Volume 3, Number 2 13 January 1986 +----------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | - Fidonews - /|oo \ | | (_| /_) | | Fido and FidoNet _`@/_ \ _ | | Users Group | | \ \\ | | Newsletter | (*) | \ )) | | ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +----------------------------------------------------------+ Publisher: Fido 1/1 Editor in Chief: Thom Henderson Review Editor: Allen Miller Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings Fidonews is published weekly by SEAboard, Fido 1/1. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in Fidonews. Article submission standards are contained in the file FIDONEWS.DOC, available from Fido 1/1. Disclaimer or don't-blame-us: The contents of the articles contained here are not our responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them; everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING received. Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL 2400 Baud and Electronic Mail 2. NEWS Change 10MB Hard Disk cluster from 4K to 2K Improper use of Fido and life threats The latest FIDO distribution list Fido and Color Graphics Automate removal of ROBOT messages -- KILLROBT 3. COLUMNS No body language on a terminal? Lotus Bulletin Board Announcement Rainbow Corner 4. FOR SALE IBM PC/XT compatible systems - $1850 5. NOTICES The Interrupt Stack Special notice to Jim Filgo ============================================================ EDITORIAL ============================================================ 2400 Baud and Electronic Mail I finally got a Courier 2400 from USRobotics. It's a nice little box. I used to be using a Novation 1200 baud modem, which works well, but doesn't have all those little lights on the front. (It has two lights; one stays on to show that it's turned on, and the other flashes in strange ways.) The Courier has a bunch of lights, including one the meaning of which still escapes me. I missed those lights. Don't believe anyone who tells you you don't need the lights. Say you leave Mike Nagel's excellent background dialer running and walk away from the machine for a minute. How do you know if it connected while you were away? If you got lights, then you just look at the carrier detect light. I used to manage with listening for the faint click when the dialer picked up the phone. This is MUCH better! 2400 baud doesn't seem to matter much for entering and reading messages. I can't read 1200 baud, and I certainly can't type even 300 baud. Having a faster line just means more time spent at the "More?" prompt. (Though it is true that long welcome messages bother me a lot less now.) Where it really comes into its own is at file transfers. When I first got the thing I spent about twenty minutes on a local board downloading files, just so I could watch those little lights blinking back and forth. Lucky for me most regional coordinators have 2400 baud, so it should have a nice effect on my phone bill. By the way, Rob Elliott tells me that the sysop offer is still open. You call the board with the unlikely name of "Sit UBU Sit" (node 115/500) and answer the questionnaire, which is an order form for a modem. They don't accept credit cards, but they will ship COD. Fido sysops don't exactly get preference. That is, the offer is open to any sysop, but they can look up Fido boards in the node list, whereas checking on other systems takes longer. ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 2 13 Jan 1986 ============================================================ NEWS ============================================================ By popular demand, we are reprinting this article from Usenet. 2K Cluster Size for 10MB Fixed Disks under DOS 3.x Standard 10mb fixed disks formatted under DOS 3.0 & 3.1 utilize 4k clusters (i.e., the minimum space allocated to any file is 4096 bytes), while drives 20mb and larger utilize 2k clusters. At work, I use a PC with twin 10mb drives under DOS 3.1. Since I have a multitude of small files on these disks, the smaller allocation unit's space saving advantage far outweighs any theoretical disadvantage of additional overhead for DOS to handle the added allocation units. With the help of Bob Morse, Jim Gainsley, and the DOS Technical Reference, I was able to make the changes necessary to use 2k clusters on both of my 10mb drives. By following the step-by-step instructions below, you will be able to make the switch to 2k clusters yourself. The need for making a complete backup of all your files prior to attempting this procedure cannot be overemphasized. You will need the following tools: 1) IBM PC-DOS version 3.1 (3.0 will work, but because of other bugs, 3.1 is strongly recommended). 2) A disk utility such as Norton's NU.COM, or equivalent. Most critical to the process is the sequence in which this procedure is attempted. Here is the 4k to 2k cluster procedure: 1) Do a complete backup of the drive, using your current version of DOS. 2) Cold boot DOS 3.1, and FDISK the drive to create a DOS partition. 