FidoNews · Vol 14, No 8 · 24 February 1997
F I D O N E W S -- Volume 14, Number 8 24 February 1997
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FidoNet and FidoNews are FOR COMMUNICATION! Can we, PLEASE?
Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
Are we communicating here? ............................... 1
2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
Where's the OFFICIAL word? ............................... 2
3. GETTING TECHNICAL ........................................ 4
FSC-0040 - Extended Modem Handling ....................... 4
FSC-0041 - MSGID / REPLY for unique identifiers .......... 6
FSC-0042 - Modification of Gateway Agreement WWIVnet ..... 7
FSC-0043 - Hints on Recognizing Control Lines ............ 11
4. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 14
ISDN Flag info for Zone 1 ................................ 14
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 052 ...... 15
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 16
Is your computer possessed? .............................. 16
6. NOTICES .................................................. 19
Future History ........................................... 19
7. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................. 21
Latest Greatest Software Versions ........................ 21
8. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 27
FidoNews PGP public-key listing .......................... 27
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 28
10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 30
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EDITORIAL
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There is a notice in this Issue about ISDN flag changes in the Zone 1
Nodelist segment. It's one of our functions here.
There is NO notice of the apparently impending ZC1 election. There is
NO notice of the apparently active IC election. That is to say, there
is no official notice of either. What's up with that?
For a Network founded on and dedicated to communication, there seems
to be precious little communicating going on from FidoNet's upper
Coordinator cadre. Why is that?
We all know how long it takes to write a Netmail message. It takes
scarcely longer to edit and submit a FidoNews article [.ART] or
notice [.NOT]. The only thing required is the will to do so. Where
is it?
Think of these as the Questions of the Week but not in the QOTW
section [making this a shorter Issue {grin}]. It would be swell to
have some Answers of the Week for FidoNews 1409. When will that
happen?
Don't forget the FIDONEWS Echo and the FidoNet WebRing!
C.B.
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ARTICLES
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[This did not come from any official sources:] Ed.
Area : REGCON.EUR
Date : Tue Feb 18, 21:19 scn
From : Ward Dossche 2:292/854
To : All
Subj :
IC-election
Dear RC,
The IC-election has now finally started.
There are 2 candidates :
* ZC/2 Ward Dossche
* ZC/5 Henk Wolsink
They were nominated by :
* ZC/2 by ZC/3 and ZC/6
* ZC/5 by ZC/1
Votes cast so far:
* ZC/2 by Zone-3 / Total=1
* ZC/5 by Zone-1 / Total=1
Zone-4 and -6 have expressed to support ZC/2 and probably will vote
that way.
As it is safe to assume ZC/5 will vote for himself this leaves the
vote of Zone-2 unaccounted for.
My question therefor to you is to provide guidance in this election.
If I'm guided to vote in zone-2's name for ZC/2 then it concludes the
election and there is an IC.
If I'm guided to vote in zone-2's name for ZC/5 then the election most
likely will be a draw after a 20-month process.
The deadline for me to cast my vote is February 28th, that leaves 10
days at this moment. That's not a great deal of time and it
unfortunately coincides with the ZC-election but I'd appreciate anyway
you taking some time and providing me with the guidance I request.
Thank you very much for your effort.
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Kind regards,
\x/ard
-@- DB 1.58/001877
@ Origin: Many Glacier <Preserve - Protect - Conserve> (2:292/854)
[What gives here?] Ed.
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GETTING TECHNICAL
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[This is part of a continuing series of FidoNet Technical docs being
published as FidoNet History. These FSCs have been reformatted to 70
columns where required.] Ed.
Document: FSC-0040
Version: 001
Date: 02/23/90
Extended Modem Handling
Michael Shiels
1:250/410@fidonet
Information:
The purpose of this FSC is to focus discussion on particular
problems in Fidonet(r) and possible methods of solution. No
proposed solutions in this document are intended as
standards for Fidonet. Rather, it is hoped that a general
consensus will emerge as to the appropriate solution to such
problems, leading eventually to the adoption of standards.
Distribution is subject to the limitations listed below.
