F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 29 16 Jul 2001 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Crash Netmail Attach Articles To: | | |Fidonet / / \ | Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064) | | | Lives!( /|oo \ | Frank Vest@1:124/6308 | | \_______\(_| /_) | or | | _`@/_ \ _ | flv@texoma.net | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ ))| Editor: Frank Vest | | |__U__| / \// | Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | /Editor\ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | |(________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2001 by Frank L. Vest, Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2 Fidonet's Future? ........................................ 2 3. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 4 A man's Fidonet is his castle ............................ 4 4. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 5 GOLF CHUCKLE ............................................. 5 5. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 6 Fidonet Software listing ................................. 6 6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 10 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 10 7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16 How to Submit an Article ................................. 16 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 17 NetStats ................................................. 18 FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 1 16 Jul 2001 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 2 16 Jul 2001 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= Fidonet's Future? Dear Editor, For the past several weeks I've been watching my nodediff file being processed as it comes in, and I keep seeing this word "excluded" over and over again. Another indication to me that the Fidonet community is indeed shrinking by the week. Soon the only ones that will be left are the old timers, and perhaps, the ones that don't have internet access. Eventually, the old timers will pass on (no disrespect intended), but then What? Who will be left? If Fidonet is to survive, what are we to do before it's to late? The other day while surfing the internet and looking at some web pages, of course, they all had links to some other related sites. The thought occured to me, Why can't we link all the Fidonet bbs's that are accessable by web the same way. By visiting one bbs web site, a person could click onto another bbs site. Fidonet then perhaps may survive on the web that way, but that doesn't say much for the sysops that don't have web access. One possible solution is to run their bbs from a remote system that does have web access. A secondary thought also occured, a to put together a list of all Fidonet bbs's accessable by web, and a secondary list of telnet boards. Perhaps these files could be updated weekly and distributed as well. If anyone is interested in taking on this responsibility for whatever reason, feel free. Currently, my bbs isn't connected to the web as yet, but I do have web access. Thanks to my local internet provider, I do have three meg of web space to put up a web page. So last week, I began to setup that space, basically it is nothing more than a partial reflection of my bbs. I've told many of my personal friends about my web page, they looked at it and was mildly surprised at what I do for a hobby (they always see me behind a computer but didn't understand what I doing), and that another network like that even existed! Many of the Fidonet conferences that are on display on my web page, sounded interesting to them. I'm sure they will participate if they can get into a known site by web. Why can't our "Fidonet Web SysOps" link their web bbs's together and let the internet world know that there is another network out there, called Fidonet. Get them involved in Fidonet's conferences. If anyone has web access and is interested, my bbs web page is: http://userpages.chorus.net/kilroy At the bottom of my main page, there is one link to a local bbs that is accessable by web. I would like to add other addresses to this list that would enable anyone who clicks onto that link, would connect them to your site. Click on the one link that is listed and see for yourself. If anyone is interested in adding their web address to my list, I can be reached at the addresses listed at the end of this letter. FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 3 16 Jul 2001 I know it isn't much, I've only been working at my web page for only a week now. But it's my way of attempting to get new people interested into Fidonet and Fidonet's conferences by web here locally. Perhaps, if we can link everyone together by web, it would be a way to help support Fidonet and keep it alive by focusing on our conferences. We also can't forget our Fidonet sysops that don't have a web site bbs either. We need those dial up modems bulletin board systems. There are many older computers out there in operation that aren't fast enough and/or capable of internet serfing, but can dial into a local bbs. That is our connection, by promoting Fidonet conferences. If all of the Fidonet web sysops link their sites together, and promote Fidonet conferences, advertise if need be. Set up link pages with all the web sites listed. Let the internet world know there is another network out there, called Fidonet. What about Fidonet sysops that don't have web access? If those sysops went out and told everyone that listens, that you can get them connected to the internet, would they listen? If every sysop would go out and to talk to anyone and everyone about echo mail conferences or as some people call them chat rooms. Show those people a printed list of Fidonet conferences. Get them interested, let them know it's available by internet. Allow them access to your board, join your conferences. Even if they don't have a computer, take them out and buy them one if need be. There are plenty of stores that sells used computer equipment. Show them how to dial into your bbs, and to join your conferences and participate. Even at 2400 baud. Set them up as a point from your system, what ever it takes, get them to join and participate. If all Fidonet sysops get together and help promote echo-mail