3) Format the drive using the DOS format program. Don't use any parameters (no /s or /v). 4) Using your Norton (or whatever), select the boot sector and view it. See below for an explanation of the pertinent info in this sector. You should see a value of 08 for sectors per cluster. change this to 04. You should see a value of 0800 for sectors per fat. Change this to 1500. All changes to the fat sectors required for 2k clusters will be accomplished by the subsequent format (6,below). No other manual changes are required. A more detailed explanation of these two changes: The number of sectors per cluster would change from 08 to 04, since that's what this is all about. The sectors per FAT will change, in order to Fidonews Page 3 13 Jan 1986 accommodate (1) the increased number of possible FAT entries, and (2) the increased size of each fat entry (new 16 vs. old 12 bits each). The value to use for a 10 meg & 2k clusters would be 21 sectors, or 1500 in hex word format. 5) Exit Norton and do a cold boot. This is critical, since the boot sector is read by DOS only once, at boot time, in order to build the BIOS Parameter Block. Having different info in the boot sector than what's in the memory-resident BPB will cause exceedingly flaky things to happen, as you can imagine. 6) Reformat the drive using the DOS program, using whatever switches that you desire (/s or /v). Format will not affect your changes to the boot sector. 7) Restore your files, remembering to use the new restore switch (/P) which prompts before restoring system files. If you restore an old version of COMMAND.COM, make sure to copy a 3.x version over it afterward. You should now be operational again, with 2k clusters. ==================== Example of first few bytes in the Boot Sector displayed in hex format, after formatting with DOS 3.1, and prior to 2k cluster size changes: EB299049 424D2020 332E3100 02080100 020002F3 50F80800 ^^ ^^^^ AA BB After the 2k cluster size changes: EB299049 424D2020 332E3100 02040100 020002F3 50F81500 ^^ ^^^^ AA BB Where the data elements directly above AA are sectors per cluster, and above BB are sectors per FAT. Further info on the entries in the boot sector entries used to build the BIOS Parameter Block can be found in the DOS 3.x Technical Reference, Page 3-22. Of course, I cannot warrant that this change will work for all controller/disk combinations, particularly for controllers and drives which are not "XT clones", though it should work for all drives compatible enough to work under DOS 3.x. ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 4 13 Jan 1986 Fellow Sysops: I had a user sign on and deposit a bomb. Fortunately it was de-fused by me prior to it going off. It is an IBM BASICA program and will not run properly on the Rainbow anyway. The user used the following alias: Name: Harry Blackstone City: New York, NY Password: Magic He logged on to 102/110 on 17-NOV-85 at 3:55pm. The program he deposited is called FUTR2.BAS. It attempts to kill all files on A, B, C, & D drives. It is poorly written, as though by a 6th grader. It is easy to spot. It is about 2600 bytes long. Be aware of this user's name and password. Spread this message around. Keep a log of where and when you've seen him and his actions. About one month later, on 19-DEC-85, he came back. He saw a little note I had posted in my Free Message Area about him and his program. He also noticed that I had twitted him. He came back under the name of 'Blackstone Harry'. He had info about a home I own and people that is on file at the County Clerk's Office and free for all to see. He said he was going to put a bullet into a relative's head, and rape and sodomize another relative. Neither relatives are alive today as they both passed away about 6 months ago. The house mentioned is not occupied by me but by tenants. However the threat was REAL. The police have a file on him. Other users have reported to me that they have seen him. The FBI knows about and has a file on him. The phone company knows about him. The FBI and the phone company offered to set line traps for him. I accepted the offer. One week later, he left messages containing Visa and American Express card numbers on them. These were turned over to the authorities. He claimed to have broken into a VAX 8600 and was trying to 'crash' it. Good luck. The FBI was involved because interstate crime may have been committed. They since suspect that he is operating out of the Los Angeles Area or has contacts here. In exchange for phone line trapping I have agreed to prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law if captured. He wants to use the name Harry Blackstone. He gets upset if he cannot use it. Please report any contact with him to either this Fido or preferably the FBI. I am all for a good joke, and it is true that no harm was done so far by his program or him. But threats like he made (if it is a 'he') cannot