F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 51 22 December 1997
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THE HANUKKAH/CHRISTMAS EDITION!
Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
A disturbance in the force? .............................. 1
2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 2
Good Stuff Magazine ...................................... 2
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
Net 323 election? ........................................ 4
Rhode Island gets its promised election, in public ....... 6
Election for NC 1:323 .................................... 7
Merry Christmas FidoNet from VIP BBS! .................... 7
4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 9
25 ways to annoy your roomate during Christmas ........... 9
5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11
Happy Hanukkah! .......................................... 11
Merry Christmas! ......................................... 13
6. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 25
Introducing the IREX Echo ................................ 25
7. NOTICES .................................................. 27
Future History ........................................... 27
8. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 28
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 28
9. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 32
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 32
10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 33
11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 35
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EDITORIAL
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Seems to be another one of those FidoNet things going on in Region
16 this week. The details follow in 3 articles.
The holidays are about to hit again so this Issue has plenty of
those annoying ASCII Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's comix. We
never did get anything for Ramadan or Kwaanza although I picked up
some nice .gifs of the latter for future reference in my web page
work. [grin]
Speaking of web pages, the FidoNews page is about to hit 8,000
visitors this week. Be sure to sign the Guestbook if you stop by. And
don't forget the webring!
From all of me to all of you...
HAPPY EVERYTHING this holiday season!!
[and did you feel the Winter Solstice slide by a couple hours ago?]
C.B.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Date: 15 dec 1997 08:27:08 GMT-0300
From: Gstuff@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
To: cbaker84@digital.net
Subject: Good Stuff! Magazine's advertisement
Hello, Christopher! :)
Well, I send you this message with an advertisement I wish you
included i FidoNews...
It's about an electronic magazine about programming I want to
create.... its name will be "Good Stuff Magazine", and will be
published in Spanish and in English...
Well, here's the advertisement:
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Hello All , hope you are having a nice day!!
I want to create an electronic magazine about programming, and I think
it would be great if the staff were composed by people from all over
the world..... It will be published in English and in Spanish....
(English and Spanish editions) Its name will be "Good Stuff!
Magazine", and will be 100% FREEWARE.
Is it important to be a genius to write articles for this magazine?
No, of course it's not... (If you're not sure, please have a look at
me!! :) )
The only things you must have are: knowledge about the topic you're
going to write about (obviously), and (may be) pleasure (or something
like that :) ) to computers programming ....
The programming language, topic and everything else will be your
choice... And of course, you can take your holidays whenever you want
to... :)
So, if you are interested in writing articles, I'll be pleased to hear
it from you....
It's also very important that Sysops from all over the world wanted to
be "official distro sites". So, if you support a BBS, and want to be a
distro site, please let me know it.....
Of course, if you want to put the magazine in your web page, or FTP,
I'd also be pleased to hear it from you....
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! :)
-=> Yours sincerely, Fernando Ariel Gont <=-
e-mail: FGont@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
e-mail "Good Stuff! Magazine" : gstuff@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
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FidoNet: 4:900/470.10
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Ok, that's all Christopher! :)
Bye-Bye!!
From Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Fernando Ariel Gont
e-mail: FGont@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
e-mail "Good Stuff! Magazine": gstuff@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
FidoNet: 4:900/470.10
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ARTICLES
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[Please note that your Editor did NOT send a carbon copy or route the
notice of publication to anyone. Zone 1 acknowledgments are always
sent directly to the submitting Node {unless they don't answer during
ZMH for over a week}. I've advised Mike Bilow that the cc: he received
did not originate here. BTW, the PGP signature on this msg will fail
due to the reformatting to fit into FidoNews. Ed.]
Return-Path: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 97 02:05:00 -0000
From: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)
Subject: Important announcement
To: cbaker84@digital.net
Reply-To: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net
Chris,
I don't feel an overwhelming need to air this net's dirty laundry in
public, so I have not submitted anything to Fidonews. However, I
received your CC to me acknowledging someone else's submission, so I
would appreciate it if any such submission was accompanied by this.
