Volume 7, Number 14 2 April 1990 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | _ | | / \ | | /|oo \ | | - FidoNews - (_| /_) | | _`@/_ \ _ | | FidoNet (r) | | \ \\ | | International BBS Network | (*) | \ )) | | Newsletter ______ |__U__| / \// | | / FIDO \ _//|| _\ / | | (________) (_/(_|(____/ | | (jm) | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software. FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors. You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day. Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are used with permission. Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software. Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every responsible submission received. Table of Contents 1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1 Alternative news - who needs it? ......................... 4 BBS World Review Digest Update! .......................... 6 Fidocon '90 Update! ...................................... 7 FIDOCON 1990 REGISTRATION FORM ........................... 8 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 11 A View from the Bridge ................................... 11 Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 13 3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 15 Latest Software Versions ................................. 15 4. NOTICES .................................................. 18 And more! FidoNews 7-14 Page 1 2 Apr 1990 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= What It Is (a lighter look at Fidonet) by Who it Be Hello everyone out there in bulletin board land! Welcome to our never-ending search for Truth (in whatever version you like your truth), Justice (if there is in fact any), and of course, What it Be! (Noone really knows for sure). What is What It Is? It's whatever you think it is, actually. or more appropriately, whatever you make it out to be. What WE think it is, is a column that editorializes specific items in Fidonet that pique our interest, or just plain piss us off. Kinda like The Andy Rooney of Fidonews in a strange sort of way. A little fun. a little humor (unless that's been banned by policy recently), and a little blood-letting here and there. Nothing too serious now mind you! I mean hey, after all, this column DID make it into the Snooze now didn't it? So it can't be all THAT bad! If there's a particular cause you'd like us to take up and have a look at, we'll be in touch. We KNOW who you are. We have CALLER ID ... This week, we're going to take a look at: "The POLICY COMPLAINT" !!! And hopefully, when we're all done, we might have a better understanding of just "What It Is"... When our founding fathers invented Fidonet (You know, George and Abe and those guys), back in the Nineteenth Century, They laid down the law of the land. Then they sat back and waited to see how many people would be foolish enough to say "Hey! Great idea! I'll join your club, live by your rules, do what you tell me, and like it". This was Ancient Fidonet. Today, in Modern Fidonet, there are thousands of these people. After a while, (After George and Abe and those guys dropped carrier and passed on) it was decided that having the rules really wasn't good enough. Nope. They needed a way to NAIL those that break them! I mean after all, what good is having some rules if you don't have a rule you can use to screw someone to the wall for breaking the rules? FidoNews 7-14 Page 2 2 Apr 1990 And so the POLICY COMPLAINT was invented. The inventors, for lack of anything better to call it, decided that it was going to be called the "policy complaint", and if you didn't LIKE it, they'd file one against you. So the guys that took over when 'ol George and Abe and those guys passed on, figured that if there was a way to GET YOU if you broke the rules, then everyone would feel better, and there wouldn't be any problems. A little INSURANCE against potential violent, maniacal onslaughts so to speak. And this was good. Years went by, and nobody broke the rules. So then it was decided that rules weren't any good if nobody was going to break them. Furthermore, there was no way to actually FIELD TEST the Policy Complaint without something to complain ABOUT. So they changed the rules. They made up a rule that said, "If your system isn't up during Zone Mail Hour, then you have broken the rules. And by the way, this rule has been in effect for a year" As soon as it was made known that this new rule had been in effect for such a long time, tens of thousands of sysops went scrambling through old logs to find out if they had ever tried to send a netmail during ZMH and couldn't because the recipient's system wasn't up. Many sysops found that THEY THEMSELVES weren't up during ZMH at one time or another, to their utter horror. Once the vicious offenders had been discovered, the offended asked if they could actually FILE a Policy Complaint. Just to see if it really worked. So the rule makers said "This is a democratic society we live in. Of COURSE you may file a Policy Complaint against anyone you wish, and we will be happy, no, we will be OBLIGATED to excommunicate them for you." And so it happened. And it worked. Today in Modern Fidonet, there are only 5000 or so nodes, depending on who's doing the counting and how many duplicate phone numbers you care to weed through. Only the strong and the terminally stupid survive. But