Copyright 1989, Michael Shiels. All rights reserved. The right to
distribute for non-commercial use is granted to the FidoNet Technical
Standards Committee, provided that no fee is charged. This may be
posted on FidoNet electronic BBSs which charge no fee for accessing
this document. Any and all other reproduction or excerpting requires
the explicit written consent of the author.
Modem Handling
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The current nodelist doesn't provide enought information for really
fancy handling of modems and connections. With the advent of line
sharing between modems/faxes certain additions to the nodelist flags
are required.
I am currently writing a product which will handle and use the
following codes
Y.... where .... can consist of the hardware protocols the modem
understands
A 300 V.21 > Usually one of these flags would be
present to
B 300 Bell 103 > designate the chosen 300 baud hardware
protocol
C 1200 V.22 or Bell 212A
D 2400 V.22bis
E 9600 V.29
F 9600 V.32
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G 9600 V.32 non-trellis coded
H 14400 V.32bis
I
J
K
L
M
N 19200 PEP
O 9600 HST 9600/300 backchannel
P 9600 HST 9600/450 backchannel
Q 14400 HST 14400/450 backchannel
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Z.... where .... can consist of the software protocols the modem
understands
A MNP1 Block mode (half duplex)
B MNP2 Stream mode (full duplex)
C MNP3 Stream mode with Start/Stop bit striping
D MNP4 Stream mode with Start/Stop bit striping and large
packet sizes
E MNP5 Data compression
F MNP6
G MNP7
H MNP8
I MNP9
J MNP10
K MNP11 ????
L MNP12 ????
M MNP13 ????
N V.42 or LAP-M
O V.42bis
P LAP-B Hayes V9600
Q
R
S
T
U
V Non-fully compatible MNP (S15 bit 6 on an USR HST)
W No Guard tone
X 550Hz Guard tone (some European countries)
Y 1800Hz Guard tone (UK, some Commonwealth countries)
Z Do reverse carrier processing when dialing this node
I am in the process of designing a very sophisticated modem dialing
language and would like to propose the following additions to the node
list to help facilitate better modem/line handling with the advent of
different modem standards etc.
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Document: FSC-0041
Version: 002
Date: 14-Jul-90
MSGID / REPLY
A proposal for unique message identifiers
and reply chain linkage
14 July, 1990
jim nutt
1:114/30@fidonet
Status of this document:
This FSC presents the final draft of a proposed FTSC (FidoNet(r)
Technical Standards Committee) standard for the FidoNet community
and requests comments from all interested parties. Distribution
of this document is unlimited.
Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
Software.
MSGID
A MSGID line consists of the string "^AMSGID:" (where ^A is a
control-A (hex 01) and the double-quotes are not part of the
string), followed by a space, the address of the originating
system, and a serial number unique to that message on the
originating system, i.e.:
^AMSGID: origaddr serialno
The originating address should be specified in a form that
constitutes a valid return address for the originating network.
If the originating address is enclosed in double-quotes, the
entire string between the beginning and ending double-quotes is
considered to be the orginating address. A double-quote
character within a quoted address is represented by by two
consecutive double-quote characters. The serial number may be
any eight character hexadecimal number, as long as it is unique
- no two messages from a given system may have the same serial
number within a very long period of time. The manner in which
this serial number is generated is left to the implementor.
REPLY
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A REPLY line consists of the string "^AREPLY:" (where ^A is a
control-A (hex 01) and the double-quotes are not part of the
string), followed by a space, and the origaddr and serialno
fields of the MSGID line of the message to which this message is
a reply, i.e.:
^AREPLY: origaddr serialno
The origaddr and serialno fields must be identical to the
corresponding fields in the MSGID of the message to which this
message is a reply. A REPLY line is never generated in a
message that is a reply to a message that does not contain a
MSGID line.
GENERAL
For best results, MSGID and REPLY lines should be the first two
lines of the message after extended addressing lines (FMPT, TOPT,
INTL, DOMAIN), with MSGID appearing above REPLY.
Finally, a MSGID is generated only at the time of message
creation. An existing MSGID and/or REPLY should never be
stripped from a message passing through an intermediate system.
No system should ever add an MSGID and/or REPLY to, or modify an
existing MSGID / REPLY contained in, a message not originating
on that system.
