Volume 7, Number 28 9 July 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 A New Computer Magazine .................................. 1 Region17 FidoCon Preliminary Program ..................... 3 Region17 Registration Form ............................... 6 Announcing Socrates BBS System v1.00 ..................... 9 NEW! FidoCon '90 Registration Form ....................... 12 2. COLUMNS .................................................. 14 Talk Me Through It, Honey ................................ 14 3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 17 Latest Software Versions ................................. 17 4. NOTICES .................................................. 20 And more! FidoNews 7-28 Page 1 9 Jul 1990 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Dan Grigor Fido 1:202/412 Announcing a new Computer Magazine I would like to take this opportunity to let the world know that there is soon to be an exciting new magazine in San Diego. It is so new that it doesn't even have a name yet. Oh, we've toyed with a few ideas, and I'm sure one will land on it soon, but for now we just want to let you know what is happening and see if you would like to be involved. Our goal is to be a free, locally run, news magazine for the computing community, available at computer stores, electronically, at local libraries and, frankly, anywhere else where someone will put us on their counter, in front of their store, on the hood of their car... We would like to have the standard assortment of reading fare: Columns dealing with specific computers; Q & A; an extensive BBS list as well as an "on-line" column; information about user groups; cartoons; informative, educational and humorous articles on any computer-related subject. So there it is, an invitation to be part of a new magazine right from the start. You don't have to live in San Diego to be a part of it, you just have to have something that would be of interest to our readers. Any submission you may deem appropriate will be reviewed and will more than likely get in, as our requirements are pretty much "if you write it, we'll print it." * * That is, if it makes sense to SOMEBODY! :-) * If you are, or would like to be, a writer or cartoonist, send us an example of your work. Be warned it may get used, so send only things you would like to have included. If you have a BBS send us your information. Name, number, hours, baud rates etc. If you have or belong to a user group send us your information. If you have any advice for us (good or bad) send it along. If you think we're nuts... let us know. If you're nuts... let us know. FidoNews 7-28 Page 2 9 Jul 1990 We can be reached in a number of ways: Netmail: 1:202/412 BBS: Electro-Shok Therapy (619)723-3965 23hrs 2400 bips 8/N/1 USnailMail: Electro-Shok Therapy P.O. Box 105 Fallbrook, CA 92028 CIS: Dan Grigor ID# 71511,577 Thanks in advance for all your help, advice, contributions -- and for requesting our Advertising Rate Card! Dan Grigor Danielle Foster ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 3 9 Jul 1990 Janet Murray Fido 1:105/23 We're pretty flexible in Net105; if _this_ works, we may even consider hosting FidoCon '91! Meanwhile, here's our loose agenda for R17Con (thanks to the Program Director): Preliminary Program 27-29 July 1990 Friday 27 July - Evening -------------------------- Dinner R17 Echomail: Philosophy, Procedures, and Funding As echomail is always a prominent topic, and we have had a recent scare or two, it is worth discussing the philosophy, procedures, and economics of how we move echomail within the region. General Socializing Saturday 28 July - Day -------------------------- Breakfast Product Presentations (each will be time limited as this is not a commercial meeting) o Hardware at least one modem manufacturer will be announcing a new product with interesting pricing and features o FidoNetware Bink's and Opus's hackers will be here, and others are deciding o Users may talk about those goodies whose authors/vendors are not present Lunch How we do it in our Net A R17Con tradition where some of the local nets describe some of the unique aspects of technology, procedures, financing, sex, ... in their local nets. Tricks of the Trade o Technical Questions and Answers a select panel of techies will answer questions (with help and jeering from the floor) about netware, modems, and FidoNews 7-28 Page 4 9 Jul 1990 hiding the expenses from the SO Dinner Saturday 28 July - Evening -------------------------- Curmudgeon Tossing Contest Rules have been published in FidoNews. Matt Whelan, IC, may donate one Get Out of Excommunication Free card to be awarded to the winning team. General Socializing Sunday 29 July - Morning -------------------------- Breakfast Plans for Next Year's Meeting which net will be the victim? when should it be held? cost and other constraints General Gab and Wind-down and Other Things we've Forgotten Loosely Scheduled -------------------------- Diskette Throwing Contest This traditional hotly contested event will have to be scheduled on an ad hoc basis, as the Columbia Gorge, though beautiful, has frequent winds. Please