izot@f171.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Geoffrey Welsh) (04/28/89)
> From: jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco) > Message-ID: <2266@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> > ]The docs talk about the Punternet node 7 or Fidonet node 1:221/171 ? > What, you're not on PunterNet? (sigh) I think we need a > UseNet<>PunterNet gateway, hey Geoff? hehehehheh I've looked into Fido<->PNet links (which would, in effect, allow PunterNet to be addressed via Fido-UUCP gates. There are different ways to achieve this: -Write a FidoNet "link" for either BBS64 or PC-PunterNet; BBS64 systems as a rule won't have the memory to spare and modifications to PC-PunterNet require that you have MASM, QuickC and QuickBASIC compilers - quite expensive. -Put a FidoNet "front end" on a PC-PunterNet system; but Steve's software INSISTS on answering the phone (it will not accept being passed a connect from a front end). -Run both a FidoNet and a PunterNet system on the same PC; PC-PunterNet requires so much RAM that it cannot run, say, under DoubleDOS in a 640K PC. -Write PunterNet protocol drivers for a Fido system; there are a couple of minor technical glitches but, considering how vast PunterNet is (50 nodes?) and the fact that many of its participants are also on Fido and Usenet, why bother implementing Steve's needlessly complex protocols to provide a fraction of the functionality offered by existing nets? > Slightly/very inappropriate to this newsgroup, but what the heck: > Does anybody know what the latest is on gateways between here and > FidoNet? I've had no success contacting the postmaster at the site > that our school consultants said was a gateway. I managed to send > mail using the format "f200.n154.z1.FIDONET.ORG" for 1:154/200, and > the message got there. This is the correct InterNet addressing for FidoNet: FirstName_LastName@[p<point>.]f<node>.n<net>.z<zone>.FIDONET.ORG. e.g. Geoffrey_Welsh@f171.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG You can also get away with bangpath routing if you know the name of the nearest gateway system: ...<GateName>![[[<zone>!]<net>!]<node>!]FirstName_LastName e.g. ...!isishq!171!Geoffrey_Welsh The InterNet addressing scheme is preferred, since it does not depend on any specific gateway being used. There are many UUCP<->Fido gateways in operation, and I am setting up another. For further discussion, netmail me. Geoff -- Geoffrey Welsh - via FidoNet node 1:221/162 UUCP: ...!watmath!isishq!171!izot Internet: izot@f171.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG