F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 50 9 December 1996 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ HAPPY HANUKKAH! Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Don't you hate it when that happens? ..................... 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 released! ........................... 2 A call for Windows Programmers! .......................... 2 3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4 FidoNet Standard FTS-0008 - Bark extension ............... 4 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 16 Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 341 ...... 16 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 17 RUSH JOB Calendar ........................................ 17 TechnoVocabulary ......................................... 17 6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 22 Happy Hanukkah! .......................................... 22 7. NOTICES .................................................. 24 Animaniacs echo on the Z1 Backbone! ...................... 24 Future History ........................................... 24 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 26 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 26 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 33 This Space intentionally left blank? ..................... 33 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 34 FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 1 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= When my system moved from 1:374/14 to 1:18/14, I thought I'd sent out notices to everyone my system connected to with any regularity. I seemed to have missed a few and a few seemed to have forgotten to convert their settings. If you have Echomail or files set to exchange with me, you MUST go change everything from 1:374/14 to 1:18/14. You ALSO must kill off all references to 1:374/14 to avoid duping traffic or files back to the old Node even when you made the conversion to the new Node. AND you GOTTA remember to reset those poll events for 1:18/14 or your traffic is going to pile up here like several piles waiting for recontact [some of which go back to September]. As for sending to 1:1/23, everybody must have updated their Nodelist since September, jah? [grin] I also added a couple more Internet addresses to my contact list in the Masthead. I've had the msn.com one for some time but forgot about it since I rarely use it. I just added an AOL link [it wasn't my idea; my son has been bugging me for that connect for months.] as well. This week's FidoNet Standard is short [compared to the last 3] so the Issue won't run 65 pages today. [grin] Still waiting for .BIOs [they don't have to follow any particular format - just tell about you and FidoNet] and more ASCII art for the Comix page. C'mon. Send me an early Christmas present or a late Hanukkah present or just shut me up about it. [snicker] Enjoy! C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 2 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 release announcement by Joaquim Homrighausen, 2:201/330 STOCKHOLM December 3, 1996 Definite Solutions is proud to announce yet another addition to its FrontDoor line of products: FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 for the Windows operating environment! Have you been looking for that all-in-one, fully integrated, windows-based client/point package? Well, we just might have something that'll blow your socks off. Up to 2000 folders, organized into groups and sub-groups with ease. Automatic folder creation for newly received conferences. Manage your conferences (EchoMail) without manually written Areafix requests. Full support for real reply threading. Support for proportional and fixed-pitch fonts. Choose from one of three user interface levels, hiding those functions that just might be a bit too much - or get down to the nitty gritty technical details. Connect to any EMSI-capable server, such as FrontDoor by a dial-up connection. Connect to a FrontDoor server across a LAN. Attach to multiple server/boss systems. Configure separate Internet gateways on a per-server basis with automatic recognition of Internet e-mail addresses. Use any alternative Windows COMM driver including cFos/Win and Stomper. Name macros to avoid having to remember how to spell annoyingly long names like Joaquim Homrighausen. Private and public phone books with auto-add possibilities of unlisted senders and recipients. Automatic recognition and decompression of mail archives stored in the PKZIP 2.x, ARJ, PAK, and PKARC formats. Runs under Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2 (WinOS2). This is the Shareware version of FrontDoor APX/w 1.10 with a 30-day evaluation period, after which registration (+/- USD $35 depending on country and currency) is required. FidoNet file request: FDAPX110.* (RAR 2.x, roughly 1MB) FDAPXW (magic filename) from 1:360/1, 1:170/400, 1:2401/305 2:201/329, 2:201/330, 2:203/302, 2:2/254, 2:220/470, 2:236/64, 2:254/226, 2:292/904, 2:331/501, 2:512/5, 3:713/700, 6:600/600 FTP: ftp.abs.finlink.lu (/pub/abs/abs) WWW: http://abs.finlink.lu ----------------------------------------------------------------- by Louie Gonsalves, 1:2808/16, sysop@phosphor.datasync.com FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 3 9 Dec 1996 --------------------------------------------------------------------- FidoNET needs Windows software! After seeing the nodelist decrease steadily over the last year or so, it occurred to me that part of the decline in Fido systems, and user participation, is the lack of good, end-user Windows software. Now, before the purists amongst us scream "BLASPHEMY!!," consider the facts: 1. A great number of users these days are of the Windows persuasion, with little or no knowledge of DOS. How can these users, without getting a crash-course in DOS, be active participants in Fido, a DOS-dominated endeavor? 