F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 8 No. 46 (18 November 1991) The newsletter of the | FidoNet BBS community | Published by: _ | / \ | "FidoNews" BBS /|oo \ | (415)-863-2739 (_| /_) | FidoNet 1:1/1 _`@/_ \ _ | Internet: | | \ \\ | fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org | (*) | \ )) | |__U__| / \// | Editors: _//|| _\ / | Tom Jennings (_/(_|(____/ | Tim Pozar (jm) | ----------------------------+--------------------------------------- Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international amateur network. Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews. Paper price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.00US Electronic Price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . free! For more information about FidoNews refer to the end of this file. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1 Editorial: Slog ............................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2 Software Versions Update ...................................... 2 A View from the Outside ....................................... 2 Assorted Non-Backbone Echoes .................................. 4 Announcing SEAmail version 1.01 ............................... 5 Voice Mail For Fidonet Sysops ................................. 6 The Brigadoon Village Network ................................. 7 3. RANTS AND FLAMES .............................................. 8 4. CLASSIFIEDS ................................................... 9 5. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 10 Latest Greatest Software Versions ............................. 10 FidoNews 8-46 Page 1 18 Nov 1991 ====================================================================== EDITORIAL ====================================================================== Editorial: Slog by Tom Jennings (1:1/1) This week, just tidbits. No flaming controversies (no I'm not complaining). -- ARTSPEC.DOC; I *lost* my copy of ARTSPEC.DOC! This absurd occurrence happened by having a number of "special" files slip through the cracks of my otherwise-robust backup scheme; I installed a new hard disk a week or two ago, and it simply didn't get copied. I have to rummage around in the net for another copy... sorry to all you filerequestors wasting nickels (quarters -- its 1991) on my system. -- THE INTERRUPT STACK; you may have noticed I dropped it. Two problems. One, bum information. OK, OK, area code 702 is already allocated, I find out. Two, I get requests for all sorts of silly insertions, like pet canarie's birthdays and such. Sorry! Maybe later I'll do something about it ("Don't do today what you can put off til tomorrow.") -- PROGRAM VERSIONS LIST; some of our sharper readers have noticed that BinkleyTerm, Fido/FidoNet, and other once-popular programs are no longer supported, and have entirely disappeared from use in the net. Or so you might think from reading the versions list. There has been a problem with the list-compiler, David French, getting mail within his net. He's since changed net numbers, and is now 1:103/250. I promise it will be fixed by next week. (For those of you taking this literally (my apologies to English-not-as-a-first-language readers, really) BinkleyTerm, Fido/FidoNet, and other programs missing from the list are still supported, and merely missing from the list.) -- FIDONET NET NEWS; an excellent idea for a regular FidoNews department that unfortunately hasn't happened. I can't recall who suggested it (a short article appeared along with it's first appearence. The idea was, items of "hard interest" to FidoNet sysops etc -- policy changes (sic), technical issues, etc, would appear there, so that people utterly offended by the rest of FidoSnooze could simply check the T of C, and see if there's anything of interest. Unfortunately, there's only been two entries in it that I can recall. As much as I like the concept, I will drop this "feature" unless someone starts send stuff to put in it. Well I guess that's all for this week. Ta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 8-46 Page 2 18 Nov 1991 ====================================================================== ARTICLES ====================================================================== Software Versions Update By David French, 1:103/250 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To inform you all of a very important change, this is why I have written. The Telegraph Station BBS, Home of the Comprehensive Version List, has changed it's FidoNet Node Number. The Old Number was 1:103/950 The New Number is 1:103/250 Please note that all update and addition requests for the version list must now be directed to 1:103/250, as 1:103/950 will be dropped from the nodelist, possibly by Friday(11/22). Please make a note of this!!!!!!! Thanks... David French, SysOp, 1:103/250 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A View from the Outside by Jonathan Guy, 1:116/33, 1:116/31 A brief word of introduction: I have been modeming for 2 years, was a sysop about a quarter of that. (I'm not anymore) I read FidoNews on a fairly regular basis, and consider myself pretty conversant with