F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 29 21 July 1997 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | 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. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ WAS IT THE FULL MOON? Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Will a shorter Issue make for more readers? .............. 1 2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2 Re: Guest editorial of issue 14-28 ....................... 2 3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 4 A Users Manifesto ........................................ 4 REAL_FREE_SPEECH Echo .................................... 4 4. ARTICLES ................................................. 7 SIX MONTHS OF FIDO: nodelist day 313 1996, to day 122 1 .. 7 Re: FidoNet: Past and Future ............................. 8 5. COLUMNS .................................................. 11 FidoNet in Europe ........................................ 11 6. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 12 Subject: Nodelist flags .................................. 12 7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 15 If Klingons Wrote Code ................................... 15 8. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 16 Hurry, before you're banned! Use FIDOTEST ................ 16 9. NOTICES .................................................. 17 Future History ........................................... 17 10. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 18 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 18 11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 22 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 22 And more! FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 1 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Here's the test, then. [grin] This should be half to one third the size of usual editions. Must be those summer doldrums. More Echomail war stuff. Some new technical stuff still coming in spite of FTSC limbo. Our Europe columnist returns today. Our other columnist is moving and we all know what a pain that can be. The Future History section is shrinking as events pass by. If you have something you want there, send it in. Don't forget the many ways you can get your input into FidoNews. All the ways are detailed every week in the Masthead at the end of each Issue. And where is Doc Loggerhead? C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 2 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= GUEST EDITORIAL ================================================================= Re: Guest editorial of issue 14-28 by Damien Wellman damienw@juno.com I've been keeping a letter to FidoNews on the back burner for quite some time, but I've hesitated. The guest editorial of issue 14-28 prompted me to finally speak my piece. To the anonymous author of that editorial, thank you. I've wanted to say exactly what you did. I think the idea is fantastic; the Internet isn't a giant monolith, after all, it is "merely" a giant network of other networks. As Fidonet is the oldest and (IMHO) best of all the amateur nets, it's really a crime NOT to hook Fido up to the Internet. After all, while Netmail is not that great anymore (thanks to the wide availability of Internet email) Echomail and file echoes are, again IMHO, two of the best things about Fidonet. Echoes, unlike Usenet newsgroups, are better moderated, nearly spam-free, and unlike the commercial services, moderators don't have to worry about losing a job because they threw someone who was excessively annoying out of the echo... who just happens to be a paying customer. (AOL is very bad at this.) Plus, access to most BBSes is free or extremely low-cost... and unlike the Internet, will have more people local to you. After all, you can't talk much about a local flood in a newsgroup, but on a local BBS you can. And you'll have Fidonet as well... and under the two- line scheme proposed in the 14-28 guest editorial, the user can use Internet services as well, all for a fairly low cost. If it costs the sysop $25 a month for simple dial-up access, and each user pays even $15 a _year_ for this access, you don't need too many users to keep the costs down. It'll still cost the sysop some money - that's why this is a hobby rather than a business - but it won't be exceedingly pricey. I think lots of people would flock to Fidonet if they _only knew it existed_, and if it was easily accessible via internet (hence the transferring of mail packets through FTP rather than phone lines). In fact, the idea is very simple; keep the current process, changing ONLY the method of transportation. All that needs to be done is write software that is geared towards receiving it via FTP or similar rather than a phone call. It may not be THAT much