It was sent by netmail to the indicated list of recipients and also
posted by me to NESYSOP, the Region 16 sysop echo.
-- Mike
* Forwarded (from: Netmail) by Mike Bilow using BilowMail0.2.
* Originally from Mike Bilow (1:323/107) to Bill Whitehouse.
* Original dated: Dec 18 '97, 12:43
* Original message addressed to: Bill Whitehouse (1:323/109).
* Carbon copies sent to: Jerry Schwartz (1:16/0), Bob Satti (1:1/0),
Joe Caparco (1:323/113), Chris Trainor (1:323/116), Marshall Votta
(1:323/140), Charlie Sutton (1:323/141), Stephen Shoesmith
(1:323/1212), Mike Bilow (1:323/107), Whitehouse & Lennon (1:323/109),
Craig Healy (1:323/120), Robert Cocroft (1:323/1014), Eric Hecker
(1:323/1023), Jonathon McPeak (1:323/1025), George Peters (1:323/122),
William Pommenville (1:323/203), Roger Cournoyer (1:323/208).
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Please be advised that Bill Whitehouse has no officially recognized
standing to conduct what he terms an "election," that the results of
his poll are unlikely to be taken seriously, and that you should not
allow yourself to be fooled into thinking otherwise. You are, of
course, free to answer his message and to participate in his poll, but
it is important that you understand that he is grossly misrepresenting
the significance of it.
As you all know, this net recently concluded an official election for
FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 5 22 Dec 1997
the Network Co-ordinator position, and that I was re-elected without
opposition. That election was properly conducted by the Fidonet
Regional Co-ordinator responsible for New England, Jerry Schwartz
(1:16/0). I encourage you to contact him if you have any questions.
Subsequent to the official election, Bill Whitehouse seems to have
decided to wage a protest against my unopposed re-election. He has
filed protests with the Regional Co-ordinator for New England and with
the Zone Co-ordinator for North America. To the best of my knowledge,
none of these protests have been validated. I find his actions to be,
frankly, puzzling.
Finally, I want to reassure you that the purported list of eligible
voters in Bill Whitehouse's message is not accurate, omitting several
nodes. Perhaps he has decided to run his private "election" under
different eligibility rules than the official election, but I prefer
not to speculate too much upon the subject of why he does what he
does.
As for his claim to "keep Rhode Island Fido afloat," one thing I am
quite certain about is that this sort of political tactic from Bill
Whitehouse, designed deliberately to mislead, is among the most
destructive possible.
-- Mike
Network Co-ordinator
Bill Whitehouse wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
BW> @MSGID: 1:323/109.0 49896911
BW> * Original message addressed to: Jonathon Mcpeak. (1:323/1025).
BW> * Carbon copies sent to: 13 other recipients.
BW> Hello Mike,
BW> Meet your fellow Fido systems. It's a short list.
BW> Marshall Votta (1:323/140), Soth's Domain, Warwick
BW> Charlie Sutton (1:323/141), Shadow Communications, Fiskeville
BW> Stephen Shoesmith (1:323/1212), MetroPlex, Warwick
BW> Mike Bilow (1:323/107), N1BEE BBS, Cranston
BW> Whitehouse & Lennon (1:323/109), Art of the Possible, Providence
BW> Craig Healy (1:323/120), ChowdaNet BBS, Providence
BW> Robert Cocroft (1:323/1014), Smelt Brook, Providence
BW> Eric Hecker (1:323/1023), Eric's, Providence
BW> Jonathon McPeak (1:323/1025), Dark Empire, Cranston
BW> George Peters (1:323/122), Nite Moves BBS, N Providence
BW> William Pommenville (1:323/203), The Gambit BBS, Cumberland
BW> Roger Cournoyer (1:323/208), RoJack BBS, Woonsocket
BW> This is the election you were promised.
BW> Please take a moment and select your choice for a
BW> Net323 Coordinator to keep Rhode Island Fido afloat.
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BW> Every last one of you is fit to serve, so please do not
BW> hesitate to vote for yourself. The sysop receiving the most
BW> ballots wins. Your netmail ballot is public.