2. DOS, at least to the media, and the general public, is a dead horse. Die-hards still use it, as well as others who can't, or refuse, to go to Windows. People see a DOS screen and scream. FidoNET seems to be ignoring this rather large market... we are isolating ourselves from the general computing public, and we don't know it. A couple of days ago, Definite Solutions released FrontDoor APX for Windows, version 1.10. This is a Windows-based program, written by Mats Wallin of Definite Solutions (Makers of FrontDoor). It's a fully-contained FTN point package, with it's own comm system, (no fossil needed), tosser/scanner, editor. Will also go thru a LAN to grab packets (great for a BBS that runs in a LAN)... best of all, it's SHAREWARE, and priced VERY reasonably... This is *not* an ad, but just an example of what can be done in Windows. Kudos to Mats and the rest of the folks at DS for releasing such an impressive package for Win! Now, we gotta get more folks doing this! Freq FDAPX110.EXE from 1:2808/16, or WWW at www.abs.finlink.lu (Definite Solutions' web page). ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 4 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= GETTING TECHNICAL ================================================================= [This is part of a continuing series of FidoNet Standards and Proposals published here for information and as part of our ongoing FidoNet History project. It has been reformatted for the 70 column restriction and 80 column tables have been disrupted. For a clear copy, file-request FTS-0008.ZIP.] Ed. Document: FTS-0008 Version: 003 Date: 15-Oct-1990 Updates: FTS-0001 An Enhanced FidoNet(r) Technical Standard Extending FTS-0001 to include Bark requests October 15, 1990 Status of this document: This document specifies an optional standard for the FidoNet community. Implementation of the protocols defined in this document is not mandatory, but all implementations of these protocols are expected to adhere to this standard. Distribution of this document is subject to the limitations of the copyright notice displayed below. Copyright 1989-90 by Philip L. Becker. Portions of this document are copyright 1986-90 by Randy Bush and are incorporated with his consent. All rights reserved. A right to distribute only without modification and only at no charge is granted. Under no circumstances is this document to be reproduced or distributed as part of or packaged with any product or other sales transaction for which any fee is charged. Any and all other reproduction or excerpting requires the explicit written consent of the copyright holders. A. Introduction 1. This Document This document describes the standard for "Bark" type FidoNet file request operation. Bark file requests are an extension to the basic FTS-0001 mail session, and this document presents these requests as a modification to that document. 2. What are File Requests? File Requests are a way of requesting that a specific file be sent during a FidoNet mail session. This has many advantages over FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 5 9 Dec 1996 simply logging on to a BBS and downloading a file: o You need not be a validated user o You don't have to spend time searching for the file on the BBS o You can schedule the file request to take place at any time without your being near your computer. There are two commonly used types of file requests on FidoNet today, WaZOO and Bark requests. WaZOO requests are used by Opus and BinkleyTerm, and are not documented here. See the document FTS-0006 by V. Perriello for a description of these. Bark requests were the first file request extension to the FTS-0001 protocol, and are supported (at least partially) by many mailers, including SEAdog, Dutchie, BinkleyTerm, and to a certain extent Opus. This document describes how to implement Bark-type file requests. B. Terms Used in this Document 1. The diagrams and notations used in this document are the same as those used in the FTS-0001 document. Please see FTS-0001 for a description of these. This document should be considered as an extension to the FTS-0001 session layer protocol, and you will require FTS-0001 in addition to this document to fully understand what is presented here. In addition to the data description language described in FTS-0001 section A.4, one extra terminal used in this notation: (* terminals *) someName - String of up to max chars, NOT null terminated C. Performing File Requests 1. Introduction A Bark request consists of transmitting a special Bark Request packet which contains a filename, a date (used for update requests), and optionally a password. The system receiving the request then decides if it can send the requested file or not, and if it can does so using the same protocol used to send attached files. Bark request handling is always controlled by the answering system, and consists of two phases. In phase one, the receiving system asks the calling system to honor requests it may have to ask for files from the caller. In phase two, the receiving system allows the calling system to request files from it. Update file requests are the same as normal file requests, with one exception. If the date in the Bark Request packet (described below) is greater than or equal to the date of the actual file requested, the file will not be sent. The requestor should set FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 6 9 Dec 1996 the date to the date of the the actual file on its own end if an update request is desired. D. The Bark Request Packet 1. Data Link Layer Data Definition. The Bark Request packet is a variable-sized packet containing a header, a filename, a date (which is used only for update requests - in a normal file request it's 0) and an optional password. When receiving a Bark Request packet, the ETX may be used to determine the end of the data portion. Note that the CRC is sent in the reverse byte order of a normal CRC XMODEM data block (see FTS-0001 section G.1). Note: some systems will send a password in the data block even if none is needed. Incoming passwords should be ignored unless the other system is trying to request a passworded file. Bark File Request Packet Offset dec hex .