The F I D O N E W S Volume 20, Number 20 19 May 2003 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |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 2003 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER .......................... 2 Tips on Staying Safe ..................................... 2 3. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ..................................... 4 ______Press Release from the Future______ ................ 4 Some funnys for U ........................................ 6 4. BEST OF FIDONET .......................................... 8 Linux bootable Live-CD's ................................. 8 5. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 14 FIDONet Software References .............................. 14 6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 19 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 19 7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 24 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 24 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 26 How to Submit an Article ................................. 26 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 28 FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 1 19 May 2003 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= Most people reach the top of the ladder of success, only to find it is leaning against the wrong wall. -- anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 2 19 May 2003 ================================================================= OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER ================================================================= Tips on Staying Safe From: Jim White [jim_white@earthlink.net] Ladies, Please take the time to read this. I know you are smart enough to know these pointers but there will be some, where you will go "hmm I must remember that." It works for men too. After reading, forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in. 1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do so with all your might! 2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans: if a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you.... chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! 3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives. 4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE. 5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage: a. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. b. If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. c. Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.) 6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.(Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot). 7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN! 8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 3 19 May 2003 get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim. I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better safe than sorry. And send it to the men too. They can pass it onto MORE women!! Thanks Jim, Ol'wdb ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 4 19 May 2003 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ================================================================= ______Press Release from the Future______ Sent in by Frank Vest (Found this in a forum.) Today, independent researchers and developers announced the new Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device (BOOK). The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: No wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected, switched on, or recharged. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover! Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere-even sitting in an armchair by the fire -- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a floppy disc. Here's how it works... Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder, which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs in half. Experts are divided on the prospects for further increases in information density; for now, BOOKS with more information simply use more pages. This makes them thicker and harder to carry, and has drawn some criticism from the mobile computing crowd. Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it. The BOOK never crashes and never needs rebooting though, like other display devices, it can become unusable if dropped overboard. The "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish. Many come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval. An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session-even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus, a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. Conversely, numerous BOOKmarks can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to store numerous views at once. The number is limited only by the number of pages in the BOOK. You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 5 19 May 2003 optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS). Portable, durable, and affordable, the BOOK is being hailed as the entertainment wave of the future. The BOOK's appeal seems so certain that thousands of content creators have committed to the platform. Look for a flood of new titles soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 6 19 May 2003 Some funnys for U wdbonner@pacbell.net New Words by changing a single letter Each year the Washington Post's Style Invitational asks readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and supply a new definition. Here are the 2002 winners: Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. Forepioy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. HiDatitis: Terminal coolness. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit). Karmageddon: It's, like, when everybody is sending off all these really really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth, like, explodes and it's, like, a serious bummer. Glibido: All talk and no action. Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you'rapidly. The winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitational: Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole the echoes. >>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<< Pop eye A man is dining in a fancy restaurant, and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He had been checking her out since he sat down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back. "Oh my, I am so sorry," the woman says as she pops her eye back in FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 7 19 May 2003 place. "Let me buy you dessert to make it up to you." They enjoy a wonderful dessert together, and afterwards, the woman invites him to the theater followed by drinks. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place and stay for breakfast the next morning. The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed! Everything has been incredible! "You know," he said, "you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?" "No," she replies, "you just happened to catch my eye." >>>>>>>><<<<<<<<< American History It was the first day of school and a new student named Martinez, the son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade. The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history. Who said "Give me Liberty, or give me Death?" She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Martinez, who had his hand up."Patrick Henry, 1775." "Very good! Who said 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth'"? Again, no response except from Martinez: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863.", said Martinez. The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed. Martinez, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do." She heard a loud whisper: "Screw the Mexicans." "Who said that?" she demanded. Martinez put his hand up. "Jim Bowie, 1836." At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke." The teacher glares and asks "All right! Now, who said that?" Again, Martinez says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991." Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!" Martinez jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!" Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you." Martinez frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Gary Condit to Chandra Levy 2001." The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're in BIG trouble!" Martinez said, "Saddam Hussein 2003." Ol'wdb ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 8 19 May 2003 ================================================================= BEST OF FIDONET ================================================================= Linux bootable Live-CD's ----[ WINDOWS-NT ]----------------------------------------- On: Sat 25 Jan 2003 17.16 By: John Coombes ----------------------------------------------------------- This may be of interest to some Windows Users who are considering the use of Linux as an Operating System but would like to try out a bootable Live-CD of Linux first before they try to install onto a HDD partition. Also if/when you want to install a Linux distro it is relatively easy to still keep MS-Windows and have both operating systems (using different HDD partitions) and multi-boot between them. I have been doing it for years but that is another subject I'm not going cover it here. Most Linux/GNU distro's can setup the multi-boot for you. PLEASE NOTE. (1) The term "Linux" it self is just a basic operating system (pure command line mode), and there is no GUI interface at all, it is still very powerfull. The term "Linux/GNU" is usually Full Blown Linux Distro complete with GUI (graphic user interface) similar to MS-Windows. NB. In Linux the GUI interface is commonly known as X-windows (2) Although I have mentioned many Live CD's below, the one that will be of most interest to MS-Windows users wanting to try out a Linux/GNU Live CD will be "KNOPPIX" it is very good at working out your hardware and after booting with the CD the first time, you are able to :- (a) make a Linux type memory swap file on a Windows file system (enables the use of memory hungry applications) (b) save the setting of one Live-CD Bootup session to a Floppy disk so that next time you use the Live-CD you do not have to re-setup each time you use the Live-CD. --------------------------------------- CD-based Linux Distributions (Live CDs) All info taken from http://www.distrowatch.com/cd.php (1) ByzantineOS is an interesting CD-based distribution created by Georgios Georgopoulos from Greece. The ISO image only occupies 48 MB of space, yet it provides a full graphical environment via VESA or one of the supported graphics cards (NVidia RIVA/GeForce, ATI Rage128/PRO). The desktop manager is based around the Mozilla browser, or more precisely on the OEone's Penzilla project. It boots straight into the Mozilla desktop. At that stage, it is safe to remove the boot CD as all the available programs have been loaded into memory. As you can imagine, the 48 MB ISO image does not provide a plethora of applications, but it offers Internet browsing, email, a Nintendo games FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 9 19 May 2003 console emulator and a few other simple applications. The included media player (based on MPlayer) is capable of playing DVDs, even encrypted ones. http://byzgl.sourceforge.net (2) Cool Linux is a product of Andrei Velikoredchanin, also known as "Uncle Andy" from Russia. The bootable CD is based on Red Hat Linux with full graphical environment and IceWM as the only desktop. Several nice touches distinguish this product form other CD-based distributions - the CD includes NVidia drivers, the Blender 3D modeling application and a functional trial edition of VMware. On the negative side, the hardware configuration is done with Red Hat's Kudzu and Xconfigurator which requires user interaction during boot. Most of the selected applications are on the light side of system resource requirements (e.g. Opera, Sylpheed) with one notable exception - OpenOffice 1.0 as the only office suite. Another project from the same author is called Emergency Linux CD, which is a bootable rescue CD that includes troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for Linux servers http://www.linux.rodniki.ru (Russian) http://sourceforge.net/projects/emergencycd2 (3) DemoLinux/GNU is one of the oldest and best-known based distro's. Created by a 3-man team of Vincent Balat, Roberto Di Cosmo and Jean-Vincent Loddo at the Paris VII University in France, DemoLinux is a general purpose distro based on Debian with automatic hardware detection, multi-lingual features, KDE and GNOME desktops and a whole range of applications. If you are interested to learn more, NewsForge has a full review of its latest release. Useful as DemoLinux may be, it shows its age with old versions of most of its software and little signs of active development. If you are looking for a general purpose CD-based distribution, you might be better off with Knoppix http://www.demolinux.org (4) Dynebolic GNU/Linux the project is being developed by a small group of European developers led by "jaromil" at