The F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 39 24 Sep 2001 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | Who!?! ____________| | | | | Me?!? / __ | Crash Netmail Articles To: | | | / /^^\ | Editor@1:1/23 (1-972-562-8064) | | | WOOF! ( /|OO \ | Frank Vest@1:124/6308 | | \_______\(_| /_) | or E-Mail To: | | The dog ate `@/ \ _ | flv@texoma.net | | my Dos disk! U \ \\ | | | ____ |||| \ ))| Editor: Frank Vest | | | ( |||| / \// | Deputy-Editor: Lawrence Garvin | | | (*)(_ _//|| _\ / | | | /|__U__|\ (_/(_|(____/ | 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 The Fidonet, Zone 1, Echolist ............................ 2 What has been, will be again? ............................ 2 3. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 5 Americans ................................................ 5 4. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 6 *** GREETINGS FROM THE U.S.S. FIDONEWS *** ............... 6 5. POET'S CORNER ............................................ 7 Nemesis .................................................. 7 6. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 8 "JESUS IS WATCHING YOU" .................................. 8 7. OTHER STUFF .............................................. 9 This Week's Holidays ..................................... 9 October Holidays ......................................... 9 8. CLASSIFIED ADS ........................................... 13 Rotating Ads ............................................. 13 9. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 14 Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's* .......................... 14 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 19 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 19 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 25 How to Submit an Article ................................. 25 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 26 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 27 FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 1 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= "Most people work hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough not to quit." -George Carlin ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 2 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= The Fidonet, Zone 1, Echolist By Frank Vest Just some random thoughts. Take them as ideas, suggestions or just ignore them The Elist: While this is a good tool, I have some concerns about it. 1. Why list echos that are not distributed? If you look at the thing, there are a lot of "place holder" and "Tag holder" entries. A. This adds a lot of bulk to the Elist. 1. Harder to search the list B. It robs others of starting an echo that might be viable if distributed. This is a dis-service to Fidonet. What if someone generated a list of thousands of combinations of "Echo Tags" and elisted them? A person with a computer could do this and I'm surprised it hasn't been attempted. 2. Why is there a "Volume" listed? A. How can anyone know what the volume of an echo will be? 1. Estimate the volume? a. Over what? a week? month? year? B. Is this a "weapon" that can be used to remove an echo? In this day and time, an echo can have a volume of 50 messages one week and 0 for the next four weeks... only to be followed by 100 a week after that. Just some things to think about. I'm not kicking the Elist. It is a good tool to prevent duplicate echos, show what echos are available, tell who the Moderator is and other facts that help Fidonet Echomail. On the other hand, it could be used to control echos. Regards, Frank ----------------------------------------------------------------- What has been, will be again? By Frank Vest 1:124/6308 There is a belief that time is a circle and what has been will be again. IOW, If it happened in the past, it will happen again in the future. FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 3 24 Sep 2001 I'm not sure what the above has to do with what I'm going to write, but it sure sounded neat. :-) I'm sitting here thinking about Fidonet, computers, the past, the future, computer viruses and other such things (that seems to be normal for me). :-) I'm not a tech sort of person, but I remember having an old CPM machine. I graduated from that to a "real" computer (IBM PS/2) shortly thereafter. When I got to the "big time" of the PS/2, I started learning about viruses and how they can infect and affect a computer. With Dos 5.00 as my operating system and me accessing BBS so much, I was concerned. I took the measures to prevent infection and did my best to "keep an eye" on the system. Time went on and along came the likes of Windows, OS/2, Linux and other such programs and operating systems. Along with these came, of course, more and stronger viruses. So, where is this editorial going