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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
FidoNet Vendors Take Note ................................ 1
FidoCon 89 -- Where's It Gonna Be? ....................... 2
SEGUARO DOWN ............................................. 5
No More New Structures, Please ........................... 6
An urgent warning to those who send any type of Arcmail .. 8
Back to the Bush! ........................................ 10
2. COLUMNS .................................................. 17
Stepping Out Into The World .............................. 17
Top Downloads 5/21/88 - 5/27/88 .......................... 18
3. NOTICES .................................................. 20
The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 20
Latest Software Versions ................................. 20
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ARTICLES
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Tim Sullivan
108/62
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IF YOU SELL TO THE FIDONET COMMUNITY
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It's time to register for "FidoCon '88" the International FidoNet
Community's Annual conference and telecommunications exhibition.
It will be held August 24th thru August 28th at the Drawbridge
Inn & Convention Center - close to the Greater Cincinnati
International Airport.
This is your opportunity to market to a select group of computer
users and buyers. Please note that we will be drawing from an
international community of over 3000 telecommunications
enthusiasts. In addition to the conference attendees, we will be
attracting local interest through multi-media advertising aimed
at the business buyer. Already we have attendance commitments
from vendors such as AT&T, US Robotics, DAK Industries, etc.
In order to get a broad range of exhibitors at this show, we urge
you to make an early commitment. Booth space is limited and will
be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. We have already
contacted by mail major modem, computer, and peripheral
manufacturers as well as telecommunication service and software
suppliers.
If you have any questions about FidoCon '88 or would like the
complete vendor information packet - contact any of the board
members listed -
Tim Sullivan (108/62) Rick Ashworth (108/90)
Voice (513) 421-1400 Voice (513) 727-1279
Steve Sullivan (108/801) Jesse Armontrout (108/10)
Voice (513) 381-6297 Voice (513) 385-8476
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FIDOCON 89 -- WHERE'S IT GONNA BE?
The Membership Services Committee, under the chairmanship of
Phil Ardussi, has been charged with recommending a site to hold
FidoCon in August 1989.
Would you like to host the next FidoCon in your city? Here is
your chance. Send a proposal to the FidoCon Site Selection
subcommittee to be considered for the honor of hosting FidoCon
89.
What do you need to do to host FidoCon in your city? Planning
an international conference requires a great deal of work on the
part of the hosts. A site must be selected with adequate
meeting space, accessibility, reasonable price and 1001 other
details. To give you an idea of what needs to be done and to
give the Site Selection Subcommittee some information about your
city, we need to have the following questionnaire filled out:
LOCATION:
1. What is the mileage from the airport to the host hotel?
2. Is shuttle service furnished by the hotel available to
and from the hotel and airport?
3. Are there direct (no connections) flights from the top
ten largest metropolitan areas to your airport?
HOTEL FACILITIES:
1. Is there a large (150 person) conference room which
will be available throughout the conference?
2. Are there at least three smaller conference rooms which
will be available for meetings during the conference?
3. Will there be display space for vendors?
4. Will there be a small private conference room available
for the host and other committees?
5. Will the hotel guarantee room rate, not to exceed $80
for double occupancy?
6. Will the host committee prepare a list including price
ranges and bill of fare for all hotel restaurants in
advance of the conference?
7. Will the hotel provide early committment on prices of
banquets, receptions, coffee break service, and any
other food and beverage service to the conference
sessions?
8. Will the host committee be able to obtain corporate
sponsors to help defray conference expenses? Who are
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they?
9. Does the hotel have handicap facilities?
10. Is the hotel or convention center willing to provide
help in the planning of the conference?
LOCAL SUPPORT:
1. There must be an active committee consisting of at
least five members in the host city at least nine
months before the conference. Members of this
committee should be prepared to spend at least two
hours per week in the early planning stages and at
least 8-10 hours per week just before the conference.
The local chair should work closely with the FidoCon
subcommittee chair by Net Mail, US Snail, and voice.
Please furnish the name of the host committee and the
name and address of the host chairperson.
2. Sponsorship of the conference by a local user group
would be a plus. Please furnish the name of the
sponsoring group, if any.
