F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 47 24 November 1997 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-904-409-7040 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:18/14 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ HAPPY THANKSGIVING and assorted HARVEST FESTIVALS! Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 Gobble, gobble! .......................................... 1 2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2 FTSC Administrator Vote results .......................... 2 How far from Ontario to Malaysia? ........................ 3 Needs an email link at Fordham ........................... 4 Echomail defamation? ..................................... 4 Ex-ZEC2 confirms leaving FidoNet ......................... 5 3. ARTICLES ................................................. 7 Newly-available Echoes ................................... 7 4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8 Goofing with Excel? ...................................... 8 5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 9 Happy Thanksgiving! ...................................... 9 6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 11 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 11 7. NOTICES .................................................. 12 Future History ........................................... 12 8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13 Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13 9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17 FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 18 11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 20 FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 1 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Here in the U.S.A., it's about to be Thanksgiving Day [Thursday, 27 Nov] when we get together with family and food to celebrate the fact we're still alive and eating. [snicker] Turkeys are the primary victims of our carnivorous tendencies but it varies from place to place and sub-culture to sub-culture. Hams, pork roasts, beef roasts, vegetarian fare, and all sorts of other comestibles made only once or twice a year can come to the fore. At my house, there'll be plenty of the top two [turkey & ham] along with tons of accouterment and then the major dessert table covered with pies of every description. In FidoNet, we can only eat our words while looking at ASCII pictures of traditional symbols. Following in the footsteps of last week's cyberHugs, let's give thanks to everyone who works, without reward, to make FidoNet function every day. Thanks, to ALL Coordinators. Thanks, to all mail hubs. Thanks, to all file movers. Thanks, to all the software authors. Thanks, to all HelpNodes. Thanks, to ALL Sysops who make this the first and largest amateur electronic communication network in the world. Cooperation...What a concept! C.B. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 2 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ================================================================= --- Following message extracted from FTSC_PUBLIC @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sun Nov 23 20:09:02 1997 From: Ken Tuley To: all Date: 22 Nov 97 20:40:00 Subj: FTSC Administrator election results Here are the results of the voting for FTSC Administrator: Craig Box 3 (20%) Odinn Sorensen 12 (80%) Abstentions 1 Odinn Sorensen is declared the winner. Passwords voting for Craig Box (3:774/950): BLUE5491 urbanhymn FIDOFREEDOM Passwords voting for Odinn Sorensen (2:2613/477): DuGnoU DNISNOLONGERTHETRUECHAIRPERSON 56_down_64_to_go moonlightshadow ENTOVERSE grade BOROMIR fnord LovelyEva ALPHA amscray SlaveToTheGrind Passwords voting to abstain: Goran_Eriksson Although I was originally advised by Adrian Walker when I agreed to accept and count the votes that posting the list of voters would not be necessary, I will post that list if I am requested to do so by any member of the committee. -=ken=- --- * Origin: SCAM (1:374/98) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 3 24 Nov 1997 --- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Sun Nov 23 20:08:34 1997 From: Rich Veraa To: Christopher Baker Date: 20 Nov 97 08:29:35 Subj: Unsolved Mysteries Host,163,Ottawa_163,Ottawa_ON,Christine_Labonte,1-613-742- 7612,9600,XA,CM,V42b, V32b ,99,Cause_Cheap_Is_How_I_Feel,Ottawa_ON,Dave_Beach,1-819-685- 1610,9600,CM,XA, V32b,V42b,V34,VFC,UNEC Hub,100,Acoustic_Plains,Ottawa_ON,Steve_Fredette,1-613-742- 7612,9600,CM,XA,V32b,V42b ,105,Club_Las_Velas,Ottawa_ON,Dave_Fleming,1-613-728- 7050,9600,CM,XA,H16,V34, VFC,V32b,V42b,V32T ,107,Reptile_Ranch,Perth_ON,Terry_O'Hearn,1-613-264- 