with all this? I don't know. :-) Here's a thought It seems that the more popular the operating system, the more viruses there are that can affect it. Of course, things like the Internet, Fidonet and other stuff where many people share and access each other's systems has helped, I'm sure. I can't say for sure, but I don't remember CPM having a virus problem. I hear that a virus can't be written for Linux. OS/2 is supposed to be fairly safe as well. Ok, so what? Well, It seems that as new operating systems come into being, or become popular, there are more viruses written for them. So, here's a strange thought. Fidonet programs, as we know, tend to be small. Many are still Dos based, or have a Dos version. Now, I've not heard of a virus being written for Dos in a long time. So, is it safe to say that Dos is virus free? Probably not, but I'd say that the chances of having a new Dos virus hit your old Dos box is not very likely. :) With that in mind.... As computers become even more popular, the internet gains even more use, operating systems evolve and viruses follow along with this path, there could come a time where a virus will succeed in stopping the Internet and, maybe, enough computers in the right places to shut the world down. Wouldn't it be something if all of us "old Dos" users became the only systems that didn't get shut down due to a virus? Wouldn't it be strange to see international powers come to Fidonet and ask for help in getting information flowing since Fidonet and these old Dos machines were the only things still running? FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 4 24 Sep 2001 Wow! What a dream!!..... Or was it? ;-) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 5 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= GUEST EDITORIAL ================================================================= AMERICANS wdbonner@pacbell.net Patriotism is a bond that welds us together as one nation. Freedom is the spine of our constitution. Justice is the spinal cord of the constitution. With Freedom and Justice we have Liberty to work, play, worship and live in the civil manner of our choice. That is the reason so many come to our shores for freedom and a new way of life. Together all peoples of this great country will defeat and destroy terrorism. We MUST stay united and bonded by patriotism, together... for all human kind! Our sincere thanks to all of the nations of the world that have pledged their support and sympathies for our, and the world's grave loss of the WTC. "Stand Tall and Proud", America! Now a short note from Governor Jim Gilmore: Dear Friends: Over the past week and a half, we have all seen, heard and felt the true spirit of America and Americans. While as a nation we mourn the tragic loss of so many innocent lives, our character and resolve has not been broken. In his speech to a Joint Session of Congress, President Bush said, "We are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom." And - as a nation - we will rise to the challenge. We will not live in terror. We will stand united (with all nations against terrorism), by the strongest and deepest of ties - that of being an American. With a singleness of mind and purpose, we will persevere. Sincerely, Governor Jim Gilmore ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 6 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= *** GREETINGS FROM THE U.S.S. FIDONEWS *** ____ _____ ____ / \ ___/_____\___ / \ \____/ ____/_____________\____ \____/ \\ /:::::NCC-FIDO-NEWS:::::\ // ================================================= \=============================================/ \\ \____________________/ // \\ \________________/ // \\ \____/ // \\ _|__|_ // \\/ \// | ()() | (| ()()() |) | ()() | \________/ * TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO FIDONEWS HAS GONE BEFORE.... * ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 7 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= POET'S CORNER ================================================================= Nemesis By Kay Shapero (1:102/125) It's called "legwork." Step by step Into the past Winding the thread before you. From the wreckage to the crash. From the crash to the plane. From the plane to the airport Step by step Into the past Winding the thread before you. Find the one who saw the killer. Find the one who drove the killer. Find the one who housed the killer. Step by step Into the past Winding the thread before you. And at the end The Minotaur? Bring your spear. It's called "legwork". Copyright Kay Shapero, Sept 11, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 8 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ================================================================= "JESUS IS WATCHING YOU" A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone his flashlight around, looking for valuables, and when he picked up a CD player to place in his sack, a strange, disembodied voice echoed from the dark, "Jesus is watching you". He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off and froze. When he heard nothing more after a bit, he shook his head, promised himself a vacation after the next big score, then clicked the light back on and began searching for more valuables. Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard "Jesus is watching you". Totally rattled, he shone his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice. Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight came to rest on a parrot. "Did you say that"?, he hissed at the parrot. "Yes", the parrot confessed, and then squawked "I'm just trying to warn you". The burglar relaxed. "Warn me, huh" - "Who do you think you are anyway"? "Moses", replied the bird. " Moses"?, the burglar laughed. "What kind of stupid people would name a parrot "Moses"?. The bird promptly answered: "The same kind of people that would name a Rottweiler *Jesus*". |-)) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 9 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= OTHER STUFF ================================================================= This Week's Holidays Day Holiday -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 24. Constitution Day in Cambodia Heritage Day in South Africa Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic Republic Day in Tobago Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago Unification of the Kingdom in Saudi Arabia 25 Army Day/Armed Forces Day in Mozambique Kamarampaka Day in Rwanda 26. Revolution Day in Yemen 27. Feast of Finding the New Cross in Ethiopia French Community Holiday in Belgium 28. Confucious' Day in Taiwan Referendum Day in Guinea 29. Battle of Boqueron in Paraguay St. Michael's Day in Papua New Guinea 30. Botswanna Day in Botswanna Customs Day in Marshall Islands National Youth Day in Turks & Caicos ----------------------------------------------------------------- Below are some holidays in October. If you would like to write an article about one of these holidays and how it is celebrated in your county, send the article to one of these addresses: flv@texoma.net Frank Vest 1:124/6308 Editor 1:1/23 I'll run it during the week that the holiday occurs. October Holidays ===================================================================== Day Holiday 1 Armed Forces Day in Korea, South Cyprus Independence Day in Cyprus Independence Day in Nigeria Independence Day/Tuvalu Day in Tuvalu FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 10 24 Sep 2001 National Day in China National Day in Nigeria Regency Exchange in San Marino 2 Anniversary of Guinean Independence/Independence Day in Guinea Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday in India Republic Day in Guinea 3 Francisco Morazan's Birthday/Morazan Day in Honduras National Foundation Day in Korea, South 4 Independence Day in Lesotho 5 Constitution Day in Vanuatu Republic Day/Anniversary of Proclamation of the Republic in Portugal 6 Armed Forces Day in Egypt Labor Day in Australia United Nations Day in Barbados 7 Day of Goodwill in Namibia Merchant Holiday in Antigua and Barbuda 8 Battle of Angamos in Peru Columbus Day in United States Mother's Day in Malawi Thanksgiving in Canada 9 Army Day in Azerbaijan Independence Day in Uganda Independence of Guayaquil in Ecuador Korean Alphabet Day in Korea, South Leif Erikson Day in United States 10 Druger Day in South Africa Fiji Day in Fiji Health and Sports Day in Japan Moi Day in Kenya Oklahoma Historical Day in United States (Oklahoma) 11 Anniversary of the Beginning of the Wars of Independence in Cuba 12 Battle of Sarandi in Uruguay Columbus Day in Argentina Columbus Day in Argentina Columbus Day (Dia de la Raza) in Honduras Columbus Day (traditionally) in United States Columbus Day/Dia de la Raza in Costa Rica Day of Liberation from the French in Laos Dia de la Raza in Colombia Dia de la Raza/Columbus Day in Mexico Dia de la Raza/Columbus Day in Venezuela Dia de la Raza/Discovery of America in Uruguay Discovery Day in Bahamas Independence Day/National Day? in Equatorial Guinea FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 11 24 Sep 2001 National Day in Spain Our Lady Aparecida Day in Brazil 13 St. Edward's Day in United Kingdom 14 Children's White Sunday in Western Samoa National Day in Yemen Democratic Republic National Day/Revolution Day 1963 in Yemen Arab Republic Petkouden in Bulgaria Svetitskhovloba in Georgia 15 Evacuation Day in Tunisia Heroes' Day in Jamaica 16 National Boss Day in United States 17 Columbus Day in Turks & Caicos Dessaline's Death Anniversary in Haiti Feast of St. Margaret Alacoque in Saint Lucia Hurricane Thanksgiving Day in Virgin Islands 18 Independence Day in Azerbaijan 20 Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution in Guatemala in Guatemala Kenyatta Forces Day in Kenya Revolution Day in Guatemala 21 Armed Forces Day/Army Day in Honduras Compact Day in Marshall Islands Revolution Day in Somalia St. Ursula's Day in British Virgin Islands 22 Labor Day in New Zealand 23 Chulalongkorn's Day in Thailand Liberation Day in Egypt Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia in Cambodia Republic Day in Hungary St. George's Day (Giorgoba) in Georgia 24 Independence Day in Zambia Suez Victory Day in Egypt United Nations Day in Micronesia 25 Constitution Day in Lithuania Independence Day/Republic Day in Kazakhstan Taiwan Restoration Day in Taiwan Thanksgiving in Grenada 26 Gospel Day Pageant in Cook Islands National Day in Austria 27 Independence Day in St. Vincent & the Grenadines Independence Day in Turkmenistan 28 Day of the 1956 Revolution in Hungary FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 12 24 Sep 2001 Establishment of Independence Czechoslovakia/Day of the Republic in Czech Republic Ochi Day in Cyprus Ochi Day in Greece 29 Bank Holiday in Ireland Republic Day in Turkey 30 Birthday of HM the King in Cambodia 31 Halloween in United States Nevada Day in United States (Nevada) Reformation Day in Slovenia Samhain in many countries ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 13 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= CLASSIFIED ADS ================================================================= Rotating ads As a service of the Fidonews, I am prepared to offer rotating ads for those that provide services to Fidonet such as Mail Hubs, Gateways, Fidonet via Internet and such. How this works: 1. Create an ad following the guidelines for the Fidonews. 2. Keep it short and to the point. 3. Put contact and other needed information in the ad. 4. Send it to Frank Vest as a file attach. A. E-Mail "flv@texoma.net B. Netmail "Frank Vest - 1:124/6308 I will put the ad in a pool and use a program each week to automatically rotate the ads into the Fidonews. Please! If you stop offering service or need to change your ad, contact me! This is very important to keep the ads current. I'm doing this on a trial basis. If it gets to be a problem, I will have to discontinue the service. I can make no promise of how often your ad will be in the Fidonews. This will depend on how many ads I have to rotate through. As always in Fidonet, I make no guaranties. :) Regards, Frank Vest - Fidonews Editor ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 14 24 Sep 2001 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= *Fidonet/BBS Software Listing's* -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BBS Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BBBS Home Page b@bbbs.net http://www.bbbs.net/ ELEBBS- The Elevator Software Productions Web Page elebbs@elebbs.com http://www.elebbs.com/ Hermes II Project (Mac) info@HermesII.org http://www.hermesii.org/ Maximus BBS Support Page (Non Official) sales@lainus.com http://www.vector11.com/maximus/ Mystic BBS http://www.mysticbbs.com/mystic/ Nexus Bulletin Board System groberts@nexusbbs.net http://www.nexusbbs.net/ RemoteAccess Central Bruce Morse bfmorse@rapro.com http://www.rapro.com/ Spitfire BBS Buffalo Creek Software MDWoltz@AOL.COM http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html Synchronet BBS sysop@vert.synchro.net http://www.synchro.net Telegard BBS support@telegard.net http://www.telegard.net/ Wildcat Interactive Net Server (BBS) Santronics Inc. sales@santronics.com (305)248-3204 http://www.santronics.com FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 15 24 Sep 2001 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Door Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bentstone Capabilities Group info@stonebenders.com http://www.srupc.com/mall Jibben Software scott@jibben.com http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ JNS Software Door Games Rusty Johnson rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com 304-733-0113 http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ PC Pursuits brucep@pop.kis.net (301)240-6653 http://www.pcpursuits.com/products.htm S and T Software Mark Bappe mark.bappe@bozax.iainc.net (770)788-6843 http://bozax.iainc.net/public/ Shinning Star BBS Doors nannette@shiningstar.net http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ Sunrise Door Software Al Lawerence al@sunrisedoors.com (404)256-9518 http://www.sunrisedoors.com/ The Brainex System info@brainex.com http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ Trade Wars Door Game jpritch@eisonline.com http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ 1:299/110 Vagabond Software Bryan Turner vagabond@darktech.org http://vagabond.virtualave.net/ 1:124/7013 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mail Tossers -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 16 24 Sep 2001 FMail Support wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org http://fmail.nl.eu.org/ 2:280/1076 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mailer Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software Definite Solutions sales@defsol.se http://www.defsol.se/ BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software http://btxe.sourceforge.net/ Plantinum Express for Wildcat Santronics Inc. sales@santronics.com (305)248-3204 http://www.santronics.