be tolerated. Passing Visa card numbers around puts our Fidos in jeopardy as well. We are to a certain degree responsible for what's on our boards. A short time afterward, he called my voice number and posed as a beneficiary to a good cause. He wanted to come collect a donation. The only donation he gets from me is Pb Fidonews Page 5 13 Jan 1986 in capsule form. It should be mentioned that he has called at least one other local Fido here and made the same public threat to me on that system. One thing this proves is that as Sysops we all have to be careful with other's uploads. Check everything, as I do. Sometimes a machine language program will get through so check these extremely carefully. The program STRING.COM available everywhere will assist you in doing this. If you are on any board and see Public Messages from him before I do, please inform me immediately. Ignore the messages. If he causes you trouble, do as I did and call the police, FBI and telephone company. You will be surprised as I was to see that these people are very helpful. Computer crime is easy to trace if you have a log as we do and keep your evidence updated. I will let everyone know how this turns out, and ignore it if he never calls again and makes no more threats. As for now, I keep my S & W loaded and ready for use. The police agree with this concept. I will not hesitate to use it if he finds my newer address and comes here. My house is overlooked by 6 others higher than it, and all neighbors are in tune to this message. Good luck in catching this nerd on your system! ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 6 13 Jan 1986 FIDO DISTRIBUTION LIST 24 December 1985 This list was compiled from responses to a proposal I submitted to the FIDONEWS. I know there are more distribution nodes than this, but these are the ones that responded. My thanks to those of you listed here. If you are a distribution node, and would like to be added to this list, send the relevant information to the SYSOP on 109/74 - The Bear's Den. I will release updates to this list as new distribution nodes are added. NODE NODE NAME LOCATION PHONE NUMBER Version ---- --------- -------- ------------ ------- 18/19 The Ark Tangent Tampa_FL 813-977-5347 * I 100/10 MDC_RCC, St._Louis_MO 314-232-6881 * D,I 100/22 PC LUG St._Louis_MO 314-576-2743 * D,I 100/51 DECUS Central St._Louis_MO 314-576-4129 * D,I 101/27 Dave's FIDO Gardner_MA 617-632-1861 * All 101/106 NewWorld Magic1 Swampscott_MA 617-595-5626 * I 106/343 PC-Interconnect Houston_TX 713-955-8120 I 106/106 Black_Star Houston_TX 713-458-5406 I 109/456 FIDO-FHLMC Washington_DC 202-789-5090 I 109/483 Wash-A-RUG Fairfax_VA 703-359-6549 D,I 109/603 NET-EXCHANGE Reston_VA 703-689-3561 I 114/1 Phoenix Net Phoenix, AZ 602-242-5230 I 122/6 PSG COOS Bay COOS_Bay_OR 503-269-5202 * I 124/12 Inside Track Ed Plano_TX 214-422-4772 I 125/1 Fido's Board San_Francisco_CA 415-864-1418 * All 125/521 Satore Center San_Francisco_CA 415-647-8528 I,V 128/10 The Three Laws Colorado_Spgs_CO 303-574-1110 I 129/11 TACO Sanyo Fido Trafford_PA 412-856-1428 * S 132/107 M'Cycle Bytes Amherst_NH 603-889-3366 * All 135/14 Metro-Fire Fido Miami_FL 305-596-8611 I,S,T,G * Supports 2400 Baud FIDO Version: I[BM], D[EC], V[ICTOR], S[ANYO], T[ANDY], G[ENERIC] This version of the list was squeezed a bit, to allow it to fit into the FIDONEWS format. If you would like a full 80 column copy of this list, it may be downloaded from either FIDO 109/74 (The Bear's Den), or FIDO 109/483 (Wash-A-RUG). ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 7 13 Jan 1986 Fido and Color Graphics by Nevin Nobles Sysop Fido 19/201 Fido's Domain While trying to improve the frequency of use on my system, I stumbled upon something in which you might be interested, "Graphics." Full Color Ansi.sys graphics. I have (and some of you may) a FreeWare graphics editor that writes all of the codes for you. Easy! There was also a problem, while most people who call do not use a program which supports the use of graphics. There had to be a way to offer an option. Everyone that signs on has a default of 24 lines and 80 columns across. After you make your regular Welcome and Bulletin messages, lengthen them so that when you call, the end of the message will prompt you . Then on the last line of that message you can add something like "Do you want color graphics (y/n). If they type "N" then it skips the part of the message with the picture. The picture is added to the end of messages like this: copy bulletin.bbs+filename bulletin.bbs The filename being what ever you called your picture. It takes a little patience to line up the messages and get the prompts right but the outcome is worth the wait. Also Ansi.sys has to be in your config.sys file. Qmodem is what we have been using and it works great. The uses are unlimited and the users love it. The editor is called Ansidraw.arc. Any amount of pictures can be added by tacking them to the end of the