F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 45 10 November 1997
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Have you hugged a Veteran today?
Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Chugging along ........................................... 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
Ah, hindsight ............................................ 2
3. COLUMNS .................................................. 4
Fidonet in Europe ........................................ 4
4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 10
IE for Linux? ............................................ 10
5. NOTICES .................................................. 12
Future History ........................................... 12
6. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 13
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 13
7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 17
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 17
8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 18
9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 20
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EDITORIAL
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Not much new in the wacky world of FidoNet this week.
I have revamped the FidoNet World Wide Webring page with updated code
and instructions. Hopefully, all the conflicts of directions are now
removed and it won't confuse any more newbies to webrings.
My thanks to Ruth Argust who spotted the conflict when I thought I'd
covered all the bases. [grin]
The webring now has a built-in 14 day expiration that deletes your
Queue entry if you have not gotten your page properly coded in that
time-frame. If you get deleted for lack of action, you can try again
when you get the automagic email from the ring telling you your site
has been dumped.
The ring has been growing quite a bit of late and you can still join
your webpage[s] to our ever-widening circle by surfing to:
http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html
and following the directions there.
C.B.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 22:13:23 -0800
From: Sari Barnes <bluedog@mindspring.com>
Organization: Oregon - USA
To: webheads@softdisk.com
Subject: Say what?
Sender: owner-webheads@softdisk.com
Reply-To: webheads@softdisk.com
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
--Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of
science, 1949.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
--Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and
talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data
processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
--The editor in charge of business books for
Prentice Hall, 1957
"But what ... is it good for?"
--Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM,
1968, commenting on the microchip.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
--Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment
Corp., 1977.
"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing,
even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about
funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay
our salary, we'll come work for you.' "And they said, 'No.'
"So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't
need you. You haven't got through college yet.'"
--Apple Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari
and H-P interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer.
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981.
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously
considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently
of no value to us."
--Western Union internal memo, 1876.
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value.
Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
--David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urging for
investment in the radio in the 1920s.
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"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
--A Yale University management professor in response to Fred
Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service.
(Smith went on to found Federal Express.)
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
--H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face
and not Gary Cooper."
--Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in
"Gone With The Wind."
"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research
reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy
cookies like you make."
--Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
--Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment.
The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this."
--Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives
for 3-M "Post-It" notepads.
"You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development
across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact
of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development
as an unalterable condition of weight training."
--Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the "unsolvable" problem
by inventing Nautilus.
"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."
--Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
--Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole
Superieure de Guerre.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
--Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
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COLUMNS
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Fidonet in Europe
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by Dave Meikle (2:258/69.2 , postmaster@rjambo.abel.co.uk)
Firstly if any one sent a message to rebeljambo@unforgettable.com
could they resubmit it to my eMAIL address above because it went down.
AstroWars is taking off now with two people subscribing this week one
from USA and one from Europe. I would like to whish them luck.
If anyone would like to join here is the info again. This is the last
time because it will get annoying. If any one wants it again they will
need to send a message to INFOMAIL@2:258/69.69 with the subject
Astrowars.
Does anyone want a document on INFOMAIL? I can set it up so you can
edit it remotely. Just drop me a line.
Here is the Astrowar info again for the last time:
What is AstroWar?
AstroWar is a play-by-email game of space conquest. What's so
special about this particular game? From the player's view,
it's simple and fun. From the game moderator or sysop's view,
it's fully automatic, adaptable, expandable, portable and
free! Bear with me while I justify some of these claims...
It's simple: The rules and construction of this game are as
simple as I could make them. There is just one type of
planet, and one type of ship. Each planet just has a single
statistic: production, which decides how many ships it
produces each turn. Ships are just single faceless, nameless
units which are used in greater or lesser numbers in order to
overwhelm, hold back or discourage an enemy.
It's fun: How can I justify this? Well, I can't really since
it's just my opinion, but most of the players in the beta test
games find it quite entertaining. Its simplicity means that
you won't spend much time learning the rules, and you'll be
playing properly and developing your strategies almost
immediately. It's hardly worth setting up a practice game.
Playing the Game
Getting Started
AstroWar is a simple game of space conquest, usually played by
email. The simplicity of the rules mean that the time taken
to learn the game is extremely short. However, it may take
just as long to develop a winning strategy as it does for more
complex games.