PublicVoice.fm streaming network in Vienna, Austria. The main feature of the 300MB Dynebolic CD is its full preconfiguration for live-streaming over the internet. With the MuSE software, it gives everybody not only a fancy audio player, but also a live-recording studio, which can mix and stream out to the Internet. Besides multimedia applications, the CD offers all the usual software for web browsing and email (Mozilla) as well as graphics (Gimp) all running on top of the Blackbox window manager. The system boots straight into a graphical environment, courtesy of the VESA framebuffer driver, no questions asked. The latest release of Dynebolic is version 0.5.2, however the developers are actively working on v.1.0 with a development ISO image already available for download and testing. FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 10 19 May 2003 http://www.dynebolic.org (5) Eagle Linux is a project by Mike Angelo in the USA. The project differs from the rest of the distros listed on this page in that Eagle Linux is not a complete, ready-to-use Linux CD, but rather a document describing how to create one. As such, it is a great learning tool, suitable for educational establishments. Two versions of the document have been released - v.1.0 builds a bootable CD from of an existing Red Hat installation, while v.2.0 does the same for Debian users. Besides building a CD, the documents can also be adapted to building embedded Linux systems running on various platforms processors. http://www.geocities.com/eaglelinux/ (6) The Freeduc CD is a live Linux/GNU CD built by the Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching (Ofset). Ofset is a legal organisation based in France with the goal to promote the development of free software for the educational system. Freeduc is a modified Knoppix, excluding some of the memory intensive applications and including useful educational software. The removed applications were replaced by less resources-hungry alternatives as the CD is designed to be used to power low-end computers, often found in schools. Another difference between Knoppix and Freeduc is its size - Freeduc fits on a standard 650MB CD. The CD boots straight into a graphical environment, which is managed by intuitive and light-weight XFce windowing system. Besides French and English, Freeduc also supports a number of European languages. http://www.ofset.org/projects/edusoft/edusoft.html (7) FreeLoader Linux/GNU is a product of Canada-based Softkits and based on Slackware Linux. It is a 320 MB bootable CD with the idea of introducing new users to Linux without having to install it on their hard disks. The distribution's web site offers very little information so the only way to learn about its features is to try it out. Be sure to download the FREE2.iso file, which is a more complete product with KDE 3.0.1 as its desktop environment. Booting from the CD will first take you to a console where you can do some basic configuration (help and tools are provided) before starting KDM. This will give you a choice of three accounts to select from (depending on your needs and eye candy mood) "root", a MacOS-like "max" and WindowsXP-like "xpress". Once logged in, the usual array of useful software breathlessly awaits your mouse clicks. http://freeloaderlinux.sourceforge.net/ (8) Knoppix Linux/GNU developed by Klaus Knopper in Germany, it is safe to say that Debian-based Knoppix has raised the bar of standards to a new level, especially with its automatic hardware detection that puts many well established commercial Linux distributions to shame. Its hands-free booting, enormous selection of software, its on-the-fly decompression technique and the ability to install it on a hard disk have turned Knoppix into an indispensable tool. It can be used as a rescue disk, a tool to demonstrate Linux to those who haven't seen it or a tool to test a new computer before purchase. It can even be used as a full-blown Linux distribution for every-day tasks. FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 11 19 May 2003 NOTE: To be able run the current Knoppix Live-CD in GUI mode, will require that your machine has above 98MB ram Knoppix has been covered extensively in Linux media: Project of the week: Knoppix 3.1, distro run from CD (Linux and Main), Knoppix Linux - Filesystem runs "Live" from CD (PC Buyers Guide), Knoppix a tasty open source try-out (ComputerWorld), A Linux you can try before you even install it (LinuxWorld), Bootable Linux Demo Distro - Knoppix (Slashdot), Interview with Klaus Knopper (DistroWatch), Interview with Klaus Knopper of Knoppix (OSNews) http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html http://www.knoppix.net/ http://www.knoppix.net/get.php (8) The Linux Bootable Business Card (LNX-BBC) project is a creation of Duncan MacKinnon, Tom Crimi, and Seth David Schoen - originally from San Francisco-based Linuxcare who forked the project in May 2001 under the present name. The idea was to produce an emergency rescue disk which would fit on a small, business card- type CD, which you could carry in your wallet, always ready to tackle any hardware or software emergency. The CD includes many troubleshooting and diagnostic utilities, configuration tools and even X-window with the Blackbox window manager and a browser. It's quite amazing how much one fit on a 40MB CD! Unlike most other projects in this category, LNX-BBC has an excellent web site with plenty of documentation, resources and active development. Version 2.0 is currently under testing and new ISO images are built daily. Well worth checking out! http://www.lnx-bbc.org (9) Lonix is a new CD-based distribution based on Linux From Scratch and developed by Guillermo M?nguez Alvarez in Spain. It is still under development, the latest release is Lonix 1.0rc5. Lonix differs from other CD-based distribution in that it comes with no X-window and therefore no graphics mode. So what is on the large 434MB CD, you might ask. A full compliment of server and development tools; everything from mail, FTP and web server with PHP to GCC, Perl, Python Pascal, Smalltalk, Common Lisp and even Java. Additionally, Lonix provides its own set of configuration tools for most common tasks. While the Lonix web site is in Spanish only, the distribution itself supports both English and Spanish. http://lonix.sourceforge.net/ (10) MLD Media Lab Live Linux is a product of Media Lab, Japanese company which also produces a complete Linux distribution called Linux Media Lab Distribution. The product page http://www.mlb.co.jp/live/ is in Japanese only, but it presents a list of