message. If you need any help or further details write me and I'll get back to you. Thank you ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 8 13 Jan 1986 KILLROBT -- Robot Message Killer (C) COPYRIGHT 1985 by PROBUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Limited license is hereby granted for BBS operators of all noncommercial FidoNet systems to use this program. Voluntary contributions will be appreciated. Commercial users must obtain reasonable licensing arrangements by contacting: Stephen M. Butler PROBUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8815 - 106th St. E. Puyallup, WA 98373 NOTICE: ROBOT is a copyrighted program by Systems Enhancement Associates of Wayne, NJ. ==> PURPOSE: KILLROBT automates the removal of ROBOT messages. Since many of these messages are for the automated distribution of NODELIST and FIDONEWS and have a time limit to be picked up in, KILLROBT automates their removal. ==> FORMAT: KILLROBT [path] ==> REMARKS: KILLROBT opens MAIL.SYS to learn the path to the FidoNet message area. It obtains a directory (unsorted) of all *.MSG files. Each of these is read to locate those originated by ROBOT. Those who weren't are closed and left as is. The rest (the ones we want to get rid of) are deleted. KILLROBT lists the message numbers, destination net/node, date entered, and Path/File data from the deleted messages. The easiest way to invoke KILLROBT is from the FIDO main directory as: E:\fido > KILLROBT One can invoke KILLROBT when in another directory or sub- directory as: E:\ > KILLROBT \fido Place on the command line the path to get to the main FIDO directory. KILLROBT will change directories in order to read MAIL.SYS. As KILLROBT terminates, it will change back to the directory you invoked it from. If you should forget to put the path on the command line (or MAIL.SYS is not found), KILLROBT will prompt for the path to the FIDONET message area. If you give it a bad directory Fidonews Page 9 13 Jan 1986 path, it will reprompt. Once you give a valid path, it will do its dirty work--even if no '*.MSG' files are found (in which case nothing is deleted). ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 10 13 Jan 1986 ============================================================ COLUMNS ============================================================ NEGOTIATING BY COMPUTER DEBATED by Richard Naimark "Can effective negotiations take place via computer terminal? Are communications improved or weakened by removing the face-to-face element of a negotiation? The author, Director of the AAA's New Jersey Regional Office, addressed these issues as one of the interviewees on ESPN's cable TV program Management Report, an award-winning business program. "The program, produced in conjunction with the Wharton Business School, focused on various aspects of the negotiations process. "The section on negotiations conducted via computer terminal included debate of the viability of that process. Some of the potential advantages are: reduction of emotionalism and a focus on the issues; low cost; multiple part input at any given time; existence of a written record; and 24-hour access. "Some of the potential disadvantages are: inability to deal with the important emotional issues; existence of a written record;longer time to complete negotiations; and the need for practice to use the medium effectively. "The author noted that while computer conferencing may be particularly useful in pre-and post-meeting exchanges, it deprives the parties of the many nonverbal cues that are an important aspect of communication. Psychologists tell us that, in many situations, more than half of communcation is nonverbal. Without the face-to-face meeting, one is unable consciously or subconsciously to read facial expression, tone of voice, body posture, body position, timing, voice volume, or gestures. "On the other hand, Murray Turoff of the New Jersey Institute of Technology descsibed the negotiation of a separaTion by a divorcing couple, made possible because of the decreased emotionalism of working through a terminal. He referred to the computer as the "great equalizer." "It will be interesting to see over time whether the use of computer terminals for negotiation increases in the business and legal communities. Reactions of our readers are welcomed." Reprinted from ARBITRATION TIMES (published by the American Arbitration Association), Summer, 1985. Just think. The poor guy never saw body language and emotionalism over a terminal. Fidonews Page 11 13 Jan 1986 ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 12 13 Jan 1986 Announcing Allen's Lotus Land Announcing - Allen's Lotus Land - A Fido Electronic Bulletin Board run by Allen Miller in Cincinnati, Ohio at 513/662-1799 (five-one-three/six-six-two-dash-one-seven-nine-nine). This system is dedicated exclusively to users of 1-2-3 and Symphony, Lotus Development Corporation products. This is the only free bulletin board