BW> Forward your vote containing the name of your choosen
BW> canidate wherever you like but please send a copy here to
BW> 1:323/109.
BW> regards,
BW> Bill Whitehouse
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Rhode Island gets its promised election, in public.
by Bill Whitehouse (1:323/109)
Hello Rhode Island Node Occupant,
Meet your fellow Fido systems. It's a short list.
Marshall Votta (1:323/140), Soth's Domain, Warwick
Charlie Sutton (1:323/141), Shadow Communications, Fiskeville
Stephen Shoesmith (1:323/1212), MetroPlex, Warwick
Mike Bilow (1:323/107), N1BEE BBS, Cranston
Whitehouse & Lennon (1:323/109), Art of the Possible, Providence
Craig Healy (1:323/120), ChowdaNet BBS, Providence
Robert Cocroft (1:323/1014), Smelt Brook, Providence
Eric Hecker (1:323/1023), Eric's, Providence
Jonathon McPeak (1:323/1025), Dark Empire, Cranston
George Peters (1:323/122), Nite Moves BBS, N Providence
William Pommenville (1:323/203), The Gambit BBS, Cumberland
Roger Cournoyer (1:323/208), RoJack BBS, Woonsocket
This is the election you were promised and long denied.
Please take a moment and select your choice for a Net323
Coordinator to keep Rhode Island Fido afloat.
Every last one of you is fit to serve, so please do not hesitate
to vote for yourself. The sysop receiving the most ballots wins. Your
netmail ballot is public.
FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 7 22 Dec 1997
Forward your vote containing the name of your chosen candidate
wherever you like but please send a copy here to 1:323/109.
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Election for NC 1:323
by Jerry Schwartz, Region 16 Coordinator 1:142/928
I conducted an election for Network Coordinator of Zone 1 Net 323 in
September of 1997. The rules were delivered by crashmail as both a
netmail message and a file attached text file to every eligible voter
(effectively every sysop in Net 323 who wasn't down) several days
before the nomination period began. The nomination period, originally
intended to be 10 days long (in order to encompass two weekends), was
subsequently extended by a week due to a problem with the nodelist
which might have made it difficult to contact me. I announced this
schedule change in a netmail message to every eligible voter.
In order to make the election as wide open as possible, self-
nomination was allowed, and no seconds were required. Anyone who
wanted to run could simply inform me by netmail. This was clearly
stated in the rules.
By the end of the extended nominating period, only one name had been
put forth: Craig Healy, 1:323/120, nominated Mike Bilow (the
incumbent). There being only one candidate, he (Mike Bilow) was
declared the winner according to the election rules.
A single (superfluous) vote was in fact cast, also for Mike Bilow, by
a third eligible voter; he has not publicly come forward, so I will
not reveal his name out of respect for his privacy. I will state that
it was neither Mike Bilow nor Craig Healy.
The results of this election stand.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FIDONET FROM VIP BBS !
By Nicholas F. Sacca, [1:371/51/Msg.Co@f51.n371.z1.fidonet.org]
Hello all! This is my first ever submission to FidoNews. so please
bear with me. :-)
First of all, VIP BBS here in North Fort Myers, Florida, has been
proudly subscribing to FidoNews for many months now! However, with
the valuable assistance of Jim Barchuk, we finally within the past two
months or so been able to UUDECODE the Newsletter with UUEXE540.ZIP
file from Jim's old Web Site, http://www.10mb.com/Jbarchuk/!
As Message Coordinator of VIP BBS, I have the Newsletter set-up in
one of our Local Message Bases for our Users to read and enjoy.
I also have the Backbone files, such as BACKBONE.NA(.NO), BOFAQxxx.
TXT, and BACKSTAT.NA available to our Users to learn more about
FidoNet. Additionally, I have the History of the FidoNet Project
on our BBS as well to give our Users an historical perspective on
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FidoNet as seen in the eyes of Fidonet Founder, Tom Jennings. I give
credit to Southern Star BBS for my source for the BACKBONE Files being
their for me to D/L each week, and I thank John Souvestre, for that!
