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Editor in Chief Dale Lovell
Editor Emeritus: Thom Henderson
Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
Contributing Editors: Al Arango
FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet
Association as its official newsletter. 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.
Copyright 1988 by the International FidoNet Association. All
rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for
noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances,
please contact IFNA at (314) 576-4067. IFNA may also be contacted
at PO Box 41143, St. Louis, MO 63141.
Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
Fido Software, 164 Shipley Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107 and
are used with permission.
The contents of the articles contained here are not our
responsibility, nor do we necessarily agree with them.
Everything here is subject to debate. We publish EVERYTHING
received.
Table of Contents
1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
Lynx, A new BBS system ................................... 2
SUN Echo Created ......................................... 4
Coping with Rapid Growth ................................. 5
LEONARD MEDNICK for UNITED STATES SENATE ................. 11
2. NOTICES .................................................. 15
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 15
Recap of FidoCon'88 Agenda ............................... 15
Latest Software Versions ................................. 16
FidoCon '88 Registration Form ............................ 18
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ARTICLES
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Yes Folks FidoCon '88 in Cincinnati is almost here! You have
until July 15th to register if you want a chance to win the Delta
Airlines ticket and don't forget the conference fee goes up to
$75 August 1st. There are also VERY few USR coupons left!
Register now if you want to cash in on this terrific discount!
Hotel space is going fast! We have reserved a block of rooms at
a discounted rate but once they are gone, they're gone! You will
not receive the FidoCon room discount if you register at the
door, you must make your hotel reservations in advance. If you
are planning on attending FidoCon this year register now.
We are hard at work putting together what we believe will be the
BEST FidoCon ever and from the way that registrations are flowing
in, I can see that many of you feel the same way!
Watch FidoNews for weekly updates on the conference and for more
current updates and information there is a FIDOCON Echo available
to all. Just contact Rick Ashworth at 1/88 for more information.
If you have any questions about FidoCon'88 contact Rick at 1/88
or myself at 1/88 or 108/62.
See you here in August!
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Lynx is a mult-user BBS system that supports 8 com ports, 31000
messages areas, 31000 file areas, has 31000 access levels not
including the special bit field flags.
Lynx also use the one message file structure for the message
bases and all the messages in all the areas go into the same
file. This one file structure is also extended to cover the
system files as well. The message area and file area control
files are contained in one single file instead of a multitude of
system control files. So, no matter how many message areas you
might have, you'll only have one message area system control
file.
Lynx Menus
Lynx has 3 help levels, much the same as Fido or Opus, but the
big difference is the FULL help menu. This menu must be designed
by the sysop. It's a simple text file that you can create with
any word processor or any ANSI program such a THEDRAW. You can
create both an ANSI menus or an ACII menu or combine then into a
single file using the LANSI commands for color and Moving ANSI
graphic's. You also have the option of turning the default
prompt off and adding a customized menu prompt to any menu. The
Lynx script processing commands can be used in these menus so
you can get as fancy with them as you like.
The second and third help levels are much the same as Fido or
OPus and you have to accept the default system prompt there.
Commands
To further allow you total control over your system, the sysop
must also select the command keys to activate the associated
options. For example, at the main menu, the command to go to the
file area can be set to F, D, ESC, control-F, etc. It doesn't
matter what you want to use, the idea is that you select the
key. And, these command keys do NOT have to be the first letter
of the command.
Not only do you set the command keys, but you also have to set
the individual access levels for those keys. Now, the big
difference here is in the message and file areas. Each message
area has it's own cluster of command keys and associated command
key access levels. Message area 1 might use the A to switch
areas with an access level of 5 while message area 2 might use C
to switch areas with an access level of 3. Doesn't make sense to
do it that way but the ability is there if you want to use it.
The same thing goes for the file areas.
Each message area and each file area has a default access level
required to gain access. To further enhance this, each file area
and each message area also has a set of 8 flags. You can set any
one of the eight flags or a combination of the 8 flags and the
caller must have the same set of flags turned on in his user
record to gain access to that area no matter what his standard
access level is.