conferences in their own areas, wheather be by dial-up modem, off-line mail readers, or by internet, what would happen to the future of Fidonet? On the other hand, What would happen to Fidonet's future if we don't do something? Let's all get together and do whatever it takes to get people involved in Fidonet conferences, our link to people on the internet. Roy Jacobs, 1:121/89.0 E-mail: kilroy@chorus.net My web page: http://userpages.chorus.net/kilroy ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 4 16 Jul 2001 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= A man's Fidonet is his castle -| |- -| [-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-] |- [-_-_-_-_-] | | [-_-_-_-_-] | o o | [ 0 0 0 ] | o o | | | -| | | |- | | | |_-___-___-___-| |-___-___-___-_| | | o ] [ 0 ] [ o | | ] o o o [ _______ ] o o o [ | ----__ __----- | ] [ ||||||| ] [ | | ] [ ||||||| ] [ | _-_-|_____]--------------[_|||||||_]--------------[_____|-_-_ ( (__________------------_____________-------------_________) ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 5 16 Jul 2001 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ================================================================= GOLF CHUCKLE A golfer set up his first ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees. He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through. Taking out his 3 wood, He took another mighty swing, the ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead, and killed him. As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter saw him coming, and asked, "Are you a good golfer?" to which the man replied, "Got here in two, didn't I?" ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 6 16 Jul 2001 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= This list is up for adoption. If you are interested in producing, updating and submitting this list for publication, contact the Editor. The format of this list is currently; Name Internet address (if available) Fido style address (if available) This list is in no way complete. Additions and updates are welcome; mail to; flv@texoma.net -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BBS Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Buffalo Creek Software - Spitfire BBs http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html The Elevator Software Productions Web Page http://www.elebbs.com/ Hermes II Project (Mac) http://www.hermesii.org/ MBSE BBS for Linux http://freezer-burn.org/mbse/ The Official Mystic BBs Web Page http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9426/index.html RemoteAcces BBs Software World Wide Sales and Support Site http://www.rapro.com/ Renegade BBs Software http://www.egate.net/renegade/ Through a Looking Glass Mirror Telegard Support http://www.telegard.net/ The Maximus Home page http://oeonline.com/~garyg/maximus/ BBBS Home Page http://www.bbbs.net/ Synchronet BBS http://www.synchro.net Nexus Bulletin Board System http://www.nexusbbs.net/ FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 7 16 Jul 2001 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Door Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Shinning Star BBs Doors by Nannette Thacker http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ Jibben Software http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ Sunrise Door Software http://www.sunrisedoors.com/ Vagabond Software http://vagabond.virtualave.net/ Legend Of The Red Dragon Reborn (L.O.R.D.) http://lord.darktech.org/ Trade Wars Door Game http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ JNS Software Door Games by Rusty Johnson http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mail Tossers -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FMail Support http://fmail.nl.eu.org/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mailer Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Definite Solutions - FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software http://www.defsol.se/ BeeMail Home Page http://www.bise.tzo.com/beemail/ BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software http://btxe.sourceforge.net/ Santronics Software Inc. http://www.santronics.com/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Fidonet via Internet Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Internet Rex (Internet mail software) http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/ Argus http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ Bink D http://2f.ru/binkd/ FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 8 16 Jul 2001 Fidonet to Internet Mailer http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm TransX http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html Fidogate http://www.fidogate.org/ Tmail (Russian /w English DL) http://www.tmail.spb.ru TransNet http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ Watergate http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/ GiGo Software http://www.gigo.com/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Point Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Definite Solutions FrontDoor APX http://www.defsol.se/ JetSys - Home of JetMail, JetStat and other Atari Fidonet utilities http://www.jetsys.de/ APoint http://www.apoint.websale.net/index.htm CrossPoint http://www.crosspoint.de WinPoint95 http://www.schenksmir.de/wp/english The OpenXP CrossPoint Projekt http://www.happyarts.de/xp Terminate Terminal http://www.terminate.com PPoint-FTS compatible E-Mail System http://www.alcuf.ca/ppoint.htm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Other Software, Utillities and such -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- F-Prot Anti-Virus Home Page http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager BGFAX Home Page http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/ FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 9 16 Jul 2001 SIO, Vmodem for OS/2 http://www.gwinn.com NetModem for Windows http://www.allensoftware.com Com/IP Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.ispaceonline.org/region13/ Net 109: http://www.thelitterbox.net/fido/net109/ Net 261: http://www.baltimorepress.com/~net261/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Net 267: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/net267/ Net 275: http://www.ispaceonline.org/net275/ Region 14: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14 Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/ Region 15: Region 16: Region 17: http://www.region17.net Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140 Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/ Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19 FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 11 16 Jul 2001 Net 124: http://www.DallasInet.com/net124/ http://texoma.net/~flv Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German) http://www.was-ist-fido.de/ Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German) Region 25: Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French) http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/ Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish) REC34: http://www.fidospain.org 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 (Greek/English) Region 42: http://www.fido.cz Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English) Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian) Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian) Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian) Net 5028: HTTP://5028.nordnet.ru/ Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English) ?? Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian) Net 5074: http://www.n5074.z2.fidonet.net ?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian) Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org Zone 4: Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish) Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://r65.yeah.net http://www.cfido.com (Chinese) Fidonet Via Internet Hubs a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email address. The email is translated as follows firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will also receive routed notice of this feature. FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 12 16 Jul 2001 v-email flag firstname.lastname@osirusoft.com | email address or Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate | | |latency| -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------ Zone 1 | | | | 10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c 10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c 18/500 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c 18/600 | Jerry Gause | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c 103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | CABLE | n/c 103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c 103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c 105/8 @ Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c 105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr 106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ??? 106/2000 | Bob Juge | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ??? | n/c 106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c 107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo. 138/146 | Marc Blakely | BinkP,FTP | ??? | n/c 140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16 142/906 | Chris Griffin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 150/220 | Dave Nemeth | UUE | ??? | n/c 153/7715 | Dallas Hinton | BinkD, FTP | CABLE | ??? 167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c 167/166 | Jesse Dooling | POP? UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c 218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c 220/10 | groberts@nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c 229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c 229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? | 229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | n/c 249/116 | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE |ADSL,60 | n/c 250/98 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 250/99 | Brent McLaren | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c 250/102 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 267/169 | Philip Lozier | FTP TX | ??? | n/c 261/1380 | Joe Davis | UUE TX | ??? | n/c 280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo. 297/11 | Michael McCabe | TX | ??? | n/c 323/120 | Craig Healy | VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c 360/5 | Bennie Hutto | FTP VMoT | aDSL | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | CABLE | n/c 379/1 @ Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c 379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 393/9005 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ??? | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr 396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c 2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | 384K,60| n/c 2410/213 | Kevin Bentz | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c 2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo 2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c 3613/1275 | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE,FTP | 28.8 | n/c 3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 13 16 Jul 2001 3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6 3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 2 | 20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c 22/222 | Kim Heino | BinkP | ??? | n/c 28/1 | Lody Caenen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c 37/37 | Gabor Z. Papp | BinkP | ??? | n/c 47/999 | Andrej Kirejev | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c 201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c 203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c 211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BN IFCICO | ??? | n/c 221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c 236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c 240/6298 | Steve Tell | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c 252/110 | David Rance | UUE | ??? | n/c 255/90 | Simon Avery | UUE | ??? | n/c 263/950 | Sean Rima | TX UUE | ??? | n/c 280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 280/1601 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c 280/4312 | Jos Huijnen | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ??? | n/c 280/5003 | Kees van Eeten | BinkP ifcico | ??? | n/c 292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k | n/c 292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | n/c 292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c 292/907 | Bart Verhaeghe | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K | n/c 292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c 301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c 332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c 333/0 | M Gianformaggio | BinkP | ??? | n/c 335/534 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c 335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 341/14 | Rafael Suarez | BinkP VMoT | ??? | n/c 344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c 346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c 382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/558 | Vlad Hrusca | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c 423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/256 | Andrew Rutkas | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/640 | Alex Semenyaka |BinkP ifcico UUE| ??? | n/c 465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c 469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c 469/128 | Oleg Vasenyoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c 550/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | ----- | n/c 2410/201 | Karsten Ebeling | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c 2432/200 | Sven Dueker | BinkP TX UUE | ??? | n/c FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 14 16 Jul 2001 2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c 2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn 2487/3000 | Steffen Gross | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5002/5002 | Victor Belyakov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5014/4 | Alex Bagmanov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/52 | Peter Didenko | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/54 | Serge Wizgounoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/69 | B Chernivetsky | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/238 | Sergey Gubanov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/1251 | K Stepanekov | UUE | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 5049/12 | Amir Shabashvili | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5054/3 | Andrew Popov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5080/80 | Eugene Zorin | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5083/21 | Alexander Uskov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5090/2 | Andrew Titov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 3 633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c 640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c 712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c 774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 4 801/161 @ Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 |n/c 902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c 905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 6 65/3000 | Lawrence Fan | UUE | 33600 | free 653/1009 | Maorong Chen | UUE | ??? | free 654/0 | Bin Li | UUE,BinkP | 33600 | free 654/1501 | Lawrence Fan | UUE,BinkP | 28800 | free -- * FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various) * UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers * BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks * TX = TransX * NFS = Linux Networking * ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer ---------------------------------------------- Fidonet oriented news servers news.osirusoft.com news.tardis.net Fidonet oriented chat rooms. room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted) FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 15 16 Jul 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 16 16 Jul 2001 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are the -=_guidelines_=-: No more than 70 characters per line. 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The current and past issues are also available from the following sources: + -- -- -- -- -- -- - FIDONEWS AVAILABILITY - -- -- -- -- -- -- + | | | Freq FIDONEWS @ 1:140/1 | | ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/ | | http://www.fidonews.org | | email subscription: majordomo@fidonews.org | | (subject: help body: list) | | ftp mail: ftpmail@fidonews.org (subject: help) | | | + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + ----------------------------------------------------------------- NetStats INPUT NODELIST FILE : NODELIST.194 File has a Date Stamp of : 7/12/2001 File Size (uncompressed) : 1234.06 KBytes. The Input Nodelist file has 11407 Nodes in it and a total of 14521 non-comment entries. The list has 6 Zones listed. 67 Region Coordinators listed. 506 Network Hosts listed. 788 Hubs listed. 388 DOWN Nodes listed. 804 PRIVATE Nodes listed. 555 HOLD Nodes listed. Administrative overhead = 1367 ( 11.98 %) PRIVATE NODES overhead = 804 ( 7.05 %) FIDONEWS 18-29 Page 19 16 Jul 2001 Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats): 9600 = 9761 ( 85.57 %) (HST's = 215 or 2.20 % of the 9600 baud modems.) (CSP's = 2 or 0.02 % of the 9600 baud modems.) (PEP's = 17 or 0.17 % " " " " ) (MAX's = 0 or 0.00 % " " " " ) (HAY's = 3 or 0.03 % " " " " ) (V32's = 5528 or 56.63 % " " " " ) (V32B's = 706 or 7.23 % " " " " ) (V42's = 5179 or 53.06 % " " " " ) (V42B's = 757 or 7.76 % " " " " ) 2400 = 116 ( 1.02 %) 1200 = 8 ( 0.07 %) 300 = 540 ( 4.73 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- F_Req Flag Applicable Software Number of Systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 4580 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS -------------------------------------- XB Binkleyterm 2.0 11 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 13 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 6 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 76 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 415 Tabby -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 4779 Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 4289 ( 37.60 %) MailOnly Nodes = 5794 ( 50.79 %) Listed-Only Nodes = 850 ( 7.45 %) -----------------------------------------------------------------