-----------------------------------------------. 0 0 | ACK - Start of Bark Request - 06H | +-----------------------------------------------+ 1 1 | Filename - Packed DOS file format | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | SPACE - 20H | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | Date (0 if not Update Request) | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | SPACE - 20H (only if pswd follows) | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | Password (optional) | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | ETX - End of RESYNC packet - 03H | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | (*1) CRC low order byte | +-----------------------------------------------+ n n | (*1) CRC high order byte | `-----------------------------------------------' *1 - CRC does not include the ACK or ETX and is in the reverse byte order from the CRC in a normal XMODEM data packet. 2. Data Description Notation of Bark Request Packet DataBlock (no password) = ACK Filename<12> Space Date<11> ETX FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 7 9 Dec 1996 CRC DataBlock (with password) = ACK Filename<12> Space Date<11> Space Password<6|8> ETX CRC ACK = 06H (* Header for file request block *) Space = 20H (* Space character *) ETX = 03H (* End of block *) Filename (* Name of file requested *) Date (* ASCII string; the number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 *) Password (* The password needed to request this file, if any. Maximum length is 6 for BinkleyTerm and Opus, 8 for SEAdog and Dutchie. *) CRC = crc[2] (* CCITT Cyclic Redundancy Check. The same algorithm as used for XModem CRCs. The CRC is calculated on all data in the block between but not including the ACK and the ETX *) E. Session Layer Protocol: This section describes the modified FTS-0001 session layer protocol. This is the only area of FTS-0001 which is modified to implement Bark style file requests. File Requests are performed at the end of the normal FidoNet mail session, after any mail pickup is performed. The diagrams below desribe the session level protocol with Bark file requests implemented. The state tables have been broken into subroutines but the FTS-0001 portion is not functionally changed. FTS-0001 sender states S4 through S7 are now table "Send Mail SM0". FTS-0001 receiver states R3 through R6 are now table "Receive Mail RM0". They are not functionally changed in any way from FTS-0001, they are just broken out to allow them to be used as subroutines. Finally Sender states S0 through S3 are unchanged, as are Receiver states R0 through R2. The remaining FTS-0001 states are enhanced to implement the Bark file request protocol. In addition, the subroutine state tables "Send Bark SB0" and "Receive Bark RB0" have been added to handle the actual file requests. The following diagrams fully replace the Session Layer protocol state tables in FTS-0001. No other changes to FTS-0001 are required to implement the Bark File request feature. FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 8 9 Dec 1996 Sender (Top level) .-----+----------+-------------------------+---------------------- ---+-----. |State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s) | Next| | # | Name | | | St | +-----+----------+-------------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | S0 | SendInit | | dial modem | S1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | S1 | WaitCxD |1| carrier detected | delay 1-5 seconds | S2 | | | (*1) | | | Set SLO if > 2400bps, | | | | | | | Reset SLO if <= 2400bps | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| busy, etc. | report no connection | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| voice | report no carrier | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| carrier not detected | report no connection | exit| | | | | within 60 seconds | | | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | S2 | WhackCRs |1| over 30 seconds | report no response | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| ?? s received | delay 1 sec | S3 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| s not received | send | S2 | | | | | | delay ??? secs | | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | S3 | WaitClear|1| no input for 0.5 secs | send TSYNCH = AEH | S4 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| over 60 seconds | hang up, report garbage | exit| | | | | and line not clear | | | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | S4 | SendMail | | (Send Mail SM0) FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 9 9 Dec 1996 | S5 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | S5 | TryPickup|1| Rcv TSYNC | (Receive Mail RM0) | S5 | | | (*2) +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Rcv SYN | (Receive Bark Req RB0) | S5 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| Rcv ENQ | (Do Bark Requests SB0) | S5 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| Rcv 'C' or NAK | Send EOT | S5 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |5| Rcv Other Char | Send SUB | S5 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |6| No Data for 45 secs | Hang Up | exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----' *1 - This state is shown for the extended SEAlink protocol. Omit the set/reset SLO actions if adding Bark to a strict FTS-0001 protocol implementation, or if not implementing overdrive in SEAdog. *2 - To refuse to pickup mail (S5.1) may send a CAN and stay in (S5). Note: Although the above shows the sender emitting only one TSYNCH, it is recommended that a timeout of 5-20 seconds should initiate another TSYNCH. The receiver should tolerate multiple TSYNCHs. Receiver (Top Level) The receiving FSM is given an external timer, the expiration of which will cause termination with a result of 'no calls' (R0.2). .