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Fidonet via Internet Software -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Argus RITLABS argus@ritlabs.com 373-2-246889 http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 BinkD maloff@corbina.net http://2f.ru/binkd/ Fidogate Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net http://www.fidogate.org/ Fidonet to Internet Mailer Bo Bendtsen sales@terminate.com http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm GiGo Software http://www.gigo.com/ Internet Rex cruden@cs.ualberta.ca http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/ Tmail (Russian /w English DL) http://www.tmail.spb.ru/index-19.htm FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 17 24 Sep 2001 TransX Multiboard Communications Inc. support@multiboard.com http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html 1:2401/305 TransNet transnet@ressl.com.ar http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ Watergate ramon@sbbs.se http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 (Author) http://www.apoint-mail.de (Co-Author) CrossPoint ("Original" version) http://www.crosspoint.de http://www.apoint-mail.de CrossPoint (OpenXP Projekt) http://www.openxp.com (English) http://www.openxp.de (German) CrossPoint (XP2 Team) http://www.xp2.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 FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 18 24 Sep 2001 BGFAX Home Page http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/ SIO, Vmodem for OS/2 http://www.gwinn.com NetModem for Windows http://www.allensoftware.com Com/IP Region 11: http://www.vector11.com/region11/ Net 2410: http://www.vector11.com/net2410/ 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/ FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 20 24 Sep 2001 Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19 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 FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 21 24 Sep 2001 appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will also receive routed notice of this feature. 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. 1:134/11 @ Michael Grant | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX aDSL, 60 | n/c 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 2215/300 | Dennis Haddox | UUE,TX | CABLE | n/c 2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 22 24 Sep 2001 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 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 FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 23 24 Sep 2001 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 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 3830/10 | Matt Bedynek | FTP, BinkP | 100Mb | 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 FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 24 24 Sep 2001 news.tardis.net Fidonet oriented chat rooms. room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 25 24 Sep 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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Administrative overhead = 1338 ( 12.00 %) PRIVATE NODES overhead = 844 ( 7.57 %) Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats): 9600 = 9573 ( 85.83 %) (HST's = 206 or 2.15 % of the 9600 baud modems.) (CSP's = 2 or 0.02 % of the 9600 baud modems.) (PEP's = 16 or 0.17 % " " " " ) (MAX's = 0 or 0.00 % " " " " ) (HAY's = 3 or 0.03 % " " " " ) (V32's = 5423 or 56.65 % " " " " ) (V32B's = 682 or 7.12 % " " " " ) (V42's = 5138 or 53.67 % " " " " ) (V42B's = 736 or 7.69 % " " " " ) 2400 = 114 ( 1.02 %) 1200 = 8 ( 0.07 %) 300 = 498 ( 4.46 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- F_Req Flag Applicable Software Number of Systems FIDONEWS 18-39 Page 28 24 Sep 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 4367 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 12 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 7 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 78 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 418 Tabby -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 4724 Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 4051 ( 36.32 %) MailOnly Nodes = 5742 ( 51.48 %) Listed-Only Nodes = 844 ( 7.57 %) -----------------------------------------------------------------