the net and its "politics." This is about the third time I've actually sat down to write an article for FidoNews, and if you are reading this, I guess I finished it. The one thing I want to make clear in this article is basically that this net and its policies are ridiculous. This is not a flame and I hope no one will take it as such. Any group that can take a simple, reasonably enjoyable hobby and turn it into an accurate mirror of society to the point that it has it's own "power politics" has to be taking the whole business too far. In the time I've been involved in the net and modeming in general I've seen people threatened with expulsion for not taking their system down during ZMH, I've seen power hungry (as if there was any real power in the net at all) *Cs, and I've even seen (and even made a couple of times) complicated legal arguments on whether or not FidoNet policy allows handles, something that's been around much longer than the net. The basic problem with the system is the fact that you people have seemingly decided that in order to run this thing you have to have a system of rules that rivals that of most governments. So, having said all this, I have a few constructive comments to make. FidoNews 8-46 Page 3 18 Nov 1991 First, and this will make quite a few people mad, eliminate Policy 4. Don't replace it with some quasi-legalistic WorldPol, you have that, or at least the beginnings of it, already. Just get rid of it. I am aware that this will cause problems. I am aware that this will create some unfair situations in places. Usenet has been living with this since before FidoNet was even thought of. The problem with creating something like the current Policy is that it forms a group that has, or at least is perceived to have, power over the rest of the group. The *Cs are, for the most part, a group of people that revel in having some kind of power over their peers. That is why they are *Cs. Eliminate Policy 4 and you eliminate the ruling class. If you have no policy and no Coordinator structure all you need is routing hubs. Wait!! Isn't that what the coordinator structure is supposed to be doing in the first place? Second, switch the focus of FidoNet from netmail to echomail. This is so obvious that I really don't know why no one's done it yet. I have never known some poor sysop to say "Hey, why don't I join FidoNet so I can send private messages to other sysops?" The only reason FidoNet has grown to it's current size is because of echomail, and yet the conferences still enjoy second-class status. Read Policy 4 very carefully. Did you ever notice that you can't exchange echomail during ZMH? Why not? How many people truly need an hour to exchange private messages? It would seem that the time would be much better spent transferring the stuff that the users (remember them?) actually read. Third, finally, and most important, stop taking yourselves so seriously!! I can't think of a single person whose livelihood depends on whether the netmail gets through, yet FidoNet has created an entire miniature society that judges a person's worth by how quickly they get the mail. (Think about it: who gets the mail first, you or your NC?) FidoNet is good. FidoNet is a decent hobby. FidoNet is a HOBBY. FidoNet is not, and should not be, the focus of someone's entire existence. In case someone's forgotten, the basic purpose of computer networks is to facilitate the quick spread of information. Don't you think that perhaps imposing a power structure and time restrictions on this spread reduces its speed? I'd imagine that 99% of all FidoNet sysops would be perfectly willing to dispense with all the extra baggage the head honchos of the net have added to this process if they could still get the echos. Unfortunately, if anyone passes a Fido echo to someone outside of the net they are themselves kicked out, forcing them to either try to rejoin or find someone else willing to give the "black market" echos. Black Market?? Aren't these supposed to be free? Isn't this an amateur network? This is just one example of the kind of thing FidoNet has done. If you restrict who reads the information you also restrict the feedback you can get on it. Which is more important, power or knowledge? Someone needs to rethink their priorities. Well, it's felt good to be on the soapbox for a bit. I hope something will come of this article, but I rather doubt it. I imagine those FidoNet sysops who actually bother to read this publication will simply say, "Oh, another nut who thinks he can make things better." Let me let those people in on a little secret: I CAN'T make things better. They can. Maybe the powers that ain't (the so-called "grunt sysops" of FidoNet) can find some sense buried within them. Stop complaining and do something. Try to remember why you joined this net. Were you looking for anything like what exists now? Were the people who started it looking FidoNews 8-46 Page 4 18 Nov 1991 for this? If you are a mamber of the coordinator structure you may have been offended by this article. That's fine. Respond. Do it in a reasonable way, and don't flame me or someone who agrees with me. Most of all, think about it. Are