-----+----------+-------------------------+---------------------- ---+-----. |State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s) | Next| | # | Name | | | St | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R0 | WaitCxD |1| carrier detected | | R1 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| external timer expires| report no calls FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 10 9 Dec 1996 | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R1 | WaitBaud |1| baud rate detected | send signon with s | R2 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| no detect in ?? secs | hang up, report no baud | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------- ----------------+-----+ | R2 | WaitTsync|1| TSYNCH received | ignore input not TSYNCH | R3 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| 60 seconds timeout | hang up, report not Fido| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------- ---------------+-----+ | R3 | RecMail | | (Receive Mail RM0) | R4 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R4 | AllowPkup|1| Have pickup for sender| Send Tsync, | R5 | | | | | | Set T1=1 sec | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| No pickup for sender | | R6 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R5 | WtPickup |1| Rcv NAK or 'C' | (Send Mail SM0) | R6 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Rcv SUB | Send Tsync, | R5 | | | | | | Set T1=1 sec | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| Rcv CAN | Report Mail Refused | R6 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| T1 expired | Send Tsync, | R5 | | | | | | Set T1=1 sec | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |5| 45 secs in R5 | Hang Up, report error | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R6 | AskBark |1| Wish to make requests | Send SYN | R7 | | | (*1) +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| No requests to make | FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 11 9 Dec 1996 | R8 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R7 | DoRequest|1| Rcv CAN | Report Requests Refused | R8 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Rcv ENQ | (Send Bark SB0) | R8 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| Rcv SUB | Send SYN | R7 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| Rcv NAK or 'C' | Send EOT | R6 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |5| Rcv Other | eat character | R7 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |6| 5 sec, no input | Send SYN | R7 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |7| 45 secs in R7 | | R8 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | R8 | WtPickup |1| Allow File Request | (Receive Bark RB0), | exit| | | | | | Hang Up | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Disallow Requests | Hang Up | exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----' *1 - Some implementations always do (R6.1) even if they have no requests. Sender - Send Mail .-----+----------+-------------------------+---------------------- ---+-----. |State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s) | Next| | # | Name | | | St | +-----+----------+-------------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | SM0 | SendMail | | (XMODEM send packet XS0)| SM1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------- ---------------+-----+ | SM1 | CheckMail|1| XMODEM successful | (Fido registers success)| SM2 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| XMODEM fail or timeout| hang up, report mail bad| exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+----------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 12 9 Dec 1996 --------------+-----+ | SM2 | SendFiles| | (BATCH send files BS0) | SM3 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------- -----------------+-----+ | SM3 | CheckFile|1| BATCH send successful | report success | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| BATCH send failed | hang up, rept files fail| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------- ---------------+-----' Sender - Send Bark .-----+----------+-------------------------+---------------------- ---+-----. |State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s) | Next| | # | Name | | | St | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | SB0 | SendBark |1| File to request | Build Bark Request Pkt, | SB1 | | | | | | Set tries = 0 | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| No more files to req | Send ETB | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | SB1 | AskFile | | Send Bark Packet | SB2 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | SB2 | RcvFile |1| Rcv ACK | (Batch Receive BR0) | SB3 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Tries > 5 | Send ETB, report failed | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| Rcv Other | Purge input, Incr tries | SB1 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| 10 sec w/o ACK | Incr tries | SB1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | SB3 | NxtFile |1| Rcv ENQ | | SB0 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Rcv Other | Purge Input | SB3 | FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 13 9 Dec 1996 | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| 5 sec, no input | Send SUB | SB3 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| 45 sec in SB3 | Hang up, report error | exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----' Sender & Receiver - Receive Mail .-----+----------+-------------------------+---------------------- ---+-----. |State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s) | Next| | # | Name | | | St | +-----+----------+-------------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RM0 | RecMail | | (XMODEM rec packet XR0) | RM1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------- ----------------+-----+ | RM1 | XRecEnd |1| XMODEM successful | delay 1 second | RM2 | | | | | | flush input | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| XMODEM failed | hang up, rept mail fail | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+--------- ----------------+-----+ | RM2 | RecFiles | | (BATCH rec files BR0) | RM3 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RM3 | ChkFiles |1| BATCH recv successful | delay 2 secs, rprt good | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| BATCH recv failed | hang up, report bad file| exit| `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+---------- ---------------+-----' Sender & Receiver - Receive Bark .