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Lynx also has the supports Tradewar's 1000, RBBSdoors, PCboard
programs, Who else is online, CB chat, Baduser, New upload scan,
New Mail scan, Last caller to system, caller count,
upload/download ratio warning with automatic no Downloading when
this ratio is out of wack(setable by the sysop), single file
extraction from an archive for downloading with full cleanup,
automatic no uploading duplicates on the system, ANYWHERE. All
of this is built into the Lynx system plus more.
The uploading section supports Ymodem, Ymodem Batch, SEAlink,
Zmodem, Hyper-Drive, and finally Xmodem. Callers automatically
receive upload credit in the form of the time they spent
uploading the file along with an increase in their downloading
limits. The files. bbs display is quite attractive and loaded
with information. Each file has a 3 line display showing the
file name, filesize, times downloaded on the 1st line. The
second line shows who uploaded the file and when they uploaded
it, and finally the 3rd line is the 80 character description
field. All uploads are posted at the TOP of the file instead of
at the bottom. For those of you that like to include little area
description headers, Lynx also allows for a header.qbs file in
each of your downloading areas. If this file exists, its
displayed before the files are listed out when a file list is
requested. You can include anything in the header.qbs file
including script processing commands. Caller's can also set a
user record auto-protocol switch so that Lynx will automatically
use their protocol when uploading and downloading.
Lynx also has a fairly large text file script processing
language that includes a set of LANSI commands much the same as
those in Opus. You can set any color combination that ANSI
supports with these script commands including foregound,
background, reverse video, and even video screen modes.
Netmail and Echomail? Yes, both are fully supported.
Now, I can't tell you EVERYTHING that Lynx is capable of doing
unless I wanted to just include the doc's so I'll close this up.
If you would like to see Lynx in action, we have the system
setup to except human callers between the hours of 8 PM and
10:30 AM CST. The phone number is (314) 334-6359 or for you
Binkely / Dutchie people, 100/504 or 1/116. File area 1 also has
the lynx doc's available for downloading if you'd like more
information.
There is also a Lynx echo for anyone that would like to tie into
it. Tie in points are 157/505, 157/46, 100/504, 44/504, 46/1,
440/1. Contact the sysops of these nodes for more information as
to WHERE you can tie in.
Mike Bryeans, 100/504
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Bernard Aboba
Fido 204/444
MailCom/SUN City of Palo Alto, CA has started a new
conference called SUN, all about SUN Microsystems
computers, including the SUN 2,3,4, and 386i series
machines. SUN will also discuss development under
the OPEN LOOK standard. Boards interested in
subscribing should send NETMAIL to 204/444.
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FidoNews 5-28 Page 5 11 Jul 1988
Lee Kemp, Communet 1:221/162.14
11 June 1988
C O P I N G W I T H R A P I D G R O W T H Part 1
Last week I put forward some ideas for dealing with Trojan
Viruses.
I'm hoping to do a regular weekly series. Next week's will be a
detailed technical proposal in response to Ben Baker's article
about the "Nodelist Crisis" in FidoNews 522. This week's is just
an introduction to that proposal.
THE NODELIST CRISIS
Ben proposed a switch to Region based nodelists because the full
international list will soon be just too big for processing.
Clearly it WILL get too big, and the problem SHOULD be addressed
now. But I believe there are other solutions that CAN preserve
Tom Jennings original concept of FidoNet as a "fully coupled
network" - where EVERY node has an accurate CURRENT address for
EVERY other node that it communicates with.
An INTERIM solution is for new XLATLIST type software to process
NODEDIFF files that contain full net/node addresses for the lines
changed instead of line numbers. This would allow each SysOp to
just specify which nets and nodes they want to keep track off,
without maintaining full copies of the entire nodelist below net
or region level (where they are needed for file request by new
nodes etc.)