remember that diskettes must be unaltered 5.25" disks, and accuracy is more important than distance. Dweeb Throwing Contest This new continuous event is open to both team and individual players, but no points are awarded unless you can provoke the dweeb into posting at least one embarrassingly inept echomail flame first. W A R N I N G -------------------------- After much Net-1:105 and Region-1:17 discussion, it was agreed to hold this meeting at Menucha, despite the restriction that no drop-in attendees would be possible. It was felt that Menucha's great facilities and scandalously low prices (you can do the entire meeting for about $75 including meals and accommodation!) were worth this retriction. FidoNews 7-28 Page 5 9 Jul 1990 This means that cruising up for the afternoon will not work. You either register for the meeting (one and two day plans are available), or "it's tough tamales." ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 6 9 Jul 1990 Janet Murray 1:105/23 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FIDONET REGION 17 CONVENTION * * OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FORM * * July 27-29, 1990 * * Menucha Camp and Conference Grounds * * Corbett, Oregon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Name _____________________________ FidoNet Address _________ SnailMail Address ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Date Sent ______ Voice phone (in case of questions): ________________________ Please indicate for each person attending, the option selected, and fill in the appropriate charges: _Number_ _Name(s)_ _Subtotals_ Registration fee @ $5 _____ (FidoNet Sysops ONLY) $ _____ OPTION A: Friday 5 p.m. to Sunday 11 a.m. DORM _____ Adult(s) __________________________ $ 65.50 _____ _____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____ (Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time student) _____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____ (Age 11 and under) _____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____ SEMI-PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) __________________________ 83.50 _____ _____ Student(s) ________________________ 56.50 _____ (in parents' room) _____ Child(ren) ________________________ 36.25 _____ (in parents' room) PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) __________________________ 102.50 _____ OPTION B: Saturday 8 a.m. to Sunday 11 a.m. DORM _____ Adult(s) __________________________ 48.00 _____ FidoNews 7-28 Page 7 9 Jul 1990 _____ Student(s) ________________________ 42.50 _____ (Age 12 to 18 OR Full-time Student) _____ Child(ren) ________________________ 29.50 _____ (Age 11 and under) _____ Supply bedding @ $6 per person _____ SEMI-PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 59.00 _____ _____ Student(s) _________________________ 42.50 _____ (in parents' room) _____ Child(ren) _________________________ 29.50 _____ (in parents' room) PRIVATE _____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 72.50 _____ OPTION C: Saturday 8 a.m. to Saturday 10 p.m. (Meals only, no accommodations) _____ Adult(s) ___________________________ 37.00 _____ _____ Student(s) _________________________ 32.00 _____ _____ Child(ren) _________________________ 21.00 _____ SUBTOTAL $ _____ LATE REGISTRATION FEES (_after_ May 15th): ================================================================ | IMPORTANT NOTE: Since we must estimate _and pay for_ | | the number who will be attending by mid-May, there | | will be a limited number of places for late registrants! | ================================================================ Paid by June 15th: _____ Number of reservations @ $10 _____ Paid by July 15th _____ Number of reservations @ $20 _____ Paid after July 15th _____ Number of reservations @ $30 _____ TOTAL ADDITIONS $ _____ TOTAL PAYMENT ENCLOSED: $ _____ Make checks payable (in U.S. Funds) to: Net 105 Treasury / REG17CON FidoNews 7-28 Page 8 9 Jul 1990 Send registration to: Region 17 Convention c/o Ken Zwaschka Ken Zwaschka & Associates P.O. Box 2226 Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 97208-2226 Reservations and room assignments will be confirmed via NetMail within 48 hours of receipt. Registration packets with a map to Menucha and information about Portland metropolitan area shopping and recreational faciltities will be mailed to all registrants on July 1st. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 9 9 Jul 1990 Announcing the release of the Socrates BBS System v1.00 Features: - EXTREMELY customizable via Socrates BBS Programming System - Uses an alternate Subject-Oriented message system as well as regular Fido/Opus style - Has a completly flexibile access system; allows a full boolean logic statement instead of just a privelege level Uses standard *.MSG message format and works with most standard message utilities. Request SOCRATES from 1:150/199.0 (Delaware, max baud 2400) 1:140/24.0 (Saskatchewan, max baud 9600, HST) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 10 9 Jul 1990 * Software Review: Save the Planet Software Review: Save the Planet By Kevin Johnson, 141/552.2 This is my first fidonews article, so you'll have to bear with me if it isn't perfect. A while ago, I ran across a piece of software that I thought was worth telling others about. I found the software on my boss node, 1:141/552.0. It's available there for file-request or download if you're interested, and I'm sure it's on dozens of other BBS's across the country. The program was called _Save the Planet_ and it bills itself as an "Environmental Database on Global Warming and Ozone Depletion." It is all that and more! It is written by Roger & Kathy Cox of Pitkin, Colorado. For this article all the usual disclaimers apply: I don't work for them, we don't own stock in some joint company, et cetera, et cetera. And please don't let my lack of writing skills reflect on the program. I just want to tell you all about this fine piece of shareware software called _Save the Planet_. Save the Planet (hereby referred to as STP) is "green" software. It is designed to inform people about the environment in a truly innovative way. The program runs on any sort of monitor, it worked just fine on my CGA setup, and it'll run on anything from monochrome to the best VGA displays. It requires 512k of RAM. The program opens with a title screen and it shows a computer simulation of the growth of the hole in the ozone layer in Antarctica from 1985-1987. Seeing this graphically is really shocking. That hole's definitely gotten much bigger in two years! On the main menu of STP it displays lettered options for all of the program's choices. The main menu is divided into two categories, "Looking at the problem" and "Taking action to solve it." Under "Looking at the problem" it explains what global warming is and about things such as CFC's and most of the other environmental buzzwords that you hear. Included in the explanations are graphs of different things. There's such things as a list of books you can read for more information and much, much more. There's even a "game" (if you could call something so serious a game - the program calls it that so that's what I'll call it too) or a model of how the earth will be effected by reducing or not reducing carbon dioxide emissions over the next 50 years. The game lets you see what will happen if we choose not to reduce carbon dioxide emissions or what will happen at various levels of reduction. FidoNews 7-28 Page 11 9 Jul 1990 On the "Taking action to solve it" side of the menu, there is really some good stuff. Included here is a complete database of how every one of our congresspersons voted on environmental matters. You can look up to see how your Senator and/or Congressperson voted. Included also is a listing of various environmental groups -- both major and minor -- and their particular areas of interest, if they have any. There's also a mini-word processor to write your congressperson a letter telling them how you feel about the environment. There's sections on things like tips on how you can save energy, learn about recycling, be a more envionmental-concious consumer and much, much more. The program is really well done and all data in the program are from established sources. I've barely scratched the surface of what is available in the program, but hopefully it is enough to make you want to see what the program really has to offer. For such an important topic this program does a fine job of educating people about what is at stake if we do not get serious about protecting our environment and changing our lifestyles to become more environmentally-concious. Look for Save the Planet on your local bulletin board, I found version 1.14 as STP.ZIP and the archive was 188k. Or you may reach the authors at: Save the Planet Shareware P.O. Box 45 Pitkin, CO 81241 (303) 641-5035 The registration for the program is $15 which includes a free updated version which will come out after the fall elections. A Macintosh version is supposed to be released this summer. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 12 9 Jul 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: (Hotel rooms cannot be guaranteed if you register after July 1st!) A. Single Occupancy...................$545.00 B. Double Occupancy...................$400.00 C. Conference w/ meals................$250.00 D. Conference w/ Banquet..............$105.00 E. Conference only.....................$75.00 F. Banquet only........................$30.00 G. Registrant & Spouse................$670.00 Plans A B & G include all conference and hotel fees and meals. Prices are for pre-registrants using this form only. 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 7-28 Page 13 9 Jul 1990 F I D O - C O N '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 | | Pre-Reg. | Line | |(Choose 1: A-G)| Name | Qty | Pricing | Total | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN A** | | | $545.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN B** | | | $400.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN C | | | $250.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN D | | | $105.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN E | | | $ 75.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN F | | | $ 30.