-----+----------+-------------------------+---------------------- ---+-----. |State| State | Predicate(s) | Action(s) | Next| | # | Name | | | St | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RB0 | HonorReq |1| Ok to honor request | Purge Input, Send ENQ, | RB1 | | | | | | Set T1 = 2 seconds | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Don't wish to honor | Send CAN FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 14 9 Dec 1996 | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RB1 | WaitBark |1| Got ACK | Rcv Bark Packet (*1) | RB2 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Got ETB | Report done | exit| | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| Got ENQ | Send ETB | RB0 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |4| T1 expired | Purge Input, Send ENQ, | RB1 | | | | | | Set T1 = 2 seconds | | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |5| 20 seconds in RB1 | Hang Up, Report error | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RB2 | AckBark |1| Bark Pkt Rcvd Good | Send ACK | RB3 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Bark Pkt Rcv Error | Send NAK | RB1 | +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RB3 | WaitStrt |1| Got 'C' or NAK | | RB4 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| No data for 3 seconds | Send ACK | RB3 | | | +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |3| 15 seconds in RB3 | Hang Up, Report Error | exit| +-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----+ | RB4 | SendFile |1| Can snd requested file| (Batch Send File BS0) | RB0 | | | (*2) +-+-----------------------+---------------------- ---+-----+ | | |2| Can't send file | Send EOT | RB0 | `-----+----------+-+-----------------------+-------------- -----------+-----' *1 - If SUB (16H) received before ETX go to RB0 to resync bark receive *2 - While deciding if file exists, and if the password allows it to be sent etc., a NUL may be sent to buy 20 seconds more on the timeout on the other end if it is using the SEAlink extended FTS-0001 specification protocol. Sending a NUL is harmless for a strict FTS-0001 session, but will not buy more time. FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 15 9 Dec 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 16 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= COORDINATORS CORNER ================================================================= Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 341 By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 ZC/2 +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ |Zone|Nl-313|Nodelist-320|Nodelist-327|Nodelist-334|Nodelist-341|%%| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 1 | 11332|11127 -205 |11127 0 |10931 -196 |10931 0 |37| | 2 | 16157|16300 143 |16291 -9 |16240 -51 |16185 -55 |54| | 3 | 942| 929 -13 | 905 -24 | 886 -19 | 882 -4 | 3| | 4 | 620| 620 0 | 589 -31 | 584 -5 | 578 -6 | 2| | 5 | 95| 95 0 | 94 -1 | 94 0 | 94 0 | 0| | 6 | 1007| 999 -8 | 1008 9 | 1008 0 | 1006 -2 | 3| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 30153|30070 -83 |30014 -56 |29743 -271 |29676 -67 | +------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 17 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= RUSH JOB Calendar by August Abolins - eXpress >< conneXions, 1:253/60 (I wish that I could give proper credit to this creation, but I received it with no other source identification.) RUSH JOB CALENDAR ----------------------------------------------------------- NEG FRI FRI THU WED TUE MON =========================================================== 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 31 30 29 28 27 26 24 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 ----------------------------------------------------------- [1] Every job is in a rush. Everyone wants his job yesterday. With this calendar, a customer can order his work on the *seventh* and have it delivered on the *third*. [2] All customers want their jobs on *Friday* so there are *two Fridays* in every week. [3] There are seven days at the end of the month for those end-of-the-month jobs. [4] There will be no first-of-the-month bills to be paid, as there isn't any "first". The "tenth" and "twenty-fifth" have also been omitted in case you have been asked to pay them one of those days. [5] There are no bothersome nonproductive Saturdays or Sundays. No time-and-a-half or double-time to pay. [6] There's a new day each week called negotiation day. ==-\-== ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mike Riddle" To: "Baker, Christopher" Date: Mon, 18 Nov 96 11:21:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 18 9 Dec 1996 Subject: Fwd: Amusing New TechnoVocabulary (fwd) ==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== >From: Ross Kodner >To: mriddle@monarch.papillion.ne.us >Subject: Amusing New TechnoVocabulary (fwd) More amusement from my Anti-Gen X'er Windy City-trapped younger sibling, on his company's time undoubtedly avoiding having to talk to yet another cheapskate university about buying enough licenses of its statistical software: --TechnoTalk-- Dilberted To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week." Link Rot The process by which links on a web page became obsolete as the sites they're connected to change location or die. Chip Jewelry A euphemism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry." Crapplet A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!" Plug-and-Play A new hire who doesn't need any training. "The new guy, John, is great. He's totally plug-and-play." World Wide Wait The real meaning of WWW. CGI Joe A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skills and charisma of a plastic action figure. Dorito Syndrome Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 19 9 Dec 1996 surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome." Under Mouse Arrest Getting busted for violating an online service's rule of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. AOL put me under mouse arrest." Glazing Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings. "Didn't he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?" 