But in the long term, even NODEDIFF files WILL become too big for
regular weekly processing, so eventually a more radical change
WILL be needed.
The technical problem with region based lists is that MANY nodes
have regular communications with nodes outside their region or
zone for both mail and file requests. FidoNet technology enables
cheap and efficient communications between people who have common
interests but are NOT in the same geographic region.
When one sees a message in an international conference its
important to be able to just whip of a private reply, or a file
request, without HAVING to go through a Regional OGATE or make
special arrangements for processing "foreign" nodelists.
The solution I propose is a means for nodes to AUTOMATICALLY
obtain continuous current updates of their nodelist entries FOR
THOSE NODES THEY COMMUNICATE WITH. Most nodes will have a MUCH
smaller list than all the nodes in their Region, let alone all
the nodes in the world. But as long as that list can be
automatically and continuously updated, it meets ALL the
requirements for a "fully coupled" network.
FidoNews 5-28 Page 6 11 Jul 1988
The key problem is that as soon as a user enters a message to a
new node, not previously communicated with, the current nodelist
entries for that node have to be automatically obtained and added
to the local nodelist.
My solution is simple, and also overcomes the problem of
addresses from "foreign" networks like AlterNet appearing in
EchoMail conferences where they cannot be easily replied to.
SOLUTION
Just include the full nodelist lines for each node within
EchoMail messages from that node, in addition to the
zone:net/node.point address shown on present * Origin lines.
If standards for including that information are developed now,
then future BBS software can automatically update the local
nodelist whenever a user wants to reply to an EchoMail message.
(With additional lines for the other nodes inwards routing Hub
and Host if necessary).
After all, probably 90% of NetMail and file requests are
generated in response to EchoMail. (Or FidoNews articles, which
can use a similar system). Most of the rest would be in response
to NetMail messages received (again as a result of EchoMail or
FidoNews articles). These can be handled by automatically
extracting nodelist lines from NetMail packets. (For direct mail
sessions the Wazoo protocol already exchanges BBS name and SysOp
name and could easily add phone number and flags etc. This could
result in AUTOMATIC updates to MAKENL by local *Cs who have
regular netmail sessions with their nodes. Instead of arguing
about whether to elect *Cs, let's automate them!)
Nodelist entries initially obtained in this way, can be kept up
to date as part of EchoMail importing. It shouldn't be too hard
for the EchoMail software to watch for changes in those entries
kept locally and update them automatically while importing. A
method like the ConfMail dupelists can be used for fast lookup of
CRCs to flag when a nodelist entry for a "known" node has
changed.
For those few cases where CURRENT nodelist lines haven't been
obtained from recent NetMail or EchoMail packets or direct
NetMail sessions, outgoing messages would have to be delayed,
while an automatic request for updated nodelist lines is made to
a "directory server". These "directory server" nodes at regional
or net level could reply automatically - like MEGALIST or
MGMLINK. Their replies would then be automatically incorporated
in the local nodelist, like AUTOECHO updating an AREAS.BBS file.
A major problem for this proposal is that EchoMail is insecure
and fake nodelist lines could be generated by anybody
impersonating another node. This can be overcome using "public
key digital signature" techniques as described last week for
dealing with Trojan viruses. This can also provide additional
FidoNews 5-28 Page 7 11 Jul 1988
benefits for secure and authenticated NetMail and EchoMail.
A minor problem is that SEEN-BYs etc already add too much to each
message sent, and we don't want more superflous information in
every packet. There is a technical solution to that too. Details
in part 2, next week.
WHY IT MATTERS
Over the next few weeks I'll also be explaining why I think these
technical issues have important policy implications. Its based on
our experiences over the past year since Communet joined the
Australian Region of FidoNet, where all netmail and EchoMail has
ALREADY been routed through a single regional OGATE, controlled
by the Australian Regional Coordinator, John Blackett-Smith.
