pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar) (12/06/90)
Volume 7, Number 49 3 December 1990
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
FidoNews is published weekly by and for the Members of the
FidoNet (r) International Amateur Electronic Mail System. It is
a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors
or authorized agents of the authors. The contribution of articles
to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
used with permission.
Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
responsible submission received.
Table of Contents
1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Stretching the truth in print ............................ 1
Responses, decentralization, the USA, cards, and koans ... 3
The 'GhostNET' Echo ...................................... 7
Universal Mayhem Update .................................. 8
PITStop, NEW racing echo ................................. 10
WORLDTALK: UNITEX REVISTED ............................... 11
2. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 13
Latest Software Versions ................................. 13
3. NOTICES .................................................. 18
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 18
FidoNews 7-49 Page 1 3 Dec 1990
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ARTICLES
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Jack Decker
1:154/8
STRETCHING THE TRUTH IN PRINT
I've said it before... it's my belief that FidoNews should not
be the vehicle for articles on all sorts of "issues of the
day." Apparently the current editor disagrees with me, though,
and his opinion is the one that counts.
All right. Here's some help for those of us who have to sit
and read all of this and wonder if we are getting straight news
or pure propaganda, or something in between. I'm going to ask
you to spend a few moments of your time and fifteen cents on a
postcard (maybe a bit more if you're outside of the U.S.A.) to
request a reprint of some articles that show how media bias can
creep into news reporting. It shows, among other things, how
certain words or phrases can be (and have been) used or avoided
in order to influence public opinion, all under the guise of
objective reporting.
Right about now you may be thinking "I suppose he's going to
ask me to write to some ultra-conservative group or some
abortion rights organization to get their slant on media bias"
(especially if you've read some of my previous comments in
FidoNews). But if I did that, you'd immediately dismiss it as
the writings of some fringe group that you don't agree with
anyway. Sorry, but if that's what you were thinking, I'm
afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Instead, I'm going to ask
you to write to that great ultra-conservative(?) publication,
the (ahem) Los Angeles Times.
You see, a reporter named David Shaw wrote a series of articles
for the L.A. Times that detailed how media bias has seeped into
the reporting of the abortion issue. Now you may say "my mind
is already made up on abortion", but that's not what these
articles are really all about. Rather, what these articles
prove is that you can take an issue - really ANY issue - and
put a slant on your reporting that at first blush seems
objective enough, but that in reality strongly favors one side
or another.
Every student of journalism, and anyone who is now employed (or
hopes to someday be employed) as an editor, a reporter, or in
some other capacity in the field of journalism would do well to
read this report. Keep in mind that it isn't just the abortion
issue that's often reported in a biased manner. Reporters take
up all sorts of causes, and can inadvertently inject their own
beliefs and values into what they report. Editors can edit
stories to reflect a particular viewpoint, or can decline to
run stories favorable to one side or the other. If they can do
it with the issue of abortion, they can do it with a cause near
FidoNews 7-49 Page 2 3 Dec 1990
and dear to your heart as well.
To request a free copy of David Shaw's series on abortion bias
in the media, you may write to:
L.A. Times Public Relations
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, California 90053
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 3 3 Dec 1990
Garth Kidd
3:680/803
Responses, decentralization, the USA, cards, and koans.
Wow.
I wasn't quite expecting this reaction.
Well, I was in a way: I thought that nobody in Zone 3 would
comment, because they never read FidoNews, and I was absolutely
right on that one.
Instead, I've got someone from Zone 4 telling me how much of a
reaction my article got down there! And that nice Mr K Bychin
said some stuff that caught my mind.
______________________________
To: all those doods in Zone 1.
______________________________
(and none of these "it's spelt `dude'" complaints, either:-)
In Zone 1, I get the distinct impression that the host calls out
to all of the nodes to do the mail session, right? Wierd. I guess
you have the option of doing that, since you have free local
calls. Sure, the "local calls" area is the size of a peanut, but
they're free, right?