of an "only", but it's hardly an insurmountable task. All I can say is this: all of the expert programmers and hackers out there should get cracking and figure out how to do this. Better yet, let's see if someone can do better than the currently-available kludges. There's no reason for Fidonet and BBSing to die out - it must simply adapt to a new set of conditions. Let's see if we can get a _growth_ in total number of nodes for once. FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 3 21 Jul 1997 Oh, and Chris - hope you don't mind my use of Tom Jennings' quote that appears in the end of Fidonews... hell, I hope *Tom* doesn't mind. :) +-----------------------------------------------+-------------+ "Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all|MegaZeux | have to get in fights or something to amuse |Quake | ourselves and create the requisite chaos." |GURPS | -Tom Jennings /---------------------------------+Final Fantasy| +------------/Email:DamienW@juno.com |Anime | http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/4204 |Annoying Sigs| "I love watching the mushroom clouds in the morn- WAIT A SEC.." ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 4 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ================================================================= --- Following message extracted from NETMAIL @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Mon Jul 14 04:00:19 1997 From: Nic Boie @ 1:282/3043 To: Editor @ 1:18/14 Date: 07 Jul 97 14:32:04 Subj: FidoNews Please put this into the next FidoNews issue. A Users Manifesto by Nic Boie(Shensey) I live in a new community. It is called "CyberSpace". CyberSpace is held together by the members. The United States of America thought they could limit us. They tried to pass the CDA. It failed. I will NOT go down without a fight. We will NOT give our freedoms up because parents cannot monitor their children. If a kid wants porn, their gonna get it. No matter what you do/say. It has been, is, and always will be this way. We live this community, most all of the users feel the same way. Do your math, what side has more? Think about this: No matter what restrictions you put on us, we will still do it. And you cant catch 100,000,000 people. Shensey a member of the United States of America and CyberSpace. p.s. When I say CyberSpace I refer to ALL online sources Including but not limiting to BBS's, INTERNET, and FIDONET. -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To: bbodger@ttown.com Cc: wsl3@juno.com, kb6pi@juno.com, cbaker84@digital.net, budscan@juno.com, dmilner@southeast.net, mba@financier.com Subject: Re: REAL_FREE_SPEECH echo From: wsl3@juno.com (William S Lockwood III) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:55:25 EDT First off, I'm in the middle of a move, and am not anywhere I can set my system up right now. I should return to the nodelist in about a week or two. Until that time, all moderator duties are handled by my second, Brent Hamm. A copy of this is being forwarded to him so that he may act on your complaint. Second, I submitted no rules file when I re-listed REAL_FREE_SPEECH. This was intentional. It is now an area devoted to actual free speech, not the censorship that you and the rest of the "backbone" folks now like to employ. FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 5 21 Jul 1997 Third, I'd really like this posted to the snooze Chris, it's the only way I think Bruce can be kept honest. With Gassho, Scott http://shoga.wwa.com/~tj/ mailto:wsl3@juno.com On Mon, 14 Jul 1997 19:53:38 +500 "Bruce Bodger" writes: >You are receiving this message as you are the listed Moderator of the >REAL_FREE_SPEECH echo. > >Messages as below violate your own echo rules. I understand that the >Backbone requires that you police your echo to ensure that it follows >its published topic. It appears that you are not living up to your >responsibility. Is it your desire that the echo be removed from >Backbone distribution? If not, I ask that you handle your Moderator >responsibilities. > >Bruce Bodger > > >On: Mon 14 Jul 97 8:16a >By: BullWinkle >To: Jack Kinney >Re: -FLAME ECHO- >St: > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >AREA:REAL_FREE_SPEECH >Hello Jack. > >12 Jul 97 10:26, Jack Kinney wrote to Bullwinkle: > > JK> Bullwinkle, > JK> > B >> 10 Jul 97 08:50, Hey Rocky! Jack Kinney pulled -FLAME ECHO- >outta > B >> his ass!: > JK> > JK> > B >.K>>> "Hey Rocky, Jack Kinney just pulled "I Sucks um full > B >.K>>> length" > B >.K>>> outta > B >.K>>> his ass. > B >JK>> > B >. >>> Bodger's little faggot buddy, Jack... > B >JK>> > B >JK>> > B >JK>> > B >JK>> You blew it! Now everybody knows the truth about Kinney. > JK> > JK> Listen to Bullwinkle; > JK> > JK> FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 6 21 Jul 1997 > B >> Two can play the game...Kinney sucks on the end of Bodger's > B >> dork.... > JK> > JK> > JK> > JK> ___ > JK> * UniQWK #5250* Bullwinkle ..."Hey Rocky, look "Jack just > JK> pulled Bodgers dink outta his ASS" > JK> > >Got anything original, Jack? > > >BullWinkle > >... I've upped my standards.... Up yours! > * Origin: FLAME Backbone * Pacific Star (1:202/909.10) > -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 7 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= SIX MONTHS OF FIDO: nodelist day 313 1996, to day 122 1997: a roundup of nodelist statistics By Ronnie L. Grant, 1:102/836 ronnie.grant@global.dyn.ml.org Ward Dossche, the Zone 2 Coordinator, has been posting nodelist statistics in FidoNews every week, showing information from the last five nodelists. Inspired by that, and wanting some longer-term data, I have compiled this information covering 22 nodelists: from Friday, November 8, 1996 -- Day number 313, thru Friday, May 4, 1997 -- Day 122. Table I shows some fun statistics focusing on the nodelist itself, including status flags and the actual uncompressed file sizes. Tables II and III break down the number of nodes by zone; the percentages at the right is that zone's percentage of all nodes worldwide. Table IV shows the net change for each zone and worldwide between day 313 and 122. If you find errors in the math, please submit them as a FidoNews proofreading (.PRF) article; note that some percentages are rounded and will not add up to 100.0%. DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this article is meant to construe any predictions about the future of Fidonet. I. ================================================== Nov 8 May 4 CHANGE 1996 1997 Day 313 Day 122 Zones | 6 | 6 | 0 Regions | 75 | 76 | +1 (+1.3%) HOSTs | 812 | 794 | -18 (-2.22%) HUBs | 1797 | 1716 | -81 (-4.51%) Nodes | 30341 | 27020 | -3,321 (-10.94%) -------------+-------+-------+-------- PVT | 510 | 477 | -33 Hold | 564 | 404 | -160 Down | 893 | 853 | -40 -------------+-------+-------+-------- CommentLines | 1181 | 1176 | -5 TotalLines | 36179 | 32522 | -3,657 -------------+-------+-------+-------- FileSize (Kb)| 2916 | 2611 | -305 (-10.45%) II. ================================================== Friday, November 8, 1996 -- Day number 313 FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 8 21 Jul 1997 Zone 1 North America 11097 nodes = 37% Zone 2 Europe & more 16480 nodes = 54% Zone 3 Australia NZ PNG 960 nodes = 3% Zone 4 America Latina 627 nodes = 2% Zone 5 AFRICA 108 nodes = 0% Zone 6 ASIA 1020 nodes = 3% ** TOTAL 30292 nodes III. ================================================== Friday, May 4, 1997 -- Day 122 Zone 1 North America 8415 nodes = 31% Zone 2 Europe & more 16048 nodes = 59% Zone 3 Australia NZ PNG 773 nodes = 3% Zone 4 America Latina 555 nodes = 2% Zone 5 AFRICA 100 nodes = 0% Zone 6 ASIA 1083 nodes = 4% ** TOTAL 26974 nodes IV. ================================================== Net change from 313 (1996) to 122 (1997) Zone 1 North America -2612 (-23.54%) Zone 2 Europe & more - 432 (-2.62%) Zone 3 Australia NZ PNG - 187 (-19.48%) Zone 4 America Latina - 72 (-11.48%) Zone 5 AFRICA - 8 (-7.41%) Zone 6 ASIA + 63 (+6.18%) ------ >>>>>> TOTAL CHANGE -3318 (-10.953%) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Re: FidoNet: Past and Future by Joe Kotroczo, 2:270/20 The guest editorial in issue 1428 ends like this: >Only one question remains. The question that remains is this: are >there enough good people, hackers, developers, visionaries, and >interest left in the FidoNet to make this new "FidoNet-IP" a reality? To answer this question: "FidoNet-IP" is already a reality. In some places at least. I fell over these while randomly surfing the net (at http://www.falcon.spb.su/fido.vmodem.html to be precise): ......... ;A Zone Nodelist for Monday, February 24, 1997 -- Day number 55 : 4918 ; ; This is an official list of R50 nodes with an IP-connectivity ; Send corrections and updates to 2:50/0 with IP-LIST in Subj field. ; ; Valid flags are: ; ; TCP - mandatory for any ip-node ; VMP - Vmodem capability (default port 3141) ; TEL - Telnet capability (default port 23) FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 9 21 Jul 1997 ; IFC - ifcico capability (default port 60179) ; BND - binkd capability (default port 24554) ; NOSMTP - the node does NOT support inbound SMTP mail ; U,xxxxx - marks non-standard port number, relates to _first_ ; capability flag in the line (only one non-standard port ; can be listed). ; U,"foo.bar" - marks corresponding domain address (temporarily) ; ; In phone place should be placed either domain address in double ; quotes "" or ip numeric address separated with '*' instead of '.' ; (temporarily, domain address is moved behind U-flag, because no ; mailer now supports alphanumeric translation