8513,9600,XA,CM,H16,V32b, V32t,V34,V42b,VFC Pvt,108,Mau's_Hole,Ottawa_ON,Allan_Mau,-Unpublished-,2400, ,109,Smurfs_In_Rage_BBS,Ottawa_ON,Mike_Militia,1-613-744- 4983,9600,CM,XA,V32B, V42b,MNP ,111,The_Apartment_Size_BBS,Ottawa_ON,Deryl_Charlebois,1-613-820- 4270,9600,CM, XA,V32B,V42,V34 ,113,Murphys_Law,Gatineau_PQ,Jim_Murphy,1-819-669- 2392,9600,CM,XX,V32b,V42b ,114,Myles'_Games_Extraviganza,Ottawa_On,Myles_Bunbury,1-613-234- 0975,9600,XA, CM,V32B,V42B ,115,Glow_In_The_Dark,Ottawa_ON,Gerry_Dowe,1-613-820- 6020,9600,CM,XA,V32B,V42B, V34,VFC,V32T ,117,The_Offspring_BBS,Orleans_ON,Perry_Smith,1-613-834- 8587,9600,CM,XR,V34, V32b,V42b ,118,Kings_Knights,Ottawa_ON,Perry_Davis,1-613-728- 4122,9600,XA,CM,V34,VFC, V32b,V42b ,119,Liar's_Club,Cumberland_ON,Gerry_Goulet,1-613-833- 0672,9600,XA,CM,H16,VFC, V34,V32T,V32b,V42b ,120,The_Land_of_ID,Glocester_ON,Ian_Porter,1-613-731- 1544,9600,CM,XA,V32b,V42b ,121,A.C.E.,Vanier_ON,Jean_Emmell,1-613-741- 0630,9600,XA,CM,VFC,V34,V32b,V42b ,122,Twisted_Nastiness,Ottawa_ON,Jim_Sorofty,1-613-823- 6670,9600,CM,XA,V32b, V42b ,125,Beatitudes,Gloucester_ON,Gary_Cassidy,1-613-834- 2054,9600,XA,CM,V32b,V34, V42b ,126,C.U.B.E.,Ottawa_ON,Glenn_Verrall,1-613-728- 8136,9600,XA,CM,V32b,V42b ,127,Pig_Pen,Nepean_ON,Frank_Sexton,1-613- 723-9591,9600,XA,CM,V32b,V42b ,133,872's_Home_BBS,Kanata_ON,Rob_St._Denis,1-613-831- 3390,9600,CM,XA,V32B,V42B ,134,Valley_of_Wind,Kuala_Lumpur_MALAYSIA,Maulvi_Bakar,60-3-712- 5570,9600,V34, V32b,V42b,ZYX,MNP,CM,XA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,136,No_Files,Ottawa_ON,Fred_Ennis,1-613-723-5712,9600,XX,CM,V32b,V42b Does anyone know howcome a net in Ontario lists a node in Malasia? Cheers, Rich FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 4 24 Nov 1997 http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/ * Origin: Birdsoft - North Miami (1:135/907) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:00:33 -0500 From: "Nicholas D. Lombardi, S.J." To: cbaker84@digital.net Subject: Mailed from FidoNews homepage Hi, My name is Nick Lombardi and I've been running a Fidonet board here in NYC since the mid-80's. I've haven't been keeping up with what's been reported in Fidonet for a couple of years almost - but I'd like to know how I can find a gateway to connect my board to the internet for a simple EMAIL connection. Is there any gateway left around? Ours in this area went down a while ago. My Email address is: lombardi@murray.fordham.edu I'm a Jesuit priest teaching Computer Science here at Fordham University. Thanks for any leads you can give me. -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- [high ASCII removed without regard to translation. Ed.] [I refer this guy's request for info to you. Ed.] From: "Piotr Kosibowicz" To: Subject: How to defend against defaming in a public conference? Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:01:04 +0100 Dear Chris I am writing for the advice how to force a fidouser to send an apology note to a Polish conference BUY_SELL.POL. Maksymilian Wrzesinski (2:480/80) named me a thief in this conference just because he is ignorant about a trial subscriptions of Business Central Europe and European Voice and some computer magazines about which I spread a word in Net under the subject: "free computer magazines" I need to know this before I will take a legal action in Polish court. Below is his letter in extenso and the mentioned offending word i underlined. Please send advice, comments or the way how he could turn back this offence because the court action could be damaging for him due to huge costs. FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 5 24 Nov 1997 Regards, Piotr Kosibowicz kosi@friko.onet.pl kosi@pipeta.chemia.pk.edu.pl kosi333@polbox.com tel: +48 012 4155974 Propaganda, POB 12, Kr. 42, PL http://www.webspawner.com/users/propaga/ Fax: +49-2561-91316-06849 Czy Chrystus siedzacy na osle, jest czescia osla, czy tez osiol czescia Chrystusa? - BUY_SELL.POL (2:486/10.26) ------------------------------------ BUY_SELL.POL Msg : #10580 [1612] +10609 Rcv From : Maksymilian Wrzesinski 2:480/80 16 Nov 97 13:38:33 To : Piotr Kosibowicz 21 Nov 97 10:09:17 Subj : Re: Darmowe Pisma Komputerowe -1298----------------------------------------------------------------- MG>> + Origin: Brakuje mi kogos takiego jak ja... (2:480/80.101) PK> nieycz sobie jakichkolwiek kontaktw z tob - bo ju kilka razy PK> dales si pozna jako skoczony idiota, a potem jeszcze mnie PK> przpraszae. Nie sigasz mi do pit dupku i id lepiej obraaj a PK> potem przepraszaj sobie rwne Miernoty. i kto to mowi? kosibowitz - znany kretacz i kombinator. czyli mowiac krotko zlodziej. ^^^^^^^^^^^ twoje listy z newsgroup inetowych sa po prostu zenujace. poziom lamerii i bezprecedensowego cwaniactwa bija na glowe najwiekszych kretynow. -- -- [mcson] -- maksymilian maria wrzesinski -- terrorgarden inc. -- -- +48-22-648-55-88 -- http://terrorgarden.waw.pl -- from ashes to ashes -- --- TeRRoRGaRDeN Inc. * Origin: ,, ...from ashes to ashes... '' (2:480/80) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steve Woodmore To: Christopher Baker Subject: Re: have your retired again? Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 01:38:52 GMT Organization: The Worlds Fastest Talker Reply-To: Steve@proteus.demon.co.uk References: <2.2.32.19971117000803.007208e4@digital.net> On Sun, 16 Nov 1997 19:08:03 -0500, you wrote: CB>again for the last time? [grin] FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 6 24 Nov 1997 No this time its for good (check the nodelist) CB>what pushed you over the edge this time? The same old thing, every time you try and achieve something, there are always people being destructive and disruptive. I would like fido to have moved forward into the next millennium, however the "fidodinosaurs" don't seem to want it. Its a pity, but there you go what can i do?, i tried, i failed :(, time to cut my losses and move onto more challenging and productive projects, and yes you have my permission to print this in fidonews Come and visit the worlds fastest talker If you thought you could talk fast, then you are wrong As featured in the 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997 Guinness Book of WORLD records Check it out http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/talk.htm -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 7 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Newly-available Echoes Damian Walker, 2:2502/666 The following echoes are now available to international readers via the internet: STRATEGY For strategy and war games, ASTROWAR_UK The international support echo for the Astrowar game, INFOMAIL The Infomail support echo You can now get these echoes from Sy Hughes at Gold Flash BBS, 2:254/510, using Fido2Int. Details about all of these echoes are available in the ELIST and the zone 2 echolist. Please do join us! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 8 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 08:06:49 -0500 To: cbaker84@digital.net From: Doug Paul Subject: Anyone ever try this? >Return-Path: val@tnn.net >From: "Val Valek" 1. Open Excel for Windows 95 with a blank worksheet. 2. Scroll down to row 95. 3. Click on the number 95 to select the whole row. 4. Press Tab once to move to column B. 5. Select Help/About. 6. Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift and click on the Tech Support button. 7. A window labeled Hall of Tortured Souls appears. It is a 3-D texture-mapped environment reminiscent of Doom/DukeNukeEm/etc. 8. Directly ahead of you are stairs with a scrolling cast list. Go up and take a look around. Use the cursor keys to move, and 'd' or 'c' to look up or down. 9. But there's more! Go back down the stairs and type "excelkfa" (without the quotes). 10. The wall disappears [it's the rear wall], and there's a winding path to navigate to see pictures. Tread carefully! =========================================== Doug Paul topgun@phonetech.com Rockledge, Florida http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/hills/6994 =========================================== I am Dyslexic of Borg...prepare to have your ass laminated! =========================================== Pursuant to US Code Title 47, Ch 5, Subch 2, _227, unsolicited commercial Email received at this address is subject to a US $500 download and archival fee. By Emailing such, you agree to these terms. =========================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 9 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= [from TurkeyDays past...one raw, one cooked. [grin] Ed.] Date: 24 Nov 94 14:44:06 From: odin@gate.net To: All Subj: Happy Thanksgiving! ______________________________________________________________________ Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 17:44:06 -0500 (EST) From: PNEWS [*********PNEWS CONFERENCES************] From: Ribaud.