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Document: FSC-0042
Version: 001
Date: 03/25/90
Proposed Modification to the Gateway Agreement Between
WWIVnet and FidoNet(r) via the "NetSEX" Program
Steven Furber
1:105/50@fidonet
Information
This FSC is being distributed to members of the FidoNet(r)
community in order to solicit their reactions to the
proposals contained in it. While the issues discussed may
not be directly relevant to the problems of FidoNet, they
may be interesting to implementers. Distribution is
unlimited.
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0.0) A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF INTENT
The request for a gateway between WWIVnet and FidoNet through
a program called NetSEX was sent in to Randy Bush (1:105/6)
approximately a month ago. During that time there have been
many questions pertaining to NetSEX that I feel are relevent
to the proposed gateway between WWIVnet and FidoNet.
The major questions that I feel needs to be dealt with are:
Will it be possible for WWIV Technology Networks to use
the NetSEX gateway, and if so: will a seperate gateway
agreement be necessary?
Will it be possibile for WWIV BBSes that are not in
WWIVnet or WWIV Technology Networks to use NetSEX to
interface their BBS with FidoNet?
The current gateway proposal that I have sent in pertains
only to WWIVnet and FidoNet. What I would like to do is have
that policy be between FidoNet and a "NetSEX-Project" that
will keep a list of who's using NetSEX, what their FidoNet
address is, what their WWIV Technology Network addresses are
(for the NetSEX node and BBS node), and if they gateway to a
WWIV Technology Network: which one.
To support my reasoning I will discuss each question a bit
and explain my proposal.
1.0) WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR WWIV TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS TO USE
THE NetSEX GATEWAY, AND IF SO: WILL A SEPERATE GATEWAY
AGREEMENT BE NECESSARY?
There have been several proposed-alternatives to WWIVnet that
be WWIV Technology Networks. Various planners from these
networks have asked whether or not they would be able to use
NetSEX to gateway between FidoNet and their proposed
networks, and if so what steps would need to be taken.
These proposed networks would be using BBSLIST.NET (a list of
all nodes in the network, similar to FidoNet's NODELIST) and
CONNECT.NET (a listing of all nodes in the BBSLIST.NET file
and how they connect to one another-- a topology map) files
that are independent of WWIVnet. They would be using their
own nodenumbering schemes (however still be restricted to the
65k maximum).
There were various possible things offered by these people
that would possily work, but in the end my response has been
that the current proposed policy between WWIVnet and FidoNet
is between those two networks, and if they were to gateway
between their non-WWIVnet WWIV Technology Networks they would
need to approach the FTSC for an agreement.
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1.1) WILL THERE BE ANY POSSIBILITIES FOR WWIV BBSes THAT ARE
NOT IN WWIVnet OR WWIV TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS TO USE NetSEX TO
INTERFACE THEIR BBS WITH FidoNet?
There are several WWIV BBSes that are interested in
connecting with FidoNet but are not interested in joining
WWIVnet (which is the only network currently operating with
WWIV Technology). Of the several people who have asked, all
of them are running FourDog but would like to get the speed
of NetSEX and the correct placing of Netmail into mailboxes
as opposed to the method FourDog uses.
It is possible to run NetSEX on a non-WWIVnet BBS by creating
the data files for a WWIV Technology Network that contain
their NetSEX node and their "WWIVnet" node. They would
essentially be faking out the software by running a network
consisting of two nodes.
This question I have been unable to sufficiently answer.
While this situation would involve someone that only belongs
to FidoNet, it would still be using software designed to
gateway and it would be gatewaying messages from FidoNet to a
WWIV Technology Network that consisted of one node.
2.0) MY PROPOSED AGREEMENT
What I would like to do is provide all sides with the best
possible solution that will privide all sides with that same
solution. As it stands now, the proposed gateway is between
FidoNet and WWIVnet. What I would rather see is a policy
between FidoNet and an entity called "The NetSEX Project"
that would keep track of where NetSEX is being used to
interface and/or gateway with FidoNet. To be more specific,
and entity that would do the following:
a) keep track of all WWIV-BBSes running NetSEX simply to
interface with FidoNet. These would be systems that are
not in WWIVnet or any other WWIV Technology Network. A
listing of their FidoNet address, node number used for
the BBS, and node number used for the NetSEX address
would be kept.