3. Will a list of nearby restaurants (all price ranges --
including fast food) and local entertainment be
prepared by the local committee?
4. Will maps of the area would be provided to attendees?
5. What activities for family members should will be
planned by the local committee?
6. Will there be a software swap area set up with
computers for people to trade disks? Will any of them
be equipped with a printer and/or modem? Will disk
sales (at cost) be included?
7. Will there be conference souvenirs, including but not
limited to T-shirts and hats, available throughout the
conference?
8. Will a special rate on car rentals be available to
FidoCon attendees?
OTHER:
1. What other events would you suggest for attendees?
2. What are the features of your city that make it
particularly desirable for hosting FidoCon?
GENERAL COMMENTS: (To be filled in by the prospective hosts)
Please give a lot of thought to the amount of time and money that
will be involved in hosting FidoCon. Then, write up your
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proposal and send it to us. We will evaluate all proposals and
make recommendations to the IFNA Board of Directors.
Proposals can be sent by NetMail to 128/13, or by US Snail to:
Jim Cannell
4350 Burton Way #238
Colorado Springs, Colorado
80918
If you want to include any printed promotional materials from the
hotel or other facility, forward five copies to the above
address.
If you have any questions or problems, please send me NetMail or
give me a voice call at 303-531-9043.
If there is anyone who has experience in convention planning
that is not connected with one of the prospective host cities
who wants to help with planning, you are welcome to join the
Membership Services Site Selection Subcommittee. Send a NetMail
note to Phil Ardussi at 157/1.
PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JULY 15.
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Jim Cannell
FidoCon Site Selection Subcommittee Chairperson
128/13
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FidoNews 5-23 Page 5 6 Jun 1988
Claude Witherspoon
Fido 100/525
SEGUARO DOWN!
I will be taking a vacation from 13 June 1988 through 15
July 1988 somewhere in the great state of Texas. I live in a
neighborhood which has a multitude of little vandals running
amok therefore, I must lock my system in some cold dark
storage facility while I'm gone.
I also need to be listed as DOWN on the nodelist during this
time frame. Please bear with the inconveniance but if I
don't take a vacation... you know the rest of the story.
There was a previous article that I submitted for FidoNews
that addressed the KIDS echo conference and how it got
started and where it's going. I feel that this article may
generate a lot of traffic directed toward my system. If it
seems I am not answering your messages, the above should
explain why. I will however be knee deep in messages that
will need to be answered when I return and get my system
running again. That day should be Sunday, 17 JULY 1988. I
will eventually get around to replying to all of the
messages.
There will be more articles submitted in both the KidsNews
and FidoNews which will keep everyone up to date on the
changes, advancements, etc... with the kids echo. Again, I
wish to thank those of you who have taken part in this
worth while cause for our children. Only in America can this
happen. Believe me, I have seen the way people live in other
countries first hand. Eighteen years in the military lets
you see alot and makes you thankful for what you have.
Claude Witherspoon
Seguaro BBS 100/525
(618) 656-5447
Edwardsville, Illinois
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J. Brad Hicks 24 May 1988
Sysop WeirdBase, 1:100/523.0 Director-at-Large, IFNA
You Can Make a Difference, But ...
NO MORE NEW STRUCTURES, PLEASE
Lately, we've seen something that seems pretty weird to me, and
I run a BBS that caters to Dr. Thompson calls "bad craziness."
This week's FidoNews contains yet another proposal for a struc-
ture for a yet another new governing body for the FidoNet. I
haven't been keeping track, but now there can't be less than a
dozen of them kicking around, and they keep on coming.
Perhaps the word has reached you by now that Robert Anson
Heinlein is dead. Will you read a brief quote, relevant to the
subject at hand, from the dean of science fiction as we know it?
"Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and
animals, that's all there is--so democracy, a theory
based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants
are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its
maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group.
"But a democratic =form= of government is okay, as
long as it doesn't work. Any social organization does
well enough if it isn't rigid. The framework doesn't
matter as long as there is enough looseness to permit
that one man in a multitude to display his genius. Most
so-called social scientists seem to think that
organization is everything. It is almost nothing--
except when it is a straightjacket. It is the incidence
of heroes that counts, not the pattern of zeros."