I think I've just realised why a lot of Z1 nethosts don't like
the idea of people switching nets. They've got this odd idea that
they'd have to make another phone call. This had simply never
occurred to me.
Here in Zone 3, (and I guess it happens in 2 and 4..infinity as
well), we have to pay for our phone calls. All of the nodes call
the host. We have to juggle things a little to avoid conflicts,
but apart from when new nodes are introduced, we manage to avoid
each other pretty damn well. I think we also have a better
relationship with our Host, since he doesn't have to do
\everything\.
Oh yeah: here in N680, and many others, we also pay for our
echomail. My echomail bill works out at about $5 a week, for
quite a few echoes, which is just about nothing for the pretty
damn good service we get. Everyone is happy, especially the host,
who doesn't have an albatross named "phone bill" around his neck.
This saves him lots of money, which he keeps spending on hardware
to make the feed more efficient, the silly fool :-).
FidoNews 7-49 Page 4 3 Dec 1990
You might want to consider it, guys. Take some load off your host
and make the call from your end. It's pretty damn easy: add a
single event to your control files, and bingo. The call is, no
doubt, free for you as well, so it's no money off your back.
Every now and again, estimate your share of the amount of money
your host is spending on phone bills bringing your favourite
echoes in, and \send the cash in\. There's some excellent billing
software out there that figures it all out (at the host's end),
and makes everything a lot more fair.
This might, IMHO, make the nethosts feel a little better. It
might also lead to the dropping of this bloody silly "physical
location" rule for which net you join, since it's not going to
add any huge load to the host you switch to.
Once that's happened, MAYBE FidoNet stands a chance of being
democratic.
===
Decentralization, n: in FidoNet, a damn good idea.
Ta for the introduction, Vince. As I said, I wasn't quite
expecting the reaction. No abuse whatsoever. Amazing. :-/
Back to your idea of lots of domains: if you think the technology
can handle it, great! You'll have to fix that extremely stupid
document regulating gateways, though, or all hell will break
loose. All that needs to be said is "dupe loops are a bad idea,
and if you're responsible for one, big trouble."
Technology-wise, I don't think Type 2 is really equipped to
handle multiple domain work if it's commonplace, at least with
the current batch of software. For it to be possible, you'd need
at least for everyone to be running the latest version of the
software, which is hard enough to do these days.
[aparrently, there's some *C out there who insists on using a
not-quite-compatible homebrew mailer, which is creating amazing
problems with everybody downstream. Of course, they can't switch
*C, can they? Nor can they vote him out. This is what I'd like to
see fixed]
Type 3 software should be seriously looked at. jim's proposal
needs some modification, but it's basically sound IMHO, and even
the most lowly Commodore 64 should be able to handle it. The
wonderful thing about Type 3 would be that we'd be able to drag a
significant amount of the net up to a respectable level of
compatibility and effectiveness in a relatively short amount of
time.
FidoNews 7-49 Page 5 3 Dec 1990
How to introduce it: I'd say you firstly ensure that all Type 3
software can also handle Type 2 packets and messages. You might
want to turn that option off, but it'll be there. Then you make
source for 2<>3 packet/message converters available. Finally, you
set a date by which all non-leaf nodes MUST convert to Type 3.
Make it a LONG way in the future, and WELL after we've managed to
prove that the thing works.
Setting a date is pretty harsh stuff, but it's (IMHO) the only
way to work. The non-leaf rule should be pretty obvious: there's
almost definitely going to be someone running Type 2 software on
some archaic, uncommon machine, and they won't be good enough at
programming to port Type 3 over to their machines. All we want to
do is make sure that they're not routing mail to anyone, since we
want to make \sure\ that the advantages of Type 3 aren't lost
because of some diehard Type 2 user stuck in the middle of the
chain.
Another method: form another network (entirely type 3), and
have it slowly take over. You should be able to figure out the
pros and cons for that one yourself.