:-)
Next, I want to wish the Z1EC Elections well. It looks like a very
competitive slate shaping up for those eligible FidoNet Members to
vote on when the time comes. The chosen person for Z1EC will have
their hands full with the job. GOOD LUCK! :-)
Finally, on behalf of VIP BBS and Staff listed below, we wish everyone
including Christopher Baker, Editor, a Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year's!
STAFF:
Mary N. Smith, Owner/SysOp (http://members.aol.com/Msmith3736)
Chris Conrad, CoSysOp (http://members.aol.com/Cconrad584)
Nick Sacca, Message Coordinator (http://members.aol.com/NickSacca)
Mike Lallas, Games Coordinator
AND MEMBERS OF OUR BBS!
Peace Be with All of You,
Nicholas F. Sacca,
Message Coordinator
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NET HUMOR
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--- Following message extracted from BREV_CHAT @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sun Dec 21 10:50:46 1997
From: Genie Bohn
To: All
Date: 21 Dec 97 06:01:00
Subj: Roommate
25 Ways to Annoy Your Roommate During Christmas
1. Claim you were a Christmas tree in your former life. If s/he tries
to bring one into the room, scream bloody murder and trash on the
floor.
2. Go to the mall with your roommate and sit on Santa's lap. Refuse
to get off.
3. Wear a Santa suit all the time. Deny you're wearing it.
4. Sit in a corner in the fetal position rocking back and forth
chanting, "Santa Claus is coming to town, Santa Claus is coming to
town..."
5. Hang mistletoe in the doorway. When your roommate enters or leaves
the room, plant a wet one on his/her lips.
6. Hang a stocking with your roommates name on it. Collect coal and
sharp objects in it. If s/he asks, say "you've been very naughty
this year."
7. Paint your nose red and wear antlers. Constantly complain about
how you never get to join in on the reindeer games.
8. Make conversation out of Christmas Carols. (I.E. "You know, I saw
mommy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night.")
9. Wrap yourself in Christmas lights and roll around in the snow.
10. Sing: "All I want for Christmas is my roommate's two front
teeth..."
11. Give your roommate the gifts from the twelve days of Christmas
song.
12. Build a snowperson with your roommate and place a hat on its head.
when it doesn't come to life, cry hysterically "it didn't work!"
13. Whip your roommate screaming "now Dasher, now Dancer, now Donner,
and Blitzen, etc."
14. Tear down all your roommate's Christmas decorations yelling "Bah
Humbug!
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15. Wake up every morning screaming "Ghost of Christmas Future, please
have mercy on my soul!"
16. Tell your roommate you're moving out. Santa's buying you a house
on 34th Street.
17. Pin a poinsettia to your lapel.
18. Make anatomically correct gingerbread people and eat the best
parts first.
19. Put on a fake white beard and insist that all your roommate's
friends "give it a yank."
20. Ring jingle bells maniacally saying "every time a bell rings an
angel gets his wings."
21. Stand in front of the mirror reciting "How the Grinch Stole
Christmas" _ over and over in your underwear.
22. Smoke mistletoe. Do what comes naturally.
23. Watch your roommate when s/he is sleeping. When s/he wakes up
sing, "he sees you when you're sleeping..."
24. Steal a life size nativity scene and display it in your room.
When your roommate asks, tell him/her "I had to let them stay
here, there's no room At the inn."
25. When your roommate goes to the bathroom, rearrange his/her
possessions. Tell him/her that Santa's elves must have done it.
Merry Christmas!
Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46)
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COMIX IN ASCII
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Date: 03 Oct 90 18:09:07
From: Dave Aronson
To: Bruce Wilson
Subj: Re: Happy New Year
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Origin: TIDMADT Enterprises USR-DS PCP=DCWAS (1:109/120)
Date: 05 Dec 91 21:24:48
From: Mike Steiner
To: ALL
Subj: Happy Chanukah
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Date: 07 Dec 97 22:19:00
From: Katey Mallory
To: All
Subj: Chanukah Art
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Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * 714-871-2227 * Fullerton, CA (1:103/441.0)
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Date: 24 Dec 91 02:41:31
From: Arthur Greenberg
To: All D'bridge Folks
Subj: Season's Greetings !!