404 Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web message "404, URL Not Found," meaning that the document you've tried to access can't be located. "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man." Dead Tree Edition The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms, as in: "The dead tree edition of the San Francisco Chronicle..." Egosurfing Scanning the net, databases, print media, or research papers looking for the mention of your name. Graybar Land The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the gray bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for what seemed like hours, thanks to that CAD rendering." Open-Collar Workers People who work at home or telecommute. Squirt The Bird To transmit a signal up to a satellite. "Crew and talent are ready...what time do we squirt the bird?" Brain Fart A byproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?" Variation of old hacker slang that had more negative connotations. Cobweb Site A World Wide Web Site that hasn't been updated for a long time. A FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 20 9 Dec 1996 dead web page. It's a Feature From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over. Keyboard Plaque The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque." Career-Limiting Move (CLM) Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM. Alpha Geek The most knowledgeable, technically-proficient person in an office or work group. "Ask Larry, he's the alpha geek around here." Adminisphere The rarified organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve. Tourists People who are taking training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. "We had about three serious students in the class; the rest were tourists." Blowing Your Buffer Losing one's train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking with won't let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. "Damn, I just blew my buffer!" Gray Matter Older, experienced business people hired by young entrepreneurial firms looking to appear more reputable and established. Bookmark To take note of a person for future reference (a metaphor borrowed from web browsers). "I bookmarked him after seeing his cool demo at COMDEX." Nyetscape FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 21 9 Dec 1996 Nickname for AOL's less-than-full-featured Web browser. Beepilepsy The brief seizure people sometimes suffer when their beepers go off, especially in vibrator mode. Characterized by physical spasms, goofy facial expressions, and stopping speech in mid-sentence. Salmon Day The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed in the end. --------------- Ross _____________________________________________________ Ross L. Kodner, Esq. Voice: 414-476-8433 MicroLaw, Inc. FAX: 414-476-8461 825 S. 60th St. E-Mail: rkodner@ix.netcom.com Milwaukee, WI 53214 Web: http://www.microlaw.com ABA LPM "Network 2d" Ass't Editor Always Seeking Great Articles! _____________________________________________________ ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 22 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= A couple Hanukkah comix from outta the past... Date: 03 Oct 90 18:09:07 From: Dave Aronson To: Bruce Wilson Subj: Re: Happy New Year ______________________________________________________________________ > Save this one for future reference: Or this one: O O O O O | | O O O O | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_| |_| |_| |_| \ / |_| |_| |_| |_| \ / \ / \ / \ / | \ / \ / \ / \ / | | | | | | | | | | | | \___|___/ | | | | | \________|________/ | | | \_____________|_____________/ | \__________________|__________________/ | | / \ .' `. _.-~_______~-._ H A P P Y C H A N U K A H ! Origin: TIDMADT Enterprises (703) 370-7054 (1:109/120) --- Date: 05 Dec 91 21:24:48 From: Mike Steiner To: ALL Subj: Happy Chanukah ______________________________________________________________________ * * * * * /_\ * * * * /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [===] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#############] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] // \\ [#] [#] [#] FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 23 9 Dec 1996 [#] [#] [#] ____//___\\____ [#] [#] [#] [#] [#] [###] \\ //_____\\ // [###] [#] [#] [#] [#] \\/ \// [#] [#] [################] //\ _____ /\\ [################] //_\\_____//_\\ \\ // \\ // [#] [#] [#####] [###########] [###############] Origin: Windows 3.0:From the People Who Brought You EDLIN(1:143/207.1) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 24 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= by Louie Gonsalves, 1:2808/16, sysop@phosphor.datasync.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The ANIMANIACS echo has been backboned in Z1! Ahoy, all you Animaniacs fanatics! The ANIMANIACS echo has been backboned, and is being distributed. Send your areafixes to the hub of your choice! Faboo! Lou ----------------------------------------------------------------- Future History 12 Dec 1996 Constitution Day, Russia 26 Jan 1997 Australia Day, Australia. 6 Feb 1997 Waitangi Day, New Zealand. 