you acting like the president of a bananna republic? If you are, should you be? Lest we forget, this is supposed to be fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- by Dave Aronson (Sysop, TIDMADT: 1:109/120; 18:712/200; 93:9310/0) Assorted Non-Backbone Echoes: Medieval group, Contracts, Frugality, etc. This article is basically an advertisement for several echoes that are not available on the backbone, that you might be interested in. First is the Medieval set, about the hobby of medieval re-creation. It includes Medieval, Bardic, Heralds, and rec.org.sca, plus a few regional ("kingdom" and "barony" level) echoes. These will almost certainly NOT be going backbone, ever. The differences between them are that: - Medieval includes lots of chatter, etc. on all topics remotely related to medievalism. It caters to ALL such groups and individuals, including the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), Medieval Studies and Re-creation (MSR, aka Kingdom of Acre), Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia, Dark Horde (both "New" and "Classic"), Dagorhir, Darkon, and so on, though the SCA is the largest influence. It allows (as the others do not) use of handles other than your regular login name; in fact, this is encouraged if your login name is not medieval-sounding. It is hubbed and moderated by myself, who started it in 1988 with Andrew Adler. The traffic averages 15 to 20 msgs/day, which includes traffic from GT-Net and WWIVnet. The latest list can be requested here as MED_LST.ARC. - rec.org.sca is much more scholarly and focused (irrelevant chatter is frowned upon). It is a newsgroup imported from Usenet. (Create dupe loops at your own peril!) As the name implies, it focuses on the Society for Creative Anachronism. It is moderated by someone in Usenet (details available on request). Traffic averages about 200-300 messages a week... but usually dumped all at once, due to a sporadic gateway. - Bardic is even more focused. It is a mailing list imported from Internet, about the "bardic arts", including composing and performing songs, stories, poems, and so forth. It is moderated by someone in Usenet. Traffic is nearly dead, perhaps one or two messages per week. - Heralds is also tightly focused. It is a fusion of a mailing list imported from Internet, and an echo that existed by itself before the fusion. It is about Heraldry, the study of "coats of arms" and such things, mainly as practiced in the SCA, but sometimes also in reality as well. (SCA heraldry is patterned mainly after 14th Century English heraldry, and heraldic practices from other times and places may vary widely.) It is moderated by someone in Usenet and Joe Bethancourt of 114/29 (who started the echo about a year ago). Traffic averages about 4 messages per day. FidoNews 8-46 Page 5 18 Nov 1991 Since you must be "emailable" from Internet to participate in Internet mailing lists and newsgroups, only node numbers from networks that have arranged gating or forwarding of Internet mail may appear in these last three. As far as I know, that means only Fidonet (at least as far as Fidonet-style networks go). Next is the Contracts echo. This is intended to be for consultants and contractors, what Jobs-Now is for those looking for "regular" jobs. The SOLE acceptable postings are announcements of consulting or contracting openings, and announcements about the echo from the moderator (me). We currently have several nodes in the Washington DC area, one in Portland OR (105/54, Jobs BBS), one in Houston TX (106/1999, Radio Free Houston), and one in Harrisburg PA (270/711, M.A.R.C. Information System). It has information on contracts all over the world, mostly imported from the Usenet newsgroup misc.jobs.contract. If there is enough interest and traffic to justify it (currently averaging one to two messages per day), this one might go backbone. And finally, the Frugality echo. The name pretty much says it all. For those of you without a dictionary, that's "how to be cheap" but put more politely. It is moderated by its originator, Dot Hage (whom some of you may remember as Dot Falcon, of NERFFREE fame) at 109/530. Outside the Washington DC area (net 109), where it is distributed via the local backbone, the only other point I know of is in Hurricane WV. If there is enough interest and traffic (currently two to three messages per day), this one too might go backbone. Other interesting non-backbone echoes include Intertel (about that club), Ilians (a term designating members of Intertel; all may read, but only members may write in or carry the echo), and Mensans_Only (Mensans is a term meaning members of Mensa; the restrictions are analogous to those on Ilians), but my connection with those is slimmer and they are growing well, so I will leave their hyping to their moderators.... I carry all of the above, and will hold them for anybody to pick up - I am HST and v.32 capable, and PC-Pursuitable. * Via Fido 1:109/144 12 Nov 91 02:07:53 (v12u) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thom Henderson System Enhancement Associates, Inc. Data: (201) 473-1991 Voice: (201) 473-5153 FAX: (201) 614-9605 Announcing