F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 52 29 December 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. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ THE NEW YEAR'S EVE EDITION! Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Last Issue for 1997 ...................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 New ZC in Zone 4 ......................................... 2 Looking for pointers on points? .......................... 3 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 A simple question razed .................................. 4 4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 6 An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !! ....... 6 5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7 What happens after Christmas? ............................ 7 The Night After Christmas ................................ 8 6. NOTICES .................................................. 11 Future History ........................................... 11 7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 12 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 12 8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 16 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 16 9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 17 10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 19 FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 1 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Another year comes to an end at FidoNews. Where are we a year later? We still have no International Coordinator. We still can't get six guys in a communications network with all sorts of connection possibilities to synchronize the delivery of our fundamental document - the Nodelist - on a regular basis. At least two of those guys don't even communicate with the rest of FidoNet at all. Why do some people hang onto Coordinator slots LONG after they've retired in office? Is it ego? Inertia? Stupidity? We do have our own Internet domain at fidonews.org thanks to jim barchuk. We do have people who move Echomail in spite of being under continuous attack for their efforts. We used to have a file moving network but I haven't seen much of it lately. We still have Sysops willing to help other Sysops with technical and sometimes even personal problems. Does that balance out? Zone 4 has a new Zone Coordinator. His first input is in the Letters section. This is 100 percent more than his predecessor ever offered. He didn't make it into this week's Nodelist in Zone 1, however. [sigh] One of our readers needs help getting point operations info. If you've got what he needs, please send him some mail. What do you think we should expect in the new year? C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 2 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ================================================================= [I received this several days ago. This week's Nodelist was ruefully short {again} of other Zone updates including nothing from Zone 4. Ed.] From: LAM@rivero.newage.com.ar (Luis Manterola) To: cbaker84@digital.net Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:07:34 -0300 Subject: Fidonet in Zone 4 Priority: normal Organization: P.L.Rivero y Cia. S.A. Hi Christopher! Some numbers of Fidonews ago you wrote: > F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 41 13 October 1997 > =============================================================== > EDITORIAL > =============================================================== > Not much new going on. Zone 4 DID get a new ZC. I saw it in the > Nodediff on Friday but nobody bothered to let FidoNews know so it > could be passed on the easy way. Maybe neither the past or the new > ZC4 ever heard of FidoNews? I'm sure they perfectly knew about FidoNews, I'll try to explain this in the next lines. > So, I'll tell you that ZC4 is now: > Alejandro Alvarez at 4:900/309 in or around Buenos Aires in > Argentina. > From his listings, it appears he also an RC and an NC which is > a lot of hats if you have more than 20 Nodes in your Region or > Net but that is just speculation since no official notice has > been forthcoming. No, he is not RC90. He is just NC900 and was a temporal ZC4. Ariel Nardelli was our ZC4 up to the first days of October. He was a good ZC, he made quite a good job from May 1996 to Sept.97 but he didn't speak english so it was a little bit difficult for him to communicate with you or any other english speaking person. Nevertheless he managed to have a translator-friend who helped him to participate in some echoes as REGCON. Then he left Fidonet for personal causes and named A. Alvarez as a temporal ZC4. Alejandro probably didn't tell you at the first time of this change because of his temporal condition, he immediately organized elections in which I was chosen as the new ZC. I should appear as ZC in the next diff. [He didn't in Zone 1. Ed.] > One can only hope this ZC4 will be more responsive than the > last ZC4. Congratulations [or commiserations as appropriate], FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 3 29 Dec 1997 > Alejandro! Feel free to use FidoNews to tell us everything. [grin] You can count on me to be permanently in touch with you for any event that happens in our zone. Best Regards. Luis Manterola - 4:4/0 - 4:900/525 Mailto:lam@rivero.newage.com.ar -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID_BOUCHER@prodigy.com ( D BOUCHER) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 15:34:04, -0500 To: cbaker84@digital.net Subject: Fidonews...? Hi Chris, Do you know if there is an echo where I can learn more about running a 'point system'? ...or maybe a FAQ that someone has put together for people wanting to run a 'point system'? Thanks for your help! (And thanks for your great work on the Fidonews.. .) -- Dave in Boston (For E-mail, mailto:David_Boucher@Prodigy.com?subject=fromEMCsig ) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 4 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= A simple question razed by Gregg Jennings, 1:331/109 In 1448 Lee Kindness responded to a question from Rich Veraa: > From: Rich Veraa > Does anyone know howcome a net in Ontario lists a node in Malasia? LE> And can I ask you why it matters? This sort of geographical LE> nonsense is damaging to Fidonet - it merely gives some "power LE> hungry fiends" something to worry about. He asked a simple question. Rather than answering, Lee accuses him of being a power hungry fiend?!?!. For a simple question? LE> Do a bit of research and find out about Fidonet in Asia and you LE> might see why a node would want to be in zones 1 or 2... How? Where does one start such research? Read NET_DEV perhaps? Certainly asking about it in FidoNews won't do him any good, will it? It matters. But there can be a reason for it. It is spelled out how and why geography comes into play in assigning nodes in Policy. But instead of trying to explain, Mr. Kindness has to use the question as a yet another excuse for him to piss and moan. People