from phone field to ; ATDT ;command). ; ; All ip-nodes are listed with 38400 speed, just for the sake of ; distinguishing them among non-ip nodes. ; ; R50C ; ; P.S. It is necessary to commemorate the impact of Dmitry Zavalishin ; (2:5020/32) without whose activity and magnificent CREANL package, ; this project would have never been realized. ; ; ; Zone,2,Europe_etc.,Europe,Ward_Dossche,-Unpublished-,9600,XA ,5,Castle,Riga,Egons_Bush,194*8*13*164,38400,XA,MO,CM,TCP,TEL,VMP,U, 60179 ,6,Castle,Riga,Egons_Bush,194*8*13*164,38400,XA,MO,CM,TCP,TEL,VMP,U, 60179 Region,50,Russia,Moscow_Russia,Basil_Dolmatov,195*208*192*19,38400,XA, MO,MN,CM,TCP,TEL,NOSMTP,U,"fido.cplire.ru" ,314,NorthStar,Arkhangelsk,Andrew_Lun,194*87*176*161,38400,XA,CM,TCP, IFC Host,5000,West_Siberian_Net,Novosibirsk_Russia,Oleg_Shurpikov, 194*58*132*44,38400,CM,MO,TCP,TEL,IFC,BND,U,60177,"xopek.card.ru" [75 other entries deleted for shortness] ......... This not the only list to be found: there is another one like this for Region 46, having 20 entries, and various other lists, some using different formats like this one: ......... #Created 16 Jul 1997 22:18:50 by get-binkd-list REXX script v0.1 #X-URL http://www.falcon.spb.su/cgi-bin/get-binkd-list.rex # Node 2:50/360@fidonet 195.19.106.135 Node 2:252/358@fidonet alice.pcug.co.uk_24554 Node 2:254/153@fidonet bbs.fidouk.org Node 2:450/56@fidonet 194.226.120.107 Node 2:450/77@fidonet 194.85.255.46 Node 2:450/102@fidonet 193.232.248.49 [62 entries deleted] ......... More info and mailer supporting IP-connects can be found at: FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 10 21 Jul 1997 http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/argusip.html http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~nsoveiko/fido/fido-over-ip.FAQ.english. html http://www.magadan.su/~maloff/binkd/ I think that the above shows clearly that there is a need for IP- connectivity in Fidonet. The technology is there, what we need are political decisions that allow these nodes to be inserted somehow into the "real" nodelist. One could imagine for example a Flag, indicating that the entry in the phonenumber-field is an ip-address. Or a completely new nodelist format. But I could also observe two rather negative facts: Firstly, a number of nodes are not accepting this new form of connectivity: As one German node put it: "Go away with this crap. This is Fido and not internet." Intolerance and arrogance is sad. Secondly: "FidoNet is defined by a NodeList issued weekly by the International Coordinator." (Policy 4.07) But where is he ? According to the rumours, our 6 ZCs can't get their act together and vote a new one. According to these same rumours, one or two of them can't even speak English, and according to these rumours one of them behaves like a fascist. I have no idea if this is true. Perhaps some ZC can comment on this? P.S.: Sorry for my bad writing, but English isn't my mother tongue. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 11 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= FIDONET IN EUROPE ----------------- by David Meikle (2:259/27.4) Remember back in January I rote my last Fidonet in Europe, I bet you were all upset ;-o Now I'm back with a vengeance :-> Now down to Biz. In March I got a reply to a request which I put out in January to help out Jean Parrot. A Herr Rolf Behringer sent the answer so lets all give him a Sehr Gut. SEHR GUT!. So this section really does work. If you would like to contact Rolf Fido in Germany drop him a line at Rolf Behringer@2:2476/812 & I'm sure he will be glad to help. He runs THE HAIRY GRILL BBS its number in Germany is 07631-10559 and from anywhere else is 49-7631-10559. If you have any news or requests send a message to europe@2:259/27.4 . ____ |---> Greetings from David Meikle P.S. If anybody wants a infomail page on my system drop my a line and I will sort it out because you can edit it remotely. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 12 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= GETTING TECHNICAL ================================================================= Subject: nodelist flags from: Steve Woodmore Version: 001 Date: 17th July 1997 Author: Steve Woodmore Internet as a transport mechanism for fidonet A proposal for Nodelist flags by Steve Woodmore, 2:440/410 (2:2/200 ZEC/2) Version 1: 17th July 1997 1 Introduction This document only discusses and deals with nodes that have the capability to transfer fidonet packets across the Internet, allowing low-cost access to nodes/points/users anywhere in the world. The proposal is for nodelist flags to indicate this ability. This proposal assumes the reader has some knowledge of Internet transport mechanisms. Transferring data across the Internet can be done in one of three ways: 1: FTP (File Transfer protocols) 2: Email attaches MIMES/UUencodes (this also assumes tunneling programs) 3: Virtual Modems This document aims to define the way in which nodes are to inform other nodes of their Internet capabilities in the nodelist. Nodelist flags Internet-related nodelist flags consist of two prefix indicators and a suffix. The prefix indicators are IN (for internet transfer capable). The suffix indicates the way in the Internet is used. IE INo(p)oo Suffix types FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 13 21 Jul 1997 V - A virtual modem exists at this Node F - This Node has an FTP server available for mail transfers M - This Node is able to transfer mail either by UUencoded attaches, MIME encoded attaches, or Via a Tunnel method. Because mail packets can be stored on the Nodes ISP until the Node Dials up, this method does not need 24hr operation. A node must dial-up their ISP to collect/send fidonet mail at least Once daily to qualify for this flag P - Is an optional flag and should only follow a V or an F Suffix This indicates Part-time (not 24hr) operation, and enquiries should be made to this node for hours of operation details. If more than one suffix is used, the suffixes will be sorted in ascending order. These flags DO NOT indicate if the Node operates a "Cost recovery" Scheme or not. Examples: INVP - This node has a virtual modem, but not running 24hrs INFPMV - This node has FTP (part time), mailer & Virtual modem Capabilities. INM - This node has Internet mailer/tunneling available Rationale: The Internet is here to stay, we in fidonet can no longer hide our heads in the sand and hope it goes away. The flags indicate that we are using the nodelist as an alternative transport mechanism, and we are in no way becoming a part of the Internet. By using and incorporating this transport method into the Nodelist, we can open fidonet up to a much wider audience. These flags do NOT do away with the Need to be FTS001 compliant during ZMH This is still a minimum requirement. Steve Woodmore ZEC/2 2:440/410 (2:2/200) --- E-mail : steve@proteus.demon.co.uk http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk -30- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 14 21 Jul 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 15 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= From: "Mike Riddle" To: "Baker, Christopher" Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 08:05:12 -0600 Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" Subject: Re: GEEKS: If Klingons Wrote Code From: "Matthew J. Probst" Top 10 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon on your software development team: 10) "This code is a piece of gagh! You have no honor!" 9) "A TRUE Klingon warrior does not comment his code!" 8) "By filing this bug you have questioned my family honor. Prepare to die!" 7) "You question the worthiness of my Code?! I should kill you where you stand!" 6) "Our competitors are without honor!" 5) "Specs are for the weak and timid!" 4) "This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code!" 3) "Perhaps it IS a good day to Die! I say we ship it!" 2) "My program has just dumped Stoval Kor!" 1) "Behold, the keyboard of Kalis! The greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 16 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ================================================================= Don't risk being banned! Use FIDOTEST. Almost ALL other echoes FORBID posting TEST messages. Where do you and your users send 'test' posts to ensure they are leaving your system? Which Backboned echo can you use to ensure your posts are reaching the far corners of Z1, or to see if upstream/downstream systems are wrecking or loosing your message? Why not a specific echo devoted to testing echomail links? There is one! If you believe it to be beneficial for the Fidonet community to have a _dedicated_ and _authorized_ echo for testing, be sure to ask your REC to ensure that FIDOTEST - the Fidonet TEST echo and malfunction conference gets Z1-Backboned. Remember: only YOU can make sure your REC knows your position on the backboning of FIDOTEST. Netmail him today, because without your help, tomorrow's Fidonet may never arrive. Ronnie L. Grant Moderator, Fidonet FIDOTEST echo 1:102/836 or ronnie.grant@bbsnets.com +-----------------------------------------------+ | The SIX MONTHS OF FIDO article in this issue | | has been brought to you, in part, by: | | | | The FIDOTEST echo. Use it now, before you're | | banned. | +-----------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+ | COMING FALL OF '97: the LIBRARY echo returns. | +-----------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 17 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 26 Jul 1997 FidoNews Editor turns 48. 