b) keep track of all WWIV-BBses running NetSEX that are
connected to a WWIV Technology Network. A listing of
their FidoNet address, the name of the WWIV Technology
Network they belong to, what address they use in the
WWIV Technology Network, and the address in the WWIV
Technology Network they are using for their NetSEX node
would be kept.
c) do monthly or bi-monthly tests of all NetSEX nodes and
create a conference (EchoMail for FidoNet, Sub for WWIV
systems) to support and discuss NetSEX.
d) have a reserved range in the WWIV Technology Network
for NetSEX (and/or other gateways) nodes, and have
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someone in that network serve as a liason between the
"NetSEX Project" and the WWIV Technology Network.
e) upload all of the files on one or more FidoNet systems
where the various members of the FTSC who work with
gateways can track down information they may need.
Given these actions, the following is hoped to be
accomplished:
a) permit non-WWIV Technology Network systems to use
NetSEX while being covered by an agreement between
FidoNet to do so.
b) permit non-WWIVnet yet still WWIV Technology Networks
to use NetSEX while being covered by an agreement
between FidoNet and the "NetSEX Project" to do so.
c) keep an index of all systems using NetSEX, and keep a
listing of what WWIV Technology Networks are accessable
through FidoNet.
d) offer an easy-access place for people to get
information pertaining to NetSEX, FidoNet, and WWIV
Technology Networks.
This proposed entity, the "NetSEX Project" would be an entity
existing off of FidoNet. I offer to do all of the data
collection and send the information to the people who would
like it (providing it is of reasonable cost phone the phone
connections).
There are many benefits, and no drawbacks that I can see.
3.0) AN END NOTE
I am expecting that this will be approved, or even if it is
it will not be without some form of modification. It seems to
me that this would be the best way to handle the NetSEX
gateway without spending a great deal of time approving
individual networks that are based around the same network
technology. This proposal was made from the point of view of
someone that are working from within FidoNet.
----
Steven Furber,
FidoNet 1:105/50
WWIVnet 1@5300
UUCP ..!uunet!m2xenix!legion!n5300.u1
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Document: FSC-0043
Version: 002
Date: 30-Aug-90
Some Hints on Recognizing Control Lines in FidoNet(r) Message
Text FSC-0043
1990 August 30
Status of this document:
This FSC contains information of value to the general FidoNet(r)
community. Distribution of this document is subject to the
restrictions listed in the copyright paragraph below.
Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
Software.
Copyright 1989-90, Randy Bush. All rights reserved. A right to
distribute only without modification and only at no charge is granted.
Under no circumstances is this document to be reproduced or
distributed as part of or packaged with any product or other sales
transaction for which any fee is charged. Any and all other
reproduction or excerpting requires the explicit written consent of
the author.
Implementors have had problems interpreting message text, both in
netmail and echomail. While the clues are usually to be found in some
doucment or another, there seems to be a need to collect hints for
some confusing aspects. This informal documents attempts to address
that need.
Filter out all <lf>s and 'soft' <cr>s and <lf>s. They are surplus and
will only confuse the rest of your code.
All control lines have their sentinels at the beginning of a line. [
Note that an * Origin: line has a leading significant blank. ]
Do not process quoted control lines or control sentinels preceeded by
blanks, tabs, ...
If you become confused, then bounce or sidetrack the message to a hold
area for human intervention. Don't try to rescue the situation. None
will notice when you succeed, and many will flame whan you fail.
A message is either netmail or echomail. I.e. no ^aINTL, ^aFMPT, or
^aTOPT controls should be found or generated when there is an AREA:
line or when in an echo area. Thus, echomail can not be routed across
zones, but this is not a big loss.
Private netmail replies to echomail are netmail, i.e. may have ^aINTL
etc., and may not have AREA: line, SEEN-BY:, or ^aPATH: lines. They
may have a tear line and an origin line.
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^aEID lines are as in Opus 1.03. Other forms are not to be generated,
and, if found, may be safely disgarded.
An AREA: line must be the first non ^a line in the text.
The echomail control info is a four-part package at the end of the
text. It should not be, but occasionally is, followed by one or more
^a control lines. The four parts of an echomail trailer are:
o a tear line, "---" and some very short text identifying the
original echo processor. Eg.