system in the country dedicated solely to 1-2-3 and Symphony. The message areas provide a good place to solicit help on questions you may have for the spreadsheet you are working on. The files areas contain public domain worksheet templates and related programs which you can download. If you wrote a worksheet that would be of interest to others, upload it to the files area. The bulletin board runs 24 hours per day. Membership is acquired after on-line completion of the membership application form during your first call. The system supports 2400 baud as well as 1200 baud and 300 baud. This is a free, user supported service for sharing of information related to these Lotus spreadsheet programs. Assistant Sysop services are provided by some very talented local Lotus users. CALL TODAY. ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 13 13 Jan 1986 Rainbow Corner by Theodore Needleman Reader mail this week was mostly comments, both on the column, and on "Project Transport". So far, all of the comments I've gotten about my proposal have been positive. I still haven't made my mind up (it's only mid-June as I write this, and I promised to give everyone 'till August 1st to comment), but I'm sure leaning towards doing it. However, Project Transport may not be necessary on the scale I envisioned, if one of my leads pans out. I've tracked down a company that claims to have a software package which will allow you to run most IBM-PC software on the Rainbow. I've requested a review copy, signed their licensing agreement, and am now waiting to receive the package. If it shows up, I'll run some tests and let you know. I use the word "if" because I tend to be a bit cynical about products I haven't seen. I won't go as far as to use the term "vaporware" because someone I know says he has seen the package demonstrated, but "Needleman's Law" states that "If it's not in my hands, It doesn't exist" (at least that's Needleman's Law this week). But, as usual, hope springs eternal. While still (more-or-less) on the subject of reader mail, a letter arrived this morning from Jeffrey Noyes of Mercer University asking about a clock/calendar card for the Rainbow. There's an expensive one, included as part of GPIB interface from National Instruments (800-531-5066) listed in the QUE "DEC Expansion & Software Guide". The price given for this is $485. Don't give up hope, though, there's a less expensive board which will soon be on the market. The projected retail price will be in the range of $150 or less. I'm hoping to be able to give more details in a week or two. One last comment on reader mail. I love to get letters, MCIMail, and the like, and the kind comments many of you have made really brighten up my day. I do try to answer mail containing questions, but you can make this task a bit easier on me. If you write to me, and would like (or expect) a direct answer, PLEASE enclose a stamped, self- addressed envelope. And if you write, and don't want me to use your name here at the "Corner", just let me know. I have no wish to inadvertently embarrass anyone! On to other business. I had wanted to do a column on the FidoNet Bulletin Board System. My mention of DEC-LINE in April's "Corner" brought over 200 calls in the first 2 weeks after it appeared. By the way, DEC-LINE closes down for the summer (June, July and August) so you might not have been able to get through. I've spent the last week or so signing onto Fido Boards all around the country, and making lots of new "FIDO FRIENDS". I'm convinced that the FidoNet system deserves a lot more attention then just a quick plug, but, as usual, I'm a bit short on room this week. But, while you're waiting till next week for the whole story on FidoNet, here are a bunch of FidoNet boards you might want Fidonews Page 14 13 Jan 1986 to try: NAME Phone# System Operator (SYSOP) State Rainbow_Data 213/204-2996 Don Brauns CA PC LUG 314/576-2754 Ken Kaplan MO DECUS_CENTRAL 314/432-4129 - MO Wash-A-Rug 703/359-6179 Kurt Reisler WA DEC-WARE 212/535-8924 Matt Kanter NY Daves_Fido 617/632-1861 Dave Rene MA Don Brauns' Rainbow_Data board is the largest one I've come across so far, so you might want to try it first. He (and several other Fido SYSOPS) is in the process of turning the board into a subscription membership (it will cost $2.50 a week), but you can still sign on for free and take a look around. Many of the boards listed above are quite busy, so keep trying until you get through. And once you do, please don't "hog" the board. Remember, the Rainbow is a single user machine. While you're using it, no one else can. And when you do sign on to one of the above Fido boards, be sure to leave a message to the System Operator (SYSOP) that you heard about his board here at the "Corner". If you'd like, you can leave a message for me on either Matt Kanter's DEC- WARE board in NY or Don Brauns' Rainbow_Data board in CA, I'm on both at least once a week. More on Fido next week. One of