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Let's take a look at the game rules before we go into details
of how to play. The map consists of a number of planets
spread across a galactic map. The number of planets and the
size of the map are defined by the person running the game.
There is only one type of planet, although each planet has a
production rating. This production rating reflects the number
of ships that planet produces each turn, when it is owned by a
player. Neutral planets do not produce any ships.
Ships are not treated individually in AstroWar. There is only
one type of ship, the variation being in the number of ships
you send to the planets you are attacking. Ships are sent in
fleets of one or more ships, and each fleet's mission is
decided by the number of ships sent, and the ownership of the
planet the ships are being sent to.
Part of the game's attraction lies in the high level of
secrecy. In some games, you can see the entire map when you
start the game, and sometimes you can see where other empires
are. Some games are very open, and allow you to see as much
detail about other players' empires as those players can see.
This is not the case with AstroWar. When you start playing
AstroWar, you only see full details of your homeworld, and the
positions of nearby planets. To get more information, you
must scout the planets you can see, and you must start to
expand before you see planets further away.
But I'm getting ahead of myself here, for before any of this
becomes apparent you must first join a game. In order to join
a game, you must submit a 'join' request. With this join
request you give a name which will be used to identify your
empire. Your empire name can be up to 15 characters long.
Upon successfully joining a game, you will receive
confirmation that your request to join has been accepted.
With this you will be given the name of your homeworld, that
homeworld's details, and a map of nearby planets to get you
started. Note that homeworld planets always have a production
of 15 ships per turn.
There are a few cases in which a join request might fail.
Firstly, you might choose an empire name which is already in
use. This is unlikely, but possible. Another case in which a
request to join might be rejected is when the game is full,
i.e. there are no planets which have not already been scouted
or taken. In the former case, just try to join again, with a
different name. In the latter case there's nothing you can
do, except wait for the game to finish and re-start, or find
another game.
Scouting, Conquering and Redeployment
The first thing you will want to do when you start a new game
is scout one or more of the planets which were shown on your
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first map. To scout a planet, simply send a single ship to
it. When the ship arrives, you will receive details about the
production and ownership of that planet, along with the number
of ships currently in orbit. The scout ship will then turn
around and begin the return journey.
Once you have received details about some of the nearby
planets, you should start making your attacks. A fleet of 2
or more ships sent to a neutral or enemy planet constitutes
and attack force. Generally, you should send more ships than
are already in orbit around a planet if you wish to take it.
However, you can send your attacks in two or more 'waves' if
you don't have enough ships to take the planet straight away.
The first arrivals will reduce the enemy's numbers, so that
the later fleets have an easier job of taking the planet. If
a fleet takes a planet, it is disbanded, and the ships take up
orbit around the planet.
You can start making attacks before you scout, but this is not
always a good idea, particularly if you are joining a game
which has already been running for a number of turns. For all
you know, an attack fleet sent out 'blind' might be travelling
towards a planet belonging to a relatively powerful empire,
and this is not a good way to gain allies.
Once you have more than one planet, you may want to start
redistributing your forces, for more effective attacks or
defense. Sending any number of ships from one of your planets
to another is a normal fleet movement. When the fleet
arrives, it will be disbanded and the ships will join those in
orbit around the planet.
-A Note About Fleet Movements---------------------------------
A fleet does not start to move towards its destination until
the turn after it is launched. So, for instance, if you
launch a fleet from one planet to a planet four squares away,
it will still be four squares away on its first turn; only in
the next turn will it start to move.
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Requesting Details About Your Empire
Although the reports you receive from scouting, attacking and
fleet movements tell you everything you need to know about
your planets, there are times when you will want reminding
about various aspects of your empire. There are a couple of
reports which you can request from AstroWar, whenever you need
them.
The planet list contains a list of all your planets, together
with a reminder of the planets' positions, their production
ratings and the number of ships in orbit around them. Only
your own planets are included in this list; if you want up-to-
date information about enemy or neutral planets you must scout
them.
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-Turn Phases--------------------------------------------------
There are four phases to each AstroWar turn: Fleet
movement, Order processing, Ship production and Victory
checking, executed in that order. Bear this order in mind
when submitting orders; for example, a planet report (a
response to a 'planet list' order) will not take into
account the ship production which comes later in that
turn.
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The fleet list contains a list of all your fleets, with a
reminder of their planets of origin and their destinations.