packages included on the CD. Live Linux is a commercial product not available as a free download. http://www.mlb.co.jp/ (Japanese, little bit English) FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 12 19 May 2003 (11) MoviX is one of those fantastic projects which shows that the right combination of a bright idea, free software and available source code can produce amazing results. MoviX was created by Roberto De Leo in Italy when he wanted to watch a DVD on a computer where installing Linux on the hard disk wasn't an option. So he created a bootable Linux CD, which booted into a graphical desktop and automatically started MPlayer. When MPlayer was loaded, he removed the boot CD, inserted his DVD and pressed the play button to start the show! That was in the beginning and the project has now evolved into several different branches each with its own focus. Provided that your graphics card is supported, MoviX can help you to play encrypted DVDs, VCDs and other multimedia file formats (VCD, DivX, avi, mpg, mp3, ogg...) on your computer, even if its hard disk contains a wrong or no operating system! It can always come handy so download it now - the size of the compressed ISO image is only 22 MB. http://movix.sourceforge.net (12) SuSE Live-Eval, SuSE Linux/GNU has been producing its Live-Eval CDs since version 7.0 as a way for users to test its distribution, and their machine's hardware compatibility, without having to spend any money. Unlike SuSE's full distribution, the Live-Eval CD can be downloaded freely as an ISO image. It does however require that a hard disk be present on the test computer which means that its usefullness as a rescue or demo disk has been superceded by better products, such as Knoppix. http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/index.html (13) Ututo is one of the earliest CD-based distributions around. Developed by Diego Saravia at the Universidad Nacional de Salta in Argentina and named after a local lizard, the Ututo live CD has not been updated since the end of 2000. As such, it is too outdated to be really useful. However, Ututo's web site remains active and a poll on it is asking users to give suggestions for the next release. The web site is in Spanish only. http://www.ututo.org ftp://ftp.linux10.com.ar/ututo/ (download) (14) Virtual-Linux/GNU is a general purpose "run-from-CD" distribution created by M?rten Sundling, a Swedish programmer. It is basically Mandrake Linux, modified to run directly from a bootable CD and using automatic hardware detection. KDE is the default desktop environment. It is suitable for novice Linux users who want to try Linux without a full installation and without any changes to their hard disks. The latest stable version is 1.1 (based on Mandrake Linux 8.1), but a newer version, Virtual-Linux 1.2 is already under development. http://www.virtual-linux.org https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux (d/l) (15) (an extra not listed at Distrowatch.com) Yoper-Linux, for completeness I will mention this new distro which during its FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 13 19 May 2003 developement published a Live CD ISO as well as a HDD installable ISO for download. BUT - the Live CD is now to be Discontinued, as Yoper are just about to issue their final first Ydesktop that is ready to be released as soon as XFree4.3 and kde-3.1 have released their stable versions. This should happen at the end of January 2003. NB: The Yoper distro has been optimised for PC's with either 686 or higher processor types. Here is the official info taken from the Yoper Website NOTE: The ISO with the name "ybootcdrom-i686-3.2.1.iso" is a bootable live CD of the entire system, it is going to be discontinued in its present form as of rc3, which will be available on Monday 13th of Jan. 2003. Please do not download the live cd any more as it contains several bugs not found in the install version. No URL offered for obvious reasons ! ----------------------------- Details of the Live CD's above is not comprehensive or complete. The minimum Requirements to use each of these CD's has not been included as I could not always find it quickly at most of the sites, so you will have to do your own research to find out. In general older machines with 32 Mb or less of ram are not suitable and many of the Live CD's above would require a Pentium II or better + 128 MB ram or more. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 14 19 May 2003 ================================================================= 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 | | beemail@gexonline.net 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 | | v1.4.0 on Feb 11th 2003 InterMail, InterEcho |MT |http://www.ifido.com 1:1/133 | | bob@nwstar.com | | v2.50 IM, v1.19 IE Radius (based on |M |http://fido5012.narod.ru/ 2:5012/38 Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463 | | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003 Terminate |MBP |http://www.terminate.com | | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 15 19 May 2003 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 (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 | | v3.10L Beta 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 FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 16 19 May 2003 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 | | 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 FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 17 19 May 2003 | | 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/ | | 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600 | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003 SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999 TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Allfix |U |ftp://ftp.nwstar.com 1:140/12 | | bob@nwstar.com | | v5.13 (v6?) 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 PeopleComm Terminal |CUI |http://www.peoplecomm.org 1:128/148 (BBS & Telnet w/ | | edward.williams@adelphia.net ZModem) | | v1.01a on Feb 11th 2003 FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 18 19 May 2003 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 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/ (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings) +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.org http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// vice http:// above) *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=* Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt Magic FReq: FIDOSOFT (Use INFO and/or HELP for details) Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68 `-==> E-mail FIDONet(at)Bellsouth(dot)net BBS (337) 232-4155 Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 19 19 May 2003 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= . -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- . | FIDONET-RELATED SITES | ` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- ' 12 APRIL 03 Send updates, corrections and suggestions to Shannon Talley, 1:275/311 or fbi@fidotel.com. 