the "hazards" of doing a column like this one, is that the software to be reviewed sometimes starts to pile up. (I can hear all of you now...Poor Ted, all of that software!) It's a "hazard" because reviewing software is only one of the things that I hope to accomplish here at the "Corner". While I do want to talk about interesting packages, I feel it is just as important, if not more so, to answer questions you might have, and discuss other information resources available to you. This is very discouraging to those nice people who send software for review, but I ask them to be patient, I will get to it eventually. Back in the beginning of the year, I made a request for a software package that would help to keep track of computer usage to meet the strict record keeping laws that had just been enacted. My request got an immediate reply from PURNA PAREEK at VuSoft (Lincoln, MA, 617/259-0686) in the form of a review copy of their DO-IT software. The record keeping law has been toned way down, and is pretty much gone, but the review package is still here, and I finally got around to taking a look. I must admit that I'm impressed with the software. DO-IT is a multi-function utility package similar in concept to Borlund's Sidekick (on the IBM-PC). It contains a Notepad, Calculator, Terminal, and Help and Save/Print Screen functions. These functions co-reside in Fidonews Page 15 13 Jan 1986 memory with whatever application you happen to be running, and the DO-IT pop-up menu is accessed by simultaneously pressing the Control-Shift-Enter keys. This suspends the application you are currently engaged in, and gives you the DO-IT main menu. Do-IT is not a multi-tasking system like Concurrent CP/M-86. While two programs can reside in different memory partitions (if you have sufficient memory), only one of them runs at a time. All of the functions are easy to use, and extremely useful, especially as you can suspend what you are doing, use the notepad, calculator, etc., then take up right where you left off! At first glance I wondered about the VT-100 Terminal function, as the Rainbow has this built-in. Then I realized that the Rainbow's terminal emulator is only accessible from the "Boot Menu". DO-IT, on the other hand, does not make you back out of what you are doing and reboot the system. Just put your current work on "hold", dial up another system, and, when you are done, resume your first application. DO-IT really deserves a more "in-depth" review than I've been able to do here. It's a handy program to have, is a nice bit of programming, and is reasonably priced at $125. Give Purna a call at VuSoft and he'll be glad to tell you all about it. That's it for now. As usual you can reach me at: P.O. Box 668, New City, NY 10956. MCIMail to "Theodore Needleman", or Source ID TCA920. Till next week...Happy Computing! (c)opyright 1985 by Ted Needleman-all rights reserved ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 16 13 Jan 1986 ============================================================ FOR SALE ============================================================ > > > IBM PC/XT compatible systems for sale < < < IBM-PC/XT 100% compatible assembled from standard parts, serviceable nation-wide. Multiple configurations available. Typical configuration would include - 1 System unit with: 640Kb RAM 2 320Kb floppy disk drives 1 21Mb hard disk (pre-formatted with MS-DOS) Color/Graphics card Game port Assych. Communications card 1 Zenith ZVM-1220-A (This model is amber) 1 KB-5150 83 key keyboard All this, including one year warranty, for only $1850 !! Thats right folks, only $1850.00 brings you this wonder machine. It is perfect to run a Fido/FidoNet system, not to mention other applications. If you would like to learn more about these systems, feel free to contact us via one of the below listed resources: Voice: Contact Justin Norman, 9am-5pm, 503/692-5976 Leo Norman, 9am-5pm, 503/243-1936 ex. 318 U.S. Mail: L Norman & Associates 22675 S.W. Grahams Ferry Road Sherwood, OR 97140 Fido BBS: Northwest Super Fido, 300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, 503/692-6243 FidoNet mail: Address to: Justin or Leo Norman Fido #146/0 or #146/1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 17 13 Jan 1986 ============================================================ NOTICES ============================================================ The Interrupt Stack 24 Jan 1986 Voyager 2 passes Uranus. 9 Feb 1986 Halley's Comet reaches perihelion. 9 Feb 1986 Diana Overholt (109/74) has another birthday. 11 Apr 1986 Halley's Comet reaches perigee. 19 May 1986 Steve Lemke's next birthday. 24 Aug 1989 Voyager 2 passes Neptune. If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to Fido 1/1. ------------------------------------------------------------ Will Jim Filgo, node 131/445, please call node 1/1 to pick up his mail? ------------------------------------------------------------ Fidonews Page 18 13 Jan 1986