--- Brag 3.14
* note that some internetworking gateware may place a # Origin: line
between the tear line and the * Origin: line to indicate the true
other network address, whatver that may be. The content of a #
Origin: line is free to be specified by the other network(s). An
example might be as follows:
# Origin: Political Statement (FishNet:914@201)
o one * Origin: line, being " * Origin: " ends in "(" [Z:] N "/" N
[.P] ")" of FidoNet node of origin or the gate from FidoNet to
another network
* Origin: <signature> (1:105/301)
o as many SEEN-BY: lines as necessary, each being "SEEN-BY:"
followed by one or more
" " <net> "/" <node>
sequences. Note that SEEN-BY: lines do not end in <space>.
The net/node numbers in SEEN-BY: lines are sorted net major.
Within a single SEEN-BY: line, net numbers are sticky, so the N/N
is usually abbreviated to N, Eg.
SEEN-BY: 105/6 10 15 16 27 41 42 300 301 141/42 491
o as many ^aPATH: lines as necessary, each being <ctrl-A> "PATH:"
followed
by one or more
" " <net> "/" <node>
sequences. The N/N in ^aPATH: lines are specifically not sorted.
Net numbers are also sticky in ^aPATH: lines, eg.
PATH: 105/301 6 42
Remember that traffic costs much money, and do not create text
unnecessary to FidoNet as a whole.
I did not invent this, so don't blame me. I'm just trying to write it
down.
And, lastly, try not to be inventive. While the free-form syntax of
this embedded stuff does provide fleibility and power, it also leaves
a lot of room to make disgusting messes. Compromise, cooperation, and
a minimizalist touch are essential.
Randy Bush
FidoNet: 1:105/6 1:105/42
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Internet: randy@psg.com randy@m2xenix.uucp
uucp: { uunet, qiclab, bucket }!m2xenix!randy
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Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
Software.
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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Date: 20 Feb 97 00:25:33
From: Bob Kohl on 1:102/861 Conniption BBS in Los Angeles CA
To: Christopher Baker on 1:18/14 Rights On! in Edgewater FL
Subj: Re: UNSMH flags
______________________________________________________________________
Chris.. for the next snooze hot off the RCC grill..
Please credit Dallas Hinton as the author of the post and info.. I'm
just the messenger! :)
_____________________________ cut here _______________________________
Zone 1 has taken another step in the ongoing increase in technology.
As of the February 14th nodelist, the Zone 1 ISDN flags have been
changed to comply with FSC-0091. There will be a 1 month grace period
during which either old or new flags will be valid, after which only
the new flags will be used.
> If there are any errors or problems as a result of this change,
> please let the Z1C know so that appropriate revisions can be
> considered.
> Here's the excerpt from the bottom of the nodelist:
;S
;S U flags for ISDN nodes;
;S
;S Nodelist Specification of minimal support required for this flag
;
;S Flag any additional support to be arranged via agreement between
users
;S ===================================================================
;S V110L ITU-T V.110 19k2 async ('low').
;S V110H ITU-T V.110 38k4 async ('high').
;S V120L ITU-T V.120 56k async, layer 2 framesize 259, window 7,
modulo 8.
;S V120H ITU-T V.120 64k async, layer 2 framesize 259, window 7,
modulo 8.
;S X75 ITU-T X.75 SLP (single link procedure) with 64kbit/s B
channel;
;S layer 2 max.framesize 2048, window 2, non-ext.mode
(modulo 8);
;S layer 3 transparent (no packet layer).
;S ISDN Other configurations. Use *only* if none of the above
fits.
;S ===================================================================
;S NOTE: No flag implies another. Each capability MUST be specifically
listed
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;S If no modem connects are supported, the nodelist speed field should
be 300
;S
;S Conversion from old to new ISDN capability flags:
;S - Nodes in the USA currently use the 'ISDN' flag.
;S Most will be able to change to V120H (64k lines).
;S Also many to V120L,V120H (64k lines) with autodetecting
equipment.
;S Some to only V120L (still with 56k lines).
;S - Nodes in Europe currently use the ISDNA, ISDNB and ISDNC flags.
;S A simple translation will do the trick here.