Our experiences show that a political problem can arise if the
network does not remain "fully coupled". FidoNet internationally
COULD cease to be a network dedicated to the "free exchange of
information", as has ALREADY happened in Australia, where we are
rather less "fully coupled" than most US Regions.
Two weeks after we joined FidoNet, we were summarily kicked out,
because the then Regional Coordinator, who was also our net host,
did not like the "Political Overtones" of files in our internal
file areas. (He did not actually READ any of the files, but he
logged in and objected to the NAMES of files called "DONTVOTE.*"
relating to current Australian elections.)
The *C decided we were a "nest" of "commies" and because of this
political prejudice, we found ourselves suddenly totally isolated
from the net, as he was killing incoming NetMail.
We appealed against that and were promptly removed from the
nodelist by John Blackett-Smith for "ideas beyond the acceptable
limits of the normal political spectrum".
We appealed against that, and Australian SysOps discussed our
"case" WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO TAKE PART. Not being in the
nodelist makes it rather difficult to answer accusations!
June 23 will be the first anniversary of our excommunication from
the Australian Region of FidoNet and we will start publishing
full details. Unbelievable as it may sound, NOTHING has been done
to put us back in the Australian Region nodelist in the entire 12
months.
It has proved impossible for us to communicate freely with
Australian Region FidoNet nodes, and impossible to get either the
Zone 3 administraton or the International Coordinator to do
anything about it. Hence my interest in the problems that can
arise from splitting FidoNet into regions that cannot easily
communicate with each other except through regional OGATEs.
That's the political background to my proposals for a nodelist
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structure that is not subject to the arbitrary whims of
megalomaniac *Cs.
Meanwhile, a few days ago was the first anniversary of our
announcing ourselves in FidoNews 424. As background to who is
making these proposals I am republishing an article from
Communet's President, written a week or two after we first
joined.
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* Hello from Communet
Peter Green Communet, 631/326
H E L L O F R O M C O M M U N E T
June 7, 1987
Communet ("Communications Network for the Community") was setup
six months ago by several non-profit community groups in
Melbourne Australia, including the Community Interest Computer
Consultancy, the Working Women's Centre and the Coalition Against
Poverty and Unemployment.
As we are new to FidoNet, this article is to explain who we are
and seek contacts with other nodes anywhere in the world that may
have similar interests. We are particularly anxious to join any
international Echomail conferences discussing social and
political topics likely to be of interest to our members, as well
as technical topics relevant to establishing our network
facilities or assisting community groups to make the best
possible use of computers.
TECHNICAL PLANS
Due to very limited budgets, we need to establish communications
facilities as cheaply as possible, yet with greater technical
sophistication than typical mainframe systems, so they can be
easily used by our non-computer literate constituency. We will
therefore be generating lots of technical questions about the
best way to do different things. Hopefully we will also be able
to contribute some answers when we have gained more experience.
Our primary aim is to establish a national computer network to
link micro-computers currently used simply for wordprocessing by
various non-profit community groups and other organisations. We
are working jointly with ASYNC ("Australian Students Information
Network Committee"), which is planning a similar service,
primarily to exchange material between student newspapers.
When funding is available, multi-user AT or 386 based Unix
conferencing systems with large fixed disks will be established
in each major city, linked by packet network channels for
continuous parallel updating of all conferences in all cities. A
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gateway will be maintained to FidoNet, both for general access
purposes and to transfer messages, files and Echomail to users
operating "Dutchie" point software.
The main services Communet will offer are Computer Conferencing
and Email and file exchange for remote typesetting and Desktop
Publishing of text files uploaded from wordprocessor software.
But we are also interested in chatlines, multi-player role
playing games and just about anything else that will encourage
non-computer oriented people to get a modem and hook up!
Initially, we have established a single line private FidoNet
node, currently running Opus 0.0 under SEAdog 4.00, as a
preliminary test system. This is accessed regularly by members
and associates of Communet to become familiar with various
aspects of communications networks and to provide some initial
services. As our orientation is towards non-computer literates
and we lack technical knowledge, especially with Unix and
communications networks, we hope to learn a lot from other
FidoNet users. But we also hope to eventually contribute some
ideas of our own.