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Date: 24 Dec 91 01:46:28
From: Judy Proctor
To: All
Subj: Merry Christmas!
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Date: 13 Dec 92 09:45:40
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To: All
Subj: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Origin: The INFERNO<*>Blazing on Jersey's Shore<*> (1:266/72)
Date: 21 Dec 96 06:04:00
From: Genie Bohn
To: All
Subj: Greetings
_____________________________________________________________________
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Origin: Flamingo BBS, Melbourne, FL V34+ (407)242-8184 (1:374/46)
Date: 07 Dec 97 02:49:00
From: Miss Kitty
To: All
Subj: Xmas Wishes...
______________________________________________________________________
I hope you remembered to put your
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Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * Fullerton, CA * (1:103/441.0)
Date: 07 Dec 97 05:26:00
From: Miss Kitty
To: All
Subj: Christmas Art
_____________________________________________________________________
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Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * Fullerton, CA * (1:103/441.0)
Date: 07 Dec 97 22:54:00
FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 22 22 Dec 1997
From: Miss Kitty
To: All
Subj: CHRISTMAS TREE
_____________________________________________________________________
Hi Everyone!
+
"X"
"XXX"
"XXXXX"
"GOD JUL"
"BUON ANNO"
"FELIZ NATAL"
"JOYEUX NOEL"
"VESELE VANOCE"
"MELE KALIKIMAKA"
"NODLAG SONA DHUIT"
"BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA"
"""""""BOAS FESTAS"""""""
"FELIZ NAVIDAD"
"MERRY CHRISTMAS"
"KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"VROLIJK KERSTFEEST"
"FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN"
"BUON NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
"HUAN YING SHENG TAN CHIEH"
"WESOLYCH SWIAT-SRETAN BOZIC"
"MOADIM LESIMHA-LINKSMU KALEDU"
"HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAID MOUBARK"
"""""""'N PRETTIG KERSTMIS"""""""
"ONNZLLISTA UUTTA VUOTTA"
"Z ROZHDESTYOM KHRYSTOVYM"
"NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR"
"FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON"
"S NOVYM GODOM-FELIZ ANO NUEVO"
"GLEDILEG JOL-NOELINIZ KUTLU OLSUM"
"EEN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR-SRETAN BOSIC"
"KRIHSTLINDJA GEZUAR-KALA CHRISTOUGENA"
"SELAMAT HARI NATAL - LAHNINGU NAJU METU"
"""""""SARBATORI FERICITE-BUON ANNO"""""""
"ZORIONEKO GABON-HRISTOS SE RODI"
"BOLDOG KARACSONNY-VESELE VIANOCE "
"MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR"
"ROOMSAID JOULU PUHI -KUNG HO SHENG TEN"
"FELICES PASUAS - EIN GLUCKICHES NEUJAHR"
"PRIECIGUS ZIEMAN SVETKUS SARBATORI VESLLE"
"BONNE ANNEBLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDADRFELIZ NATAL"
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * Fullerton, CA * (1:103/441.0)
FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 23 22 Dec 1997
Date: 07 Dec 97 22:52:00
From: Miss Kitty
To: All
Subj: CHRISTMAS TREE
_____________________________________________________________________
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NOW DASHER NOW DANCER NOW PRANCER AND VIXEN ON CUPID ON COMET
*********************** 1822 1997 ***************************
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (THIS MOST)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(FAM OUS)
(YU LE)
(PO EM)
(OBSE RVES)
(THIS XMAS)
( ITS 108th ANNIVERSARY )
( Clement C. Moore )
Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * Fullerton, CA * (1:103/441.0)
Date: 07 Dec 97 22:55:00
From: Miss Kitty
To: All
Subj: CHRISTMAS TREE
_____________________________________________________________________
*/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\^/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%$%*\@/*%*
FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 24 22 Dec 1997
* ! X ! X ! X ! . ! X ! X ! X ! X *
* O O O O .|. O O O O *
* -*- *
* Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise! '|` _ Happy New Year! *
* Frohliche Weihnachten! *:* ("D Chag Sameach! *
* Sarbatori Fericite! * . * ~(=r Boas Festas! *
* Joyous Solstice! ** ** .../__\ Gut Yontif! *
* Mele Kurisumasu! *** o *** [**] Iyi YIllar! *
* Mele Kalikimaka! *\ O * Wesolych Swiat! *
* Merry Christmas! ** \\ ** Velelykh Svyat! *
* Happy Hanukkah! *** \\ *** Stastny Novy Rok! *
* Pari Dzounount! * o \\ * Kelemes Unnepeket! *
* Happy Holidays! ** O \\** Season's Greetings! *