;S ISDNA -> V110L
;S ISDNB -> V110H
;S ISDNC -> X75
;S
;S ===================================================================
;S
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 052
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
ZC/2
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|Zone|Nl-024|Nodelist-031|Nodelist-038|Nodelist-045|Nodelist-052|%%|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 1 | 10063| 9877 -186 | 9729 -148 | 9527 -202 | 9527 0 |34|
| 2 | 15938|16078 140 |16067 -11 |16074 7 |16051 -23 |57|
| 3 | 863| 863 0 | 863 0 | 846 -17 | 812 -34 | 3|
| 4 | 558| 550 -8 | 549 -1 | 538 -11 | 541 3 | 2|
| 5 | 93| 87 -6 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 87 0 | 0|
| 6 | 1072| 1072 0 | 1072 0 | 1071 -1 | 1071 0 | 4|
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
| 28587|28527 -60 |28367 -160 |28143 -224 |28089 -54 |
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
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NET HUMOR
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To: cbaker84@digital.net
From: top5@lists.zdnet.com
Subject: Top5 - 2/17/97 - Signs Your Computer is Possessed
Errors-To: top5-errors@lists.zdnet.com
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:09:45 MST
_____________________________________
_________| |________
\ | The Top Five List | /
\ | www.topfive.com | /
\ | | /
\ | Sponsored by Windows Sources | /
> | www.winsources.com | <
/ | | \
/ | February 17, 1997 | \
/ |_____________________________________| \
/___________) (__________\
The Top Five List is taking the day off for President's Day,
so we'll give you a list from a recent Windows Sources issue.
Top Five can be found in the Shut Down section on the last
page of Windows Sources each and every month.
The Top 11 Signs Your Computer is Possessed
11> Instead of flying appliances, your screen saver shows horned
demons torturing your immediate family.
10> The monitor spins and spews pea soup when you access the
Vatican website.
9> Bill Gates Screen Saver eyes follow your every move.
8> Keeps throwing priests out of Windows.
7> Hard disk crashes every time Pat Robertson e-mails you.
6> Green slime oozing out of keyboard again and your kid hasn't
used it in weeks.
5> Tech support crew brings Norton Utilities and a crucifix.
4> The little logo on it says: "Satan Inside."
3> No matter what URL you type in, your browser opens up the
www.hell.com web site.
2> Dr. Watson replaced by Dr. Kervorkian.
FIDONEWS 14-08 Page 17 24 Feb 1997
and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer is Possessed...
1> Contrary to the startup screen, you're fairly certain Microsoft
hasn't released Windows666 yet.
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Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC -- 6
George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO -- 7
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Future History
29 Feb 1997
Nothing will happen on this day.
17 May 1997
Independence Day, Norway.
25 May 1997
Independence Day, Argentina.
6 Jun 1997
National Commemoration Day, Sweden.
11 Jun 1997
Independence Day, Russia.
1 Jul 1997
Canada Day - Happy Birthday Canada.
13 Oct 1997
Thanksgiving Day, Canada.
1 Dec 1997
World AIDS Day.
10 Dec 1997
Nobel Day, Sweden.
12 Jan 1998
HAL 9000 is one year old today.
22 May 1998
Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
1 Dec 1998
Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
Tom Jennings.
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.
15 Sep 2000
Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
=================================================================
Latest Greatest Software Versions
by Peter E. Popovich, 1:363/264
Rough week; I'm falling behind.
Phased out this week: "Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)" Section
Phase-out highlights:
This week: "Atari ST/TT" Section
Deadline for info: 7 Mar 1997.
Last week: "OS/2 Systems" Section
Deadline for info: 28 Feb 1997.