The list also contains the number of ships in the fleets, and
their distances from their objectives. You can use the
distance figure to work out how long it will be before a fleet
arrives.
As your empire expands, you will want to be able to see more
of the map. This information isn't given to you
automatically, you must request it using the map order. When
you submit a map order, you must give the name of a planet
around which the map will be centred. You can only centre a
map around a planet you own, so in order to begin mapping the
entire galaxy you must start expanding your empire.
The Message System
In order that you can communicate with other empires, to form
alliances, make threats or gloat over victories, there is a
message system which passes free-form messages between
players.
To write to another empire, simply submit a 'write' order,
along with the name of the empire you wish to send to, and the
text of the message. Next turn, that empire will receive that
message with the your empire name identified as the writer (in
order that he or she can reply).
It is also possible to write a general announcement to all
empires. This is not always a good idea. Usually your empire
will be unknown to others until they see your planets, or
receive a message from you. Secrecy itself may often be a
useful weapon, but writing a message to all will immediately
reveal your existence to everyone else in the game. Later on
in the game, if your empire becomes powerful, you could
perhaps use this facility as a propaganda tool.
Finally, it is also possible to write messages to the system,
and receive messages from the system. Although this has no
use in the standard game, it is there as a way of
communicating with add-ons. Add-ons can scan for messages to
the system and interpret their contents as extended orders to
access features in that add-on. Similarly, replies or
information generated by add-ons will be addressed as coming
from 'the system'.
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Winning the Game
The standard victory conditions dictate that the empire who
owns everybody else's homeworlds wins the game. This is a
change from the usual condition of conquering all of everyone
else's planets, since that condition usually results in a
tedious end game where the eventual victor has to mop up the
remains of defeated empires.
One problem is that enemy homeworlds are not identified. You
can assume that, in a normal game, all the homeworlds will
have a production of 15 ships per turn. However, not all
planets with this production are homeworlds. You just have to
hunt out all the non-neutral planets with 15 production until
you are awarded victory.
When victory is awarded to a player, a report is sent out to
everyone saying who the winner is. However, the game must be
manually stopped and restarted by the person running the game,
so it is possible that a few turns may go by with the
'victory' message being sent out.
It is quite possible that victory conditions in a game have
been disabled, making it 'open-ended'. This means that the
game will continue indefinitely. Our Games is Open-Ended.
Resigning Your Position
Once your position has become unworkable, or you want to quit
the game for some other reason like lack of time, there is a
'resign' command you can use. Resigning from a game will
cause all your planets to revert to neutral status, and will
make all in-transit fleets wink out of existence.
If you are going to have to stop playing a game, it's polite
to resign properly. If you just let your fleets build up
uselessly, it will get in the way of legitimate players and
ruin their enjoyment of the game.
Orders
This section gives a list of orders understood by the order
processing phase of turn processing. To send an order send a
netmail TO: Astrowar@2:258/69.69 with the SUBJECT:GAME1 and in
the main body type one off the commands:
join <empire> A join order, or join request, asking
that a player be added to the game
with the empire name <empire>.
send <n> <o> <d> A send order. Orders a launch of <n>
ships from planet <o> to planet <d>,
where <o> is owned by this empire and
there are at least <n> ships in orbit.
planets Requests a list of the planets owned
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by this empire.
fleets Requests a list of fleets belonging to
this empire.
map <planet> Requests a map of the area around
<planet>, showing the names and
positions of all planets within 7
squares of this centre planet.
write <emp> <txt> Write a message to empire <emp>,
containing the text <txt>. <Emp> may
be an empire name, All ("*") or The
System (""), and <txt> may be up to
64k of text spread across multiple
lines.
resign Requests that this empire is removed
from the game. All planets revert to
neutral ownership (with ships in orbit
remaining), and all fleets will
magically disappear.
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NET HUMOR
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From: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@novia.net>
To: "Baker, Christopher" <cbaker84@digital.net (Christopher Baker)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 97 10:38:22 -0600
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@oasis.novia.net>
Subject: Fwd: IE for Linux?
==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
From: robbie@tomservo.eng.mindspring.net
Message-ID: <19971027233102.9058.qmail@tomservo.eng.mindspring.net>
Subject: IE for Linux?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:31:02 -0500 (EST)
With rumors about the impending doom release of Microsoft Internet
Exploder for Linux, I decided to get a jump on things and create a man
page for IE.
