UNDERWAY By Todd Cochrane, 1:10/345 I had been gone for a couple of months overseas and arrived home to see a great deal of discussion in the FTSC_Public echo about the FTSC being dead. There were talks about re-forming the Organization under a new name and a couple of other rambling ideas. All of the current Standing Members terms have expired thus we need to re-fill those positions. I am one of those expired Standing members so I felt it my responsibility to get the FTSC re-staffed with fresh blood. After all A election should have been held last year but was not. I set off to find Colin Turner the current Adminstrator who's term is set to expire in December I wanted to see what his plan was. His BBS has been offline a few months due to massive hardware problems compounded by moving. He responded to a e-mail I sent him and the end result was he authorized me to move forward with having an election. The FTSC Charter does not define well how the election is to be run. Thus I utilized some common sense and In the matter of a few hours I wrote the election rules. I posted them in FTSC_Public along with several other worldwide echos. I allowed 1 week for the rules to be commented on. I received no negative feedback and proceeded to kick off the election. My goal was to have everything wrapped up before Christmas. I really should have posted a message in Fidonews immediately but I neglected to do so. I may be late in posting a announcement in Fidonews but it is not to late for you to become involved. The election could have been over and done with but The IC sent me a message last week in which he notified me that he had just found out that an election was in progress we had been at it for 3 weeks already. I was kinda of shocked thinking that the traffic in that echo and the talk in FN-Sysop would have alerted everyone. Well I had just closed the nominations and was proceeding to collect ballots. With this revelation that I may have indeed moved to fast. I stopped the voting opened up nominations for 2 more weeks and extended the election process. I have worked hard this week to get the word out and hopefully all of the key players are now aware of the election. So here is your chance get into the FTSC_Public echo and find out what is going on. If you want to run for a office get your nomination and confirmation in via the means laid out in the Election Rules. I relaxed Nomination requirements for this election cycle seeing we no longer had a active FTSC Standing member body to dictate the election process. I have removed myself as a potential candidate I will not run for FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 9 9 Dec 2002 another term. The rules are fair and should result in us getting a great group to further the FTSC Charter and insure that the documentation of the Technical aspects of this network are maintained. I hope that the newly elected Standing Members and New Administrator have the fortitude to do what is right and broaden the FTSC Charter. The election rules follow after my comments. To see a list of the current Nominations and Confirmations please check-in with the FTSC_Public echo. One last point I assume 100% responsibility for this elections success or failure. We are all human and this is just a hobby but I will do my best to see we have a fair election Todd Cochrane 1:10/345 cochrane@bbsnets.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Revised Election Rules for Election Nomination Extension 1. Beginning at 0001 on 11 November 2002 at GMT -10/Hawaiian Standard Time I will accept nominations for the FTSC Standing Member post. Nominations will be closed at 2359 on 7 DEC 2002 GMT -10. As outline in section 3.2 of FTA-1001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Standing members may be nominated Fidonet-wide by all of the following methods: 1. Any RC or REC. 2. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the FTSC. 3. A nominating committee established for the purpose by the ZCC. A nominating committee may not consist of any current member or officer of the FTSC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. I will accept nominations from any RC or REC. It is not in the charter but as the election coordinator and being we are in a unique situation I will accept nominations directly from members in good standing. They may nominate themselves or others. The nominee will still have to obtain a Majority Vote 3. All Nominations and all election business will take place in the FTSC_Public echo any e-mail or private netmail sent to me will be upon receipt be forwarded to this echo. So I am warning all parties any attempt to subvert this election process will be brought to the attention of the entire Fidonet Network. 4. We will elect at a minimum 7 and at a maximum 30. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Standing members are appointed on the basis of a vote by all RCs and RECs who are nodelisted as holding those positions at the time the FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 10 9 Dec 2002 nominations are published. A successful candidate must receive approval by a majority of votes. Publication of the nomination and the voting procedure, and posting of RC and REC votes, shall take place openly in the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and voting shall close three weeks after publication of the vote. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Candidates will be required to confirm there nomination to run. The election coordinator will send netmail and echomail to each nominee and they will be required to confirm there nomination in the FTSC_Public Echo. Candidates are required to confirm they want to run by 10DEC02 at 2359 -10 GMT 6. I will post a voting ballot to the FTSC_Public echo on 11 December. 7. Candidates nominated will be allowed to campaign and answer questions during the nomination period. 8. Candidates must receive a majority or 50% of the vote of all RC's and REC's that vote. Examples: 16 Total RC and REC Vote Joe Sysop #1 8-Yes 8-No <--- Elected <<<---See Note 8 Joe Sysop #2 7-Yes 9-No <--- Not Elected Joe Sysop #3 9-yes 7-No <--- Elected Joe Sysop #4 8-yes 2-No 6-Abstain <---Elected Joe Sysop #5 7-yes 5-No 3-Abstain <---Not Elected If more than 30 candidates are nominated the RC and REC will be limited to voting (Yes) 30 times. NOTE:The RC's and REC are not obligated to vote for 30 candidates. All candidates must receive a majority or 50% of those RC and REC voting to be elected. Any candidate unable to obtain a majority of 50% will not be elected. 9. Voting will commence on 11DEC02 and will close on 22Dec02 at 2359 -10 GMT Voting will be publicly in the FTSC_Public echo The TO: Column will be addressed to Todd Cochrane The SUBJECT LINE: Will have the following info Region XX RC First Last Name or Region XX REC First Last Name 10. Results will be posted for a 2 week period upon completion of the election. 11. Transition and Access to all private echo's will commence on 23 Dec for all elected members. Some of the Major hubs carry the private echo's many do not. So in many case peer to peer feeds will need to be established. I can help in the transition period to insure all members have a reliable hub to pull the private FTSC echos in case this is needed. 