be careful! There are plenty of "Policy Complaint Snipers" out there! FidoNews 7-14 Page 3 2 Apr 1990 Yup, the new breed in Modern Fidonet. The Policy Complaint Sniper. Those are the guys who sneak around late at night in the bushes outside your house, armed with sophisticated electronic listening devices and a copy of Policy 4, just WAITING for you to commit the tiniest infraction. And then, at 3 O'clock in the morning, when you're out of coffee and your brain is fried, and you accidentally host route that 800k file attach... BANG!! Floodlights snap on all around your house! Sirens wail, the Flamers' blowtorches heat up the night! The 800 decibel voice from the bullhorn screams out "This is the ECHOMAIL POLICE! Give yourself UP! We will not harm you, or excommunicate you, Give yourself UP!!! We have the place surrounded ..." Well, that's how it was, how it came to be, and that's What It Is ... Next time, we'll have an in-depth interview with a real heavy duty Policy Complainer. Phrank Phutz, the Policy Complaint COMMANDO ... Don't forget to register to vote. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 4 2 Apr 1990 I've heard a lot of comments about the news and our press in general. I've also heard a lot of comments about the "left-wing" or alternative press. But one that struck me as odd was when someone asked me, "Who needs it?" After reading various alternative news echos on the FidoNet and other media forms, the best answer I could come up with was a series questions: Have you heard about the CIA - Savings and Loan scandal where the CIA defrauded banks of billions of dollars, adding up to $14 billion by some accounts, to be used for illegal covert activities forbidden by Congress? Now the taxpayers are footing the bill for that money and the CIA operatives are getting off scott-free. This story was broken by a large Houston paper, and extensively reported in the alternative press, but for some reason (???) it has yet to be reported in the major newspapers or on the "Big 3" television networks. I stammered on, you probably thought that the old FBI domestic spying programs ended back in the 70s - Did you hear about how the FBI is conducting a late-1980s smear campaign against Detroit Mayor Coleman Young that was recently revealed in court? I was gaining speed now and my mind was starting to click (well, maybe not click - but it was making some sort of noise). How about the invasion of Panama? While the "standard" media was cheerleading the invasion and trying to cover up the fact that the "cocaine" found in Manuel Noriega's home was only ground corn flour for tortillas, did you hear about former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark stating that thousands of innocent Panamanian civilians were killed by U.S. forces in the attack? I'd hardly call the former U.S. Attorney General a half-cocked radical. Or how about the recent hunger strike by the new Panamanian president to protest our government's aid policies, or the lack of them, to Panama to help rebuild their ravaged country destoyed by the economic war and invasion we launched against them? Imagine that, the U.S.-installed president going on a hunger strike to protest against the government that installed him into power. I didn't hear a thing about that in the normal media. I continued on with a couple of more examples, and then started in about how the Berlin Wall has fallen but the $3 billion U.S.-built concrete wall that divides North and South Korea is still standing, but by then I guess he was overwhelmed. All he said was "Thousands died, in the invasion, huh? I heard it was only 200." FidoNews 7-14 Page 5 2 Apr 1990 The whole point of this article, if you're starting to wonder, is to inform you of some of an alternative news echomail conference, called ANEWS, or "News of the US and World." While ANEWS doesn't have any witty conversation in it or talk about the latest adventure game, it routinely carries stories, such as the above ones, that are routinely ignored by our normal media channels. While you may or may not agree with all of the stories or the points made by these stories, you'll be better informed by reading them. I once read, years ago, about how the FidoNet was supposed to make transmitting little-known information easier and to provide an informal yet effective means of doing that. That's what ANEWS is all about - providing people with information that our standard media doesn't bother to inform us about. Sound interesting? Like to know more? Besides ANEWS, which is general in nature, there are several good news-type echomail conferences in the FidoNet that focus on specific regions on the world. For more information, check the FidoNet echomail listing put out by node 1:1/201 or contact Randy Edwards at node 1:141/552. ANEWS - food for thought. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 6 2 Apr 1990 BBS World Review Digest(sm) =========================== It truly sadden's me on this date to announce the demise of the DISKazine program BBSWRD(sm). As of this date there have been no subscription request and with programming being what it is today. It does not pay Me or anyone else to do something which no one desires to see. So I have decided not to continue with the development of the program. The one or two individuals who have show interest will be contacted and provided information on how to continue to receive the only magazine program currently being published by High Mesa Publishing for FREE. ================================================================ Jake Hargrove High Mesa Publishing Net Node 301/1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 7 2 Apr 1990 Fidocon '90 Information Update Bill Vanglahn 1:1/90@Fidonet The Fidocon '90 Committee continues to work to make this year's convention one of the best ever. We have already received registrations from as far away as Holland, and as close as our own backyard. One of our main goals in planning the event was to allow Fidocon to be part of a family vacation. New Jersey has a great variety of summertime activities, as well as the proximity of the convention site to New York City. We have gotten many requests for family plans, and we are more than happy to accommodate! Therefore, the following plan is added to the Fidocon '90 schedule (Note: These prices are ONLY in effect until 5/1/90): 1) For a participant and spouse, the cost for BOTH will be $620.00. This includes conference registration for the registrant, and hotel and meals for both you and your spouse. 2) For each child attending the conference (accompanied by either a plan A or the above spouse plan participant), add $75.00 to the cost. This will include hotel and meals. *** Discount Deadline Extended *** Because of some confusion, and problems associated with "tax time", we have extended the deadline for discounted registration. Instead of the deadline being 4/1/90, we are extending it to 5/1/90. Any registrations postmarked by midnight on May 1, 1990 may register at the discounted rate. *** Deposits for Fidocon! *** As I said before, we are (sometimes painfully) aware that it is tax time. If you plan to attend the conference, but your funds are low right now, don't fret! We will accept a $100.00 deposit (nonrefundable) toward your registration. This will lock you into the discounted rate, and give you until July 1, 1990 to pay the balance.This, of course, only applies to plans A through F and the family plans. *** Any ideas? *** If you have any ideas on things you would like to see or do at the convention, drop us a note at 1/90. We WANT to hear from you! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 8 2 Apr 1990 The Secret Sysop Society presents __ *** Conclave '90 *** / \ The SYSOPS Convention /|oo \ Home of FidoCon 1990 (_| /_) Lyndhurst, New Jersey _`@/_ \ _ August 1-5, 1990 | | \ \\ | (*) | \ )) ______ |__U__| / \// / Fido \ _//|| _\ / (________) (_/(_|(____/ (tm) Rate Plan Schedule: Before 6/1/90: Before 5/1/90: -------------- -------------- A. Single Occupancy.......$595.00 $545.00 $495.00 B. Double Occupancy.......$450.00 $400.00 $350.00 C. Conference w/ meals....$300.00 $250.00 $200.00 D. Conference w/ Banquet..$205.00 $155.00 $105.00 E. Conference only........$175.00 $125.00 $ 75.00 F. Banquet only...........$130.00 $80.00 $ 30.00 G. Registrant & Spouse....$720.00 $670.00 $620.00 (All rate plans except plan F include all conference and hotel fees. Those registering before 5/1/90 get a $100.00 discount, those registering before 6/1/90 get a $50.00 discount.) You must pay by Check, Money Order, or Credit Card. Please send no cash. All monies must be in U.S. Funds. Checks should be made out to: "Conclave '90" The following registration form must be completed and mailed to: PO Box 12 Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 You may register by Netmailing this completed form to 1:1/90 for processing. Rename it to ZNNNXXXX.REG where Z is your Zone number, N is your Net number, and X is your Node number. US Mail confirmation is required within 72 hours of electronic filing. If you are paying by credit card, please include the required information. For your own security, do not route any message with your credit card number on it. Crash it directly to 1:1/90. The official Conclave '90 airline is American Airlines. American offers a 5% discount the lowest applicable round-trip fare, including 1st class travel, subject to availability of inventory. All fare rules and restrictions apply. In addition, American offers 40% off their round trip unrestricted day coach fare. International travelers qualify for special benefits, including complimentary admittance to the Admiral's Club Lounge at any American Airlines terminal. Newark is an American Air- lines city with direct flights to most major cities. When making reservations, you must call American's Toll-free reservation number at 800-433-1790, and reference Star number 13704F. FidoNews 7-14 Page 9 2 Apr 1990 C O N C L A V E '90 R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M Name: __________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________ Apt. or Suite: _________ City: _________________________ State or Province: ____________ Postal Code: __________________ Country: ______________________ Voice Phone: ______________________ Data: _____________________ Zone:Net/Node.Point@Domain: ____________________________________ Special requirements: __________________________________________ +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | Option | Full | | Pricing | Line | |(Choose 1: A-G)| Name | Qty | Thru 5/1 | Total | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN A* | | | $495.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN B* | | | $350.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN C* | | | $200.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN D* | | | $105.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN E* | | | $ 75.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN G* | | | $620.00 | | +===============+=====================+=====+==========+=======+ | NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | Broadway Show | | | $ 75.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | Costume Ball* | | | $ 50.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ * includes all conference fees & Hotel | Total $ | | ** includes dinner, show, and costume +==========+=======+ MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________ Expiration: ___________ Signature _____________________________ ( Credit card registrations require valid signature ) FidoNews 7-14 Page 10 2 Apr 1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 11 2 Apr 1990 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= A View from the Bridge "Captain's Log, Stardate 9003.30" When I was a young boy, I used to like to watch Star Trek (I still do, though I don't have as much time for it as I used to), and I was always impressed with the technological advances they demonstrated on the show. Push a button, and food was instantly prepared. They had little t.v.s that you could carry around your neck on a strap. Other things. I always wished I was born just 100 years into the future to see all these marvelous things and grow up in that technologically advanced civilization. (Of course, I also wished that I'd been born 60 years before I was to witness the 'exciting times' of the early 20th century.) Just the other day, I was using my microwave oven. As I used the touch-sensitive keypad, I reflected on how it wasn't long ago that these machines used dials, just like a kitchen timer. Then I realized that it wasn't long ago that we didn't even have microwave ovens. It came to me in a flash that I was born at just the RIGHT time. In my short lifetime, I've seen men land on the moon (I still have a laquered copy of the NY Daily News issue of that day), a president of the United States resign. I've seen the effects of an oil gluttonous nation, and the development of nuclear power. I've seen the creation of digital watches, now the norm (and driving into Manhatten to buy one for $150.00 that used 24 hour time just before I joined the Air Force). I've witnessed and participated in the birth of the personal (it used to be 'home') computer, and how its changed, and continues to change, our lives. Some things haven't changed too much. Cars are still cars, they don't fly, aren't electric, and still pollute. The phone, though finally starting to show some progress towards its potential as an information processing device, is still a phone. Even with the advancement of cellular technology, we still don't have Dick Tracy "2-way wrist tv's". Some things have gotten worse. The US Space Program is at its worst point since the days of Sputnik. If you have a few minutes, please write your congressman, and ask him to vote some life into NASA. The bottom line, however, is that it appears that I have lived the ancient chinese curse. I truly was born in interesting times! FidoNews 7-14 Page 12 2 Apr 1990 (P.S. See you at FidoCon! The time to put in your deposit is NOW!) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 13 2 Apr 1990 Henry Clark 124/6120 Software City -- I have been fortunate to receive quite a bit of new software of late; it's wonderful. Not the least of which is the new release of Opus 1.10. No, I haven't installed it for real yet; it's pretty obvious that everyone else IS though. One of these days, I'll know so much about it from reading the echoes... piece of cake. A buddy at the office got a new laptop, and wanted to transfer all the files from his old disk onto the laptop's disk. I had purchased Laplink III with that amazing 3 headed cable. Both computers had 100 meg disks. His E: drive was one giant database file, 32 meg. This file went across in 13 minutes, using the Parallel Turbo mode. Fitting name. I got a new protected mode interface TSR from Oracle. Forget the database stuff, ( it's pretty good too ). I can write programs bigger than 640k, I can allocate megabytes of memory, and now these programs coexist with expanded memory managers and Desqview. Home Computing -- I've also been buying copies of PC Anywhere III. My clients use Carbon Copy 5. No they aren't compatible. There are good points about each; I think PC Anywhere is a little faster ( or maybe not as slow ). I still have trouble with HST mode. The whole question of remote computing, especially from home, is going to boil in the '90s. There are all kinds of liability questions about your being at home and working for your employer. If you get hurt at home while working, whose insurance pays? If you work at home in the morning and then drive to work, that's not commuting, or is it? Does working at home qualify you for tax breaks such as home-office deductions? Is this for your employer's convenience? Someone always raises two questions : How do you get your voice phone calls?; and how do you interact with your fellow employees?. The first is easy, call forwarding. The second question is a little harder. We shall see. The Snail Box -- FidoNews 7-14 Page 14 2 Apr 1990 Gawd, I'm