'nuff rambling on this topic. Keep talking, people.
===
Tom, you're absolutely correct. The United States government and
secret services are being absolutely amazingly awful as far as it
comes to treating your rights, and it's not only in the
electronic mail arena, either. I'm just glad I'm not in the USA.
The only thing I can suggest is to get the silent majority up and
yelling that you want CHANGE. If you don't yell, you should
expect the rabidly conservative to try and restrict your life to
the point you can't move. You should also expect them to succeed
unopposed, since you're all sitting back being quiet.
I just hope it doesn't happen here in Australia.
===
Henry: if you can find a Unix box out there you can play with,
swap the idle process for one that does your card simulations.
Also, have it keep track of the maximum and average "$ down"
amounts. If you can only succeed with $10,000 in your pocket,
it's no good. I'd love a copy of your source, though.
===
A new koan:
If you have some ice cream, I will give it to you.
FidoNews 7-49 Page 6 3 Dec 1990
If you have no ice cream, I will take it away from you.
It is an ice cream koan.
Thanks for your time.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 7 3 Dec 1990
Chris Mayer, Ghostbusters Central (415) 933-4937
FIDO 1:161/303 CandyNET 42:1069/303
The GhostNET Echo
Yes, another echo is out, and its called 'GhostNET'. This new
echo is a serious attempt at disscussing topics relating to
paranormal occurences, Extrasensory Perception, Psychokinesis,
Psychics, and more. Now that I've got you confused, here are
the basic requirements. It requires real names and ANSI codes
are to be stripped. To recieve this echo, send netmail to Chris
Mayer at 1:161/303. More details will be included through
netmail at your request.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 8 3 Dec 1990
Universal Mayhem Update
Fredric Rice
1:102/901.0
presents
Killing People Over The Dial-Up Network
Universal Mayhem has been under heavy development since the
version 2.0 release a couple of months ago. We are, in fact,
soon to mail version 2.3 to every known Mayhem site as soon as
some test time is found. Known sites (those that are in the
MAYHEM echo) are:
128/74 365/47 104/112 151/806 107/540 124/3220 207/204 231/290
209/735 345/15 135/79 282/51 143/8 3622/56 141/68 105/112 19/15
133/110 224/60 100/380 369/26 350/726 102/851 102/833 396/24
250/726. (8842/0 8842/1 8842/2: my private international nodes).
If you don't see your node listed when it should be, now you
know why you haven't been getting the echo mail! Give me a call
and I'll fix it right away.
There are two known sites in Germany and several in Australia;
only one of which currently receives the MAYHEM echo. The German
site that I interface to is difficult to connect to and
generally requires many calls to send a single packet. I
attribute this problem to my long distance carrier line quality.
Who can say? Regardless, MAYHEM is now considered international
in scope.
There are an estimated 240 sites running Mayhem world-wide. This
count is computed on the total File Requests and File Attaches
in my log files and the messages and letters received from sites
I haven't listed above. Israel is running an old 1.5 version and
will be updated when 2.3 comes out.
The several reported bugs have been fixed though not fully
tested. Friendly ships that warp in to assist an allied ship
does not get fired on and does not automatically attack a
friendly ship anymore. More importantly, the export and import
of ships (cannon fodder) from other sites finally works and the
File Attaches now actually works - now that I read the Technical
document for the message headers attribute field and implemented
the damn thing. I should add that Mayhem sites need-not be tied
to each other to run Mayhem. It's quite acceptable to run Mayhem
entirely local to a single system.
There have been BILLIONS and BILLIONS of little fixes and
updates that are primarily 'tweakings' of the code after
suggestions from the various sites were considered. When version
2.3 is mailed out, a file briefly listing the updates performed
will be mail with it. Speed of start-up and execution has also
been worked on and some of the colors made less gaudy.