1 Aug 1997 International FidoNet PENPAL [Echo] meeting in Dijon, France 13 Oct 1997 Thanksgiving Day, Canada. 1 Dec 1997 World AIDS Day. 10 Dec 1997 Nobel Day, Sweden. 12 Jan 1998 HAL 9000 is one year old today. 30 Apr 1998 Queens Day, Holland. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 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. 1 Jan 2000 The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. 1 Jan 2001 This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 18 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= [from a previous Issue] Ed. Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 Whew. Been a big month for me, but a relatively slow one for the list. -=- 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 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX Announcer 1.11 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16 FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD 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 GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 19 21 Jul 1997 Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386 InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO 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 JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV 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 JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS RAR 2.01 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 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH StealTag UK 1.c... 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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 23 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as of this appearance. ============ FidoNet: Homepage http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html HTML FNews http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/ WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html ============ Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm Region 14: http://www.netins.net/showcase/fidonet/ Region 15: [disappeared?] Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/ Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html Region 19: http://www.compconn.net ============ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/ Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German) Region 25: http://members.aol.com/Net254/ FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 24 21 Jul 1997 Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French) Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish) REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/ Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English) Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl ============ Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org ============ Zone 4: (not yet listed) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish) ============ Zone 5: (not yet listed) ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 25 21 Jul 1997 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Christopher Baker Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, 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 (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 1997 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 FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] for a FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 26 21 Jul 1997 particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the current year [7], i.e., FNWSFEB7.ZIP for all the Issues from Feb 97. Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number 1 - 14 for 1984 - 1997, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in size from 48K to 1.4M. INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via: http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/ ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/ *=*=* You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to: jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no message to the same address above. *=*=* You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/ STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request - Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from: ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/ Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 11 Megs. =*=*=*= The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also available almost immediately after publication on the Editor's new homepage on the World Wide Web at: http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from FIDONEWS 14-29 Page 27 21 Jul 1997 1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the Zone 1 Echomail Backbone. *=*=*=*=* SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. 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