16 Feb 1997 Eleventh Anniversary of invention of Echomail by Jeff Rush. 29 Feb 1997 Nothing will happen on this day. 25 May 1997 Independence Day, Argentina 11 Jun 1997 Independence Day, Russia 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 31 Dec 1999 Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 25 9 Dec 1996 Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 26 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 Still in the process of catching up. Phased out this week: Oracomm 5.M.6P and Oracomm Plus 6.E Phase-out highlights: This week: ProBoard 1.20 and QuickBBS 2.75 Deadline for info: 20 Dec 1996. Last week: PCBoard 14.5a and Phoenix 1.07 Deadline for info: 13 Dec 1996. -=- Snip -=- Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column OS Platform : Software package name : Version : Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. : Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? : Author / Support staff contact name : Author / Support staff contact node : Magic name (at the above-listed node) : Please include a sentence describing what the package does. Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264 -=- Snip -=- MS-DOS: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP ALLFIX 4.33 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX Announcer 1.1 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX CheckPnt 0.5 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:297/11 IMAIL ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL InfoMail/386 1.20 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386 InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 27 9 Dec 1996 InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386 MakePl 1.8 N F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL Marena 1.1 beta O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX McMail 1.0g5 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT PcMerge 2.7 N F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE PlatinumXpress 1.1 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX11TD.ZIP RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA Silver Xpress Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES Reader 4.3 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR43.ZIP Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV WWIVTOSS 1.30 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS OS/2: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX FleetStreet 1.18 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO ImCrypt 1.04 O F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED PcMerge 2.3 N F Michiel van der Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2 Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2 Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2 Windows (16-bit apps): FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 28 9 Dec 1996 Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Windows (32-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT Unix: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ifmail 2.8g M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL ifmail-tx 2.8g-tx7.8 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Amiga: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK MsgEd 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Function: B-BBS, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser, C-Compression, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will be listed by the first match. Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial, X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source Old info from: 01/27/92 --------------------------------------------------------------------- MS-DOS Systems -------------- BBS Software NodeList Utilities Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- PCBoard 14.5a EditNL 4.00 MailBase 4.11a@ Phoenix 1.07* FDND 1.10 MSG 4.5* ProBoard 1.20* MakeNL 2.31 MsgLnk 1.0c QuickBBS 2.75 Parselst 1.33 MsgMstr 2.03a RBBS 17.3b Prune 1.40 MsgNum 4.16d RemoteAccess 1.11* SysNL 3.14 MSGTOSS 1.3 SimplexBBS 1.05 XlatList 2.90 Netsex 2.00b SLBBS 2.15C* XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 OFFLINE 1.35 Socrates 1.11 Oliver 1.0a SuperBBS 1.12* Other Utilities OSIRIS CBIS 3.02 SuperComm 0.99 Name Version PKInsert 7.10 FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 29 9 Dec 1996 TAG 2.5g -------------------- PolyXarc 2.1a TBBS 2.1 2DAPoint 1.50* QM 1.00a TComm/TCommNet 3.4 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 QSort 4.04 Telegard 2.7* ARCAsim 2.31 RAD Plus 2.11 TPBoard 6.1 ARCmail 3.00* Raid 1.00 WildCat! 3.02* Areafix 1.20 RBBSMail 18.0 XBBS 1.77 ConfMail 4.00 ScanToss 1.28 Crossnet 1.5 ScMail 1.00 Network Mailers DOMAIN 1.42 ScEdit 1.12 Name Version DEMM 1.06 Sirius 1.0x -------------------- DGMM 1.06 SLMail 2.15C BinkleyTerm 2.50 DOMAIN 1.42 StarLink 1.01 D'Bridge 1.30 EEngine 0.32 TagMail 2.41 Dreamer 1.06 EMM 2.11* TCOMMail 2.2 Dutchie 2.90c EZPoint 2.1 Telemail 1.5* Milqtoast 1.00 FGroup 1.00 TGroup 1.13 PreNM 1.48 FidoPCB 1.0s@ TIRES 3.11 SEAdog 4.60 FNPGate 2.70 TMail 1.21 SEAmail 1.01 GateWorks 3.06e TosScan 1.00 TIMS 1.0(mod8) GMail 2.05 UFGATE 1.03 GMD 3.10 VPurge 4.09e Compression GMM 1.21 WEdit 2.0@ Utilities GoldEd 2.31p WildMail 2.00 Name Version GROUP 2.23 WMail 2.2 -------------------- GUS 1.40 WNode 2.1 ARC 7.12 Harvey's Robot 4.10 XRS 4.99 ARJ 2.20 HeadEdit 1.18 XST 2.3e LHA 2.13 HLIST 1.09 YUPPIE! 