The F I D O N E W S Volume 20, Number 51 22 Dec 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. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2 International cooking, Mach3 jets and snow ............... 2 3. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 4 "BBS: The Documentary" - Progress Continues! ............. 4 4. FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS ................................. 5 BBS and FidoNet Software News ............................ 5 5. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN .......................... 7 Conversions .............................................. 7 Janssons Frestelse (Jansson's Temptation) ................ 8 6. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 9 FIDONet Software References .............................. 9 7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 14 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 14 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16 How to Submit an Article ................................. 16 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 18 FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 1 22 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= If you're looking for friends when you need them -- it's too late! -- Mark Twain ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 2 22 Dec 2003 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= International cooking, Mach3 jets and snow I think it's wonderful, that our revived International Kitchen column seems to have been appreciated by most of our readers. Of course there will always be bigots that regard everything foreign as something worse than what the cat dragged home, but this narrow minded attitude, usually living next door to racism, fortunately is more the exception than the usual in Fidonet nowadays. Most Fidonet users seem to be more universal citizens than ditto of a certain country, and the narrow minded, fanatical chauvinism, that makes a few people confuse criticism with hatred, can easily be disposed of with the key in our readers. Not the least discouraged by some, not so nice, comments in the echo, that goes along with the Snooze ezine, I this week will teach you how to make another Swedish specialty -- Janssons frestelse (Jansson's Temptation). In last week's Swedish Meatball recipe, one of our sharp-eyed readers, Matt McCarthy, pointed out to me that I forgot to list the butter (50g or three tablespoons -- the amount not critical at all). I sure hope I will remember all ingredients this time; after all, they are rather few this week too. Another thing, that was discussed in the echo after last week's recipe, was how to convert from that strange measuring system that the US still insists on using, to the one that most of the rest of the world uses, the metric system. Frank Vest was kind enough to provide us with a rather comprehensive conversation table, that you'll also find in this week's International Kitchen column. * * * It also seems like my editorial remark last week, about how long it takes to grow a beard, created responses almost similar to what a claim like 'my d*ck is bigger than yours' could have created. Some readers of ours obviously can grow beards at least as big as that Arab guy, they picked up from the spider hole, is supposed to have grown in less than a year, so I obviously have to back off from my claim from last week, that it'll take several years to grow a curly beard that big. But at least my beard claim managed to arouse quite some comments in the FIDONEWS echo, where everyone of our readers are welcome to comment on any of the articles in the Snooze, so I guess controversial editorials aren't all bad after all? * * * Philip Lozier is back with his popular BBS software news column. I hope that the word can be spread, so that those that still develop software for the Fidonet will remember to send a reminder to Phil. This column of his really is a major contribution to the Snooze, so I FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 3 22 Dec 2003 hope Phil will not be discouraged, in the future, by lack of feedback. Phil also sent in an article about a BBS documentary being recorded. Now tell me, does this sound exciting or not? We sure want to hear more about this project, Phil, don't you dare leave us in the dark, now that you've managed to raise our curiosity! :) * * * As could be expected, this week of the Wright Bros. centennial, lots of TV programs about flight were broadcast, at least here in Sweden. One interesting show I saw on the Discovery Channel, was about private jets and how much time, and even life quality, they could give the "customers". When I saw it I could not help wondering why noone yet has tried to scale down the Concorde to something like one to four, yielding a private jet for some 20 passengers with a Mach3 capacity. The blueprints should be available for a really low price. But then, I'm not in the position to invest the milliards of neither dollars nor euros to finance such an adventure, so I'll donate the idea to the Public Domain, just as I've done with almost every other idea (transformed into programs) that I've come up with during my 15 years in Fidonet. * * * At the moment we're riding out a blizzard here in G”teborg, Sweden. Or at least that's what they said we would be doing, in the forecast yesterday, and even late this afternoon. They even compared it to "The Big Blizzard" of November 17th 1995, when 80% of the Swedish population where affected. But so far it's not even far from what it was that day, so I hope we'll not be isolated from the outside world when I wake up tomorrow. Kyoto anyone...? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 4 22 Dec 2003 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= "BBS: The Documentary" - Progress Continues! submitted by: Philip Lozier 1:267/169 For some time now, an individual named Jason Scott has been working on a "BBS Documentary" series aimed at portraying the history of the BBS through the eyes of those who lived it, as well as those who pioneered the technology. It is planned to be a seven episode video series on 2 DVD's, with release planned for some time in 2004. To date, over 202 hours of video have been shot, and 170 interviews, (with 30 more planned), conducted. While there are still some interviews on the schedule, Jason has reported that the editing process has begun at this point. Obviously his documentary is being taken very seriously, as two noteworthy people who have granted him interviews for this project are Ward Christensen (co-inventor of the BBS and original programmer of XMODEM), and Dr. Vinton Cerf (co-engineer of TCP/IP), known to some as the "Father Of The Internet". While I can't currently locate the list of interviews at this visit to his site, I do remember sometime back seeing the list, and there were various software developers, BBS SysOps of past and present, and (as he puts it) the "regular folk" who have had BBSing in some way make an impression on their lives. If this is something you find of interest, I would highly suggest a visit to his site at http://www.bbsdocumentary.com for a look around. Jason has done quite a bit of research in the few years he has been working on this and has put together an interesting timeline of BBS history, as well as the largest database known about every known BBS package ever to exist. I can't wait until the final cut is available :) It is sure to be quite interesting. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 5 22 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE REVIEWS ================================================================= BBS and FidoNet Software News submitted by: Philip Lozier 1:267/169 *** New Synchronet Beta Released *** 7-Dec-2003 Rob Swindell has announced the release of a new Beta version of his Synchronet BBS platform: Version 3.11a-Win32 Beta is now available as an upgrade (311aBeta.zip) from v3.1x (e.g. v3.10L beta or v3.11a alpha). For a (nearly) complete detailed list of what's changed since v3.10, see v311_new.html. Some highlights include: New JSexec program to execute Synchronet JavaScript modules externally (e.g. as CGI scripts, external services, background timed events, etc.) Support for External Mail Processors written entirely in JavaScript (e.g. SPAM filters, content managers, list servers, file requesters, auto-responders etc.) Much improved JavaScript reliability (using thread-safe js32.dll) Numerous improvements and additions to the Synchronet JavaScript Object Model Much improved Telnet/RLogin performance (better utilization of TCP packet sizes) Synchronet NT Services for running Synchronet on Windows NT-based OSes without logging on Numerous Control Panel (GUI) improvements (e.g. previewing and editing Baja source, configuration, text and menu files, improved sysop chat and spy features) Mail Server supports SMTP authentication, QWKnet mail routing, additional anti-SPAM measures, and much more Cyan's IRC Daemon Service (100% JavaScript) Version 3.11a Beta is also available for Linux and *BSD in source format. http://www.synchro.net FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 6 22 Dec 2003 *** New release of "The Magic Oracle" DoorGame *** 14-Dec-2003 Sean Dennis has announced a new release of his doorgame... following is his announcement: I've released what I hope to be the last version of my door, "The Magic Oracle". It's now at version 7.2. What is it? Well, if you've ever used the Magic 8-Ball(tm), you know what TMO is, but it's completely customizable by the sysop. Some of its features: * No ANSI.SYS needed (has built-in ANSI emulation) * Supports unlimited comports and nodes * Supports DOOR.SYS and DORINFO#.DAT * Will run on any system that supports DOS doors * Pipe codes are supported If you'd like to grab it, go to: http://cheepware.midnightshour.org and it's there on the page. Also, you may want to try an email FREQ for TMO72DOS.ZIP at midnite1@mchsi.com. *** Just a note from my 'lil 'ol self *** 14-Dec-2003 There doesn't seem to be much in the line of FidoNet Software development news going on "at the moment", but I would like to hope that will not the case somewhere soon down the line. Let's all remember, as FidoNet "SysOps", that FidoNet gained the popularity of its heyday through the BBS. Fot those of us who run a BBS that provides FidoNet, I hope we continue to remember this, and strive to bring back what we once had. Attracting more users to our BBS's can ultimately bring the same results as it once did, attracting more people to want to provide public BBS systems with FidoNet available. If interest were to rise again, I bet we sure -would- be reading about more "FidoNet" software development news :) "Today's BBS users, are tommorows SysOps" I heard somewhere. Let's go fishing! :) Phil ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 7 22 Dec 2003 ================================================================= FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN ================================================================= Conversions It's fun to see recipes in the Fidonews. We are, after all, people and we do eat wherever we happen to be. The recipe by Bj”rn last week and the resulting chatter over the ingredients (or missing one) has been interesting. I don't have a recipe to share, but here's something that might help. Disclaimer: Not meant to be all inclusive. :) Volume U.S. Units Metric Units ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 teaspoon (US) = 1/6 ounce 4.929 milliliters 1 tablespoon (US) = 0.5 ounce 14.79 milliliters 1 fluid ounce (US) = 1 ounce 29.57 milliliters 1 gill (US) = 4 ounces 118 milliliters 1 cup (US) = 8 ounces 