PHONE NUMBER
Although we are not yet open to the general public, and therefore
do not want our phone number listed in the nodelist where it
could encourage calls from numerous BBS users, we would welcome
direct file transfers and crashmail from other FidoNet nodes
around the world. This can be achieved by simply including the
following line in XLATLIST.CTL or equivalent:
PHONE 631/326 61-3-482-1718
PLANNED SERVICES
Two Communet services almost operational are:
1) 'Community Calendar' - a continuously updated list of
activities and dates for public meetings and other events.
2) 'Public Radio News' - a professionally edited daily news feed
for Public Broadcast stations around Australia. This will have
associated with it a discussion area for feedback on news stories
and comments on current events. We anticipate that users with a
wide range of different political and philosophical outlooks will
find this a useful way to debate and exchange views, and that it
will spawn separate discussion areas on particular topics.
Other groups that have expressed an interest in setting up
conference topics and interstate hook-ups include the Community
Arts Network and Community Youth Support Schemes. They are keen
to learn how to use Opus boards, and will be seeking funding to
obtain the necessary hardware.
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Aims of Communet are:
1. Establish a network to link computers used by computer groups
and their members at minimal cost and maximum performance.
2. Promote computer conferencing in Australia, by encouraging and
assisting the setting up and running of such conferences and by
providing access to international conferences and databases.
3. Provide computer communications services to the community
sector comparable to those available in corporate networks, and
to promote the the use of computer communication between
community groups.
4. Establish an influential position for the community sector in
exploiting computer conferencing and build this up as a counter
to the press and TV monopolies.
As Australia's mass media are dominated by a very small group of
large owners, we see the potential for computer conferencing to
provide an alternative media that is far more democratic and
interactive - allowing users to participate in the media rather
than merely consuming it.
We also see computer conferencing as having great potential for
breaking down international barriers.
At present these potentials are mainly being used by people with
a technical interest in computing. But as the cost of hardware
keeps falling and the quality of software keeps improving, more
and more non-computer oriented people will join in.
THANKYOU
We would like to thank everyone involved in FidoNet and public
domain and shareware software development (especially Opus and
related utilities) for the help and inspiration already received.
We look forward to meeting lots of new friends in the matrix.
Peter Green, for Communet 631/326
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Note: We aren't 3:631/326 any more, we're now a CANADIAN "point"
- 1:221/162.14 But our Australian phone number remains the same.
A few days after that was written, we were thrown out.
A year is long enough. The FULL story of how the Zone and
International Coordinator's dealt with the abuse of power over
the nodelist by *Cs in Australia will now be told.
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FidoNews 5-28 Page 11 11 Jul 1988
Leonard Mednick
Fido 345/1
LEONARD MEDNICK for UNITED STATES SENATE
I love America! Where else could the son of immigrant parents
run for a seat, on the republican ticket, in the senior house of
the United States Congress. As a matter of fact, even for the
presidency this year. Therefore I am privileged to now announce
my candidacy for the United States Senate to you, my fellow
sysops.
Later in this article, you will read my position on major
issues, and also my resume. Two major points of my program are
to extend the peace initiative President Reagan began in Moscow,
recently; and to wrench our disgraceful federal deficit into
control!
I am also concerned by the many attempts of government to
interfere with the joyful fulfillment our electronic hobby
affords us. Now government wants us to be responsible for ALL
postings on our boards even when many of us are handling
hundreds, even thousands of messages a day. There is a nagging
in my brain that if we do not band together to stop these
incursions, it will not be long before the FBI, or some other
agency will be knocking on our doors. This situation cannot be
tolerated and it must not be ignored.
Senator Goldwater (R-AZ) has long championed the amateur radio
operator (ham) community. We, in the amateur computer
communications community have no such champion. I promise that
when I am elected, I will always carry our message to my fellow
senators.