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FidoNet Email subscriptions: http://www.fidotel.com/public/fidonews http://www.fidonews.org FidoNet Homepage: http://www.fidonet.org http://www.fidonet.ca http://www.fidonet.us FidoNews: http://www.fidonews.org [HTML] http://www.fidotel.com/public/fidonews [HTML & FTP] ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/ [FTP] Echolist: http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ SDS Files: None FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/ General: http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html http://www.fidotel.com Parody: http://www.fidonet.ro/ Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.r10.org Net 102 http://home.earthlink.net/~kayshapero/net102.htm Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/ Region 11: http://midnightshour.org/region11/ Region 12 http://r12.darktech.org Net 229: http://www.net229.ca Net 249: http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/net249/index.html Region 13: http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/ Net 261: http://fidonet.us/net261/ Net 267: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Region 14: Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/ Region 15: http://www.bobsplc.com/public/reg15 Region 17: http://www.region17.net Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140 Region 19: http://www.biseonline.com/r19 Net 124: http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/ http://pages.sbcglobal.net/flv/ Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/ Region 18: FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 20 19 May 2003 Net 3634: http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/ Zone 2: Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish) Region 24: http://www.was-ist-fido.de/ (German) Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German) Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.fidonet.be (French) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish) REC34: http://www.fidospain.org Region 35: http://fido.hit.bg/en/ Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English) Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian) Region 53: http://fido.bitsoft.ro/ Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian) Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian) Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org Zone 4: Region 80: http://www.rbt.com.br (Portuguese) Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish) Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 64: http://www.fidonet.ph (Pacific Islands/Japan, Guam, Indoesia and the Phillipines) Region 65: http://www.cfido.com (Chinese) Fidonet Via Internet Hubs provided by FidoTel.com 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 | fido@thunderdome.ws| BinkP,FTP,UUE | 10mbps | FREE 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 | groberts|nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 21 19 May 2003 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 379/1 | Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c 379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 393/68 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | 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 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 | 3mb | n/c 292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 22 19 May 2003 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 | BinkP, ifcico | | 343/168 | Jose Casanova | VMoT, BinkP | | 344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c 345/432 | Pablo Romano | VMoT | | 347/1 | Javi Polo | UUE | | 348/105 | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE | | 348/609 | Redy Rodriguez |BinkP,ifcico,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 2800/14 | Aleksandr Galiyev | BinkP,ifcico,VMoT| T1 | 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 FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 23 19 May 2003 801/161 | Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c 905/101 | Ariel Nardelli | Binkp | | 930/1 | David Gonzalez | Binkp | | -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 nntp://news.fidotel.com (provides user access to Z1B & WWB) nntp://news.osirusoft.com news.tardis.net nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro news.rafastd.org nntp://ficbbs.org:999 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 20-20 Page 24 19 May 2003 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.136 size 986.2kb date 2003-05-16 The nodelist has 8611 nodes in it and a total of 11406 non-comment entries including 6 zones 60 regions 445 hosts 603 hubs admin overhead 1114 ( 12.94 %) and 1000 private nodes 310 nodes down 371 nodes on hold off line overhead 1681 ( 19.52 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 702 ( 8.15 %) 9600 = 7473 ( 86.78 %) (HST = 157 or 2.10 %) (CSP = 1 or 0.01 %) (PEP = 11 or 0.15 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.01 %) (V32 = 4005 or 53.59 %) (V32B = 406 or 5.43 %) (V34 = 4974 or 66.56 %) (V42 = 4139 or 55.39 %) (V42B = 431 or 5.77 %) 2400 = 82 ( 0.95 %) 1200 = 6 ( 0.07 %) 300 = 348 ( 4.04 %) ISDN = 789 ( 9.16 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2950 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 25 19 May 2003 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 9 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 11 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 6 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 45 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 341 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 3849 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1400 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 2693 ( 31.27 %) MailOnly nodes = 4725 ( 54.87 %) Listed-only nodes = 676 ( 7.85 %) Other = 517 ( 6.00 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-20 Page 26 19 May 2003 ================================================================= 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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