13. 1/2 of the new members will receive 2 year terms and 1/2 of the members will receive 3 year terms I will work up a fair way to assign the term limits. FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 11 9 Dec 2002 These rules are subject to modification by the Election Cordinator. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 12 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER ================================================================= How kids used to live By Warren Bonner wdbonner@pacbell.net What an eye opener!! You lived as a child in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60s or the 70s. (Some of us in the 20's)! Looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have................. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!) We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodge ball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight........we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this? We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 13 9 Dec 2002 cellular phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms..... we had friends. We went outside and found them. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it? We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade...Horrors! Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever! The past 60 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to accept, cope with, ignore and/or handle all situations. And may be you're one of them, if you are..... Congratulations! You are (or may be), in my club!!! If not, you probably are a geek or wizard or a or a "Fidonet Nut", . Warm Regards, Ol'wdb ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 14 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN ================================================================= Lood Meat By Carol Shenkenberger Yield: 10 Servings 4 c Water 2 c Shoyu (soy sauce) 1 Star anise 1/2 c Rice wine 4 sl Fresh ginger 5 tb Sugar Oh my! What a sauce! This is simple easy cookery. Basically you make a boiling sauce of the above, then boil the meats in it. Suits a whole chicken, chopped chicken, beef, pork, or even lamb! Especially good at tenderizing cheap cuts of meat. Note it is also listed as 'low-fat'. Humm? Well this method of cooking the meat, tends to make a lower fat meat as much of the fats end up in the sauce. The chicken will come out even *better* if you skin it first. Cost factor: You can use this boiling sauce almost forever if you refridgerate it between uses and boil it with each use. Alternate spices: add chinese 5 spice! Use a sprig of fresh anise leaves! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 15 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ================================================================= Doggy story By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 A little girl asked her mother, "Mom, may I take the dog for a walk around the block?". Mom replies, "No, because she is on heat." "What's that mean?" asked the child. "Go ask your father. I think he's in the garage." The little girl goes to the garage and says, "Dad, may I take Belle for a walk around the block? I asked Mom, but she said the dog was on heat, and to come to you". Dad said, "Bring Belle over here." He took a rag, soaked it with petrol, and scrubbed the dog's backside with it and said, "Okay, that should take care of that problem, You can go now, but keep Belle on the leash and only go one time around the block." The little girl left, and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash. Surprised, Dad asked, "Where's Belle?" The little girl said, "She ran out of petrol about halfway around the block, so another dog is pushing her home". ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 16 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= FIDONET CLASSIFIED ADS ================================================================= Collin County Station BBS McKinney, Texas Fidonet 1:124/6308 would like to invite you to visit. If you are in the Dallas Metro or McKinney, Texas area, you can dial into the BBS at 972-562-8064. We also have telnet access upon request. e-mail; Frank Vest, flv (at) sbcglobal (dot)net and we will be happy to tell you about the telnet access Currently running Inter-BBS "Word War", "Triple Yahtzee", BRE League 70, L.O.R.D. and more Fidonet Echos for your reading 50+ games online via dial-up and telnet Most games are registered We try to be a User Friendly BBS Drop by a visit us. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 17 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= -=:{ FIDONet Software Reference }:=- Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info .- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' Argus |M |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889 | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001 BeeMail: |M |http://beemail.gexonline.net 1:105/10 Stephen Proffit | | BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102 | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998 BinkD |MI |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | | maloff@corbina.net | | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 Fidonet to Internet: |MI |http://www.terminate.com Bo Bendtsen | | sales@terminate.com | | v2.00 on Mar23rd 1997 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101 | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sf.net v1?: Nov 11th 2002 InterMail, InterEcho,|MT |http://www.ifido.com 1:1/133 Allfix | | sales@ifido.com | | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE, v5.13 AF Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608 WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204 Software, Inc. | | AUP 450.2 on Jul 9th 2002 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.4 FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org 2:280/1076 | | wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60 JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 18 9 Dec 2002 (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 Squish |T |http://www.lanius.com | | sales@lanius.com v1.11 | |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ Synchronet BBS |TB |http://www.synchro.net | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net | | v3.10i Beta on Apr 30th 2002 Watergate |TUI |http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/ | | ramon@sbbs.se | | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222 ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002 Falken BBS |B |http://falkenbbs.com | | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002 Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final Maximus BBS |B |http://www.lanius.com | | sales@lanius.com v3.01 | |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802 Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002 Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com | | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001 Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net | | groberts@nexusbbs.net | | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001 Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002 RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/ Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150 | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999 Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net | | support@telegard.net FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 19 9 Dec 2002 | | v3.09g2 SP4 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/ | | last update: Jun 2002 BBS Central |D |http://www.rpcomputers.com Bentstone |D |http://www.srupc.com/mall Capabilities Group | | info@stonebenders.com Cheepware: |D |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/ Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:11/200 DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201 Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | DoorMUD |D |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002 Elysium Software |D |http://www.elysoft.com | | mpreslar@mailcity.com Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates JNS Software: |D |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ Rusty Johnson | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com | | Tel: (304) 733-0113 John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com | | support@johndaileysoftware.com LORD (Legend of the |D |http://www.lordlegacy.org Red Dragon) Reborn | | mike@lordlegacy.org | | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001 Lord-II IGMs |D |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/ PC Pursuits |D |http://www.pcpursuits.com | | brucep@pop.kis.net | | Tel: (301) 240-6653 Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 20 9 Dec 2002 | | jpritch@eisonline.com | | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002 Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013 Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org | | last update: Jul 17th 2002 (various) |D |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/ +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de | | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13 OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004 | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002 OpenXP/16 |P |http://www.openxp16.de 2:2433/460 | | my@openxp16.de v3.40 RC3 Apr 28th 2002 CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999 PPoint |P |http://www.alcuf.ca 1:249/114 | | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000 Terminate |P |http://www.terminate.com | | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600 | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Nov 10th 2002 SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997 Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998 TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.multiboard.com/software/ Communications, Inc.| | support@multiboard.com 1:2401/305 | | v3.5 +- - 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UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c 218/109 | Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c 220/10 | groberts|nexusbbs.net |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 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 275/311 | Shannon Talley|FTP,BinkP,FTP,VMoT,QWK| T1 |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 393/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c 379/1 | Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c 379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 396/45 | Marc Lewis |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL | 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 | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | 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 3634/12 | Mark Lewis |FTP,VMoT,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c 3830/9 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP FTP IFCICO VMoT UUE|?|? -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53/558 |Vladimir Hrusca|POP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP,ifcico|2mbs|?? 201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c 201/505 | G”ran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c 203/600 | Mikael Karlsson |BinkP,FTP,TX,UUE| 512k | 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 FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 25 9 Dec 2002 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 292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE, BinkP | 128k | n/c 292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | 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 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 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 FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 26 9 Dec 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 * QWK = Quick Packets/Offline mailer "networking" capable ---------------------------------------------- Fidonet oriented news servers news.fidotel.com (currently offline) news.osirusoft.com news.tardis.net nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro Fidonet oriented chat rooms. room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted) irc.sinoptix.ro : malay, chinesse, english, #fido, #fidonet, #wwb irc.bitsoft.ro : 6667 russian, english, hebrew, #fido, #wwb irc.tsua.net : 6668 russian, english #fido ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 27 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.340 size 1035.4kb date 2002-12-06 The nodelist has 9216 nodes in it and a total of 11984 non-comment entries including 6 zones 59 regions 450 hosts 632 hubs admin overhead 1147 ( 12.45 %) and 941 private nodes 322 nodes down 358 nodes on hold off line overhead 1621 ( 17.59 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 729 ( 7.91 %) 9600 = 7998 ( 86.78 %) (HST = 173 or 2.16 %) (CSP = 1 or 0.01 %) (PEP = 11 or 0.14 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.01 %) (V32 = 4343 or 54.30 %) (V32B = 442 or 5.53 %) (V34 = 5285 or 66.08 %) (V42 = 4371 or 54.65 %) (V42B = 465 or 5.81 %) 2400 = 93 ( 1.01 %) 1200 = 7 ( 0.08 %) 300 = 389 ( 4.22 %) ISDN = 911 ( 9.88 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 3239 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 28 9 Dec 2002 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 7 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 11 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 6 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 48 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 374 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 4096 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1435 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 2922 ( 31.71 %) MailOnly nodes = 5002 ( 54.28 %) Listed-only nodes = 721 ( 7.82 %) Other = 571 ( 6.20 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-49 Page 29 9 Dec 2002 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred method if you want reasonable control over how the published article will appear in the Fidonews: a) Plain ASCII text. 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