* Veseli Vanoce! ***\\ o \*** Gung Hay Fat Choy! *
* Feliz Navidad! * \\ o * Felican Jarfinon! *
* Joyeux Noel! ** o \\ O ** Joy to the World *
* Bom Natal! **** \\ o **** - And to All a *
* God Jul! ** o o \\ o ** Good Night! *
* Cheers! *** O \\ *** *
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Origin: Kitty's Keep BBS * Fullerton, CA * (1:103/441.0)
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--- Following message extracted from FIDONEWS @ 1:18/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sun Dec 14 19:32:22 1997
From: steve steffler
To: all
Date: 12 Dec 97 23:14:24
Subj: IREX echo
Chris, could you please put this in Fidonews as an announcement?
---begin announcement---
Introducing the IREX echo and mailing list.
This echo is dedicated to the discussion of the FTN <=> Internet
Transport and Gateway software, Internet Rex, written by Charles
Cruden. The Internet Rex web site is located at http://plaza.v-
wave.com/InternetRex and the FTP site
for Internet Rex is ftp://xanadu.v-wave.com/irex/ .
This echo is a public support medium for users of the wide beta and
full releases of Internet Rex. The author of Internet Rex as well as
a lot of the closed beta team frequent the echo and will welcome any
questions or problems with the software that you might encounter.
To access the echo, you may use one of the following methods:
1) Subscribe to the internet mailing list version of the echo - send a
message to listserv@gen.lcrnet.org with SUBSCRIBE IREX in it and you
will be connected. With this method, one will receive the echo from
the email address 'irex@gen. lcrnet.org' and to post to the echo you
would simply post to that address.
2) Set up an echomail feed via the internet using Fido2Int, Irex,
Transx or Watergate mail tunneling with Steve Steffler. The echo uses
Fidonet node numbers, but they are not required. For more
information, contact Steve via email to steve@gen.lcrnet.org or with
netmail to 1:342/1022 in Fidonet and 111: 1403/14 in Sysop's Technet.
3) Request your echomail hub (or whoever you can connect to for mail)
to obtain the echo from Steve, or from their most efficient source.
4) Direct mailer polls to Steve's Fido node, 1:342/1022. For a
session level password and to be configured for this contact Steve in
any of the ways mentioned in number 2.
Thank you for considering participating in this technical support and
discussion forum for Internet Rex, one of the up and coming softwares
of the future! :)
steve@gen.lcrnet.org * http://generica.home.ml.org
FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 26 22 Dec 1997
---end announcement---
Origin: You'd Prefer An Astronaut (1:342/52.3)
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NOTICES
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Future History
12 Jan 1998
HAL 9000 is one year old today.
30 Apr 1998
Queens Day, Holland.
17 May 1998
Independence Day, Norway.
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
=================================================================
[from 1449. Ed.]
Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
New entry: Tornado, a BBS from Konstantin Klyagin. Welcome to the
list... ;-)
-=- 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 5.00 T S Harald Harms 2:281/415 ALLFIX
Announcer 1.12 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
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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
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO
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:
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Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ALLFIX/2 5.00 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
Tornado 1.50g B F Konst Klyagin 2:461/22 TORNADO2
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
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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
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 1.31 T X Rene Laederach 2:301/133 CRASHMAIL
CrashTick 1.2 O F Rene Laederach 2:301/133 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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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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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
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
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FIDONEWS 14-51 Page 37 22 Dec 1997
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