F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 9 No. 17 (27 April 1992) 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 1992, 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: oops ............................................... 1 2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 4 FidoNet echo help, guidance, etc .............................. 4 The Hawaii Echo is flowing!! .................................. 6 DR_DOS, Digital Research DOS Disscusion ....................... 7 PEROT_92 Echo Started ......................................... 7 "P_news" PROGRESSIVE News & Views ............................. 8 3. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 10 Software List ................................................. 10 4. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 16 FidoNews 9-17 Page 1 27 Apr 1992 ====================================================================== EDITORIAL ====================================================================== Editorial: oops by Tom Jennings (1:1/1) Oh well, nothing like inventing everything as you go... To get to the point: an article a few weeks ago by Ann Ioannides complaining of problems should not have been published. I apologize to everyone involved. I owe Dave Rawson (102/34, moderator INTERUSER) especially an apology. Two things result. One -- this problem happened, besides my not looking more carefully at the particular article at hand (see below) partly because of the process, or lack thereof, in dealing with these sorta things. Two -- this particular thing won't happen again, because I am adding more rules to FidoNews article submission: ... when an article accuses anyone of wrongdoing, or other somesuch type thing, I will inform the author that I will send a copy of the article to all referenced people, and await there reply (or a reasonable interval and attempts to contact), and, ... FidoNews will not run personal attacks as articles, period. The astute observer will notice (I did, just now) that many if not most of the ahem problems with FidoNews content are this sort of thing, one way or another. Oh well. Now we know. I told Dave Rawson I will allow them to get in the last word. * * * * * The only thing I'll say in my defense is the following: I was told I should research submissions before publishing them (see related item, below). My response is, flatly impossible. I am editor, and publisher, not author. While I do have an overall responsibility for content, duly acknowledged, I do not make this stuff up. Now if I knowingly take part in false or damaging content, it's another story. I wanted to keep FidoNews an wide-open medium for publishing "anything". It looks more and more like this is flatly impossible. Before you write in those "I told you so"'s, I'll reiterate that I want to keep all changes to FidoNews public and open and in response to some particular need, rather than merely the whim of some know-it- all, as is so often the case in FidoNet. Mistakes get made, and I really am truly sorry for Dave and everyone in INTERUSER. FidoNews 9-17 Page 2 27 Apr 1992 * * * * * And I received this interesting comment in netmail this past week. It's related, tangentially at the least, and raises yet another possible question. I'll mark items in the text with [x]. Original Message Date: 23 Apr 92 13:07:02 From: Ronnie Toth on 1:135/71 To: Tom Jennings on 1:1/1 Subj: Question You published an article in FidoNews by a NON-FidoNet member using someone else's valid FidoNet address. Is this ok? [a] Would you please clarify "published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet International amateur network" as it appears in FidoNews? [b] Does this include material by and for members and NOT include a bbs USER's comments or article? If open to all for their views, (FidoNet members as well as anyone else as long as a valid node number is used), then perhaps I misunderstood. I thought only actual FidoNet members have the privilege of having their comments and articles published in your excellent publication. [c] Thank you. First, thanks for the well thought out message! [a] I don't know which article you are referring to, but I don't think it matters. Presumably it was a user of that BBS. Presumably that person had access (ie. permission) from the sysop. Contextual assumptions (does this user represent that BBS; does the sysop represent a BBS; etc) depend on answers to your other questions. [b] Personally, I take "members of..." to include, yes, users. At various times, for various purposes. I don't recall it ever coming up, and I think it's safe to say over 90% of FidoNews is from sysops, and the user-generated content is in general equally as pertinent. There has been stuff from non-BBS/non-FidoNet and even non-telecomm. people as well. I believe that this non-policy helps, not hinders, FidoNews, though others may disagree, certainly! [c] Depends on [b], I guess.... * * * * * And last but definitely not least, one wonderful reader wrote to tell us of a source of problem resolution available to echo users, which I've included as an article in this issue. Thanks, Wilma, for taking the trouble to write. FidoNews 9-17 Page 3 27 Apr 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 9-17 Page 4 27 Apr 1992 ====================================================================== ARTICLES ====================================================================== FidoNet echo help, guidance, etc... Original Message Date: 16 Apr 92 20:56:38 From: Wilma Morgel on 1:105/77 To: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111 Subj: Policy Echo [...] If you are wondering about an echo where anyone who is able to access FidoNet echos can go and look for help/guidence/etc. it does exist (almost 3 years old now). The name is NET-POL and it is on the backbone. I don't claim we can solve all the problems in FidoNet, but we (the echo) has been able to help quite a few FidoNet users with various problems. The members of the echo range from very young bbs callers to (last I knew) RC's, EC's and NC's, with everything in between. Wilma (Originator/Moderator Net-Pol) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Form FidoCon '92 "Gateway Networking" September 4-6 Summit Hotel Dallas, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------- Price schedule -------------- Single occupancy for 2 nights, airport transportation, conference with breaks, lunch each day, Saturday banquet ..................... $172.80 Double occupancy for 2 nights, airport transportation, conference with breaks, lunch each day, Saturday banquet ..................... $244.80 No sleeping room, conference with breaks, lunch each day, Saturday banquet ...................... $64.00 Thursday night early arrival .......................... $49.00 FidoNews 9-17 Page 5 27 Apr 1992 Saturday banquet only ................................. $30.00 Conference and breaks only ............................ $10.00 Credit Card fee ....................................... $10.00 Registration postmarked after May 30 .................. $10.00 Registration postmarked after July 31 ................. $20.00 Official FidoCon '92 T-Shirt .......................... $12.00 At the door ...................................... $15.00 Official FidoCon '92 Mug .............................. $8.00 At the door ...................................... $10.00 Official FidoCon '92 Cap ............................... $6.00 At the door ...................................... $7.00 Galleria Mall Day Bus Trip ............................. $1.00 One beer from Henry's keg .............................. $5.00 One beer from Henry's keg in your FidoCon mug .......... $3.00 One pizza .............................................. Regular price One more pizza ......................................... 4 bucks One more pizza ......................................... 4 bucks One more pizza ......................................... 4 bucks ------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Network address: Mailing address: Voice phone number: Please circle the items from the above list that you desire, and indicate quantity if applicable. If you wish to split the cost of a double occupancy room and want us to find you a roommate: FidoNews 9-17 Page 6 27 Apr 1992 You must pay the full price for a single occupancy room at the time your register. We will refund the difference at the conference if we are able to find you a match. Please indicate if you have any preferences about your roommate (i.e. smoking/non-smoking). If you will be sharing a double occupancy room, please give us the name of the other person: Would you like a room with a modular phone jack? Do you require any special (i.e. wheelchair) facilities? Do you desire information about rental cars? What date/time do you plan to arrive in Dallas? What date/time do you plan to leave? Since the hotel rooms cannot receive direct-dialed calls without going through the hotel operator, we're considering installing an outline line as a "FidoCon hub" to route netmail to the various hotel rooms. If you're planning to bring a portable computer with modem, do you have any interest in participating in this? ------------------------------------------------------------- Please make your check or money order out to "FidoCon 92". Note the May 30th and July 31st deadlines and associated late charges above. If you wish to pay by credit card, please contact 1:1/92 for more information. Mail your payment to: FidoCon '92 PO Box 550542 Dallas, TX 75355-0542 For more information, send netmail to 1:1/92 or 1:124/6119, or call John Summers voice at the FidoCon '92 Hotline 1-800-899-3585. Exhibitors and speakers are currently being sought. Please send your proposal to the address above. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aloha from Hawaii! by Lou Ludwig 1:345/20 and Pj Estes 1:345/10 Did you know the single word, Aloha, means more than just hello or good-bye? It also means love, kindness, affection, or goodwill. This one word conveys the Hawaiian attitude better than any other I can think of. FidoNews 9-17 Page 7 27 Apr 1992 Hawaii. The state, the myths, the lifestyle, the people.... Almost everyone dreams at one time or another of the beautiful tropical setting of our 50th state. To some it's their dream vacation. To others it's their dream of living here. Yet others may just have a curiosity of the history, culture, or tourist attractions which are so abundant on the islands. Until I moved here my knowledge of Hawaii consisted of what I had seen on TV or read in books. Things like bits about the Pearl Harbor attack, fantasy TV series such as Hawaii Five-O and Magnum PI, and the glamour of the ads in travel brochures - Life in the fastlane... Oh Boy! Was I ever in for a culture shock! Although it wasn't everything I had expected (Is it ever?), I'm not the least bit dissapointed with my decision to move here. Hawaii has so much to offer. We here on the islands would like to share the "Spirit of Aloha" and information that we have found with others, to help everyone become more aware of Hawaii and all it has to offer. Whether the topic is History, the Economy, Beaches, or anything in-between, you're sure to find the answers here. Whatever your attraction to Hawaii is, you're sure to enjoy this echo. Why not join us and catch the "Aloha Spirit"? Contact our NEC, Bill Arrington at 1:345/7 for the "HAWAII" feed today! He'll be more than happy to hook ya up, and as soon as we can get enough people involved we will be moving to the Backbone for distribution. Aloha and Mahalo. Hope to see you all here soon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- by Cal Gardner, 1:247/99 (moderator) A new echo has been created in Net 247 called DR_DOS. This echo is aimed towards users and SysOps who run DR-DOS, or are interested in DR-DOS. The echo is open to all who wish it. The echo though will have to be picked up from 247/99 since it is not on the backbone. At least not yet. NETMail Cal Gardner, 1:247/99 to get hooked up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- by Dave Stoddard Perot_92 Echo Started We are pleased to announce the creation of PEROT_92, an echo devoted to the discussion of H. Ross Perot's candidacy for the Presidency. FidoNews 9-17 Page 8 27 Apr 1992 Distribution at this point is limited, but feeds can be arranged at 1:260/246 and 1:260/222. We assume other feeds will be available as the echo, like Ross' campaign, grows. (This echo is not affiliated with the official H. Ross Perot petition drive. Yet.) PEROT in 92! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "P_news" PROGRESSIVE News & Views There are ALTERNATIVES. This is an echo conference for articulating ideas that challenge prevailing views. Except for "Anews" and very few others, there is a shortage of alternative networks. BUT NOW, there is "progressive" news, views & poetry. Why another alternative echo? Why not? Why not a dozen alternative echos to discuss NEW VISIONS? Discuss the news you read in the alternative press and on Anews, nytransfer, peaceNet, ecoNet, conflictNet with a little poetry thrown in. What is P_news? It is "Progressive" news, views & poetry. The "P" also stands for a "Peaceful" resolution of conflicts, wherever possible and not wars for oil or tyranny or right wing dictatorships because they are supportive of exploitive social orders. No more genocide in our name. It stands for "Poetry", that contains social commentary, and relates to the human condition. Poetry contains a language of its own. It is metaphor and images, a painting on the canvass of the mind, using words to evoke feelings and stir the sleeping soul. And it stands for "Progressive", that tendency for justice and more humane attitudes and a recognition that abuses will occur unless we vigilently struggle for the protection of the weakest, the dowtrodden and the most unfortunate among us. It is the recognition that we desperately need a clean environment, affordable housing, decent mass transportation. We need sanity and to vigorously move away from the conspiratorical hypocracy that rules. We need democracy for all the people and we don't have it, not enough of it, and we aim to get it, and that's human nature----or put in another way, in the nature of our humanity, to insist on decency, peace, and social justice. FidoNews 9-17 Page 9 27 Apr 1992 This echo is for PROGRESSIVE positions only. NO flames! NO right wing debate. NOT a forum for reactionary politics. We hope to be on the national backbone soon. Ask your sysop to have the REC request it on the ZEC conference echo so we can establish your link to P_news. Hank Roth, moderator ###### Work for Peace & Justice ####### P_news is available from 151/1000 (Amnon Nissan, Sysop (REC) (Infosys/E-mail to: 151/101) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 9-17 Page 10 27 Apr 1992 ====================================================================== LATEST VERSIONS ====================================================================== Latest Greatest SoftWare Versions Latest Update: 01/27/92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MS-DOS Systems -------------- BBS Software NodeList Utilities Compression Name Version Name Version Utilities -------------------- -------------------- Name Version ADTBBS 1.50@ EditNL 4.00 -------------------- Aurora 1.32b FDND 1.10 ARC 7.12 DMG 2.93 MakeNL 2.31 ARJ 2.20 DreamBBS 1.05 Parselst 1.33 LHA 2.13 Fido/FidoNet 12.21 Prune 1.40 PAK 2.51 Genesis Deluxe 3.2 SysNL 3.14 PKPak 3.61 GSBBS 3.02 XlatList 2.90 PKZip 1.10 Kitten 1.01 XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 Lynx 1.30 Maximus-CBCS 2.00 Merlin 1.39n Other Utilities(A-M) Other Utilities(N-Z) Opus 1.73a* Name Version Name Version Oracomm 5.M.6P@ -------------------- -------------------- Oracomm Plus 6.E@ 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b PCBoard 14.5a 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35 Phoenix 1.07* ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a ProBoard 1.20* ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02 QuickBBS 2.75 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10 RBBS 17.3b ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a RemoteAccess 1.11* Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a SimplexBBS 1.05 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04 SLBBS 2.15C* DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11 Socrates 1.11 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00 SuperBBS 1.12* DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0 SuperComm 0.99 EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28 TAG 2.5g EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00 TBBS 2.1 EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12 TComm/TCommNet 3.4 FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x Telegard 2.7* FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C TPBoard 6.1 FNPGate 2.70 SquishMail 1.00 TriTel 2.0* GateWorks 3.06e StarLink 1.01 WildCat! 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It will be taken over by someone else. In the mean time hold onto your hats (and programs). Watch for an announcement within a week or two. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNews 9-17 Page 16 27 Apr 1992 ====================================================================== FIDONEWS INFORMATION ====================================================================== ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ---------------- Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello "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. Opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews. FidoNews is copyright 1992 Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews (we're easy). OBTAINING COPIES: FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from the FidoNews BBS via manual download or Wazoo FileRequest, or from various sites in the FidoNet and via uucp. PRINTED COPIES mailed may be obtained from Fido Software for $5.00US each PostPaid First Class within North America, or $7.00US elsewhere, mailed Air Mail. (US funds drawn upon a US bank only.) Periodic subscriptions are not available at this time; if enough people request it I will implement it. SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable from 1:1/1 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". FidoNews 9-17 Page 17 27 Apr 1992 "Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are used with permission. -- END ----------------------------------------------------------------------