ask "O where, O where has our poor dog gone?" People blame the lessening of the NodeList to many things, always technical. It's the Internet, or the FTSC, or Policy, or it's the Software, this or that, over and over. And nobody offer solutions beyond, "If they just published *MY* FSC, it will fix FidoNet!" Like hell it will. BBSes get fewer and fewer new callers because BBSes get stricter and stricter, with caller ID, callback verifiers, 20 questions asked, wait periods, download ratios, etc. etc. Usenet offers immediate reading and writing to discussion groups, no questions asked. It allows anonymity. There's more freedom. FTP and HTTP offers immediate downloading (and searches for) thousands of programs, source code, pictures and various other sundries. No questions asked. No wait periods. No ratios. There's more freedom. And here in the snooze, and in many Echoes, we keep hearing over and over, tiny-dick know-nothings constantly pissing and moaning. People are leaving FidoNet not because the FTSC are lax in their duties. Not because the Internet uses better technology. But because BBSes are run under fear of handles and unknown phone numbers. Because people are hearing too often from those who want others to give them name recognition piss and moan when they don't get it. Because people FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 5 29 Dec 1997 are sick and tired of hearing over and over, the accusations, the insults, the complaints and the sheer idiocy that goes on here by the vocal minority. O yeah. To the virtual schmucks complaining about the NESYSOP NC election: The Network Coordinator is appointed by the Regional Coordinator. There needn't even be an election. Some things are just a little more important than Fidonet. -- Mike Bilow ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 6 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= COORDINATORS CORNER ================================================================= An old vice re-instated --- nodelist-statistics !! By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 ZC/2 +--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+ !Zone/Jul!Ndl-332!Nodel.-339!Nodel.-346!Nodel.-353!Nodel.-360!%%! +--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+ ! 1/360 ! 6400 ! 6338 -62! 6338 0! 6420 82! 6199 -221!27! ! 2/360 ! 14826 !14627 -199!14654 27!14769 115!14523 -246!63! ! 3/360 ! 602 ! 591 -11! 591 0! 602 11! 580 -22! 3! ! 4/353 ! 441 ! 436 -5! 434 -2! 438 4! 435 -3! 2! ! 5/353 ! 92 ! 92 0! 92 0! 92 0! 91 -1! 0! ! 6/318 ! 1091 ! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 1091 0! 5! +--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+ ! 23452 !23175 -277!23200 25!23412 212!22919 -493! +-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ New is I've added the Julian-date of each zone-segment from which the current nodelist in zone-2 was compiled. For the purpose of comparison here's the same info from about 6 months ago. (no, zone-5 and -6 did not grow, only the zonal entries of each zone now are included in the count and 6 months ago not) +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ |Zone|Nl-157|Nodelist-164|Nodelist-171|Nodelist-178|Nodelist-185|%%| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 1 | 8182| 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 8182 0 | 7828 -354 |30| | 2 | 15774|15703 -71 |15666 -37 |15640 -26 |15577 -63 |60| | 3 | 758| 758 0 | 758 0 | 743 -15 | 728 -15 | 3| | 4 | 519| 514 -5 | 514 0 | 519 5 | 517 -2 | 2| | 5 | 87| 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0| | 6 | 1078| 1078 0 | 1079 1 | 1079 0 | 1079 0 | 4| +----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+ | 26398|26322 -76 |26286 -36 |26250 -36 |25816 -434 | +------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ With the different measuring systems compensated the net-result in 6 months is: Zone-1 : -1667 = -21.2% 2 : -1078 = - 6.9% 3 : - 154 = -21.1% 4 : - 87 = -16.8% 5 : - 3 = - 3.4% 6 : status-quo Different types of comments are possible ... \x/ard ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 7 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= --- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sat Dec 27 17:37:17 1997 From: Jim Venedam To: All Date: 26 Dec 97 11:54:00 Subj: After Christmas Subject: A Post-Holiday Poem From: bobd@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com (Bob D'Amore) This appeared in the Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) Sat. Dec.26, 1992. HAPPY SHOPPING TO ALL! ====================== by Suzanne Delcamp Asbury Park Press Staff Writer (Poem reprinted with author's permission) 'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the counties, The people went shopping to return all their bounty. The shoppers -- so many! -- roamed warily through the malls, All seeking elusive discount Christmas balls. The children came, too, and broke out into grins, As they watched Mom return orange ties from Aunt Mims. The teens prowled the record stores; the dads looked for books. A horde of old ladies searched for marked-down crochet hooks. Away in the parking lot, nearby spaces were rare, Though if you drove far away enough there were plenty to spare. The malls were just bustling, the folks dashing to and fro, And the prospect of bargains made some shoppers glow. Then what to consumers' wondering eyes should appear, But a clearance rack of sweaters all made from cashmere. I smiled at the shoppers, so lively and quick, Everyone was eager to spend the money from St. Nick. More rapid than eagles, shoppers came and came, Some reciting the stores they'd visit, name after name. First Macy's! Then Caldor! And Herman's and Braddock's. And don't forget McCrory, Lord & Taylor and Wallach's! To the upper level! To the lower level! Thank goodness for the mall! Let's shop away, shop away, shop away all! And as corridors got crowded and the madness intensified, The shoppers greeted waiting lines that stretched out to July, Up to the counters the lines snaked inch by inch, But then when else is returning ever such a cinch? FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 8 29 Dec 1997 Then in the twinkling of an eye something opened up quite near, I stopped and I shook myself. An available cashier! But as I drew up my packages and was turning around, Someone raced to the register, beating me hands down. She was piled under packages, from her head to her toes, And the remnants of Christmas wrapping clung to her clothes. After shifting her bundle she began to unpack, That's when I realized they were all being taken back! Her eyes were glazed, her dimples anything but merry! Her face looked tired. Was she happy? Not very. Her small little mouth was drawn tight as a knot, And there at her side were several tired tots. She set down her packages, starting with the neon tinsel wreath, Then came the toothpick maker and some mechanical chattering teeth. The clerk eyed her wearily, but still the packages came, A ring rack, a poster, a plastic Great Dane. There was something funny about her, with her passel of elves, And I smirked as I watched her, in spite of myself. But with a wink of her eye and a twist of her head, I saw that once all this was returned there was more shopping ahead. She spoke not a word, just went back to her work. New play shoes for Willy, a new skirt for work. And then pointing a finger and rising up on her toes, She broke into a trot as she headed toward the bargain panty hose. As she sprang down the aisle, to her children she whistled, And they all flew behind her like tiny guided missles. But I heard her exclaim as she pranced out of sight, "Happy Shopping to all, and to all a good night!" Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sat Dec 27 17:37:44 1997 From: Jim Venedam To: All Date: 26 Dec 97 11:56:00 Subj: After Christmas II The Night After Christmas `Twas the night after Christmas, and boy, what a house! I felt like hell, and so did the spouse. The eggnog and turkey and candy were swell, but ten hours later, I sure didn't feel well. FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 9 29 Dec 1997 The stockings weren't hung by the chimney with care, the darned things were sprawled on the back of a chair. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, but I had a large pack of ice on my head! And when I finally dozed off in a nap, the ice woke me up when it fell on my lap. Then for some unknown reason, I wanted a drink, so I started feeling my way to the sink. I got along fine, till I stepped on the cat, I don't recall what happened after that. When I came to, the house was flooded with light, although under a table, I was high as a kite! While visions of sugar plums danced in my head, I somehow got up and back into bed. Then what to my wandering eyes should appear... but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer! Then the sleigh seemed to change into a red fire truck, and each reindeer turned into a bleary eyed buck. I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. I tried to call out, but my tongue was too thick. Then the old devil whistled and shouted with glee, while the bucks pawed the earth as they grinned at me! Then he called them by names, and the names made me shudder. When I heard them, I felt like a ship minus a rudder! "Now Eggnog! Bacardi! Now Bourbon and Brandy!" "Now Fruitcake! Cold turkey! Gin Rickey and Candy!" To the top of his head, to the top of his skull, now whack away, crack away, with thumps that are dull! And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof, the prancing and pawing of each cloven hoof. How long this went on, I'm sure I can't say, though it seemed like eternity, plus one more day! But finally, the night after Christmas had passed, and I found I could really think at last! So I thought of the New Year a few days away, and I've made me a vow that no temper can sway. I'm sticking to water - don't even want ice! But there's nothing as tasty or nothing as nice. The night after New Year's may bother some guys, but I've learned my lesson, and now I am wise. You can have your rich victuals and liquor that's red, but what goes to my stomach won't go to my head. So a big Happy New Year to you and to all, I'm back on the wagon, and hope I don't fall! Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46) FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 10 29 Dec 1997 -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 11 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 12 Jan 1998 HAL 9000 is one year old today. 30 Apr 1998 Queens Day, Holland. 17 May 1998 Independence Day, Norway. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 14 Sep 1998 Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98]. 22 Sep 1998 First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org. 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 24 Jul 1999 XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99]. 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. 1 Jun 2000 EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens. 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 14-52 Page 12 29 Dec 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= [from 1449. Ed.] Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 New entry: Tornado, a BBS from Konstantin Klyagin. Welcome to 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 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX Announcer 1.12 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 XR5 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 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX 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 14-52 Page 13 29 Dec 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 NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR 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 Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT 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... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD Terminate 5.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV WWIVTOSS 1.36 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: FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 14 29 Dec 1997 Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLFIX/2 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2 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 BOS2_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2 CFRoute 0.92 O G C. 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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 17 29 Dec 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.fidonews.org WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc/ftscmirr.htm 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: [disappeared?] 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://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254 FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 18 29 Dec 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 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian) 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 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html 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: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China) ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 19 29 Dec 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@fidonews.org 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 FIDONEWS 14-52 Page 20 29 Dec 1997 back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] 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 [7], i.e., FNWSAUG7.ZIP for all the Issues from Aug 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.fidonews.org 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 may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail by sending email to: ftpmail@fidonews.org with a Subject line of: help and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will respond in three stages. 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