Robert Heinlein, _Glory Road_, pp. 261-262
Why do so many of you seem to think that if you can just tinker
with the structure of IFNA, or something like it, you can save
FidoNet? The =structure= is mostly irrelevant. We copied one
that had worked--the one used by the Amateur Radio Relay League.
We could have used any--or almost none. No matter what the
offices are, or how the elections are held, only one thing
matters: the people who hold those offices.
IFNA exists. There's a structure in place that can do just
about anything that we'd ever want to do with the FidoNet, from
update and rationalize the technical specifications to lobby on
our own behalf. It's a very flexible structure. It's usable as
it is, so why kill another two years starting all over with
another structure?
Now, I'm not Pollyanna. I know too bloody well that there are
big problems with the way things are being done. I think money
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has been spent unwisely and I think that responsibilities have
been neglected and/or mismanaged.
But any structure would have had those same problems, if the
same people were elected.
Please, let's not have any more organizational proposals for
FidoNet. Instead, let's see a lot of people pay their dues, and
then vote and/or run for office. Listen, the work isn't ter-
ribly difficult--being a director for IFNA takes only a tiny
fraction of the time that the rest of my BBS-related activities
consume. And I've tried to make a difference, and to bring some
sense to the Board. If more of you who are complaining now had
been there to back me up, things would have happened very, very
differently.
Make a difference. Join IFNA. And =VOTE=.
________________________________________________________________
The opinions stated above are those of one person, namely me.
They do not necessarily represent the opinions of anybody else
(though I can always hope), and they certainly do NOT represent
the opinions of my fellow board members or of IFNA in any
official way. Judge them entirely on the sense that they make,
and don't even dream of holding anyone else responsible for what
I say or write. And don't censor me: refute me instead.
-- J. Brad Hicks
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Do you use Ommm to pack mail into Arcmail?
Do you use Confmail to pack Arcmail?
Do you use ARCmail to make Arcmail?
Please, if you do, carefully read this article. There are many
sysops, some new, some old who are unintentionally abusing
compressed mail archives (aka Arcmail).
Just because your system and hundreds of your friends are set
up to accept arcmail DOES NOT mean that everyone else is. If
you automatically arcmail ALL outgoing mail, you should CEASE
immediately. You should only send arcmail to systems that
are ready to accept it, want it and are able to process it.
Just because you run Ommm to pack all messages into ARCmail
packets does not mean that other systems have the capability to
un-pack arcmail created in that form.
Just because you run Confmail to pack your Arcmail does not mean
that other systems have the capability to un-pack confmail
generated arcmail.
If you run Arcmail 1.1 to pack arcmail, that dosen't mean that
all systems are able to unpack arcmail in that form.
Unless a system has SPECIFICALLY stated to you that they want
you to send them arcmail, you should NOT assume that they are
able to un-pack arcmail. Furthermore, they may not be able to
or willing to change their operations just to handle the
particular version of Arcmail that you are sending. Check with
any systems via normal net-mail that you wish to send arcmail to
to confirm the method they can accept and be quite willing to add
a new program in order to be able to send arcmail.
An example: Board 107/2232 (hopefully fictional board) sends an
ommm generated arcmail package to me at 2:00am. At my pre-mail
event my system looks for arcmail (1.1) from specific systems
that I am expecting arcmail from. Arcmail does not expect to
see a package from 107/2232 so it ignores it, sometimes killing
it depending on the set-up. (This is true for other methods as
well). When mail is checked the next morning, there is nothing
from 107/2232 and I have no reason to look for mail from that
board. The message(s) are lost forever.
Again. Do not automatically assume that all systems are capable
of or willing to accept arcmail packages. You should only send
arcmail packages to those systems that you have talked to via
normal net-mail in the past. While one method of arcmail can
un-pack arcmail of another method, if a system is not expecting
arcmail from a specific system, it may indeed never try to un-pack
the arcmail. You should also agree on a specific method in which
the arcmail will be packed. There is no real reason why you
should send one net-mail message to a board via arcmail of any
form. The transfer time savings is either non-existent or is
trivial and besides, if the other system isn't expecting arcmail,
your message may end up never being read.