@f360.n135.z1.fidonet.org ,+*^^*+___+++_ ,*^^^^ ) _+* ^**+_ +^ _ _++*+_+++_, ) _+^^*+_ ( ,+*^ ^ \+_ ) { ) ( ,( ,_+--+--, ^) ^\ { (@) } f ,( ,+-^ __*_*_ ^^\_ ^\ ) {:;-/ (_+*-+^^^^^+*+*<_ _++_)_ ) ) / ( / ( ( ,___ ^*+_+* ) < < \ U _/ ) *--< ) ^\-----++__) ) ) ) ( ) _(^)^^)) ) )\^^^^^))^*+/ / / ( / (_))_^)) ) ) ))^^^^^))^^^)__/ +^^ ( ,/ (^))^)) ) ) ))^^^^^^^))^^) _) *+__+* (_))^) ) ) ))^^^^^^))^^^^^)____*^ \ \_)^)_)) ))^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^) (_ ^\__^^^^^^^^^^^^))^^^^^^^) ^\___ ^\__^^^^^^))^^^^^^^^)\\ ^^^^^\uuu/^^\uuu/^^^^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\ ___) >____) >___ ^\_\_\_\_\_\_\) ^^^//\\_^^//\\_^ ^(\_\_\_\) ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Ribaud --- Origin: Usenet: (1:343/70) *** Date: 23 Nov 95 18:57:07 From: Tom Mckeever To: All Subj: 'Appy 'Oliday! ______________________________________________________________________ FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 10 24 Nov 1997 Greetings, All!! __ __ _ _ _ _ ( ) ( ) _ - - _ / / / / _- / _ / / / v / / / v _ / / \ | v / | \ |_ | / \ / \ _ _ _ \_ _ / _ _ \ _ _ | | / \ _ _ / \ / \_ _/ \_ _ // \ \ _ / |__ _/ \/ |\ \_/| / --- =========================================================--- \=====================================================/ H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G From the MCKEEVER Family!!!! Take care!! Tom.. (tom.mckeever@mit.com) (ksc_admin@ids.net) SPACECON/BRAVEHEART BBS (1:374/22) (407) 459-0969 452-8969 453-5393 (1200-28800 Baud) (Home of INFOLOG, OTVIEW, & POST_POLIO and CARDIAC Echoes!!) Origin: SPACECON Medical/Disabilities/Law Enforcement BBS!(1:374/22.0) -30- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 11 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ================================================================= Emanuel Edwards 1:348/963 emanuel@pangea.ca IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SYSOPS!!!!!! Hello all Sysops and Co_Sysops: If you want to get lots of User on your BBS I suggest you request the WRESTLING_CHAT on your BBS: On the wrestling_chat you can get all the Latest News, great wrestling scoops and great wrestling advertisement. Plus there are professional wrestlers reading the messages and posting messages on the echo. The echo tag is called WRESTLING_CHAT. If and when you request the echo on your bbs please send a test message to the moderator Emanuel Edwards. See you all sysops and co_sysops on fidonet WRESTLING_CHAT You can also visit my wrestling news bulletin homepage at http://www.pangea.ca/~emanuel/latest.html Regards Emanuel Moderator Barry Laws Jr Co_Moderator ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 12 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 1 Dec 1997 World AIDS Day. 10 Dec 1997 Nobel Day, Sweden. 12 Jan 1998 HAL 9000 is one year old today. 30 Apr 1998 Queens Day, Holland. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 14 Sep 1998 Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98]. 22 Sep 1998 First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org. 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 24 Jul 1999 XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99]. 31 Dec 1999 Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed. 1 Jan 2000 The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec. 1 Jun 2000 EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. 1 Jan 2001 This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 13 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= [from 1446] Latest Greatest Software Versions by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264 Hmm. Not much to say. -=- Snip -=- Submission form for the Latest Greatest Software Versions column OS Platform : Software package name : Version : Function(s) - BBS, Mailer, Tosser, etc. : Freeware / Shareware / Commercial? : Author / Support staff contact name : Author / Support staff contact node : Magic name (at the above-listed node) : Please include a sentence describing what the package does. Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264 -=- Snip -=- MS-DOS: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Act-Up 4.6 G D Chris Gunn 1:15/55 ACT-UP ALLFIX 4.40 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX Announcer 1.11 O S Peter Karlsson 2:206/221 ANNOUNCE BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOS_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR CheckPnt 1.0a O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 CHECKPNT FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO FastEcho/16 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FEX FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTD FidoBBS (tm) 12u B S Ray Brown 1:1/117 FILES FrontDoor 2.12 M S JoHo 2:201/330 FD FrontDoor 2.20c M C JoHo 2:201/330 FDINFO GEcho 1.00 T S Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GEcho/Plus 1.11 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED GoldED/386 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEX GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 14 24 Nov 1997 Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT InfoMail/86 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL InfoMail/386 1.21 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFO386 InterEcho 1.19 T C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IEDEMO InterMail 2.29k M C Peter Stewart 1:369/35 IMDEMO InterPCB 1.52 O S Peter Stewart 1:369/35 INTERPCB IPNet 1.11 O S Michele Stewart 1:369/21 IPNET JD's CBV 1.4 O S John Dailey 1:363/277 CBV Jelly-Bean 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY Jelly-Bean/386 1.01 T S Rowan Crowe 3:635/727 JELLY386 JMail-Hudson 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-H JMail-Goldbase 2.81 T S Jason Steck 1:285/424 JMAIL-G MakePl 1.9 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MAKEPL Marena 1.1 beta O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 MARENA Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAX Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUE McMail 1.0 M S Michael McCabe 1:1/148 MCMAIL MDNDP 1.18 N S Bill Doyle 1:388/7 MDNDP Msged 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41D.ZIP Msged/386 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41X.ZIP NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFD NorthStar 3.31.29 B S A&B Darin 1:285/82 NSTAR Opus CBCS 1.79 B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS O/T-Track 2.66 O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT PcMerge 2.8 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE PlatinumXpress 1.3 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PX13TD.ZIP QuickBBS 2.81 B S Ben Schollnick 1:2613/477 QUICKBBS RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA Searchlight 4.5 B S Paul Casey 1:343/117 DEMO450.ZIP Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT Silver Xpress Door 5.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 FILES Reader 4.4 O S Gary Petersen 1:290/111 SXR44.ZIP Spitfire 3.51 B S Mike Weaver 1:3670/3 SPITFIRE Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISH StealTag UK 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_UK StealTag NL 1.c... O F Fred Schenk 2:284/412 STEAL_NL T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL Telegard 3.02 B F Tim Strike 1:259/423 TELEGARD Terminate 5.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK TosScan 1.01 T C JoHo 2:201/330 TSINFO TransNet 1.00 G S Marc S. Ressl 4:904/72 TN100ALL.ZIP TriBBS 11.0 B S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIBBS TriDog 11.0 T F Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRIDOG TriToss 11.0 T S Gary Price 1:3607/26 TRITOSS WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE WWIV 4.24a B S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIV WWIVTOSS 1.36 T S Craig Dooley 1:376/126 WWIVTOSS xMail 2.00 T S Thorsten Franke 2:2448/53 XMAIL XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XRDOS OS/2: Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 15 24 Nov 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLFIX/2 1.10 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 AFIXOS2 BGFAX 1.60 O S B.J. Guillot 1:106/400 BGFAX Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BOS2_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2 CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR FastEcho 1.46.1 T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2 FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST FleetStreet 1.21 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET FP-OS/2 97-03-21 O F Mike Bilow 323/107 FPOS2 GEcho/Pro 1.20 T C Bob Seaborn 1:140/12 GECHO GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXP Max User Ed. 0.18 O F Larry Cooke 1:300/53 MUEP Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEF PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE RAR 2.01 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2 Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2 Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK WaterGate 0.93 G S Robert Szarka 1:320/42 WTRGATE XRobot 3.01 O S JoHo 2:201/330 XROS2 Windows (16-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL FrontDoor APX 1.12 P S Mats Wallin 2:201/329 FDAPXW Windows (32-bit apps): Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Argus 95/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 A9I Argus NT/IP 2.704 M S Max Masyutin 2:469/77 ANI BeeMail 1.0 M C Andrius Cepaitis 2:470/1 BEEMAIL Binkley Docs 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BDOC_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm 2.60 M F Bob Juge 1:1/102 BW32_260.ZIP BinkleyTerm-XE XR5 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_W32 CFRoute 0.92 O G C. 