-=- 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 1.1 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 XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_DOS
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
CheckPnt 1.0 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
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
GIGO 07-14-96 G S Jason Fesler 1:1/141 INFO
GoldED 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GED
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GoldED Docs 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEM
GoldNODE 2.50 O S Len Morgan 1:203/730 GEN
Imail 1.75 T S Michael McCabe 1:1/121 IMAIL
ImCrypt 1.04 O G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 IMCRYPT
InfoMail 1.11 O F Damian Walker 2:2502/666 INFOMAIL
InfoMail/386 1.20 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
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
Opus CBCS 1.73a B P Christopher Baker 1:374/14 OPUS
O/T-Track 2.63a O S Peter Hampf 2:241/1090 OT
PcMerge 2.7 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 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR
RemoteAccess 2.50 B S Mark Lewis 1:3634/12 RA
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 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL
Terminate 4.00 O S Bo Bendtsen 2:254/261 TERMINATE
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
TriBBS 10.0 B S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIBBS
TriDog 10.0 M S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRIDOG
TriToss 10.0 T S Patrick Driscoll 1:372/19 TRITOSS
WaterGate 0.92 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 XR4 M F Thomas Waldmann 2:2474/400 BTXE_OS2
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CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
FastEcho 1.45a T S Tobias Burchhardt 2:2448/400 FE2
FleetStreet 1.19 O S Michael Hohner 2:2490/2520 FLEET
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
Msged/2 4.10 O G Andrew Clarke 3:635/728 MSGED41O.ZIP
PcMerge 2.3 N G Michiel vd Vlist 2:500/9 PCMERGE
RAR 2.00 C S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 RAR2
Squish 1.11 T P Tech 1:249/106 SQUISHP
T-Mail 2.599I M S Ron Dwight 2:220/22 TMAIL2
Tobruk 0.33 T G Paul Edwards 3:711/934 TOBRUK
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 1.10 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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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
CFRoute 0.92 O G C. Fernandez Sanz 2:341/70 CFR
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
PlatinumXpress 2.00 M C Gary Petersen 1:290/111 PXW-INFO
T-Mail 2.599I 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
Unix:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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ifmail 2.9 M G Eugene Crosser 2:293/2219 IFMAIL
ifmail-tx ...tx7.9 M G Pablo Saratxaga 2:293/2219 IFMAILTX
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
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Atari:
Program Name Version F C Contact Name Node Magic Name
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BinkleyTerm/ST 3.18pl1 M F Bill Scull 1:363/112 BINKLEY
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
Old info from: 01/27/92
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MS-DOS Systems Other Utilities Other Utilities
-------------- Name Version Name Version
-------------------- --------------------
Network Mailers 2DAPoint 1.50* Netsex 2.00b
Name Version 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18 OFFLINE 1.35
-------------------- ARCAsim 2.31 Oliver 1.0a
D'Bridge 1.30 ARCmail 3.00* OSIRIS CBIS 3.02
Dreamer 1.06 Areafix 1.20 PKInsert 7.10
Dutchie 2.90c ConfMail 4.00 PolyXarc 2.1a
Milqtoast 1.00 Crossnet 1.5 QM 1.00a
PreNM 1.48 DOMAIN 1.42 QSort 4.04
SEAdog 4.60 DEMM 1.06 RAD Plus 2.11
SEAmail 1.01 DGMM 1.06 Raid 1.00
TIMS 1.0(mod8) DOMAIN 1.42 RBBSMail 18.0
EEngine 0.32 ScanToss 1.28
Compression EMM 2.11* ScMail 1.00
Utilities EZPoint 2.1 ScEdit 1.12
Name Version FGroup 1.00 Sirius 1.0x
-------------------- FidoPCB 1.0s@ SLMail 2.15C
ARC 7.12 FNPGate 2.70 StarLink 1.01
ARJ 2.20 GateWorks 3.06e TagMail 2.41
LHA 2.13 GMail 2.05 TCOMMail 2.2
PAK 2.51 GMD 3.10 Telemail 1.5*
PKPak 3.61 GMM 1.21 TGroup 1.13
PKZip 1.10 GROUP 2.23 TIRES 3.11
GUS 1.40 TMail 1.21
NodeList Utilities Harvey's Robot 4.10 TosScan 1.00
Name Version HeadEdit 1.18 UFGATE 1.03
-------------------- HLIST 1.09 VPurge 4.09e
EditNL 4.00 ISIS 5.12@ WEdit 2.0@
FDND 1.10 Lola 1.01d WildMail 2.00
MakeNL 2.31 Mosaic 1.00b WMail 2.2
Parselst 1.33 MailBase 4.11a@ WNode 2.1
Prune 1.40 MSG 4.5* XRS 4.99
SysNL 3.14 MsgLnk 1.0c XST 2.3e
XlatList 2.90 MsgMstr 2.03a YUPPIE! 2.00
XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 MsgNum 4.16d ZmailH 1.25
MSGTOSS 1.3 ZSX 2.40
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OS/2 Systems
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Other Utilities Other Utilities
BBS Software Name Version Name Version
Name Version -------------------- --------------------
-------------------- ARC 7.12 oMMM 1.52
Kitten 1.01 ARC2 6.01 Omail 3.1
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ ConfMail 4.00 Parselst 1.33
EchoStat 6.0 PKZip 1.02
Network Mailers EZPoint 2.1 PMSnoop 1.30
Name Version FGroup 1.00 PolyXOS2 2.1a
-------------------- GROUP 2.23 QSort 2.1
BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 LH2 2.11 Raid 1.0
BinkleyTerm/2-MT MSG 4.2 Remapper 1.2
1.40.02 MsgLink 1.0c Tick 2.0
SEAmail 1.01 MsgNum 4.16d VPurge 4.09e
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BBS Software Macintosh Other Software
Name Version --------- Name Version
-------------------- --------------------
FBBS 0.91 Network Mailers MacArd 0.04
Hermes 1.6.1 Name Version Mantissa 3.21
Mansion 7.15 -------------------- Mehitable 2.0
Precision Sys. 0.95b Copernicus 1.0 OriginatorII 2.0
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Tabby 2.2 PreStamp 3.2
Telefinder Host StuffIt Classic 1.6
2.12T10 Other Software SunDial 3.2
Name Version TExport 1.92
-------------------- TimeStamp 1.6
Point System ArcMac 1.3 TImport 1.92
Software AreaFix 1.6 Tset 1.3
Name Version Compact Pro 1.30 TSort 1.0
-------------------- EventMeister 1.0 UNZIP 1.02c
Copernicus 1.00 Export 3.21 Zenith 1.5
CounterPoint 1.09 Import 3.2 Zip Extract 0.10
MacWoof 1.1 LHARC 0.41
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----- Name Version Name Version
-------------------- --------------------
BBS Software BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
Name Version TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
-------------------- WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
4D-BBS 1.65 ConfMail 1.12
Falcon CBCS 1.00 ElectricHerald 1.66
Starnet 1.0q@ Compression FFRS 1.0@
TransAmiga 1.07 Utilities FileMgr 2.08
XenoLink 1.0 Name Version Fozzle 1.0@
-------------------- Login 0.18
AmigArc 0.23 MessageFilter 1.52
NodeList Utilities booz 1.01 Message View 1.12
Name Version LHARC 1.30 oMMM 1.50
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-------------------- LhA 1.10 PolyXAmy 2.02
ParseLst 1.66 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
Skyparse 2.30 PkAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
TrapList 1.40 UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
TrapToss 1.20
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
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BBS Software Atari ST/TT
Name Version -----------
--------------------
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 Network Mailers Other Utilities
FiFo 2.1v Name Version Name Version
LED ST 1.00 -------------------- --------------------
QuickBBS/ST 1.06* The Box 1.95* ApplyList 1.00@
Burep 1.1
Compression ComScan 1.04
Utilities NodeList Utilities ConfMail 4.10
Name Version Name Version Echoscan 1.10
-------------------- -------------------- FDrenum 2.5.2
ARC 6.02 ParseList 1.30 FastPack 1.20
LHARC 2.01i EchoFix 1.20 Import 1.14
PackConvert sTICK/Hatch 5.50 oMMM 1.40
STZip 1.1* Pack 1.00
UnJARST 2.00 Trenum 0.10
WhatArc 2.02
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Key to old info:
+ - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
* - Recently Updated Version
@ - New Addition
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FidoNet:
Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
FidoNews http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fidonews.html
HTML FNews http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/
WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
FTSC page http://www2.blaze.net.au/ftsc.html
Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
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http://www.dharmanet.org/BDO/net125.html
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http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm
http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/net330.htm
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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Editor: Christopher Baker
Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
Donald Tees
"FidoNews Editor"
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more addresses:
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FidoNews Editor
P.O. Box 471
Edgewater, FL 32132-0471
U.S.A.
voice: 1-904-409-3040 [1400-2100 ET only, please]
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