Now the nitty gritty. Unless you are a registered voter in the
state of Hawaii, you cannot vote for me. But modern elections
are won, sad to say, by those with the most money, all too
often. That is where you can help me, and help us all. If you
know members of any Political Action Committees (PACs), please
bring my name to their attention. Show them my position and
resume. Ask them to send me money, NOW! That is what they are
in business for.
Post this article onto your bulletin boards. Disseminate it as
widely as you can. Even with non-FidoNet sysops!
Senators are elected by their individual state electorates but
campaign contributions come to them from all over the world!
Check with your employers, your professional or trade
associations and your friends. They can help in our campaign to
protect rights of sysops by sending their contributions to:
Leonard Mednick for United States Senate
700 Bishop Street Suite 1014
Honolulu, HI 96813-4112
345/1
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Day Voice: 808/526-0666
P.M. Voice: 808/531-6603
BBS: 808/533-0190
Thanks and I will see you at FidoCon88, soon!
LEONARD MEDNICK
Resume
PERSONAL:
- Born June 13, 1934 (Chicago)
- Divorced
- Three adult children: David
Kelimia
Max
- Moved to Los Angeles, 1953
- Moved to San Francisco, 1959
- Moved to Honolulu, 1961
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor of Arts, San Francisco State College (BA)
- Master's Degree in Business Administration, University
of Hawaii (MBA)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)
EXPERIENCE:
- Owns and operates CPA firm since 1967
- Specializes in representing taxpayers before the Internal
Revenue Service (The IRS Dehassler <tm>)
- Veteran, entered Army as Private; honorably discharged as
Captain in the U.S. Special Forces Group Reserve (Green Beret)
- Instructor in "Practices and Procedures Before the IRS"
for CPA societies in Hawaii, Colorado, Nevada and Utah
- Lecturer at the College of Business, University of Hawaii
- Completed 3 1/2 year TV series on KITV Channel 4 on tax tips
- Frequent guest speaker and media "quote" resource
- Radio Talk Show Host; KTRG, KNDI, KORL
COMMITTEES (PAST AND PRESENT):
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, State Legislation Sub-Committee
- Member of the Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Board liaison to Taxation Committee, HSCPA
- Board liaison to Peer Review Committee, HSCPA
- Director, HSCPA
- Chairman of Legislative Committee, HSCPA
POLITICAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE (PAST AND PRESENT):
- Commissioner, Planning Commission, City and County of Honolulu
- Chairman, Downtown Neighborhood Board #13
- Member, Advisory Committee on Tax Simplification and
Reform to Congressman Cecil Heftel (Ways and Means Committee)
- Treasurer and Director, International FidoNet Association
(IFNA)
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- District Chairman, Republican Party
- Republican Candidate State House 1984 general election
- Director of Habilitat
- Member of Waikiki Jaycees
- Member of Toastmasters Club
- Member of Rotary Club
LEONARD MEDNICK for UNITED STATES SENATE
Position Statement
As your representative to the United States Senate from Hawaii,
I believe our government must:
PEACE
Assure peace and tranquility within our borders.
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Maintain an appropriate national defense.
FINANCE
Operate within a balanced budget.
TAXES
Administer the tax system fairly.
CRIME
Assure criminals pay the price of their crimes.
HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE
Assist those who cannot help themselves.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Preserve our natural environment so that it may be enjoyed.
TRANSPORTATION
Encourage a balanced transportation system.
COMMERCE
Stay out of the business of business, except where
inequitable.
SMALL BUSINESS
Encourage small business opportunity.
AGRICULTURE
Support the small family farmer.
EDUCATION
Assure a quality education opportunity for all.
ENERGY
Encourage a safe, economical and steady source of energy.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Assure equal opportunity for social and economic fulfillment.
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
16 Jul 1988
A new areacode, 508, will form in eastern Massachusetts and
will be effective on this date. The new area code will be
formed from the current areacode 617. Greater Boston will
remain areacode 617 while the rest of eastern Massachusetts
will form the new areacode 508.