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BBS at 1-904-409-7040 anytime except 0100-0130 ET and Zone 1 ZMH at 1200-9600+ HST/V32B. The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 18 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as of this appearance. ============ FidoNet: Homepage http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html HTML FNews http://www.fidonews.org WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc/ftscmirr.htm Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html ============ Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm Region 14: [disappeared?] Region 15: [disappeared?] Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/ Region 18: http://www.citicom.com/fido.html Region 19: http://www.compconn.net ============ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/ Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German) Region 25: http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254 FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 19 24 Nov 1997 Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French) Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss) Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish) REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/ Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English) Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl ============ Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org ============ Zone 4: (not yet listed) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish) ============ Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China) ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 20 24 Nov 1997 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Christopher Baker Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees "FidoNews Editor" FidoNet 1:1/23 BBS 1-904-409-7040, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(ds) more addresses: Christopher Baker -- 1:18/14, cbaker84@digital.net cbaker84@fidonews.org cbaker84@aol.com cbaker84@msn.com (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. Box 471 Edgewater, FL 32132-0471 U.S.A. voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please] [1800-0100 UTC/GMT] ------------------------------------------------------ FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of FidoNews. Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is Copyright 1997 Christopher Baker. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or the Editor. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet. PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 21 24 Nov 1997 back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSEnn.ZIP] for a particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the current year [7], i.e., FNWSAUG7.ZIP for all the Issues from Aug 97. Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number 1 - 14 for 1984 - 1997, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in size from 48K to 1.4M. INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via: http://www.fidonews.org http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/ ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/ *=*=* You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to: jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no message to the same address above. * You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail by sending email to: ftpmail@fidonews.org with a Subject line of: help and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on www.fidonews.org. *=*=* You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at: http://www.fidonews.org STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request - Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from: ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/ Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 11 Megs. FIDONEWS 14-47 Page 22 24 Nov 1997 =*=*=*= The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also available almost immediately after publication on the Editor's new homepage on the World Wide Web at: http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from Rights On! BBS at 1-904-409-7040 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area 18. It is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the Zone 1 Echomail Backbone. *=*=*=*=* SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it. "Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141, and are used with permission. "Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all have to get in fights or something to amuse ourselves and create the requisite chaos." -Tom Jennings -30- -----------------------------------------------------------------