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Sysops, thank you for taking the time to see if your system is
automatically sending everything as arcmail. Users, please
alert your sysop to this very crucial problem. Thank you.
jg
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BACK TO THE BUSH!
by Todd Looney, Sysop
Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla
143/27, San Jose, CA.
The Vietnam Veterans' Valhalla in San Jose, California has been
working like the dickens to get a trip for interested parties
back to Vietnam. Everything has been working out great so far.
You don't necessarily have to be a Vietnam veteran to go with us,
everyone i invited! We expect to have a group of about fifty
people. If we get more than thirty, the cost factor as listed
below will decline dramatically so start thinking about it now.
We will not be taking deposits for another couple of months yet
so there is still time. We are tenatively planning to leave in
mid-January.
The initial itinerary is in and things are starting to
really look up for the "Back to the Bush" trip to back to
Vietnam.
All the amenities are includes as follows:
Round trip air fare
All hotels and lodging
Three meals per day
All transportation (Rail/Bus/Boat/Plane)
Daily sightseeing tours of your choice
(there are many tours available in every city, or you are free
to go off on your own!)
Cultural performances sponsored by the Vietnamese government
Vietnamese and Cambodian visas
(yes, you can take a sightseeing tour into Cambodia!)
English-speaking tour guides and interpreters in every city
All you have to furnish is your body, your international
passport, and have your inoculations up to date (ouch!).
Here's what it looks like so far:
Day 1 Depart San Francisco via Japan Airlines
Day 2 Arrive Hong Kong
(Overnight stay because we will arrive too late to
depart for SE Asia that evening. There will be a
breakfast in Hong Kong before we leave)
Day 3 Depart Hong Kong for Bangkok, Thailand
(We will need to stay two nights in Bangkok to get
all of our visas issued so you will have plenty of
time for a little R&R!)
Day 5 Depart Bangkok, Thailand for Hanoi, Vietnam
(We will stay two days in Hanoi)
Day 7 Depart Hanoi for Hue City
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(We will stay two days in Hue City)
Day 9 Depart Hue City for Da Nang
(We will stay two days in Da Nang)
Day 11 Depart Da Nag for Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
(We will stay two days in Ho Chi Minh City)
Day 13 Depart Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for Bangkok, Thailand
(We must stay overnight in Bangkok again to "check out")
Day 14 Depart Bangkok, Thailand for Hong Kong and
San Francisco, California, USA!
That's what I have so far! I will keep everyone apprised of any
changes as they become available. Looks like this whole trip is
going to cost us approximately $2,000.00 each. I am making every
attempt to get this price cut down. After the first 15 seats are
sold, the price will begin dropping so start saving now, sign ups
will begin in a couple months after everything is finalized. A
refundable deposit will be required for reservations. All
deposits are refundable, but certain restrictions will apply.
There's more than six months to get ready for this so start
saving now! Don't put it off. This is a trip of a lifetime! To
do this by yourself would bankrupt you so take advantage of this
group discount!
For further information contact"
Todd Looney
28 Cecil Avenue, Suite 179
San Jose, California 95128
or E-Mail to 143/27 24 hours a day!
You can also keep in contact with what is going on in the world
of Vietnam veterans, their friends and family by participating in
the International Vietnam Veterans' EchoConference. If you are
not sure where the local node in your area is, I have listed them
all below. We look forward to having you aboard, and again, this
is not just for veterans, *anyone* can participate!
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International Vietnam Veterans EchoConference Nodes
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Max.
Node # Baud BBS Name Phone Number City/State/Country
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632/350 1200 Yarra Valley BBS 61-3-848-331 Melbourne Australia
114/113 2400 Corwin's Keep 1-602-894-1470 Tempe AZ
153/123 9600 DAETECH 1-604-420-2641 Burnaby BC
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153/133 2400 Hot Line Data Network 1-604-533-0421 Langley BC
153/135 2400 DAETECH 2 1-604-420-9485 Burnaby BC
153/501 2400 Valley Hub 1-604-850-0021 Clearbrook BC
220/20 2400 Old Frog's Almanac 1-604-758-3072 Nanaimo BC
10/215 2400 Silver BBS 1-619-226-4502 San Diego CA
103/501 2400 Mount Silverthorn 1-714-544-3369 Tustin CA
103/507 9600 Philosopher's Log 1-714-535-1258 Anaheim CA
125/12 2400 The Grape Vine 1-707-546-4938 Santa Rosa CA
125/7 2400 Survival Forum 1-707-545-0746 Santa Rosa CA
125/78 2400 Living Sober BBS 1-415-342-2859 San Mateo CA
143/22 2400 P-CAD's Board 1-408-279-4908 San Jose CA
143/27 2400 Vietnam Veterans Valhalla 1-408-293-7894 San Jose CA
143/86 2400 Cat's Tail BBS/S.T.O.P. 1-415-349-8245 San Mateo CA
161/1 9600 Nerd's Nook 1-415-672-2504 Concord CA
161/34 9600 Now and Zen OPUS 1-916-962-1952 Fair Oaks CA
161/39 2400 Nightline 1-916-362-1755 Mather AFB CA
161/5 9600 River City II OPUS 1-916-646-9678 Sacramento CA
161/509 2400 Enterprize 1-415-758-1650 Pinole CA
161/56 2400 Nat'l Family Forum 1-415-651-4147 Freemont CA
161/66 2400 Generic BBS 1-916-722-3659 Citrus Heights CA
161/7 2400 Mover Mouse BBS 1-415-883-1644 Fremont CA
161/943 9600 Eagle's Nest 1-916-334-2822 Sacramento CA
200/100 2400 The Board Room 1-213-498-6425 Belmont Shores CA
200/200 1200 CSULB 1-213-494-8737 Long Beach CA
202/401 2400 jabberWOCky 1-619-743-9935 Escondido CA
104/28 2400 Pinecliff BBS 1-303-444-7073 Boulder CO
104/51 2400 P2 B2 1-303-329-3337 South Denver CO
104/739 2400 The Phoenix 1-303-841-9570 Parker CO
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141/250 9600 Wilton Woods 1-203=762-8481 Wilton CT
135/35 1200 The Way Out BBS 1-305-665-3283 Miami FL
363/10 1200 Midas Touch 1-305-648-1133 Orlando FL
363/9 1200 Wit's End 1-305-894-0807 Orlando FL
366/38 9600 Jolly Green Giant 1-904-651-3875 Shalimar FL
18/43 9600 Athens Echo 1-404-546-7857 Athens GA
370/10 2400 OnLine OPUS 1-404-548-0726 Athens GA
370/5 9600 Athens Forum 1-404-546-7857 Athens GA
12/1 2400 Aura Net 1-808-533-0190 Honolulu HI
11/109 2400 Peoria OPUS Net 1-309-691-5416 Peoria IL
115/20 2400 North Shore BBS 1-312-491-2611 Evanston IL
115/429 2400 Chicago Business 1-312-491-2611 Evanston IL
115/529 2400 Elk Grove Repeater 1-312-529-1586 Elk Grv Vlg IL
115/761 2400 ICS/TRIX 1 OPUS 1-312-761-7887 Chicago IL
11/202 1200 The SouthSide BBS 1-317-882-9330 Indianapolis IN
227/1 9600 Michiana TechLine 1-219-258-0286 Mishawaka IN
108/50 2400 The ZOO BBS 1-606-283-2040 Independence KY
108/90 2400 DATANET Info System 1-606-727-3638 Erlanger KY
321/109 9600 Pioneer Valley PCUG-1 1-413-256-1037 Amherst MA
321/201 2400 Mountain Top 1-413-684-2886 Dalton MA
321/202 9600 Jones' Nose 1-413-528-5663 Gt Barrington MA
321/203 2400 VETLink #1 1-413-443-6313 Pittsfield MA
109/648 2400 Falcon's Rock 1-301-345-7459 College Park MD
109/717 1200 The Tin Badge BBS 1-301-589-2016 Silver Spring MD
109/722 1200 Ronnie's Roadies BBS 1-301-736-0135 Camp Sprngs MD
13/29 9600 Berkshire Board 1-301-574-1984 Essex MD
13/30 9600 The Futurists BBS 1-301-529-0716 Perry Hall MD
13/33 9600 Avi-Technic 1-301-252-0717 Lutherville MD
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261/628 2400 Liberty Hall 1-301-833-8933 Reisterstown MD
261/628.1 2400 Systemhouse Link 1-301-833-8933 Reisterstown MD
1/214 2400 Region 14 Echo Coor 1-612-377-3398 Minneapolis MN
1/314 2400 Software Dist 1-612-377-3469 Minneapolis MN
282/1 9600 Midwest Echo Star 1-612-377-3469 Minneapolis MN
151/100 9600 NC Central 1-919-851-8460 Raleigh NC
151/1000 2400 REDCON 1-919-859-3353 Raleigh NC
151/20 2400 Metro Link 1-704-541-8626 Charlotte NC
151/60 2400 VMC-BBS 1-919-945-4850 Lewisville NC
143/99 2400 Friend's BBS 1-402-896-2669 Omaha NE
132/101 2400 BBS Source Archive 1-603-888-8179 Nashua NH
150/803 2400 Jersey Vertex 1-609-869-0139 Moorestown NJ
15/4 2400 NASW New Mexico 1-505-646-2868 Las Cruces NM
107/105 2400 NY Transfer 1-718-442-1056 Staten Island NY
108/105 2400 Global Time Systems 1-606-341-7910 Cincinnati OH
110/20 2400 EDS Data 1-513-455-2431 Dayton OH
157/1 2400 Auer Register 1-216-883-0578 Cleveland OH
147/14 9600 Dark Star TBBS 1-405-691-0863 Oklahoma City OK
385/4 2400 Info-Net 1-405-357-6181 Lawton OK
385/6 2400 Bink's Barn 1-405-357-2473 Lawton OK
11/700 9600 FCAU IBM Net 1-416-427-0682 Toronto ON
221/156 9600 Waterloo CBCS PUBLIC 1-519-746-5020 Waterloo ON
221/157 9600 Waterloo CBCS Echomail Unpublished Waterloo ON
105/16 2400 Net 105 EchoMail Hub 1-503-761-3003 Portland OR
105/61 2400 Shotgun OPUS 1-503-760-4521 Portland OR
157/506 2400 Beacon Hill OPUS 1-412-962-9514 Transfer PA
18/6 2400 The Burnout Board 1-901-353-4563 Memphis TN
362/1 2400 The Mines of Moria 1-615-344-9601 Chattanooga TN
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362/501 2400 Coconut Telegraph 1-615-698-4858 Chattanooga TN
106/108 9600 Stormy Weather I 1-713-644-4345 Houston TX
106/111 2400 Shutterbug's OPUS 1-713-880-4329 Houston TX
106/113 2400 The Opus Network 1-713-780-4153 Houston TX
106/114 2400 The Fireside 1-713-496-6319 Houston TX
106/132 2400 Fast BBS OPUS 1-713-392-0093 Katy TX
106/357 2400 TMBBS 1-713-497-5433 Houston TX
106/666 2400 Anything Goes OPUS 1-713-997-2624 Houston TX
124/106 9600 CHAI Way II 1-214-250-3323 Dallas TX
124/110 9600 Flying Dutchman 1-214-642-3436 Dallas TX
124/117 2400 NCC-1701 Node 1 1-214-240-8821 Dallas TX
124/117 2400 NCC-1701 1-214-240-8821 Dallas TX
124/14 2400 Chrysalis 1-214-985-9054 Dallas TX
124/200 2400 Dallas Outbound 1-214-437-4075 Dallas TX
124/201 2400 Hardweird 1-204-931-2987 Dallas TX
124/214 2400 *CHRYSALIS* 1-214-985-9054 Dallas TX
130/5 2400 CUSSNET UTA 1-817-273-3966 Arlington TX
136/200 2400 The Chai Way II 1-214-358-3738 Austin TX
381/201 2400 Pro Link 1-915-944-2952 San Angelo TX
382/1 2400 Crystal Palace 1-512-339-8037 Lake Travis TX
382/14 9600 Corona Del Mar 1-512-729-7026 Rockport TX
109/604 2400 ShanErin 1-703-941-8291 Alexandria VA
109/639 2400 The RENEX BBS 1-703-494-8331 Woodbridge VA
1/217 2400 Region 17 Echo Coord 1-206-848-5317 Puyallup WA
138/101 9600 Story Board 1-206-848-5317 Puyallup WA
138/3 2400 Puget Sound Gateway 1-206-848-9232 Puyallup WA
138/35 2400 US HDS Human Service 1-206-442-8127 Seattle WA
138/4 2400 PTC Net 1-206-757-5248 Mount Vernon WA
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138/49 9600 The Cohort 1-206-848-2646 Puyallup WA
138/52 2400 Burrell's Ballpark 1-206-752-4672 Tacoma WA
343/111 2400 Lessor Puget TB 1-206-742-8067 Edmonds WA
343/9 1200 Everett OPUS 1-206-355-1295 Everett WA
139/640 2400 Fox Valley Tech 1-414-735-2513 Appleton WI
154/200 2400 PC-Express 1-414-327-4104 Greenfield WI
G'day, and show a vet you care!
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COLUMNS
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Jake Hargrove
Fido 301/1
High Mesa Ranger's
To the Graduates of 88.
I know there are many of you out there who are over the age of 18
and have long since forgot what it was like to be a Senior in
High School. I for one have long since become accustomed to the
daily grind of getting up and going to work vs going to school.
I would like to take this time to relate a few things to those
young people who within the next few weeks will be walking down
the isle and receiving their diploma.
You are the generation of progress. You have within your grasp
the ability to excell where all of the other generations have
come up short. Many of you are into this world of communicating
via modem and computer terminals. You should not be afraid to
take the one giant step for yourself, as well as for mankind. I
beg of you reach out and touch the fiber optics of reality. Do
not let your data sit idle and become someones old program which
is spread around as FREEWARE, becuase the orginal author has
either one gone on to bigger or better things.
If you media becomes TRASHED, then immediately seek out fresh
input and output means. If your console is in color, remember
some of the rest of us see GREEN. If your transmission rate is
faster than some of us can receive, remember to cut your speed to
match ours and do not leave us all behind.
You young people, maybe our only mode of expression, and our
graphics may not be in competition with yours but, if your
harddisk needs reformating or upgrading then by all means do so.
If it is possible, keep only those things which serve a purpose
and go on to those which you have a need to acquire. When it
comes to the end of your string, and the EOF pounds deep into
your programmed structure start all over again.
So SENIORS OF 88. It is now your time to take your place in the
world of reality. Never let it be said you could not handle all
the pressure of the moment. Do not be afraid to accept the
responsibility for your actions and remember this one thing above
all.
WE ARE IN THIS TO HAVE FUN! IF IT IS NOT FUN
IT IS NOT WORTH DOING. WHEN IT BECOMES A PAIN
TO PERFORM EVEN THE MOST MENIAL TASK IT IS
TIME FOR YOU TO PURSUE ANOTHER PROGRAM.
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Top Downloads: 5/27/88 - 5/27/88
A weekly report of the most popular downloads
from contributing FidoNet systems. Report created
on May 31, 1988.