FidoNews 7-49 Page 9 3 Dec 1990
If you want to try the thing, you can request MAYHEM20.ZIP or it
would probably be a better idea to send a message asking for
version 2.3 when it's tested and released. If you would like to
get into the MAYHEM echo, let me know. I am now down to polling
all known sites once a week rather than the original three times
a week (my wife threatened to toss my ass out along with the
phone bills if I didn't stop. I threatened to stop cooking her
dinners if I got thrown out -- we compromised. I'll poll once a
week and burn a third of her dinners). You can also use the list
above to find out what the closest site that has it is and see
if it can feed you, of course.
A Sad Note -- A Software God here where I work has reported
seeing Mayhem version 2.0 being sold at a local swap-meet. I
have never charged a cent for my efforts (I return
contributions) and I don't allow other people to make money on
my lost sleep. I ask that _anyone_ who sees my work being sold
to get a name and license plate number of the criminal and let
me know about it; along with any other information you can come
up with. Because I don't charge for the product, I can't claim
lost income but I can sure as hell launch a class-action suit
and recover punitive damages for these people selling my
copywritten software -- it's not released as Public Domain or
into the Public Domain. If I want it sold, I'll do it myself. Be
it understood that Mayhem remains mine and as my property, I
reserve the right to deny any 'company' or people who sell my
work the right to have it. It must be distributed in a free and
friendly manor as I have always done in the past.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 10 3 Dec 1990
AllNighter BBS
FidoNet 1:167/173
PITStop
=======
If you're a motosports fan, then this echo is for you. A forum
where you can share talk about the best sport around, Motor-
racing.
Schedules
Results
Score boards
Technical analysis
Mechanical aspects
Racing hints
Fan Support
are but a few of the topics in this forum. All types of motor-
sports will be covered, from the down-south Winston and NASCAR
stockers, to the international world of Grand-Prix, the Indy
cars, fiery dragsters and news of interest from the grass roots
local 1/4 mile ovals.
If you are interested in taking part or would like to get more
details on this new racing forum please send a Netmail
message to me,
Marc Patrick Roy
1:167/173@fidonet.org
Thanks for your support, and we hope to see at the next
PITStop!
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 11 3 Dec 1990
James Waldron
1:107/501
NEW ECHOMAIL CONFERENCE: WORLDTLK
Description and Summary of the WORLDTLK Echo.
The 'original' UNITEX conference is available now as AreaTag:
WORLDTLK on the FidoNet backbone.
The UNITEX echomail conference is changing it's name to WORLDTLK
and will be revamping its agenda and will include articles from
other international news agencies and journalists in addition to
the United Nations Weekly Summaries and other UN news bulletins
that are of topical interest and concern and have global
ramifications. All recent UN Resolutions will be posted
as well as any speeches from Heads of State addressing
the UN General Assenbly.
As you will read below, this conference can be both extremely
informative, from a user or reader's perspective, as well as
provide a forum and mecahnism for feedback to what has become an
international and global crisis: The Situation in the Gulf. The
United Nations, now more than ever, is taking a very active role
in World Affairs and this conference can, in a 'real sense' be a
WORLD TALK forum with a political reality. It is necessary to
know what is going on from a source level. The televison and
press media can only cover a certain perspective. This
conference will bring you articles and news covewrage not
usually seen in our media.
WORLDTLK is NOT a read-only conference but there are certain
guidelines and protocols that will be published from time to
time as Conference Rules. The WORLDTLK Moderator is Dr. James
Waldron 1;107/501. Co-moderators are Esty Dinur and Jeff
Laranger both at 1:121/99 User postings, especially of the
journalistic variety, are welcome. Try to stay on topic with
the current trend of subject headers. Inquiries, thoughtful or
provocative questions, and other related news articles will be
answered by the WorldTlk Moderators or online readers.
Postings by other agencies, such as the Wind Energy Forum,
Audobon or the Sierra Club are certainly welcome on the
environmental topics, as are postings by World Perspectives on
the international political scene.