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ | PLAN G** | | | $670.00 | | +===============+=====================+=====+==========+=======+ |*NJ Beach Trip | | | $ 24.50 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ |*Eve. NYC Tour | | | $ 37.50 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ |*NYC Shop Tour | | | $ 36.50 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ |*Medieval Times| | | $ 50.00 | | +---------------+---------------------+-----+----------+-------+ ** includes registration, Hotel, and meals | Total $ | | * Requires Pre-registration (before 7/1) +==========+=======+ MC _____ Visa _____ Card Number: _____________________________ Expiration: ___________ Signature _____________________________ ( Credit card registrations require valid signature ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 14 9 Jul 1990 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= Henry Clark 124/6120 I'll Go Long and You Fake It To Me -- My favorite computer store has a 14 day money back guarantee. I go there 26 times a year ! So Friday afternoon, I was in there returning a 286 clone. Some kind of goofy VLSI chip on the motherboard was trying to do EVERYTHING, and was latching the IRQ I needed, even though I'd clearly set the 'disable' jumper correctly. Those VLSI chips are neat, until you realize that if it goes bad, well forget the whole motherboard, it's worthless. Give me everything on the slot cards and socketed chips as well. But then, that's another CAT FIGHT. I picked out a slightly more reasonable 286 clone, for slightly more money, and cruised through the rest of the store on the way to the cashier. 'Honey Interrupt' : Oh, I see, you'll shop the computer store, but you won't shop for shoes with me. Hmmph ! He's at Midfield -- So anyways, I see this Hand SCANNER/OCR package sitting right there. Shoot, there's dozens of them. I grab it, pay for it ( and the new clone ), and head on home. I've been looking for this for weeks. Later that evening, I'm plugging in the bus card, and checking it all out, when young Kevin ( the Asst-sysop ) just sort of APPEARS. Like from out of no where. I start the DOS scanner program, and pull the scanner across a color photo of him. First scan, perfect, and his jaw drops off watching his FACE scroll onto the screen. You could see his little four year old muscles start twitching; hear his brain cells whirring, trying to figure a way to get at this 'toy' without getting Dad all riled up about breakage, dirt, expense, you know, all the things that keep him from playing with everything else I own. FidoNews 7-28 Page 15 9 Jul 1990 'Honey Interrupt' : ( Also appearing out of no where. ) So, how much did it cost ? So next I set up the paint/scan program and he recognizes the 'paint game' immediately. I started scanning another picture of him into the paint program window, and then : QEMM EXCEPTION ! SET DMA=91. These are the absolute worst kinds of problems. No not the software, the anxious kid in your face who wants to know when if it's fixed after every keystroke. A quick look at the Desqview book, and VIOLA : set the DMA buffer smaller. I went ahead and set it to 64 (k) in case Binkley decides to pull a fancy swap move. He's at The Goal Box -- Well finally, I get back to the paint program, and hand it over to Mr. Hopping With Delight. When he gets going, I just get out. 'Honey Interrupt' : Want to see what *I* bought today ? Sure, I say. Out comes some new boots. New Cowgirl boots at that. New Nieman Marcus Cowgirl boots. ( Hey wait a second. ) New Lizard-skin Nieman Marcus ITALIAN Cowgirl boots. Groan. How much did those cost ? She: How much did your new computer toy cost ? So you're thinking "Why did he buy a 286 ?" You're just like the damn salesmen at the store. I'm gonna make a ROCK VIDEO, all right?. In the final scene, we pour gasoline on it and it goes up in a huge fireball. OK, man ? Where's your 20 inch monitors? The truth is even better. I'm selling a turnkey system to a big giant corporation and the order calls for an AT compatible, color monitor and 80 meg hard disk. So an AT is a 286. I did get a nice VGA package, though. Could'a stiffed them with CGA, but hey, I'm a nice guy. I used the starch sparingly. It's a Shot on Goal -- So in comes the 'Scan Master' with a piece of printer paper. Where did you learn to print ? It's the button next to the Coke can, Dad. ( What Coke can ? ) I look at the paper, and there *I* am, with a scary hairdo, eyes like dead cartoon characters ( x x ), a huge beard and some kind of arrow/stick which appears to have entered at the back of my neck and come out through my stomach. When FIDONEWS goes graphic, I'll send it to ya. FidoNews 7-28 Page 16 9 Jul 1990 Finally, he get's off to bed, and I get to play with the OCR. It works ! It's actually pretty good at recognizing characters. This program does not use specific font matching, so you don't get to 'train' the recognition function. The post-match routine just gives you a picture of the unrecognized character ( usually two characters stuck together ), and you type in the two characters, or whatever it takes. I'm a real fast typist, and I believe I can get about two times that character rate per minute using the scan/recognize/correction cycle. I can't wait to use the pictures in some desktop publishing. 