SEAmail version 1.01 System Enhancement Associates, Inc. is pround to announce the availability of SEAmail version 1.01, the next generation of PC-based electronic mail. SEAmail is the end result of a two year development effort involving tens of thousands of manhours of design, development, and testing, delivering to you a superior product with features and performance unmatched by any other software. Where authors of other FidoNews 8-46 Page 6 18 Nov 1991 products have declaired things to be impossible, SEA has achieved them anyway. Here are just a few of the advanced features provided by SEAmail: * Domain addressing with direct access to multiple domains. No more fussing with trying to paste together multiple node lists. Use them all directly and call anyone you want! * Automatic aliasing on messages and packets. Never again hear people complain about you using the wrong address on a message or on a call. SEAmail handles your addresses for you and automatically uses the right one. * Multiple session types (including Wazoo and FAX) under your direct control. Add new capability to your system! * On-the-fly incremental packing and integrated GroupMail processing. In-transit mail you receive can be repacked for delivery or pickup immediately. * Automatic grouping of multiple addresses. If you have messages for five different addresses that are all really the same person, they all go in one packet. If you've been told that can't be done without a special type of session, don't you believe it! SEAmail can do it in ANY type of session. * Enhanced security. Other software gives you "curmudgeon mode". SEAmail just starts there. With SEAmail you can require session passwords on all calls or just a few, you can use message encryption passwords to ensure the privacy of routed messages, and you can use Caller*ID to further enhance system security. * Multiple line and multiple modem support. Maximize your system availability and throughput by taking and placing calls on many phone lines at once! All this and more can be yours! We have redesigned network mail from the ground up to give you an electronic mail system with powers and abilities far beyond those of other systems. Don't believe people who tell you it can't be done -- watch SEAmail do it! Get SEAmail and see just how powerful a mail system can be! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voice mailboxes will soon be available for rent by Fidonet Sysops in the New York metropolitan area according to the Sysop of 1:278/729. FidoNews 8-46 Page 7 18 Nov 1991 The voice mail system allows each mailbox owner to remotely retrieve mail, change greetings, receive/forward faxes, forward messages, and greet callers in the owner's voice. In addition, outbound messages can also be initiated by the system. If you are a Fidonet Sysop in the New York area and wish to receive more information, contact the Sysop at 1;278/729 via email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brigadoon Village Network This world's chill and damp and drear. Our plight Like Sisyphus to push uphill all day And stop to see it roll down and away. Each with our little secrets this cold night We weary, turn, then see a welcome sight: Of warmth and friendship - shelter for each stray - An open door and a safe place to stay. (Where Holly serves up drinks for free each night.) Come in and meet the crew - there's Max who's Mad, There's Rebel, Cherry, Woody, and Nitehawk, A Tiger (Black), two wolves called Z and Vlad, And many many others come to talk. To talk and share and laugh a little while, And chance a glance at J'mes to see him smile. --------------------------------------- For info on Brigadoon. FREQ: BRIGADOON Modem supported: USR HST DS V32bis V42bis From: 1:325/101.0 @FidoNet If you would like to try it first, then FREQ the magic name TRYBRIG which will get you NODELIST.TXT. (You don't need to FREQ this if you FREQ BRIGADOON) as always you can always call: 1-802-453-3316 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 8-46 Page 8 18 Nov 1991 ====================================================================== RANTS AND FLAMES ====================================================================== _(*#$_(*@#(* (*^$+)#(%&+| #$)%(&*#_$ @_#( @$ ^@#+)(#&%$*+)$%&*+$*%&#@(@#_|)*%|)#%&)#*%&+(@#&*_+(@#*^&@### *&#_($*&#$_(*#&$_(#*$&$ _(#$*#$+)#($&*+#)$ &#+$*&# ()*&#$_(&^#$_(#*$_#($^&#_$(^&#_$(&^#$_(&#^ damn right _(#^&$_(#^& $*&#$_+(* #)$&(%($%+)($%*+$)%($* it's ugly _#&%^# & #($_*#$_ FidoNet (*$&%_@#_(*&@#_(@*#&_ @#_(*&@#_(* )*&#$ Flames *^$+)#(% (not for the timid) @_#( (*#$_(*^@#+) and #_|)*% &+(@#&*_+(@#*^&@### (#$*&#_($*&#$_(*#&$_(#* Rants *&+#$*&#+$*&# )*&#$_(a regular feature)^&#_$(&^#$_ $^&#$_(#^ (*^#$_*#^&$)*#&$^%)#*$&^_#($*^&#_($ Section #&%^_ _(*#&$_(#* #($*& #$* _(*&@#_(@*# *&@#_(*& )&*+_)*&+)*&+))&*(*& (*&_(*&_(*& ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 8-46 Page 9 18 Nov 1991 ====================================================================== CLASSIFIEDS ====================================================================== ADVERTISEMENT POLICY: Submissions must be 20 lines or less each, maximum two ads per advertiser, 70 characters per line maximum. 