Articles will range from UN Security Council Resolutions and UN
Press Releases to international news on the environment, The
UNCED (UN Conference for Environmental Development), Laws of the
Sea, Treaty and Boundary Agreements, the Crisis in the Gulf,
weekly summaries of the UN General Assembly and timely
publications from other international and independent press
associations. The United Nations news will be posted by UNITEX
Communications.
FidoNews 7-49 Page 12 3 Dec 1990
Other issues include: current developments and economic trends
in the European Economic Community (EEC), Human Rights, peaceful
and safe utilization of atomic energy, reports from the World
Bank, World Health Organization, Africa, Central & Latin
America, and several other areas of concern facing the
developing nations.
The idea is to present several authoratative views of current
news crisis and trends via real 'hard news' and professional
journalism using varying international sources, including news
briefings from the United Nations and other governmental
agencies and have a forum for readers to reply to and ask
questions. The topics will vary depending on the current world
political situation, among other things.
If you are a sysop and are reading this it would be appreciated
to pass this information on to your readers. If you want to
link into WORLDTLK and have echomail link(s) already in place
for UNITEX, simply change the name from UNITEX to WORLDTLK and
retain all the links.
If you are new to this conference, simply add the Areatag:
WORLDTLK to your areas.bbs and ask for a link from your NEC or
HEC, as this is a FidoNet backbone confernce.
If you need more information about the conference or the
background and history of UNIETX (re: talks or papers UNITEX
presented at the United Nations), FileReq UNITEX.ZIP from
1:107/501. In addition, It describes the UNITEX Project that
began in 1983 as an experimental pilot-project for dissemination
of specialized information using wide-area network technology.
James Waldron, 1:107/510 WORLDTLK Moderator
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LATEST VERSIONS
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Latest Software Versions
MS-DOS Systems
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Bulletin Board Software
Name Version Name Version Name Version
DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5g
Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.66 TBBS 2.1
GSBBS 3.01 RBBS 17.3A TComm/TCommNet 3.4
Lynx 1.30 RBBSmail 17.3B Telegard 2.5
Kitten 2.16 RemoteAccess 0.04a TPBoard 6.1
Maximus 1.02 SLBBS 1.77A Wildcat! 2.50
Opus 1.13+ Socrates 1.10 WWIV 4.12
PCBoard 14.5 XBBS 1.15
Network Node List Other
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
BinkleyTerm 2.40 EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.31 ARCAsim 2.30
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
FrontDoor 1.99c Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.14 Crossnet v1.5
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
TIMS 1.0(Mod8) XlaxDiff 2.35 Gmail 2.05
XlaxNode 2.35 GROUP 2.16
GUS 1.30
HeadEdit 1.15
InterPCB 1.31
LHARC 1.13
MSG 4.1
MSGED 2.00
MSGTOSS 1.3
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10
QM 1.0
QSORT 4.03
Sirius 1.0x
SLMAIL 1.36
StarLink 1.01
TagMail 2.41
TCOMMail 2.2
Telemail 1.27
TMail 1.15
TPBNetEd 3.2
TosScan 1.00
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UFGATE 1.03
XRS 3.40
XST 2.2
ZmailQ 1.12
OS/2 Systems
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
Maximus-CBCS 1.02 BinkleyTerm 2.40 Parselst 1.32
ConfMail 4.00
EchoStat 6.0
oMMM 1.52
Omail 3.1
MsgEd 2.00
MsgLink 1.0C
MsgNum 4.14
LH2 0.50
PK[UN]ZIP 1.02
ARC2 6.00
PolyXARC 2.00
Qsort 2.1
Raid 1.0
Remapper 1.2
Tick 2.0
VPurge 2.07
Xenix/Unix
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BBS Software Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
MaximusCBCS 1.02.Unix.B0 BinkleyTerm 2.30b Unzip 3.10
ARC 5.21
ParseLst 1.30b
ConfMail 3.31b
Ommm 1.40b
Msged 1.99b
Zoo 2.01
C-Lharc 1.00