25 Aug 1988
Start of the Fifth International FidoNet Conference, to be
held at the Drawbridge Inn in Cincinnati, OH. Contact Tim
Sullivan at 108/62 for more information. This is FidoNet's big
annual get-together, and is your chance to meet all the people
you've been talking with all this time. We're hoping to see
you there!
24 Aug 1989
Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
If you have something which you would like to see on this
calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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FidoCon'88 is taking shape. Come August, Cincinnati will be full
of BBSers and their families ready to soak up fun, friendship and
knowledge.
We have an exciting agenda taking shape and I will keep you
informed here as things move along. Here is a quick look at
some of our speakers and what they will be talking about.
George Stanislov Opus
George Stanislov Avatar
Tim Pozar UUCP->FidoNet Gateway
Henk Wevers Dutchie & Region 2 report
Tom Jennings & Ken Kaplan History of Fidonet
Michael Connick Tabby and Tabby point
Phil Becker TBBS
Decker Doggett Lessons in echomail
Mike Bader FidoNet technology in the
Work-place
Julia Stockreef New online information system
Chris Irwin D'Bridge
Bob Hartman/Vince Periello Binkleyterm
Bob Hartman FTSC
Thom Henderson SeaDog & AXE
Ben Baker History of FidoNet Calendar
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Ben Baker Living with FidoNet Calendar
Marshall Presnell ANS
Jonathon Wallace Legal ramifications of BBS'es
Randy Van de Loo Hard Drives and ARLL technology
David Dodell Policy 4
Harry Lee GS point, Glu fwd and others
Mike Bryeans Dutchie and Brinkers
Joaquim Homrighausen Front Door
Butch Walker Echo Policy
Linda Thompson BBS & Privacy - A question of
Liability
We are also expecting presentations from some of our favorite
vendors such as: US Robotics, Borland, Apple and Compuserve.
Also on the slate are panel discussions dealing with IFNA,
Echomail, FidoNet of the future and much more!
And a very special guest will be here to address us at the Friday
night banquet!
Make plans now to be here this August. For more information
contact Rick Ashworth at 1/88 or Tim Sullivan at 108/62. Just a
few more days left before the Delta Airlines ticket is given
away! Don't miss out! Register before July 15th.
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Latest Software Versions
BBS Systems Node List Other
& Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
Dutchie 2.90* EditNL 4.00* ARC 5.21
Fido 12h MakeNL 2.12* ARCmail 1.1
Opus 1.03b Prune 1.40 ConfMail 3.31
SEAdog 4.10 XlatList 2.86 EchoMail 1.31
TBBS 2.0M XlaxNode 1.02 MGM 1.1
BinkleyTerm 1.50 XlaxDiff 1.02
QuickBBS 2.01 ParseList 1.10
* 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 5-28 Page 17 11 Jul 1988
OFFICERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
Ken Kaplan 100/22 Chairman of the Board
Don Daniels 107/210 President
Mark Grennan 147/1 Vice President
Dave Dodell 114/15 Vice President - Technical Coordinator
David Garrett 103/501 Secretary
Leonard Mednick 345/1 Treasurer
IFNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DIVISION AT-LARGE
10 Steve Jordan 102/2871 Don Daniels 107/210
11 Bill Allbritten 11/301 Hal DuPrie 101/106
12 Leonard Mednick 345/1 Mark Grennan 147/1
13 Rick Siegel 107/27 Brad Hicks 100/523
14 Ken Kaplan 100/22 Ted Polczyinski 154/5
15 Jim Cannell 128/13 Kurt Reisler 109/74
16 Vince Perriello 141/491 Robert Rudolph 261/628
17 Rob Barker 138/34 Greg Small 148/122
18 Christopher Baker 135/14 Bob Swift 140/24
19 Vernon Six 19/0 Larry Wall 15/18
2 Henk Wevers 2:500/1 Gee Wong 107/312
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FidoNews 5-28 Page 18 11 Jul 1988
FidoCon '88 - Cincinnati, Ohio
At The Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center
August 25-28, 1988
Attendee Registration Form
Name: ____________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________
City: _______________________ State: ____ Zip: ___________
Country: ____________________________________________________
Phone Numbers:
Day: ____________________________________________________
Evening: ____________________________________________________
Data: ____________________________________________________
Zone:Net/
Node.Point: _______________________________________________
Your BBS Name: _______________________________________________
BBS Software: _____________________ Mailer: _________________
Modem Brand: _____________________ Speed: _________________
What Hotel will you be Staying at: ____________________________
Do you want to share a room? ______
Are you a non-smoker? ______
Do you want an in room point? ______
(Tower rooms at Drawbridge only)
Do you need special accommodations? ______
(If so, please explain) ____________________________
____________________________
FidoNews 5-28 Page 19 11 Jul 1988
Are you a non-Sysop? ______
Are you an IFNA Member? ______
If so, will you be attending the
Sunday IFNA brunch/BoD meeting? ______
Additional Guests: ______
(not attending conferences)
Comments: ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Costs How Many? Cost
--------------------------- -------- -------
Conference fee $60..................... ________ _______
($75.00 after 7/31)
Thursday Lunch $10.95 .............. ________ _______
Thursday Dinner $18.95 .............. ________ _______
Friday Lunch $10.95 .............. ________ _______
Friday Banquet $24.95 .............. ________ _______
Saturday Lunch $10.95 .............. ________ _______
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Totals ................................ ________ _______
You may pay by Check, Money Order or Visa/MC
Please send no cash. All monies must be in U.S. Funds.
Checks should be made out to: "FidoCon '88"
This form should be completed and mailed to:
FidoCon '88 Registration
P.O. Box 9294
Cincinnati, OH 45209
If you pay by Credit Card you may also register by Netmailing
this completed form to 108/62 or 1/88 for processing. Please
complete the information below and be sure to include a voice
phone number above so that we can contact you for Credit Card
FidoNews 5-28 Page 20 11 Jul 1988
verification. Rename this file ZNNNXXXX.REG where Z is your Zone
number, N is your Net number, and X is your Node number.
[ ] Visa [ ] MasterCard
Name as it appears
on credit card: ___________________________________________
Credit Card Number: ___________________________________________
Expiration Date: ___________________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________________
(If you mail in registration)
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FidoNews 5-28 Page 21 11 Jul 1988
INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
ORDER FORM
Publications
The IFNA publications can be obtained by downloading from Fido
1:1/10 or other FidoNet compatible systems, or by purchasing
them directly from IFNA. We ask that all our IFNA Committee
Chairmen provide us with the latest versions of each
publication, but we can make no written guarantees.
Hardcopy prices as of October 1, 1986
IFNA Fido BBS listing $15.00 _____
IFNA Administrative Policy DOCs $10.00 _____
IFNA FidoNet Standards Committee DOCs $10.00 _____
SUBTOTAL _____
IFNA Member ONLY Special Offers
System Enhancement Associates SEAdog $60.00 _____
SEAdog price as of March 1, 1987
ONLY 1 copy SEAdog per IFNA Member
Fido Software's Fido/FidoNet $100.00 _____
Fido/FidoNet price as of November 1, 1987
ONLY 1 copy Fido/FidoNet per IFNA Member
International orders include $10.00 for
surface shipping or $20.00 for air shipping _____
SUBTOTAL _____
HI. Residents add 4.0 % Sales tax _____
TOTAL _____
SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN US FUNDS:
International FidoNet Association
c/o Leonard Mednick, MBA, CPA
700 Bishop Street, #1014
Honolulu, HI. 96813-4112
USA
Name________________________________
Zone:Net/Node____:____/____
Company_____________________________
Address_____________________________
City____________________ State____________ Zip_____
Voice Phone_________________________
Signature___________________________
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