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FidoNews does not endorse any products or services advertised here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 8-46 Page 10 18 Nov 1991 ====================================================================== LATEST VERSIONS ====================================================================== Latest Greatest SoftWare Versions Last Update: 11/14/91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MS-DOS Systems -------------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Aurora 1.32b* D'Bridge 1.30 2DAPoint 1.41* DreamBBS 1.05 Dreamer 1.06 ARCAsim 2.31 Genesis Deluxe 3.2* FrontDoor 2.02* DEMM 1.06 Kitten 1.01 InterMail 2.01 DGMM 1.06 Maximus-CBCS 2.00* Milqtoast 1.00 DOMAIN 1.42 Merlin 1.39n PreNM 1.48* EEngine 0.32* ProBoard 1.17* SEAdog 4.60 EMM 2.10* QuickBBS 2.75* SEAmail 1.01@ EZPoint 2.1 RemoteAccess 1.10* 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 SimplexBBS 1.05 FGroup 1.00 Socrates 1.11 NodeList Utilities GateWorks 3.06e* TAG 2.5g Name Version GMD 3.10* TComm/TCommNet 3.4 -------------------- GMM 1.21 WWIV 4.20 FDND 1.10 GoldEd 2.31p Parselst 1.33* GROUP 2.23 XlaxNode/Diff 2.53* GUS 1.40* HeadEdit 1.18 IMAIL 1.20 Compression InterPCB 1.31 Utilities Lola 1.01d Name Version MSG 4.2* -------------------- MsgLnk 1.0c ARC 7.12* MsgMstr 2.03a* ARJ 2.20 MsgNum 4.16d LHA 2.13 Netsex 2.00b* PAK 2.51 Oliver 1.0a PKPak 3.61 PolyXarc 2.1a PKZip 1.10 QM 1.00a* QSort 4.04 Raid 1.00 SquishMail 1.00* StarLink 1.01 TCOMMail 2.2 TGroup 1.13 TMail 1.21 TPBNetEd 3.2 Tosscan 1.00 FidoNews 8-46 Page 11 18 Nov 1991 UFGATE 1.03 VPurge 4.09e*@ WildMail 1.01b* XRS 4.51* ZmailH 1.25* OS/2 Systems ------------ BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Kitten 1.01 BinkleyTerm 2.50* ARC 7.12 Maximus-CBCS 2.00 BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50*@ ARC2 6.01* SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ SEAmail 1.01@ EZPoint 2.1@ FGroup 1.00@ GROUP 2.23@ LH2 2.11* MSG 4.2* MsgEd 2.06c* MsgLink 1.0c MsgNum 4.16d* oMMM 1.52 Omail 3.1 Parselst 1.33* PKZip 1.02 PMSnoop 1.30*@ PolyXOS2 2.1a QSort 2.1 Raid 1.0 Remapper 1.2 SquishMail 1.00 VPurge 4.09e* Xenix/Unix 386 -------------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- |Contact: Jon Hogan-uran 3:711/909, | |Willy Paine 1:343/15 or Eddy van Loo| |2:285/406 | Apple II -------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1 GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70* FidoNews 8-46 Page 12 18 Nov 1991 ShrinkIt 3.30* |Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04 Apple CP/M ---------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Macintosh --------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Point System Software Name Version -------------------- MacWoof 1.1 Amiga ----- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 Areafix 1.48 Falcon CBCS 1.00 AReceipt 1.5 Paragon 2.082+ ChameleonEdit 0.11* XenoLink 1.0 Compression ElectricHerald 1.66 Utilities GCChost 3.6b@ Name Version MessageFilter 1.52 NodeList Utilities -------------------- Message View 1.12@ Name Version UnZip 4.1 oMMM 1.49b -------------------- TrapToss 1.20* TrapList 1.40 Yuck! 2.02* |Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Atari ST/TT ----------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1* Burep 1.1@ FiFo 2.1v ComScan 1.04 QuickBBS/ST 1.04 Echoscan 1.10 FidoNews 8-46 Page 13 18 Nov 1991 FDrenum 2.5.2* Import 1.14 Compression Trenum 0.10 Utilities Name Version -------------------- LHARC 2.01e UnJARST 2.00 WhatArc 2.02 Archimedes ---------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II) -------------------------------------- BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- RiBBS 2.02 OS9ARC (Arc) 1.0 Ascan 1.2 OS9ARC (Dearc) 1.0 AutoFRL 2.0 DEARC CKARC 1.1 UNZIP 3.10 EchoCheck 1.01 FReq 2.5a LookNode 2.00 ParseLST RList 1.03 RTick 2.00 UnSeen 1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Key: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software) * - Recently Updated Version @ - New Addition # - Commercial SoftWare(Not In Use Yet) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Utility Authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting all new versions to 1:103/950 in this format: 1) Software Name & Version 2) FileName.Ext 3) Support Node Address 4) Support BBS Phone Number FidoNews 8-46 Page 14 18 Nov 1991 Note: It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity. If you want it updated in the next FidoNews, get it to me by Thursday evening. --David French, 1:103/950 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 8-46 Page 15 18 Nov 1991 ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ---------------- Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Periello Special thanks to Ken Kaplan, 1:100/22, aka Fido #22 "FidoNews" BBS FidoNet 1:1/1 Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org BBS (415)-863-2739 (9600 HST/V32) (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Box 77731 San Francisco CA 94107 USA Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors. 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