236.6 milliliters 1 pint (US) = 16 ounces 473.2 milliliters 1 quart (US) = 32 ounces 946.3 milliliters 1 gallon (US) = 128 ounces 3.785 liters 1 cubic inch = 0.5541 ounces 16.387 milliliters 1 teaspoon (UK) = 1.2 teaspoons 6.16 milliliters 1 dessert spoon (UK) = 2.4 teaspoons 12.32 milliliters 1 tablespoon (UK) = 1.2 tablespoons 18.48 milliliters 1 fluid ounce (UK) = 0.96076 ounces 28.4 milliliters 1 gill (UK) = 1.2 gills 142 milliliters 1 breakfast cup (UK) = 1.2 cups 284 milliliters 1 pint (UK) = 1.2 pints 568 milliliters 1 quart (UK) = 1.2 quarts 1.136 liters 1 gallon (UK) = 1.2 gallons 4.546 liters 1 milliliter = 0.203 teaspoon l milliliter 1 centiliter = 2.03 teaspoons 10 milliliters 1 deciliter = 0.423 cup 100 milliliters 1 liter = 1.057 quarts 1000 milliliters 1 dekaliter = 2.642 gallons 10000 milliliters 1 teaspoon (metric) = 1.015 teaspoons 5 milliliters 1 tablespoon (metric) = 3.044 teaspoons 15 milliliters 1 standard cup = 1.0567 cups 250 milliliters ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 8 22 Dec 2003 Janssons Frestelse (Jansson's Temptation) This dish is so easy to make, almost everyone here in Sweden knows how to make it. It's a must on every good party, where you serve it 3-4 o'clock in the morning. If the host is "indisposed" there's always some guest that'll make it -- the few ingredients are readily available in every decent kitchen, and, as I said, almost everyone knows how to make it. 8 potatoes 2 onions, sliced 50g butter 2 cans anchovy fillets 3dl light cream Peel the potatoes, cut in thin sticks. Drain the anchovies and cut in small pieces. Put the potatoes, onion and anchovies in layers in buttered baking dish. The first and last layer should be potatoes. Dot with butter on top. Mix the liquid from the anchovies with half of the cream. Pour over the dish. Bake in a 200řC oven for 30 minutes. Pour in the remaining cream and bake for another 30 minutes. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 9 22 Dec 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 FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003 Fidonet to Internet: |MI |http://www.terminate.com Bo Bendtsen | | sales@terminate.com | | v2.00 on Mar 23rd 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://sf.net/projects/husky/ | | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 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://radius.pp.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 FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 10 22 Dec 2003 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 (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/ 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 EZYCom BBS |BT |http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dcbbs/ | | pjs@optushome.com.au 3:633/104 | | v2.0 on 3 May 2003 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 FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 11 22 Dec 2003 | | 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 Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net | | v3.10L Beta 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/ FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 12 22 Dec 2003 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/ | | 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 CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460 | | support@freexp.de | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot) OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004 | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002 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?) FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 13 22 Dec 2003 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 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 http://hobbes.nmsu.edu Note: most also provide FTP access (use ftp:// vice http:// above) *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=* Note: Please send corrections & additions to: Ben Ritchey, 1:393/68 ( or FReq Magic INFO direct for E-mail address ) WildCat! BBS at +1-337-232-4155 24/7 33.6kBps,8,N,1 Internet: http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/fidosoft.txt Emeritus: Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 14 22 Dec 2003 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.353 size 931.8kb date 2003-12-19 The nodelist has 7921 nodes in it and a total of 10724 non-comment entries including 6 zones 58 regions 437 hosts 562 hubs admin overhead 1063 ( 13.42 %) and 1032 private nodes 334 nodes down 374 nodes on hold off line overhead 1740 ( 21.97 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 652 ( 8.23 %) 9600 = 6878 ( 86.83 %) (HST = 140 or 2.04 %) (CSP = 1 or 0.01 %) (PEP = 11 or 0.16 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.01 %) (V32 = 3630 or 52.78 %) (V32B = 353 or 5.13 %) (V34 = 4611 or 67.04 %) (V42 = 3891 or 56.57 %) (V42B = 368 or 5.35 %) 2400 = 73 ( 0.92 %) 1200 = 6 ( 0.08 %) 300 = 312 ( 3.94 %) ISDN = 664 ( 8.38 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2610 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 15 22 Dec 2003 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 8 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 11 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 6 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 40 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 316 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 3573 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1357 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 2429 ( 30.67 %) MailOnly nodes = 4383 ( 55.33 %) Listed-only nodes = 613 ( 7.74 %) Other = 496 ( 6.26 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 20-51 Page 16 22 Dec 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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