2.00 PAK 2.51 ISIS 5.12@ ZmailH 1.25 PKPak 3.61 Lola 1.01d ZSX 2.40 PKZip 1.10 Mosaic 1.00b OS/2 Systems ------------ BBS Software Other Utilities(A-M Other Utilities(N-Z) Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Kitten 1.01 ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52 SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1 ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33 EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02 Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30 Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a -------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1 BinkleyTerm 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0 BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2 BinkleyTerm/2-MT MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0 1.40.02 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e SEAmail 1.01 Xenix/Unix 386 -------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 30 9 Dec 1996 BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ARC 5.21 C-LHARC 1.00 |Contact: Willy Paine 1:343/15,| MSGLINK 1.01 |or Eddy van Loo 2:285/406 | oMMM 1.42 Omail 1.00 ParseLst 1.32 Unzip 3.10 VPurge 4.08 Zoo 2.01 Macintosh --------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3 Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6 Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30 Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0 Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21 Telefinder Host Import 3.2 2.12T10 LHARC 0.41 MacArd 0.04 Mantissa 3.21 Point System Mehitable 2.0 Software OriginatorII 2.0 Name Version PreStamp 3.2 -------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6 Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2 CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92 MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6 TImport 1.92 Tset 1.3 TSort 1.0 UNZIP 1.02c Zenith 1.5 Zip Extract 0.10 Amiga ----- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 4D-BBS 1.65 BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48 DLG Pro. 0.96b TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5 Falcon CBCS 1.00 WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11 Starnet 1.0q@ ConfMail 1.12 TransAmiga 1.07 ElectricHerald 1.66 XenoLink 1.0 Compression FFRS 1.0@ FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 31 9 Dec 1996 Utilities FileMgr 2.08 Name Version Fozzle 1.0@ NodeList Utilities -------------------- Login 0.18 Name Version AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52 -------------------- booz 1.01 Message View 1.12 ParseLst 1.66 LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50 Skyparse 2.30 LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02 TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30 PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15 UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02 Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75 TrapToss 1.20 |Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02 Atari ST/TT ----------- BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@ FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.95* Burep 1.1 LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04 QuickBBS/ST 1.06* ConfMail 4.10 NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10 Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2 Compression -------------------- FastPack 1.20 Utilities ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14 Name Version EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40 -------------------- sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00 ARC 6.02 Trenum 0.10 LHARC 2.01i PackConvert STZip 1.1* UnJARST 2.00 WhatArc 2.02 Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II) -------------------------------------- BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities Name Version Name Version Name Version -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- RiBBS 2.02+ Ar 1.3 Ascan 1.2 DeArc 5.12 AutoFRL 2.0 OS9Arc 1.0 Bundle 2.2 UnZip 3.10 CKARC 1.1 UnLZH 3.0 EchoCheck 1.01 FReq 2.5a LookNode 2.00 ParseLST PReq 2.2 RList 1.03 FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 32 9 Dec 1996 RTick 2.00 UnBundle 1.4 UnSeen 1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Key to old info: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software) * - Recently Updated Version @ - New Addition -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 33 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ================================================================= [this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key] -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Clear-signing is Electronic Digital Authenticity! 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Sorry for any inconvenience. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 34 9 Dec 1996 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Christopher Baker Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Tom Jennings, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees "FidoNews Editor" FidoNet 1:1/23 BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds) more addresses: Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net cbaker84@aol.com cbaker84@msn.com cbak.rights@opus.global.org (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. Box 471 Edgewater, FL 32132-0471 U.S.A. voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please] [1800-0100 UTC/GMT] ------------------------------------------------------ FidoNews is 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. Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is Copyright 1996 Christopher Baker. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or the Editor. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet. PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request FIDONEWS 13-50 Page 35 9 Dec 1996 FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSDnn.LZH] for a particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the current year [6], i.e., FNWSMAY6.ZIP for all the Issues from May 96. Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number 1 - 12 for 1984 - 1995, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in size from 48K to 1.2M. 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Article submission requirements are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it. "Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141, and are used with permission. "Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all have to get in fights or something to amuse ourselves and create the requisite chaos." -Tom Jennings -30- -----------------------------------------------------------------