IE has been such a security problem for Windoze users, that it stands
to reason that Microsoft won't deprive the Linux/UNIX community of
such quality work.
(I was going to save this and release it as an April Fools joke for
98, but I couldn't wait that long.. :-)
Robbie
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IE(1) IE(1)
NAME
ie - Microsoft Internet Explorer
SYNOPSIS
ie [ -acfghkp ] [ -m alternate-passwd-file ] [ -length of time ]
DESCRIPTION
Ie is the web browser. The only web browser. Netscape is
irrelevant. Opera is irrelevant. Ie is your master. Kneel.
There are two ways to use ie: non-executed binary and insecure
mode. The non-executed binary is the mode ie ships in. There are
no flags or directions for use in this mode.
Options are:
-a
-c Clear filesystem. Ie will delete all files for which
it has write permission on all mounted filesystems.
After the first pass, Ie will begin attempts at
obtaining root access so that the remaining files can
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be removed.
-f Same as -c, except that ie will immediately begin
attempting root access, and will newfs all mounted
filesystems.
-h Hack. Lets you link to other systems running ie and
obtain their passwd files.
-k Randomly coredump. If you specify a valid mailbox name
in parens, ie will mail the coredump to them.
-p Post /etc/passwd to alt.2600.
-m [alternate] Gives you the opportunity to specify an
alternate passwd file to post.
-length How long should ie run crack on the passwd file before
attempting to post?
AUTHOR
The usual gang of idiots.
BUGS
See printed ie documentation: "Problems with IE", volumes
1-14, availible in hardcover from Microsoft Press.
The -g option is not implemented.
FILES
/etc/passwd System password file.
/usr/local/bin/crack crack binary.
/usr/local/bin/ie IE binary.
DIAGNOSTICS
If ie crashes, simply reboot system to restore stability.
BUG REPORTS TO
/dev/null
COPYRIGHTS
Microsoft Corporation. Don't even THINK about crossing us.
(This disclaimer does not apply to Ms. Janet Reno).
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NOTICES
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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.
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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[from 1441 - Ed.]
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
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MS-DOS:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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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 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FASTECHO
FastEcho/16 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE16
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
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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
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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 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLST
FleetStreet 1.20 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
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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
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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. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastLst 1.36 N S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 FASTLSTW
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEO
GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
Maximus 3.01 B P Tech 1:249/106 MAXN
Msged/NT 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41W.ZIP
NEF 2.38 O S Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504 NEFW
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
Searchlight 5.02 B C Paul Casey 1:343/117 SLBBS50.TXT
T-Mail 2.600 M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAILNT
WinFOSSIL/95 1.12 r4 F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 WNFOSSIL.ZIP
WinFOSSIL/NT 1.0 beta F S Bryan Woodruff 1:343/294 NTFOSSIL.ZIP
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Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.12 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
ifmail-tx.rpm ...tx8.6 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX.RPM
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
Amiga:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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CrashMail 1.23 T X Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.1 O F Fredrik Bennison 2:205/324 CRASHTICK
DLG Pro BBOS 1.15 B C Holly Sullivan 1:202/720 DLGDEMO
GMS 1.1.85 M S Mirko Viviani 2:331/213 GMS
Msged 4.00 O G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 MSGED
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
TrapDoor 1.86.b2 M S Maximilian Hantsch
2:310/6 TRAPDOOR
TrapToss 1.50 T S Rene Hexel 2:310/6 TRAPTOSS
Atari:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ApplyList 1.00 N F Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 APLST100.LZH
BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl2 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY
BTNC 2.00 N G Daniel Roesen 2:2432/1101 BTNC
JetMail 0.99beta T S Joerg Spilker 2:2432/1101 JETMAIL
Semper 0.80beta M S Jan Kriesten 2:2490/1624 SMP-BETA
Function: B-BBS, P-Point, M-Mailer, N-Nodelist, G-Gateway, T-Tosser,
C-Compression, F-Fossil, O-Other. Note: Multifunction will
be listed by the first match.
Cost: P-Free for personal use, F-Freeware, S-Shareware, C-Commercial,
X-Crippleware, D-Demoware, G-Free w/ Source
Please send updates and suggestions to: Peter Popovich, 1:363/264
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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:18/14] or download it from the
Rights On! 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.
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
of this appearance.
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- 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]
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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 14-45 Page 21 10 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/
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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