sick of junk mail. I never even look at that Neighborhood Shopper flyer. Do you get that too? I get offers for free credit cards, offers for subscriptions, offers for software and hardware. I can't believe the Post Office has to raise rates when they have all this junk mail to work with. Actually, I like the offers that include a return envelope; you know the kind that's postage paid. I shove everything back in, find some trash to put in too and send it back. Support your local post office. I now have the perfect excuse to not pay the bills. It got lost in all the junk mail. I hear now about junk-fax. You suppose E-Mail will follow suit ? Windfall -- I recently derided shareware and maybe the gods were reading FIDONEWS too. Low and behold : a big check arrives in the mail. I wrote this utility call TimeRun which is a TSR and it stuffs the keyboard buffer with a user command whenever a particular target time has been met. I had originally written it back in 1987 for DOS 3.1 and then it didn't work for DOS 3.3. A while back someone asked about it, so I reworked it for 3.3 and, well, it was OK again. Now some 6 months later, in the mail comes this really big check from a technical college in Wisconsin for multiple licenses and I'm walking on air around here. It's that old FALSE HOPE coming to get me. Anyway, Honey sees the check and those visions of sugar plums start dancing. "But Honey, don't you remember that hard disk I bought last week?" "Yes." "Well, it's cheaper now." Slam dunk. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 15 2 Apr 1990 ================================================================= LATEST VERSIONS ================================================================= Latest Software Versions MS-DOS Systems -------------- Bulletin Board Software Name Version Name Version Name Version Fido 12q+ QuickBBS 2.62 TBBS 2.1 Lynx 1.30 RBBS 17.2B TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Kitten 2.16 RBBSmail 17.2 TPBoard 6.0 Opus 1.10+* RemoteAccess 0.01 Wildcat! 2.10 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5d1 Network Node List Other Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02 D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30* Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0 FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00 PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01 EMM 2.02 SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 Gmail 2.05 XlaxDiff 2.32 GROUP 2.16 XlaxNode 2.32 GUS 1.30 LHARC 1.13 MSG 4.0 MSGED 1.99 PK[UN]ZIP 1.02 QM 1.0 QSORT 4.03 StarLink 1.01 TagMail 2.20 TCOMMail 2.2 TMail 1.14* TPBNetEd 3.2 TosScan 1.00* UFGATE 1.03 XRS 3.20* ZmailQ 1.10 Macintosh --------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities FidoNews 7-14 Page 16 2 Apr 1990 Name Version Name Version Name Version Red Ryder Host v2.1b4 Tabby 2.1 MacArc 0.04 Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3 WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51 TImport 1.331 TExport 1.32 Timestamp 1.6 Tset 1.3 Import 2.52 Export 2.54 Sundial 2.1 UNZIP 1.01* Amiga ----- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Paragon 2.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23 TrapDoor 1.11 booz 1.01 WelMat 0.35* ConfMail 1.10 ChameleonEdit 0.10 Lharc 1.10* oMMM 1.43b* ParseLst 1.30 PkAX 1.00 PK[UN]ZIP 1.01* RMB 1.30 UNzip 0.86 Zoo 2.00 Atari ST -------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00 Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30 QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02* GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51 PKUNZIP 1.10 MSGED 1.96S SRENUM 6.2 Trenum 0.10 OMMM 1.40 FidoNews 7-14 Page 17 2 Apr 1990 + Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software) * Recently changed Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-14 Page 18 2 Apr 1990 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 3 Jun 1990 Comdex/Spring, which will run from June 3-6 in Atlanta, will be held at the World Congress Center and other locations. 5 Jun 1990 David Dodell's 33rd Birthday 12 Jun 1990 Fifth anniversary of FidoNet's switch to multiple nets. 13 Jul 1990 Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Further information will follow. 27 Jul 1990 The beginning of the REGION 17 Convention at Menucha Resort in the Columbia Gorge, Oregon. For details contact Ken Zwaschka, 1:105/54. 1 Aug 1990 Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for details. 5 Oct 1990 21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" 6 Nov 1990 First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28 14 Nov 1990 Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at 2:332/16.0 1 Jan 1991 Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description. 16 Feb 1991 Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush. 7 Oct 1991 Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland, Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo, FidoNews 7-14 Page 19 2 Apr 1990 Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay Islands will retain area code 415. 1 Feb 1992 Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport, West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and Montebello) will retain area code 213. If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. -----------------------------------------------------------------