Contributing systems:
135/1 and 380/2
Total downloads: 405
Total callers: 178 (135/1 only)
Average Utilization: 39.76% (135/1 only)
File Download Report -- Top 20
Rank Area\File Name # DL's
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1. GAME\lotto.arc 5 Compute #'s for Florida Lotto
2. MISC\nansi.arc 5 ANSI.SYS substitute
3. LANG\BBSP\zmodem.arc 5 Either docs on Zmodem or program
4. *GAME\bball.exe 4 Game
5. GAME\lotto.exe 4 More rnd # generators for lotto
6. * \pcpool.com 4
7. GAME\striker.arc 4 Game
8. GAME\airtrax2.arc 3
9. * \aquarium.arc 3
10.* \ask.arc 3
11.* \boot.arc 3
12.* \checkers.bas 3
13.* \fd34.com 3
14. MISC\govtbbs.arc 3 List of government bbs'
15. GAME\hack.arc 3 Adventure game
16.* \melt.arc 3
17.* \pachinko.arc 3
18. GAME\sailing.arc 3
19.* \umind.arc 3
20. \will.arc 3
*File(s) available on only one of the participating systems
Selected Files of Interest
Area\Name #DL's
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MISC\acode.arc 2
UTIL\chk4bomb.arc 2 Check for trojans/worms
\diary.arc 2
GAME\mahjong.arc 2 Nice EGA game
BBSP\obug_103.arc 2 Fix a serious bug in Opus 1.03a
UTIL\scavenge.arc 2 Search Hard Drive for bad sectors
GAME\staff.arc 2 Prints music paper w/various formats
GAME\tank.arc 2
\thatsall.exe 2
APPL\vcr.exe 2 Catalog VCR tapes
LANG\arc50sc.arc 1 Source to ARC 5.0
ARCS\arcaid71.doc 1 ??
ARCS\arcaid71.sda 1 ??
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LANG\clink120.arc 1 SEAlink protocol w/C source
UTIL\dog101a.arc 1 Disk OrGanizer
BBSP\fido520.arc 1 People actually do read FidoNews
MISC\german2.arc 1 German tutorial
LANG\hack361s.arc 1 C Source to Hack
GAME\moria.arc 1 Quite popular game over the months
COMM\pcplus11.arc 1 ProComm+ 1.1
Transfer methods total (rank)
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Xmodem download/upload: 209 (1)
Zmodem download/upload: 87 (2)
Ymodem download/upload: 63 (3)
SEAlink download/upload: 52 (4)*
External download/upload: 16 (5)
Telink download/upload: 13 (6)
*For you SEAlink fans -- and I wish there were more -- note that
when someone does an Xmodem upload on Opus, Opus incorrectly
stores that upload in the logfile (and on the screen) as a
SEAlink upload. (At least on our system it does).
For general information, 135/1 has been up and down during the
day and early evening with some major Hard Drive problems this
last week. (We won't talk about the 800 users we lost passwords
for). We will be getting a new drive. As a result, our stats for
this week are considerably less than usual.
Thanks to 380/2 for sending in his download statistics. If
there are any other systems interested in having your download
statistics included in this weekly column, please send me your
system stats in a similar format via net-mail at 135/1. The
complete system report from LogRpt so I can include utilization
reports would be ideal. If there are filenames that may not
fully indicate what the file is, please let me know. If there is
a file you particularly want me to list, let me know. I need to
have the information by Monday's Net-mail time in order to get
the stats compiled. Please keep your reports at 7 or 8 days,
Friday to Friday if possible and no longer than 10 days. (We can
accept net-mail anytime of the day and are PC-Pursuitable).
James Gilbert
RAM-SOFT Archive Library (9600HST)
1:135/1
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
18 Jun 1988
Area Code 407 takes effect in East/Central Florida. All Sysops
should adjust their Nodelist entries immediately.
25 Jun 1988
EuroCon II starts in Tiel, Holland. Sponsored by the Dutch
Hobby Computer Club. Will run for 2 days. Contact Hans
Lichthelm at 2:2/999 for information.
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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Latest Software Versions
BBS Systems Node List Other
& Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
Dutchie 2.81 EditNL 4.00* ARC 5.21
Fido 12h* MakeNL 2.10* 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
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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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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
Tom Marshall 107/524 Secretary
Leonard Mednick 12/1 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 12/1 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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Membership in IFNA is open to any individual or organization that
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Send this form and a check or money order in US Funds to:
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IFNA is a general not-for-profit organization. Articles of
Association and By-Laws were adopted by the membership in January
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1987. The IFNA Echomail Conference has been established on
FidoNet to assist the Board of Directors. We welcome your input
on this Conference.
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INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION
ORDER FORM
Publications
The IFNA publications can be obtained by downloading from Fido
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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
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SUBTOTAL _____
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