'Honey Interrupt' : When are you coming to bed ? Me : Are you going to wear your new boots ? Her: Are you going to look at your computer all night ? Me : I'll turn off the computer if you take off the boots. Her: I'll take back the boots if you take back the computer. Me : OK. It's Wide ! Wait, there's a red card... ----------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 7-28 Page 17 9 Jul 1990 ================================================================= LATEST VERSIONS ================================================================= Latest Software Versions MS-DOS Systems -------------- Bulletin Board Software Name Version Name Version Name Version DMG 2.93* Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5e* Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.64* TBBS 2.1 Lynx 1.30 RBBS 17.3A* TComm/TCommNet 3.4 Kitten 2.16 RBBSmail 17.3A* Telegard 2.5* Maximus 1.00 RemoteAccess .03* TPBoard 6.1* Opus 1.12+* SLBBS 1.76* Wildcat! 2.10 PCBoard 14.2* 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 2.07 FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00 PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.11 Crossnet v1.5* SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02 TIMS 1.0(Mod8)* XlaxDiff 2.35* Gmail 2.05 XlaxNode 2.35* GROUP 2.16 GUS 1.30 INTERPCB 1.20* LHARC 1.13 MSG 4.1* MSGED 1.99 PK[UN]ZIP 1.10* QM 1.0 QSORT 4.03 Sirius 1.0w* SLMAIL 1.35* StarLink 1.01 TagMail 2.20 TCOMMail 2.2 Telemail 1.20* TMail 1.15 TPBNetEd 3.2 TosScan 1.00* UFGATE 1.03 XRS 3.20* ZmailQ 1.10 FidoNews 7-28 Page 18 9 Jul 1990 Macintosh --------- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Red Ryder Host v2.1b10 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04 Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3 WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51 FBBS 0.91* TImport 1.331 Hermes 0.88* TExport 1.32 Timestamp 1.6 Tset 1.3 Import 3.2 Export 3.21 Sundial 3.2 PreStamp 3.2 OriginatorII 2.0 AreaFix 1.6 Mantissa 3.21 Zenith 1.5 UNZIP 1.02b Amiga ----- Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version Paragon 2.06+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23 TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5* WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01 ConfMail 1.10 ChameleonEdit 0.10 ElectricHerald1.66* Lharc 1.10 MessageFilter 1.52* oMMM 1.49b ParseLst 1.30 PkAX 1.00 PK[UN]ZIP 1.01 PolyxAmy 2.02* RMB 1.30 TrapList 1.12* UNzip 0.86 Yuck! 1.61* Zoo 2.00 Atari ST FidoNews 7-28 Page 19 9 Jul 1990 -------- 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 LED ST 0.10* BYE 0.25* PKUNZIP 1.10 MSGED 1.96S SRENUM 6.2 Trenum 0.10 OMMM 1.40 Archimedes ---------- BBS Software Mailers Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version ARCbbs 1.44* BinkleyTerm 2.03* Unzip 2.1TH ARC 1.03 !Spark 2.00d* ParseLst 1.30 BatchPacker 1.00* + 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 7-28 Page 20 9 Jul 1990 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= The Interrupt Stack 14 Jul 1990 Start of Eurocon / Techcon conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Please note that the date has changed: The conferences are one day later than originally planned ! 15 Jul 1990 Michael Keller, sysop of 1:170/401, will be wedded to Ruby Morain. 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. 17 Aug 1990 Start of first ever Searchlight SysOps convention in Chicago, IL. Contact Marge Robbins at 1:283/120 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, Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay Islands will retain area code 415. FidoNews 7-28 Page 21 9 Jul 1990 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. 5 Jun 1997 David Dodell's 40th Birthday If you have something which you would like to see on this calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Wyche Fido 1:11/15 New NUTRITION Echo The OpLine BBS / Health and Nutrition Opinion Line at 1:11/15 in Evansville, IN. is sponsoring a new NUTRITION Echo. The Conference Moderator is Harvey Wyche. Messages on the NUTRITION Echo deal with food and nutrition issues as they relate to good health. NUTRITION functions as an open forum for the expression of ideas and opinions as well as the exchange of news and helpful hints about nutrition and diet. The Echo is not part of any diet, weight loss center, or nutritional program. One of the special features of the Echo is the weekly posting of requested Nutrient Analyses of common foods (including many fast food items). David Dodell at St. Joes Hospital at 1:114/15 has offered to act as HUB for the NUTRITION Echo. If you would like to participate in the Echo, please contact me via netmail at 1:11/15. I will advise you as to when the feed for your system has been activated. Your participation is most welcome. We look forward to hearing from you within the Echo. Thank you. Harvey... -----------------------------------------------------------------