Omail 1.00b
Apple CP/M
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
MsgUtil 2.5
PackUser v4
Filer v2-D
UNARC.COM 1.20
Macintosh
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 LHArc 0.33
Hermes 1.01 StuffIt Classic 1.6
FBBS 0.91 Compactor 1.21
TImport 1.92
TExport 1.92
Timestamp 1.6
Tset 1.3
Import 3.2
Export 3.21
Sundial 3.2
PreStamp 3.2
OriginatorII 2.0
AreaFix 1.6
Mantissa 3.21
Zenith 1.5
Eventmeister 1.0
TSort 1.0
Mehitable 2.0
UNZIP 1.02c
Amiga
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
Paragon 2.07+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
TrapDoor 1.50 AReceipt 1.5
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WelMat 0.42 booz 1.01
ConfMail 1.10
ChameleonEdit 0.10
ElectricHerald1.66
Lharc 1.21
MessageFilter 1.52
oMMM 1.49b
ParseLst 1.30
PkAX 1.00
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
PolyxAmy 2.02
RMB 1.30
Skyparse 2.30
TrapList 1.12
UNzip 0.86
Yuck! 1.61
Zoo 2.01
Atari ST
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
FIDOdoor/ST 2.00* BinkleyTerm 2.40j* ConfMail 4.02
Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
QuickBBS/ST 1.02 ARC 6.02
GS Point 0.61 FiFo 2.0b
LHARC 0.60
LED ST 0.10
BYE 0.25
PKUNZIP 1.10
MSGED 1.96S
SRENUM 6.2
Trenum 0.10
OMMM 1.40
Archimedes
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BBS Software Mailers Utilities
Name Version Name Version Name Version
ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 Unzip 2.1TH
ARC 1.03
!Spark 2.00d
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ParseLst 1.30
BatchPacker 1.00
+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
* Recently changed
Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-49 Page 18 3 Dec 1990
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
1 Jan 1991
Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
16 Feb 1991
Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
31 Mar 1991
Jim Grubs (W8GRT) was issued his first ham radio license forty
years ago today. His first station was made from an ARC-5
"Command Set" removed from a B-17 bomber.
12 May 1991
Fourth anniversary of FidoNet operations in Latin America and
second anniversary of the creation of Zone-4.
8 Sep 1991
25th anniversary of first airing of Star Trek on NBC!
7 Oct 1991
Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
Islands will retain area code 415.
1 Feb 1992
Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
Montebello) will retain area code 213.
1 Dec 1993
Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
5 Jun 1997
David Dodell's 40th Birthday
If you have something which you would like to see on this
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
FidoNews 7-49 Page 19 3 Dec 1990
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Remember Campers!!!
To send mail from an Internet site or smart UUCP Site TO a user
that calls a Fido-Net system.
You need to know the name of the person and node number of the
Fido-Net system that the person uses.
The address of a FidoNode looks like this: 1:105/302.0. Usually
the 1: and .0 are left off, but they are there by default. (In
Europe it is 2: and in the Pacific Basin it is 3:.) That
address can be translated as "Zone 1, Net 105, FidoNode 302,
Point 0." or p0.f302.n105.z1. Add the FidoNet domain of
.fidonet.org to the end of that, chop off the p0 (it is again,
a default) and you have f302.n105.z1.fidonet.org - the "Fully
Qualified Domain Name" of a FidoNode. Another example is
1:105/4.3 which would be written as p3.f4.n105.z1.fidonet.org
(since there is a point number other than 0, we have to specify
it). Note also that we are only using zone 1. This will also
work for zones 2 and 3, just use z2 or z3 as appropriate.
FidoNet uses full names of the callers. Multi-part name folks
(eg. First Last, ie. "Dale Weber") will have a period '.'
seperating their names. So, lets say you wanted to send mail
to Dale Weber at 1:105/55.0, you would address your letter to:
Dale.Weber@f55.n105.z1.fidonet.org.
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